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| ==Introduction==
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| ** The page name should be '''"(Disease name) natural history, complications and prognosis"''', with only the first letter of the title capitalized.
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| * '''Goal:'''To provide information on the natural progression of the disease without treatment, complications that occur as a result of the disease and its treatment, and the anticipated and actual outcomes of treatment.
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| * As with all microchapter pages liking to the main page, at the top of the edit box put <nowiki>{{CMG}}</nowiki>, your name template, and the microchapter navigation template you created at the beginning.
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| * Remember to create links within Wikidoc by placing <nowiki>[[square brackets]]</nowiki> around key words which you want to link to other pages. For more information on how to create links click [[Help:Links|here]].
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| * Remember to follow the same format and capitalization of letters as outlined in the template below.
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| *Remember this is not the section to put the history of the disease in time. This would be detailed in the historical perspective section.
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| *Remember this is not the section to put the history of the patient. This would be detailed in the diagnosis section, under history.
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| * You should include the name of the disease in the first sentence of every subsection.
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| ==Overview==
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| * The overview section should include the disease name in the first sentence.
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| * The goal is to summarize the entire page in several sentences. This section can be the same as the natural history, complications and prognosis segment on the overview page.
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| * To see an example, click [[Pericarditis natural history#Overview|here]].
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| * Here are a few template sentence you can use: "(Disease name), without treatment, progresses to eventually cause _____ and ____. (Disease name) can be complicated by the development of ____. The prognosis of (disease name) is poor/ good. (Disease name) is associated with a 1/5/10 year mortality of ___%.
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| ==Natural History==
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| * The natural history of disease details how the disease progresses without treatment.
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| * Here are a few template sentences you can use: "The symptoms of (disease name) usually develop in the first/ second/ third decade of life, and start with symptoms such as ___. The symptoms of (disease name) typically develop ___ years after exposure to ___. Without treatment, the patient will develop symptoms of ___, which will/ may eventually lead to ___.
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| ==Complications==
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| * Using lists can be helpful for describing this section.
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| * You can use these template sentences;
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| **"Complications that can develop as a result of (disease name) are ___ (describe in list form)".
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| **"Complications that can develop as a result of the treatment of (disease name) are ___ (describe in list form).
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| * For an example of the complications section in a natural history, complications and prognosis page, click [[Pericarditis natural history#complications|here]].
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| ==Prognosis==
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| * This section should detail the prognosis of the disease, both treated and untreated.
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| * Here are some template sentences; "The prognosis of (disease name) is poor/good with treatment. Without treatment, (disease name) will result in ___. (Disease name) is associated with a 1/5/10 year mortality of __. The presence of ___ is associated with a particularly poor prognosis among patients with (disease name).
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| * For an example of a prognosis section within a natural history, complications and prognosis page, click [[Pericarditis natural history#prognosis|here]].
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| ==References==
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