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Pathophysiology of syringomyelia associated with Chiari I malformation of the cerebellar tonsils : implications for diagnosis and treatment by OLDFIELD, E. H, MURASZKO, K, SHAWKER, T. H, PATRONAS, N. J

“…The mechanisms previously proposed for the progression of syringomyelia associated with Chiari I malformation of the cerebellar tonsils are controversial,…”
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Ultrasound Sector Scanning Used to Define Changes in Muscle Configuration by J Saltzstein, R, V Danoff, J, H Shawker, T, L Jones, B, Gerber, L

“…Dynamic configurational changes in the rectus femoris muscle were examined using a real time ultrasound sector scanner in ten normal subjects. The angle of…”
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A phase 2 study of radio frequency interstitial tissue ablation of localized renal tumors by Walther, M C, Shawker, T H, Libutti, S K, Lubensky, I, Choyke, P L, Venzon, D, Linehan, W M

“…Small renal tumors are frequently detected during the screening of patients with a hereditary type of renal cancer. The development of nonsurgical treatment…”
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Insulinomas: localization with selective intraarterial injection of calcium by Doppman, J L, Miller, D L, Chang, R, Shawker, T H, Gorden, P, Norton, J A

“…To facilitate the noninvasive preoperative localization of islet cell tumors less than 15 mm in diameter, the authors examined the use of calcium as an insulin…”
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Testicular adrenal rest tissue in congenital adrenal hyperplasia: serial sonographic and clinical findings by Avila, NA, Shawker, TS, Jones, JV, Cutler, GB, Jr, Merke, DP

“…The purpose of this study was to describe the serial sonographic findings and clinical and laboratory data obtained during follow-up of patients with…”
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Localization of pituitary adenomas by using intraoperative ultrasound in patients with Cushing's disease and no demonstrable pituitary tumor on magnetic resonance imaging by WATSON, J. C, SHAWKER, T. H, NIEMAN, L. K, DE VROOM, H. L, DOPPMAN, J. L, OLDFIELD, E. H

“…Pituitary surgery has been reported to produce remission of Cushing's disease with preservation of pituitary function in only 60 to 70% of patients. The…”
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Development of luteinized graafian follicles in patients with karyotypically normal spontaneous premature ovarian failure by Nelson, L M, Anasti, J N, Kimzey, L M, Defensor, R A, Lipetz, K J, White, B J, Shawker, T H, Merino, M J

“…Despite having amenorrhea and markedly elevated serum gonadotropin levels, some women with karyotypically normal spontaneous premature ovarian failure,…”
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Testicular adrenal rest tissue in congenital adrenal hyperplasia: findings at Gray-scale and color Doppler US by Avila, N A, Premkumar, A, Shawker, T H, Jones, J V, Laue, L, Cutler, Jr, G B

“…To study the ultrasound (US) features of scrotal adrenal rest tissue in congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH). Gray-scale and color Doppler US examinations were…”
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Hepatic candidiasis in cancer patients: the evolving picture of the syndrome by Thaler, M, Pastakia, B, Shawker, T H, O'Leary, T, Pizzo, P A

“…Focal hepatosplenic candidiasis has been recognized with increasing frequency in recent years. We reviewed the cases of eight patients seen between 1982 and…”
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Ultrasound guidance improves the success rate of internal jugular vein cannulation. A prospective, randomized trial by Mallory, D L, McGee, W T, Shawker, T H, Brenner, M, Bailey, K R, Evans, R G, Parker, M M, Farmer, J C, Parillo, J E

“…To compare conventional versus ultrasound-guided internal jugular vein cannulation techniques. Patients were randomly assigned to receive either conventional…”
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The effect of thymidine kinase transduction and ganciclovir therapy on tumor vasculature and growth of 9L gliomas in rats by ZVI RAM, WALBRIDGE, S, SHAWKER, T, CULVER, K. W, BLAESE, R. M, OLDFIELD, E. H

“…Eradication of malignant brain tumors by in situ intratumoral, retrovirally mediated transfer of the herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase (HSVtk) gene, which…”
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Sonography and MR Imaging of Posterior Tibial Tendinopathy by Premkumar, Ahalya, Perry, Monique B, Dwyer, Andrew J, Gerber, Lynn H, Johnson, Diane, Venzon, David, Shawker, Thomas H

“…The purpose of the study is to describe the appearance of the posterior tibialis tendon on MR imaging and high-resolution sonography with color and power…”
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A prospective study of intraoperative methods to diagnose and resect duodenal gastrinomas by SUGG, S. L, NORTON, J. A, FRAKER, D. L, METZ, D. C, PISEGNA, J. R, FISHBEYN, V, BENYA, R. V, SHAWKER, T. H, DOPPMAN, J. L, JENSEN, R. T

“…This study determined, prospectively, whether duodenotomy (DX) should be routinely performed in explorations for patients with Zollinger-Ellison syndrome…”
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Syndrome of spotty skin pigmentation, myxomas, endocrine overactivity, and schwannomas (Carney complex): breast imaging findings by Courcoutsakis, N A, Chow, C K, Shawker, T H, Carney, J A, Stratakis, C A

“…To study the imaging appearances of breast lesions in female patients with Carney complex. Seven patients with Carney complex underwent mammography (n = 5),…”
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Operative management of islet-cell tumors arising in the head of the pancreas by Park, Bernard J., Alexander, H.Richard, Libutti, Steven K., Huang, James, Royalty, Daniel, Skarulis, Monica C., Jensen, Robert T., Gorden, Phillip, Doppman, John L., Shawker, Thomas H., Fraker, Douglas L., Norton, Jeffrey A., Bartlett, David L.

“…Background: Pancreatic islet cell tumors (ICTs) can be treated by enucleation or pancreatic resection. We reviewed our experience with ICTs in the head of the…”
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Intraoperative ultrasound-directed resection of pituitary tumors by ZVI RAM, SHAWKER, T. H, BRADFORD, M. H, DOPPMAN, J. L, OLDFIELD, E. H

“…Microadenomas of the pituitary vary in size, particularly those related to Cushing's disease. They are often not visualized on preoperative magnetic resonance…”
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Intraclot recombinant tissue plasminogen activator in the treatment of deep venous thrombosis of the lower and upper extremities by Horne, 3rd, M K, Mayo, D J, Cannon, 3rd, R O, Chen, C C, Shawker, T H, Chang, R

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Intraoperative ultrasonographic localization of islet cell tumors: a prospective comparison to palpation by NORTON, J. A, CROMACK, D. T, SHAWKER, T. H, DOPPMAN, J. L, COMI, R, GORDEN, P, MATON, P. N, GARDNER, J. D, JENSEN, R. T

“…The purpose of the present study was to evaluate prospectively the value of intraoperative ultrasound scanning (IOUS) in localizing islet cell tumors by…”
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Localization and surgical treatment of occult insulinomas by NORTON, J. A, SHAWKER, T. H, DOPPMAN, J. L, MILLER, D. L, FRAKER, D. L, CROMACK, D. T, GORDEN, P, JENSEN, R. T

“…Management of patients with biochemical evidence of insulinoma and negative preoperative imaging studies (occult) tumors is controversial, varying from…”
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Hepatosplenic candidiasis: wheels within wheels by Pastakia, B, Shawker, T H, Thaler, M, O'Leary, T, Pizzo, P A

“…Eight immunocompromised cancer patients with tissue-proved candidiasis underwent serial abdominal ultrasound (US) and computed tomography (CT). At US, four…”
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