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Increased Risk of Pneumonia in Patients Receiving Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Agonists for Prosta...

Increased Risk of Pneumonia in Patients Receiving Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Agonists for Prosta...

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Increased Risk of Pneumonia in Patients Receiving Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Agonists for Prostate Cancer

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Increased Risk of Pneumonia in Patients Receiving Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Agonists for Prostate Cancer

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United States: Public Library of Science

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PloS one, 2014-06, Vol.9 (6), p.e101254

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English

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United States: Public Library of Science

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This study aimed to investigate the relationship between the use of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonists and subsequent risk of pneumonia in patients with prostate cancer (PC) using a population-based dataset.
We obtained the data from Taiwan's Longitudinal Health Insurance Database 2000. We included 2064 PC in this study. Of the sampl...

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Increased Risk of Pneumonia in Patients Receiving Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Agonists for Prostate Cancer

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TN_cdi_plos_journals_1984942511

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_plos_journals_1984942511

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1932-6203

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1932-6203

DOI

10.1371/journal.pone.0101254

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