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L J Melton

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Cooper C, Cole Z, Holroyd C, Earl S, Harvey N, Dennison E, et al.
Osteoporos Int . 2011 Apr; 22(5):1277-88. PMID: 21461721
Osteoporosis constitutes a major public health problem through its association with age-related fractures, most notably those of the proximal femur. Substantial geographic variation has been noted in the incidence of...
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Schousboe J, Bauer D, Nyman J, Kane R, Melton L, Ensrud K
Osteoporos Int . 2006 Oct; 18(2):201-10. PMID: 17019515
Introduction And Hypothesis: Over half of all fractures among post-menopausal women occur in those who do not have osteoporosis by bone density criteria. Measurement of bone turnover may cost-effectively identify...
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Kanis J, Johnell O, De Laet C, Johansson H, Oden A, Delmas P, et al.
Bone . 2004 Jul; 35(2):375-82. PMID: 15268886
Previous fracture is a well-documented risk factor for future fracture. The aim of this study was to quantify this risk on an international basis and to explore the relationship of...
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Kanis J, Johnell O, Oden A, Johansson H, De Laet C, Eisman J, et al.
Osteoporos Int . 2004 Jun; 16(2):155-62. PMID: 15175845
Smoking is widely considered a risk factor for future fracture. The aim of this study was to quantify this risk on an international basis and to explore the relationship of...
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Saito Y, Talley N, Melton L, Fett S, Zinsmeister A, Locke G
Neurogastroenterol Motil . 2003 Dec; 15(6):687-94. PMID: 14651605
The 'Rome' criteria for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) have evolved over 15 years with four published versions. The impact of these changes on community prevalence rates is not known. Study...
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Smoot R, Gostout C, Rajan E, Pardi D, Schleck C, Harmsen W, et al.
Am J Gastroenterol . 2003 Sep; 98(9):1996-9. PMID: 14499777
Objectives: Urgent colonoscopy has been proposed for the diagnosis and management of acute colonic diverticular bleeding. Identification of active bleeding and nonbleeding stigmata facilitates diagnosis and endoscopic therapy, but it...
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Proctor D, Melton L, Khosla S, Crowson C, OConnor M, Riggs B
Osteoporos Int . 2001 Feb; 11(11):944-52. PMID: 11193247
In a population-based sample of 348 men (age 22-90 years) and 351 women (age 21-93 years), we evaluated the relationship of bone density assessed at a variety of skeletal sites...
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Mohr D, Silverstein M, Heit J, Petterson T, OFallon W, Melton L
Mayo Clin Proc . 2000 Dec; 75(12):1249-56. PMID: 11126832
Objectives: To estimate the incidence and determine predictors of venous stasis syndrome and venous ulcers after deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism. Patients And Methods: This population-based retrospective cohort study...
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Reynolds C, Wang Y, Melton L, Einhorn P, Slamon D, Maurer B
Med Pediatr Oncol . 2000 Dec; 35(6):597-602. PMID: 11107126
Background: High-dose, pulse-13-cis-retinoic acid (13-cis-RA) given after intensive cytotoxic therapy improves event-free survival for high-risk neuroblastoma (NB), but more than 50% of patients have tumor recurrence. Procedure: We conducted multistep...
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Tiegs R, Lohse C, Wollan P, Melton L
Bone . 2000 Aug; 27(3):423-7. PMID: 10962355
Existing data on the epidemiology of Paget's disease of bone are limited by the lack of directly determined secular trends in clinically diagnosed Paget's disease. In the current study, we...