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Assessing health-related quality of life in patients with inflammatory bowel disease, in Crete, Greece
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Background Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) is an important outcome measure in Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD). The aim of our study was to assess HRQoL in a... -
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Results of a phase-I/II randomized, masked, placebo-controlled trial of recombinant human interleukin-11 (rhIL-11) in the treatment of subjects with active rheumatoid arthritis
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Interleukin-11 (IL-11) is a pleiotropic cytokine that regulates the growth and development of hematopoietic stem cells and decreases the proinflammatory mediators of... -
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Acute hemodynamic effects of inhaled nitric oxide, dobutamine and a combination of the two in patients with mild to moderate secondary pulmonary hypertension
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Introduction The use of low-dose dobutamine to maintain hemodynamic stability in pulmonary hypertension may have a detrimental effect on gas exchange. The aim of this... -
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A prospective study of rural drinking water quality and acute gastrointestinal illness
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Background This study examined the relationship between the bacteriological contamination of drinking water from private wells and acute gastrointestinal illness... -
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Risk of mortality in a cohort of patients newly diagnosed with chronic atrial fibrillation
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Objective To estimate the mortality rate of patients newly diagnosed with chronic atrial fibrillation (AF) and compare it with the one in the general population. To... -
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Discrimination of three mutational events that result in a disruption of the R122 primary autolysis site of the human cationic trypsinogen (PRSS1) by denaturing high performance liquid chromatography
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Background R122, the primary autolysis site of the human cationic trypsinogen (PRSS1), constitutes an important "self-destruct" or "fail-safe" defensive mechanism... -
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A comparison of efficacy and toxicity between electroporation and adenoviral gene transfer
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Background Electroporation of skeletal muscle after injection of naked DNA was shown by others to increase transgene expression. Information regarding tissue damage... -
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Types and frequency of preanalytical mistakes in the first Thai ISO 9002:1994 certified clinical laboratory, a 6 – month monitoring
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Background Reliability cannot be achieved in a clinical laboratory through the control of accuracy in the analytical phase of the testing process alone. Indeed a... -
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Breast cancer mortality among Ashkenazi Jewish women in São Paulo and Porto Alegre, Brazil
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Background Increased BRCA1 and BRCA2 germline mutation rates have been reported in Ashkenazi Jewish women in North America, Europe and Israel, and have been mentioned... -
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Design of the Intravenous Magnesium Efficacy in Acute Stroke (IMAGES) trial [ISRCTN19943732]
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The Intravenous Magnesium Efficacy in Acute Stroke (IMAGES) trial is a multicentre,randomised, placebo-controlled trial of magnesium sulphate (MgSO4) funded by the UK... -
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Somatic embryogenesis, rhizogenesis, and morphinan alkaloids production in two species of opium poppy
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A study of somatic embryogenesis and rhizogenesis and their influence on production of morphinan alkaloids on two species of opium poppy is presented. We identified... -
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A model combining cell physiology and population genetics to explain
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Background Laboratory experiments under controlled conditions during thousands of generations are useful tools to assess the processes underlying bacterial evolution.... -
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Research Article: BMC Genomics
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Background Gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) is responsible for stimulation of gonadotropic hormone (GtH) in the hypothalamus-pituitary-gonadal axis (HPG). The... -
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Real-time RT-PCR analysis of mRNA decay: half-life of Beta-actin mRNA in human leukemia CCRF-CEM and Nalm-6 cell lines
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Background We describe an alternative method to determine mRNA half-life (t1/2) based on the Real-Time RT-PCR procedure. This approach was evaluated by using the... -
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Jejunogastric intussusception presented with hematemesis: a case presentation and review of the literature
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Background Jejunogastric intussusception (JGI) is a rare but potentially very serious complication of gastrectomy or gastrojejunostomy. To avoid mortality early... -
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Paper reports overview: Restrictive transfusions, experienced radiologists and prone positioning
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Paper reports overview: Restrictive transfusions, experienced radiologists and prone positioning -
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Connexin-mimetic peptide Gap 27 decreases osteoclastic activity
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Background Bone remodelling is dependent on the balance between bone resorbing osteoclasts and bone forming osteoblasts. We have shown previously that osteoclasts... -
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Publication bias in gastroenterological research – a retrospective cohort study based on abstracts submitted to a scientific meeting
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Background The aim of this study was to examine the determinants of publication and whether publication bias occurred in gastroenterological research. Methods A... -
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Anorexigen-induced pulmonary hypertension and the serotonin (5-HT) hypothesis: lessons for the future in pathogenesis
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Epidemiological studies have established that fenfluramine, D-fenfluramine, and aminorex, but not other appetite suppressants, increase the risk of primary pulmonary... -
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Survey of transcripts in the adult
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Background: Classic methods of identifying genes involved in neural function include the laborious process of behavioral screening of mutagenized flies and then...