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Effect of norethisterone dose and duration in the management of abnormal uterine bleeding: a narrative review and case report

Arun Madhab Boruah, Dibyendu Banerjee, Farendra Bhardwaj, Subash Mallya, Rajat Singal, Sugandha Sharma, Ashutosh Gautam

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Review

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The present review summarizes the epidemiology and diagnosis of abnormal uterine bleeding, with a focus on the safety, efficacy and tolerability of norethisterone/norethisterone acetate in abnormal uterine bleeding management, as well as a case of abnormal uterine bleeding in a 40-year-old woman, who was treated with NETA tablets.

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Evaluation of the criteria for renewal of LHRH agonists in patients with prostate cancer: results of the ANAREN Study

Jesús Calleja-Escudero, Víctor Barrondo, Andrés Rodriguez-Alonso, Francisco Gómez-Veiga, Joan Bestard, Antonio Gómez-Caamaño, Anne-Sophie Grandoulier, Maria Pérez-Sampietro, Venancio Chantada-Abal, Raúl Poza de Celis, on behalf of ANAREN Study Group

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Original Research

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This study aims to determine the percentage of patients whose initial luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone agonists prescription was renewed during follow-up, how many changed formulation and how their quality of life evolved.

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The use of Arista AH as a local haemostatic agent in distal splenopancreatectomy: report of two cases

Mattia Di Benedetto, Marco Gramellini, Stefano Bona, Cristina Ridolfi, Giovanni Capretti, Marco Montorsi

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Case Series

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Bleeding is still one of the most feared intraoperative and postoperative complications, and recently there has been the development of several agents at the surgeon’s disposal. The authors report two clinical cases of distal splenopancreatectomy performed for neoplastic disease in which MPH powder (Arista) was used.

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