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Obesity in adults: a clinical practice guideline

Author/s: Wharton, S., Lau, D.C.W, Vallis, M., Sharma, A.M.

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Recognizing Axial Spondyloarthritis: A Guide for Primary Care

Author/s: Magrey, M.N., Danve, A.S., Ermann, J., Walsh, J.A.

Axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) is an important cause of chronic low back pain and affects approximately 1% of the US population. The back pain associated with axSpA has a characteristic pattern referred to as inflammatory back pain (IBP). Features of IBP include insidious onset before age 45...

Acute and chronic neuropathies

Author/s: Ginsberg, L.

Peripheral nerve disorders are common and often treatable. The ‘default’ presentation of a polyneuropathy is a chronic, length- dependent, sensorimotor axonopathy. Recognizing deviations from this default, informed by the clinical features and investigations, can help identify the cause of a...

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carpal tunnel syndrome chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy diabetes mellitus Guillaine-Barre syndrome mononeuropathy Charcote-Mariee-Tooth disease polyneuropathy vasculitis nerve biopsy multifocal motor neuropathy

Lipids and Lipoproteins in 2020

Author/s: Ference, B.A., J.J.P., Kastelein, Catapano, A.L.

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Diagnosing acute aortic syndrome: a Canadian clinical practice guideline

Author/s: Ohle, R., Yan, J.W., Yadav, K., Cournoyer, A., Savage, D.W., Jetty, P., Atoui, R.

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SARS-CoV-2-related chilblains

Author/s: Ladha, M.A., Dupuis, E.C.

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damp cold

Impact of Biopsy Technique on Clinically Important Outcomes for Cutaneous Melanoma: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Author/s: Shellenberger, R.A., Fayyaz, F., Sako, Z., Tawagi, K., Scheidel, C., Nabhan, M.

We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to examine the relationship between the type of biopsy technique employed in the diagnosis of cutaneous melanoma and 4 clinically important outcomes: melanoma-specific mortality, all-cause mortality, Breslow tumor depth, or melanoma recurrence....

Diagnosing acute aortic syndrome: a Canadian clinical practice guideline

Author/s: Ohle, R., Yan, J.W., Yadav, K., Cournoyer, A., Savage, D.W., Jetty, P., Atoui, R., Bittira, B., Wilson, B., Gupta, A., Coffey, A., Callaway, Y., Middaugh, J., Ansell, D., Rubens, F., Bignucolo, S.J., Scott, T., McIsaac, S., Lang, E.

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Is the antibody testing for COVID-19 in the general population a useful diagnostic tool?

Author/s: Chou, A., Wickersham, E., Bratzler, D.W., Drevets, D., Wendelboe, A.M.

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antibody testing

Guidance on interpreting COVID-19 test results

Author/s: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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