2,009 datasets found
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Cross-sectional study of morbidity, morbidity-associated factors and cost of treatment in Ngaoundere, Cameroon, with implications for health policy in developing countries and development assistance policy
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Background In a population-based epidemiological study in Ngaoundere, Cameroon, we studied cross-sectional child morbidity and the cost of necessary investigation and... -
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Debate: The potential role of estrogen in the prevention of heart disease in women after menopause
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Large numbers of observational studies have described a decrease in the incidence of cardiovascular disease in women taking hormone replacement therapy (HRT). The... -
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Synovial cytokine mRNA expression during arthritis triggered by CpG motifs of bacterial DNA
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Our results show that cytokines derived from macrophages play an important role in pathogenesis of arthritis triggered by CpG oligodinucleotide (CpG ODN). IL-12 is in... -
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Functional analysis of a frame-shift mutant of the dihydropyridine receptor pore subunit (α
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Background The L-type Ca2+ channel formed by the dihydropyridine receptor (DHPR) of skeletal muscle senses the membrane voltage and opens the ryanodine receptor... -
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Appendicular bone mass and knee and hand osteoarthritis in Japanese women: a cross-sectional study
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Background It has been reported that there is an inverse association between osteoarthritis (OA) and osteoporosis. However, the relationship of bone mass to OA in a... -
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Non-detection ofChlamydiaspecies in carotid atheroma using generic primers by nested PCR in a population with a high prevalence ofChlamydia pneumoniaeantibody
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The association ofChlamydia pneumoniaewith atherosclerosis is controversial. We investigated the presence ofC. pneumoniaeand otherChlamydiaspp. in atheromatous... -
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Bootstrap, Bayesian probability and maximum likelihood mapping: exploring new tools for comparative genome analyses
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Background Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) played an important role in shaping microbial genomes. In addition to genes under sporadic selection, HGT also affects... -
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Profound effect of normalization on detection of differentially expressed genes in oligonucleotide microarray data analysis
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
A number of procedures for normalization and detection of differentially expressed genes have been proposed. Four different normalization methods and all possible... -
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Calculated conformer energies for organic molecules with multiple polar functionalities are method dependent: Taxol (case study)
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Molecular mechanics (MM) and quantum chemical (QM) calculations are widely applied and powerful tools for the stereochemical and conformational... -
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Long-term experimental evolution in
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Experimental populations of Escherichia coli have evolved for 20,000 generations in a uniform environment. Their rate of improvement, as measured in... -
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Assessment of the infectious diseases surveillance system of the Republic of Armenia: an example of surveillance in the Republics of the former Soviet Union
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Background Before 1991, the infectious diseases surveillance systems (IDSS) of the former Soviet Union (FSU) were centrally planned in Moscow. The dissolution of the... -
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma and protective effects of food intake: from hypothesis to evidence?
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Evidence for a role of diet in asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has been accumulating rapidly over the past decade. Associations have been... -
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Drug-induced and postnatal hypothyroidism impairs the accumulation of diacylglycerol in liver and liver cell plasma membranes
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Background Thyroid hormones are well known modulators of signal transduction. The effect of hyper- and hypo-thyroidism on diacylglycerol/protein kinase C (DAG/PKC)... -
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An assessment of the usefulness of a rapid immuno-chromatographic test, "Determine™ malaria pf" in evaluation of intervention measures in forest villages of central India
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Plasmodium falciparum malaria, is a major health problem in forested tribal belt of central India. Rapid and accurate methods are needed for the diagnosis... -
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Catecholamine-induced interleukin-10 release: a key mechanism in systemic immunodepression after brain injury
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Background: Infections after severe brain injury or polytrauma are still a problem, and may be the result of a brain-mediated disturbed systemic immunoreactivity. The... -
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Role of bedside electroencephalography in the adult intensive care unit during therapeutic neuromuscular blockade
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Background: Size, weight and technical difficulties limit the use of ponderous strip chart electroencephalographs (EEGs) for real time evaluation of brain wave... -
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Organochlorine exposures influence on breast cancer risk and survival according to estrogen receptor status: a Danish cohort-nested case-control study
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Background The relationship between breast cancer and organochlorine exposure is controversial and complex. As estrogen receptor positive and negative breast cancer... -
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Clinical treatment reverses attentional deficits in congestive heart failure
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Background Congestive heart failure (CHF) is associated with cognitive deficits, particularly of memory and attention. The present study aims to clarify whether... -
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Survey of the knowledge, attitude and practice of Nigerian surgery trainees to HIV-infected persons and AIDS patients
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Background The incidence of HIV infection and AIDS is rising in Nigeria. Surgeons are at risk of occupationally acquired infection as a result of intimate contact... -
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Patient and health service delay in the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in Ethiopia
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Delay in the diagnosis of tuberculosis may worsen the disease, increase the risk of death and enhance tuberculosis transmission in the community. This...
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