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Patent AT-E401338-T1: [Translated] CITRULLINE PEPTIDES DERIVED FROM FIBRIN RECOGNIZED BY AUTOANTIBODIES SPECIFIC TO RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS AND THE USE THEREOF
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
The invention relates to novel citrulline peptides derived from fibrin α and β chains which are recognizable by specific citrulline antiprotein autoantibodies (AAPC)... -
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Polycystic kidney disease in patients on the renal transplant waiting list: trends in hematocrit and survival
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background The patient characteristics and mortality associated with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (PKD) have not been characterized for a national... -
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Accurate normalization of real-time quantitative RT-PCR data by geometric averaging of multiple internal control genes
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Using real-time reverse transcription PCR ten housekeeping genes from different abundance and functional classes in various human tissues were evaluated. The... -
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Blood and alveolar lymphocyte subsets in pulmonary cytomegalovirus infection after lung transplantation
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Cytomegalovirus (CMV) pneumonitis has been shown to be associated with lymphocytic alveolitis after lung transplantation. In the present study, we... -
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Determinants of abstract acceptance for the Digestive Diseases Week – a cross sectional study
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Background The Digestive Diseases Week (DDW) is the major meeting for presentation of research in gastroenterology. The acceptance of an abstract for presentation at... -
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Patent AT-E401420-T1: [Translated] DNA DETECTION USING PRIMERS WHICH HYBRIDISE WITH NON-FRAGMENTED DNA
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
The present invention provides a method of detecting non-apoptotic DNA in clinical samples. In particular there is provided a novel screening methodology for the... -
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Evaluation of normalization procedures for oligonucleotide array data based on spiked cRNA controls
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Affymetrix oligonucleotide arrays simultaneously measure the abundances of thousands of mRNAs in biological samples. Comparability of array results is... -
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Hyposecretion of the adrenal androgen dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate and its relation to clinical variables in inflammatory arthritis
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal underactivity has been reported in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). This phenomenon has implications with regard to the pathogenesis and... -
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Pharmacokinetics of artesunate after single oral administration to rats
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Artesunate is a commonly used antimalarial drug derived from artemisinin. It is rapidly converted to dihydroartemisinin. Little is known on this conversion... -
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Risk of mortality in a cohort of patients newly diagnosed with chronic atrial fibrillation
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
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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Pancreatic hyperamylasemia during acute gastroenteritis: incidence and clinical relevance
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Many case reports of acute pancreatitis have been reported but, up to now, pancreatic abnormalities during acute gastroenteritis have not been studied... -
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Patient attitudes toward using computers to improve health services delivery
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background The aim of this study was to examine the acceptability of point of care computerized prompts to improve health services delivery among a sample of primary... -
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A new automated method for the determination of the Total Antioxidant Capacity (TAC) of human plasma, based on the crocin bleaching assay
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Background Antioxidant molecules, which scavenge free radical species to prevent or delay oxidative damage of important macromolecules, membrane lipids and... -
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Funding source, trial outcome and reporting quality: are they related? Results of a pilot study
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background There has been increasing concern regarding the potential effects of the commercialization of research. Methods In order to examine the relationships...