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Postmenopausal estrogen replacement therapy and the risk of developing systemic lupus erythematosus or discoid lupusC R Meier
Boston Collaborative Drug Surveillance Program, Boston University Medical Center, Lexington, MA 02173, USA
J Rheumatol 25:1515-9. 1998..We examined the association of postmenopausal estrogen use with the development of SLE and discoid lupus...
Antibiotics and risk of subsequent first-time acute myocardial infarctionC R Meier
Boston Collaborative Drug Surveillance Program, Boston University Medical Center, Lexington, Mass 02421, USA
JAMA 281:427-31. 1999..If such a causal association exists, subjects who used antibiotics active against the bacteria, regardless of indication, might be at lower risk of developing acute myocardial infarction than nonusers...
Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, calcium channel blockers, and breast cancerC R Meier
Boston Collaborative Drug Surveillance Program, Boston University School of Medicine, Lexington, Mass, USA
Arch Intern Med 160:349-53. 2000....
Statin use, hyperlipidaemia, and the risk of breast cancerJ A Kaye
Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Br J Cancer 86:1436-9. 2002..8; 95% confidence interval 0.9-3.4). We found no evidence for an increasing trend in breast cancer risk with increasing duration of statin use (median duration 1.8 years, maximum 8.6 years)...
Sequential combination chemotherapy (CABOPP/VIM) for the treatment of high-grade malignant non-Hodgkin lymphomaM R Nowrousian
Department of Internal Medicine (Cancer Research, West German Tumor Centre, University of Essen
Acta Oncol 28:495-500. 1989..The value of this program, however, can only be established comparing it with other newly developed protocols in randomized studies...
Risk of cataract in patients treated with statinsR G Schlienger
Basel Pharmacoepidemiology Unit, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Basel, Switzerland
Arch Intern Med 161:2021-6. 2001..2-4.1). CONCLUSIONS: Our study provides evidence that long-term use of therapeutic statin doses does not increase the risk of developing cataract. Concomitant use of erythromycin and simvastatin may increase the cataract risk...
Migraine incidence, comorbidity and health resource utilization in the UKC Becker
Basel Pharmacoepidemiology Unit, Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland
Cephalalgia 28:57-64. 2008..This study shows that migraine is a common diagnosis in general practice and associated with a high prevalence of comorbidity. The increased HRU in triptan users suggests greater migraine severity...
Association between beta-blockers, other antihypertensive drugs and psoriasis: population-based case-control studyY B Brauchli
Basel Pharmacoepidemiology Unit, Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Hospital Basel, 4031 Basel, Switzerland
Br J Dermatol 158:1299-307. 2008..Several case reports have associated use of beta-blockers with an increased risk of psoriasis or psoriasiform drug eruptions...
