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follow-up, 1 an act of renewing contact with sources of information and reviewing data needed to reinforce or evaluate a previous action or report, such as reexamination of an earlier diagnosis or prognosis. 2 some further action taken after a procedure is finished, such as contact by a health care agency days or weeks after a patient has undergone treatment. follow-up, n the process of monitoring the progress of a patient after a period of active treatment. follow-up subsequent. follow-up plan plan of action subsequent to the initial procedure, e.g. course of therapy, surgical procedure preventive program. follow-up studies ascertaining what happened to a particular patient or group after a significant lapse of time. follow-up noun The constellation of future activities–eg return visits, imaging modalities etc, by a Pt after hospitalization or therapy, intended to help in return to a desired state of health verb To ensure that a
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However, Drake notes, follow-up studies in his lab hint that sex hormones such as estrogen and testosterone control expression of many of the genes. Unlike with anonymous DNA databases, EPR donors provide their names and contact information so they can be asked to participate in follow-up studies if their DNA contains a polymorphism of interest. We have often complained about the failure of the FDA to make sure that once drugs are approved for marketing, there are follow-up studies to see how the drugs perform and to identify whatever unanticipated side effects might develop. |
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