Sentence examples for prophylactic means from inspiring English sources

The limited efficiency of medical countermeasures against poisoning by nerve agent justifies efforts to find new prophylactic means and new antidotes.

Notwithstanding the importance of maintaining adequate copper levels in sheep at risk of hypocuprosis, it would seem that there is little to recommend the use of copper, either as a supplement or as COWP, specifically as a prophylactic means of H. contortus control in sheep in Sweden.

More detailed studies of the mechanisms resulting in suppression of T-cell responses by fluctuating l-arginine levels and identification of mechanisms as to how to restore them are likely to lead to new therapeutic or prophylactic means to treat not only leishmaniasis, but also diseases such as asthma and cancer.

In this sense, acid suppression serves not only as an effective prophylactic mean for the reflux esophagitis but also as a potential chemopreventive strategy for Barrett's esophagus.

Prophylactic endoscopic steroid injection appears to be a safe means of relieving the severity of esophageal stenoses following extensive ESD.

D'Souza came to America from India when he was a teen-ager, and near the beginning of the film, when he mentions his own story, it seems like a prophylactic detour, meant to reassure viewers that he's not motivated by prejudice.

70% of those who have received IPT and cleared parasites are then fully protected from further infection for the prophylactic period (mean of 30 or 60 days).

Prophylactic surgery by means of radical mastectomy obviously can prevent new mammary neoplasm development in the future [ 8].

Prophylactic oophorectomy extended mean life expectancy over surveillance alone by 0.09 0.37 years and over no presymptomatic health services by 0.41 – 1.36 years.

The high proportions of HPV-positive cancers attributable to HPV16/18, and of non-malignant diseases attributable to HPV6/11 underscore the potential importance of preventing the majority of male HPV-related diseases by means of prophylactic vaccination [ 27].

We will describe age, educational attainment, pregnancy status, number and characteristics of previous venous thromboembolic events, presence or absence of precipitating risk factors, and prior experience with prophylactic LMWH injections using means and standard deviations or proportions, as appropriate.