2,009 datasets found
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Oral contraceptive use before first birth and risk of breast cancer: a case control study
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background The aim of this study was first, to investigate whether women starting oral contraceptive (OC) use at a young age and before first birth have an increased... -
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Reporting of conflicts of interest in guidelines of preventive and therapeutic interventions
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Guidelines published in major medical journals are very influential in determining clinical practice. It would be essential to evaluate whether conflicts... -
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Sub-lethal radiation enhances anti-tumor immunotherapy in a transgenic mouse model of pancreatic cancer
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background It is not uncommon to observe circulating tumor antigen-specific T lymphocytes in cancer patients despite a lack of significant infiltration and... -
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Abdominal compartment syndrome
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Intra-abdominal hypertension (IAH) associated with organ dysfunction defines the abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS). Elevated intra-abdominal pressure (IAP)... -
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Low frequency of
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
In order to explore the possible role of E-cadherin in familial cancer, 19 familial breast cancer patients, whose tumours demonstrated loss of heterozygosity (LOH) at... -
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An MCASE approach to the search of a cure for Parkinson's Disease.
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Parkinson's disease is caused by a dopamine deficiency state in the fore brain area. Dopamine receptor agonists, MAO-B inhibitors, and N-Methyl-D-Aspartate... -
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Can Australian general practitioners effectively screen for diabetic retinopathy? A pilot study
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Diabetes has been identified as one of the national health priority areas in Australia. After 20 years of diabetes most patients can be expected to develop... -
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Effects of EDTA and Sodium Citrate on hormone measurements by fluorometric (FIA) and immunofluorometric (IFMA) methods
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Measurements of hormonal concentrations by immunoassays using fluorescent tracer substance (Eu3+) are susceptible to the action of chemical agents that may... -
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Optimizing antibiotics in residents of nursing homes: protocol of a randomized trial
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Antibiotics are frequently prescribed for older adults who reside in long-term care facilities. A substantial proportion of antibiotic use in this setting... -
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The Siblings With Ischemic Stroke Study (SWISS) Protocol
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Family history and twins studies suggest an inherited component to ischemic stroke risk. Candidate gene association studies have been performed but have... -
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High frequency of phenotypic deviations in
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background The moss Physcomitrella patens is an attractive model system for plant biology and functional genome analysis. It shares many biological features with... -
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Acyclovir for treating varicella in otherwise healthy children and adolescents: a systematic review of randomised controlled trials
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Acyclovir has the potential to shorten the course of chickenpox which may result in reduced costs and morbidity. We conducted a systematic review of... -
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Management of obstetric anal sphincter injury: a systematic review & national practice survey
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background We aim to establish the evidence base for the recognition and management of obstetric anal sphincter injury (OASI) and to compare this with current... -
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What you should know about PR3-ANCA: Structural aspects of antibodies to proteinase 3 (PR3)
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Reactive antigenic epitopes on presumed autoantigens of biologic interest have been examined by many researchers. The central third complementarity-determining region... -
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Food intakes and preferences of hospitalised geriatric patients
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background A cross sectional survey was carried out on 120 hospitalised geriatric patients aged 60 and above in Hospital Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur... -
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The CXC chemokine cCAF stimulates precocious deposition of ECM molecules by wound fibroblasts, accelerating development of granulation tissue
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background During wound repair, fibroblasts orchestrate replacement of the provisional matrix formed during clotting with tenascin, cellular fibronectin and collagen... -
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Islet expression of the DNA repair enzyme 8-oxoguanosine DNA glycosylase (Ogg1) in human type 2 diabetes
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background It has become increasingly clear that β-cell failure plays a critical role in the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes. Free-radical mediated β-cell damage has... -
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Drug therapy and adverse drug reactions to terbutaline in obstetric patients: a prospective cohort study in hospitalized women
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Adverse drug reactions (ADR's) could be expected more frequently in pregnant women. This study was performed in order to identify ADR's to tocolytic drugs... -
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Fluctuations of inspired concentrations of nitric oxide and nitrogen dioxide during mechanical ventilation
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background: Nitric oxide (NO) is a very reactive agent with potentially toxic oxidation products such as nitrogen dioxide (NO2). Therefore, during NO inhalation a... -
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Role of epidermal growth factor receptor activation in regulating mucin synthesis
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Healthy individuals have few goblet cells in their airways, but in patients with hypersecretory diseases goblet-cell upregulation results in mucus hypersecretion,...
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