maintenance therapy
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmaintenanceandtherapy
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maintenance
noun[U]
uk/ˈmeɪn.tən.əns/us/ˈmeɪn.tən.əns/
the work needed to keep a road, building, machine, etc. in ...
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therapy
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈθer.ə.pi/us/ˈθer.ə.pi/
a treatment that helps someone feel better, grow stronger, etc., especially after ...
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(Definition ofmaintenanceandtherapyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Notably, among those patients who remained depression-free, continuous levels of personality pathology steadily declined over the 2-year course ofmaintenancetherapy.
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Also, where patients remained depression free, apparent personality pathology declined over 2 yearsmaintenancetherapy.
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At discharge from hospital theywere continued on zincmaintenancetherapy, and returned at yearly intervals for 3 years for further evaluation.
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It can be seen that zinc fulfills most of the needs formaintenancetherapy.
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On readmission at 38 weeks he was found to have reached criteria for worsening in spite of good evidence of compliance withmaintenancetherapy.
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Rather than the metaphor of addiction, a closer analogy may be 'maintenancetherapy' - the long-term use of foreign assistance to forestall or postpone re-emergent authoritarian rule.
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Choosing antipsychoticmaintenancetherapy-a naturalistic study.
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Dose reduction formaintenancetherapyis not recommended.
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Oralmaintenancetherapyshould be continued.
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Zinc, ideal formaintenancetherapy, is too slow for these acutely ill patients.
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In the case of infliximab therapy, no prospective studies to date have shown a change in the clinical course of patients, who either received thismaintenancetherapyor not.
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In contrast, ziprasidone appears to have a notably more favorable cardiovascular profile, which may favor its use in clinical circumstances wheremaintenancetherapyis an important consideration.
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I could not agree with him, for example, that it is easy to isolate those people in need ofmaintenancetherapyand abolish charges for those people only.
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Whenmaintenancetherapyis used it may or may not consist of a different drug than the initial chemotherapy.
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Maintenancetherapywith antipsychotic drugs is clearly superior to placebo in preventing relapse, but is associated with weight gain, movement disorders, and high dropout rates.
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There is some controversy overmaintenancetherapyfor schizophrenia.
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Further work addressingmaintenancetherapydemonstrated mycophenolate superior to cyclophosphamide, again in terms of response and side-effects.
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It also works better than azathioprine with corticosteroids formaintenancetherapy.
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Some studies have also found probiotics useful inmaintenancetherapy, preventing recurrence.
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