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It is nonetheless relevant to acknowledge that the relational data prior to 2008 is based on relatively old retrospective information that may have limitations in terms of accuracy.
Two old retrospective studies reported high sensitivities and negative predictive values for CRP in differentiating bacterial from viral meningitis [ 25] and other central nervous system infections [ 26].
Limited information on prognostic and predictive parameters for both IBC and NIBC is currently available, and it is largely derived from old retrospective series, collected during several years.
However, this approach is based in old retrospective studies, and there is some controversy since prospective trial data supporting the use of ASCT is lacking, particularly in the R-CT era [ 13, 14, 23, 32].
Informed consent in very old retrospective patient cohorts was deemed unnecessary, because the study was approved by the local hospital ethics committee and the National Supervisory Authority for Welfare Health.
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Current knowledge on these prognostic factors is largely dependent upon older retrospective series.
While older retrospective studies suggested median survival was 2 3 years [ 1– 3], IPF has a highly heterogeneous disease course, making prognostication difficult [ 4, 5].
In DEGS1 the history of falls within the past 12 months (one fall, two falls or more) was assessed by a standardised self-completed questionnaire in participants 65 years and older (retrospective assessment) [ 18].
An older retrospective study analysing insurance claims from a small number of health plans between January 1997 and December 2004 also reported that the unadjusted mean medical costs were significantly higher among non-compliant patients than among compliant patients, even though non-compliant patients had lower prescription drug costs than compliant patients [ 26].
Who knows when the last time was that a commercial gallery organized an old master retrospective as ambitious as this.
Who knows when the last time was that a commercial gallery organized an old master retrospective as ambitious as "Procaccini in America" at Hall & Knight?
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