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assess
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The aim of our study was to assess the efficacy and longterm effectiveness of treatment with endoscopy in Dieulafoy's disease.
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All in all it was a wide variety of clinical situations in which to assess the efficacy of homoeopathic treatment.
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Six prospective randomised trials have evaluated the efficacy of elemental diets in Crohn's disease.
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In conclusion, this study has evaluated the efficacy of four commercial serological tests in comparison with standard biopsy related tests.
show
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These findings are surprising since it is more difficult to show efficacy when the majority of patients have remission/mild disease.
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Several studies have shown the efficacy of 6-mercaptopurine and azathioprine in the treatment of both ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease.
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Products must continue to show adequate antimicrobial efficacy at the end of the shelf-life.
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A trial is first performed to show efficacy and, within limits, to quantify the effect.
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Trials have not yet shown the clinical efficacy of this approach; they have shown its safety.
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Each is adorned with silken cloths and has its tusks shod with iron for the greater efficacy of killing criminals.
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Evaluate vaccine efficacy and the costs and benefits of vaccination programs for emerging infections.
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Franz Kafka perfectly exemplifies the efficacy of art in counteracting emotional wounds, if not in healing them.
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It is a controversy over the issues of risk versus efficacy .
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Salmeterol could therefore reduce the efficacy of salbutamol when the two are given in combination.
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Struan, because of its direct descent from a traditional ritualistic practice, still retains a trace of sacramental efficacy .
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Sufficient data on safety and efficacy of long-term use of Ritalin in children are not yet available.
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This effect, essentially an increase in the efficacy of transmission between pre- and postsynaptic cells, was termed potentiation.