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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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Genetic polymorphisms in lung disease: bandwagon or breakthrough?
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
The study of genetic polymorphisms has touched every aspect of pulmonary and critical care medicine. We review recent progress made using genetic polymorphisms to... -
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Change of dopamine receptor mRNA expression in lymphocyte of schizophrenic patients
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Though the dysfunction of central dopaminergic system has been proposed, the etiology or pathogenesis of schizophrenia is still uncertain partly due to... -
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Patent AT-E401441-T1: [Translated] LEATHER COLLAGEN FIBER YARN AND METHOD THEREOF
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
A yarn of collagen fiber of animal leather and the manufacturing process thereof, characterized in that the yarn is made of 1-100 % by weight of collagen fiber of... -
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Prevention and diagnosis of venous thromboembolism in critically ill patients: a Canadian survey
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Venous thromboembolism (VTE) confers considerable morbidity and mortality in hospitalized patients, although few studies have focused on the critically ill... -
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Pulse pressure and age at menopause
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background The objective of this study was to study the association of early age at menopause with pulse pressure (PP), a marker of arterial stiffness, and PP change.... -
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Value Set Authority Center
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
The VSAC is a repository and authoring tool for public value sets created by external programs. Value sets are lists of codes and corresponding terms, from NLM-hosted... -
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Representation of women's health in general medical versus women's health specialty journals: a content analysis
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Women's health, traditionally defined, emphasises reproductive and maternal conditions without consideration of social contexts. Advocates urge a broader... -
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Auto-protective redox buffering systems in stimulated macrophages
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Macrophages, upon encounter with micro-organisms or stimulated by cytokines, produce various effector molecules aimed at destroying the foreign agents and... -
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Recruitment, augmentation and apoptosis of rat osteoclasts in 1,25-(OH)
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Although much is known about the regulation of osteoclast (OC) formation and activity, little is known about OC senescence. In particular, the fate of of... -
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Little qualitative RNA misexpression in sterile male F
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Although the genetics of hybrid sterility has been the subject of evolutionary studies for over sixty years, no one has shown the reason(s) why alleles... -
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Phospholipase Cδ regulates germination of
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Many eukaryotes, including plants and fungi make spores that resist severe environmental stress. The micro-organism Dictyostelium contains a single... -
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Determinants of abstract acceptance for the Digestive Diseases Week – a cross sectional study
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
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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Association of mesenchymal cells and immunoglobulins with differentiating epithelial cells
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Mesenchymal-epithelial interactions play an important role in the physiology and pathology of epithelial tissues. Mesenchymal cells either associate with... -
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Accessing and distributing EMBL data using CORBA (common object request broker architecture)
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background: The EMBL Nucleotide Sequence Database is a comprehensive database of DNA and RNA sequences and related information traditionally made available in flat-... -
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Cloning and expression of the rabbit prostaglandin EP2 receptor
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) has multiple physiologic roles mediated by G protein coupled receptors designated E-prostanoid, or "EP" receptors. Evidence... -
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Synthesis of a novel hepatitis C virus protein by ribosomal frameshift
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is an important human pathogen that affects ∼100 million people worldwide. Its RNA genome codes for a polyprotein, which is cleaved by viral... -
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Expression of monolysocardiolipin acyltransferase activity is regulated in concert with the level of cardiolipin and cardiolipin biosynthesis in the mammalian heart
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Monolysocardiolipin acyltransferase (MLCL AT) catalyzes the acylation of monolysocardiolipin to cardiolipin in mammalian tissues. We previously reported... -
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Genetic epidemiology: Systemic sclerosis
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a multisystem connective tissue disease characterised phenotypically by fibrosis and ischaemic atrophy. Its aetiology is most likely...