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Reporting of conflicts of interest in guidelines of preventive and therapeutic interventions
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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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Patent AT-E401417-T1: [Translated] CAT PANCREAS LIPASE COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR PREPARING AND USING SUCH COMPOSITION
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A novel form of lipase, namely feline pancreatic lipase (also termed feline classical pancreatic lipase) has an N-terminal amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO.... -
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Patent AT-E399593-T1: [Translated] COOLING DEVICE FOR BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES
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The invention relates to a cooling device ( 1 ) for cooling an item to be cooled, especially for use in the examination, handling and processing of cryogenic samples.... -
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A PCR-mutagenesis strategy for rapid detection of mutations in codon 634 of the
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Background Multiple endocrine neoplasias type 2A (MEN 2A) is a dominantly inherited cancer syndrome. Missence mutations in the codon encoding cysteine 634 of the ret... -
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Mutation analysis of the CHK2 gene in breast carcinoma and other cancers
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Background Mutations in the CHK2 gene at chromosome 22q12.1 have been reported in families with Li-Fraumeni syndrome. Chk2 is an effector kinase that is activated in... -
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Incidence and Characteristics of Total Stroke in the United States
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Background and Purpose Stroke, increasingly referred to as a "brain attack", is one of the leading causes of death and the leading cause of adult disability in the... -
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Amyloid associated with elastin-staining laminar aggregates in the lungs of patients diagnosed with acute respiratory distress syndrome
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Background The heterogeneity of conditions underlying respiratory distress, whether classified clinically as acute lung injury (ALI) or the more severe acute... -
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Early inflammatory markers in elicitation of allergic contact dermatitis
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Background Allergic Contact Dermatitis (ACD) is regarded as a T-cell-mediated delayed-type hypersensitivity reaction. We studied the kinetics of the expression of... -
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Patent AT-E401126-T1: [Translated] HEATING OF MULTI-CHAMBER CONTAINERS
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A device for heating or cooling multiple single chamber containers or a multi-chamber container. The device includes: a unitary heat or cold source providing a source... -
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Patent AT-E400358-T1: [Translated] DEVICE AND METHOD FOR LYSIS
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A cartridge (101) for separating a desired analyte from a fluid sample includes a sample port (103) and a sample flow path extending from the port through the body of... -
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Research Article: BMC Cancer
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Background We previously reported that the α-1 chain of type 11 collagen (COL11A1), not normally expressed in the colon, was up-regulated in stromal fibroblasts in... -
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Acute-phase serum amyloid A production by rheumatoid arthritis synovial tissue
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Acute-phase serum amyloid A (A-SAA) is a major component of the acute-phase response. A sustained acute-phase response in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is associated with... -
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Use of a rapid arterial blood gas analyzer to estimate blood hemoglobin concentration among critically ill adults
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Objective To evaluate whether measurement of the hemoglobin (Hb) concentration with a blood gas analyzer approximates that determined by a conventional coulter... -
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Abnormal expression of p27kip1 protein in levator ani muscle of aging women with pelvic floor disorders – a relationship to the cellular differentiation and degeneration
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Background Pelvic floor disorders affect almost 50% of aging women. An important role in the pelvic floor support belongs to the levator ani muscle. The p27/kip1... -
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Aged garlic extract therapy for sickle cell anemia patients
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Sickle cell anemia is one of the most prevalent hereditary disorders with prominent morbidity and mortality. With this disorder oxidative, phenomena play a... -
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Bacterial discrimination by means of a universal array approach mediated by LDR (ligase detection reaction)
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background PCR amplification of bacterial 16S rRNA genes provides the most comprehensive and flexible means of sampling bacterial communities. Sequence analysis of... -
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Salivary testosterone levels in preadolescent children
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Saliva reflects the plasma free fraction of testosterone which is biologically active, and available for uptake by tissues. Testosterone concentration in... -
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Prehospital point of care testing of blood gases and electrolytes — an evaluation of IRMA
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background: This study evaluated the feasibility of blood gas analysis and electrolyte measurements during emergency transport prior to hospital admission. Results: A... -
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Do multiple outcome measures require p-value adjustment?
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Readers may question the interpretation of findings in clinical trials when multiple outcome measures are used without adjustment of the p-value. This... -
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Evolution and phylogeny of insect endogenous retroviruses
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background The genome of invertebrates is rich in retroelements which are structurally reminiscent of the retroviruses of vertebrates. Those containing three open...