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Is endosonography an effective method for detection and local staging of the ampullary carcinoma? A prospective study
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Background The relatively rare carcinoma of the ampulla of Vater is a neoplasia with a good prognosis compared to pancreatic cancer. Preoperative staging is important... -
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Quantitative analysis of DNA levels in maternal plasma in normal and Down syndrome pregnancies
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background We investigated fetal and total DNA levels in maternal plasma in patients bearing fetuses affected with Down syndrome in comparison to controls carrying... -
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Bone mineral density and the subsequent risk of cancer in the NHANES I follow-up cohort
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Backgroud Bone mineral density (BMD) is a marker of long-term estrogen exposure. BMD measurement has been used in this context to investigate the association of... -
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Transporter Classification Database (TCDB)
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
The Transporter Classification Database details a comprehensive classification system for membrane transport proteins known as the Transporter Classification (TC)... -
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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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Acetaminophen toxicity: suicidal vs accidental
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Introduction Acetaminophen toxicity, which can lead to hepatotoxicity, is a burden on our health care system and contributes significantly to intensive care unit... -
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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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NIMH Repository and Genomics Resources (RGR)
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
The NIMH Repository and Genomics Resource (RGR) stores biosamples, genetic, pedigree and clinical data collected in designated NIMH-funded human subject studies. The... -
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Phenotype-Genotype Integrator (PheGenI)
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Supports finding human phenotype/genotype relationships with queries by phenotype, chromosome location, gene, and SNP identifiers. Currently includes information from... -
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Interactive decision support in hepatic surgery
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Hepatic surgery is characterized by complicated operations with a significant peri- and postoperative risk for the patient. We developed a web-based, high-... -
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A cohort study of possible risk factors for over-reporting of antihypertensive adherence
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background The identification of poor medicinal adherence is difficult because direct observation of medication use is usually impractical. Up to 50% of individuals... -
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Effect of vitamin D on bone mineral density of elderly patients with osteoporosis responding poorly to bisphosphonates
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Bisphosphonates are indicated in the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis. However, bone mineral density (BMD) continues to decline in up to 15% of... -
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Characterisation and expression of a PP1 serine/threonine protein phosphatase (PfPP1) from the malaria parasite,
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Reversible protein phosphorylation is relatively unexplored in the intracellular protozoa of the Apicomplexa family that includes the genus Plasmodium, to... -
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Gamma oscillation underlies hyperthermia-induced epileptiform-like spikes in immature rat hippocampal slices
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Recently a hyperthermic rat hippocampal slice model system has been used to investigate febrile seizure pathophysiology. Our previous data indicates that... -
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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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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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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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The Carvedilol Prospective Randomized Cumulative Survival (COPERNICUS) trial
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Previous trials (Metoprolol CR/XL Randomised Intervention Trial in Congestive Heart Failure [MERIT-HF], Cardiac Insufficiency Bisoprolol Study [CIBIS] II) have... -
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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-...