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EMB is a preferred surgical procedure for the repair of retinal detachment and macular hole closure in highly myopic eyes with posterior staphyloma.

Expression of ANP and BNP and their genes was augmented in the ventricular myocytes of the patients with cardiac amyloidosis. Both regional mechanical stress by amyloid deposits and hemodynamic stress by diastolic dysfunction may be responsible for the expression of the peptides in patients with cardiac amyloidosis.

Liver weight may be a better parameter than body weight for estimating the warfarin doses for prepubertal patients on the basis of the corresponding adult values. Augmented responses to warfarin in children should also be taken into account for estimating warfarin doses for children.

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