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rate
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The recurrence rate of dysphagia, although initially high, decreases over time.
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There is a recurrence rate of approximately 20 %, sometimes requiring repetition of the procedure.
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Conversely, patients with quiescent disease who continue to have persistently abnormal blood tests have a high recurrence rate .
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Therefore, they may not be representative of recurrence rates in untreated individuals.
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There is an undocumented belief that these patients have a very high stricture recurrence rate because of extensive oesophageal damage and fibrosis.
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The dysphagia recurrence rate during follow up was higher in the corrosive than in the peptic stricture group.
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Extended follow up is required, to assess the longterm effects, particularly the stricture recurrence rate after final stent removal.
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The recurrence rate was similar to that reported after two years' treatment with omeprazole.
stone
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Evidence was sought for factors that might predict gall stone recurrence .
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Trial criteria - Twenty one patients developed gall stone recurrence .
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With the exception of these 11 patients, when ultrasonagraphy suggested gall stone recurrence it was always accompanied by an oral cholecystectography.
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Six patients who had had gall stone recurrence in the past, followed by successful re-dissolution, were included in the trial.
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In 16 patients who had had both imaging techniques, gall stones recurrence was identified simultaneously in only five.
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The same finding applies to the 26 patients whose gall stone recurrence was detected by either imaging technique.
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This patient's stone recurrence was noted within three months of the procedure.
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The only patient given bile acid therapy who developed stone recurrence , stopped treatment after only two weeks because of side effects.
ulcer
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H pylori infection was a strong predictor of ulcer recurrences .
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A more accurate analysis of ulcer recurrence can be derived using lifetable analysis.
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All patients had a history of ulcer recurrence confirmed by endoscopy.
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This finding provides support for the belief that adequate treatment of H pylori infection will give longterm protection from duodenal ulcer recurrence .
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prevent
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They can see what difficulties have arisen in the past and what corrective measures were taken to prevent their recurrence .
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Daily use of Famvir may help prevent recurrence , according to studies.
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And when we have the answers to at least some of these questions, will they help prevent a recurrence ?
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Over the decades of the 1970s and 1980s, the regulations adopted to prevent a recurrence of the Great Depression were rescinded.
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Mr Gibson said that procedures were being examined to prevent a recurrence and the incident was one in a million.
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Scheck, Neufeld and Dwyer note that when a plane crashes there is an investigation to locate the cause and prevent recurrences .
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What action is being taken to prevent a recurrence ?
suffer
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Some researchers have already noted that patients who stopped their therapies after 12 to 18 months suffer a recurrence of the virus.
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McGwire, however, suffered a recurrence of a foot injury, and his future is cloudy.
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A more accurate analysis of ulcer recurrence can be derived using lifetable analysis.
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During recurrence , dilatation was done without any radiological evaluation of the oesophagus.
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It has been further postulated that pouchitis represents a recurrence of ulcerative colitis in reservoirs with colonic metaplasia.
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Nevertheless the absence of recurrence during long term follow up will be required to exclude underlying idiopathic inflammatory bowel disease.
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Somers resumed running, battled recurrences of the knee problem and practiced law for eight years.
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There is a recurrence rate of approximately 20 %, sometimes requiring repetition of the procedure.
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These results suggest that the loss of intercellular communication mediated by gap junctions may be associated with the recurrence of gastric ulcers.