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Molecular action of methotrexate in inflammatory diseases
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Despite the recent introduction of biological response modifiers and potent new small-molecule antirheumatic drugs, the efficacy of methotrexate is nearly unsurpassed... -
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Prevalence of hepatitis B and C markers in high-risk hospitalised patients in Crete: a five-year observational study
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Background So far the prevalence of viral hepatitis infection in hospitalized patients has not been extensively studied. Therefore we conducted the present five-year... -
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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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A surrogate-based approach for post-genomic partner identification
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Modern drug discovery is concerned with identification and validation of novel protein targets from among the 30,000 genes or more postulated to be present... -
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Vasopressin-dependent flank marking in golden hamsters is suppressed by drugs used in the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder
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Background Alterations in arginine vasopressin regulation and secretion have been proposed as one possible biochemical abnormality in patients with obsessive-... -
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Influence of twenty-five per cent human serum albumin on total and ionized calcium concentrations
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Background: A inverse correlation has been found between changes in ionized calcium concentrations and the addition of albumin in vitro, which may explain adverse... -
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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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Prescribing patterns in premenstrual syndrome
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Over 300 therapies have been proposed for premenstrual syndrome. To date there has been only one survey conducted in the UK of PMS treatments prescribed by... -
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The attributable mortality and length of intensive care unit stay of clinically important gastrointestinal bleeding in critically ill patients
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Objective To estimate the mortality and length of stay in the intensive care unit (ICU) attributable to clinically important gastrointestinal bleeding in mechanically... -
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Alarms in the intensive care unit: how can the number of false alarms be reduced?
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Many alarms, as they now exist in most monitoring systems, are not usually perceived as helpful by the medical staff because of the high incidence of false alarms.... -
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Treatment of established postoperative nausea and vomiting: a quantitative systematic review
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background The relative efficacy of antiemetics for the treatment of postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) is poorly understood. Methods Systematic search... -
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The methionine salvage pathway in
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Background Polyamine synthesis produces methylthioadenosine, which has to be disposed of. The cell recycles it into methionine through methylthioribose (MTR). Very... -
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B lymphocyte involvement in ankylosing spondylitis: the heavy chain variable segment gene repertoire of B lymphocytes from germinal center-like foci in the synovial membrane indicates antigen selection
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
The synovial membrane (SM) of affected joints in ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is infiltrated by germinal center-like aggregates (foci) of lymphocytes similar to... -
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Separate urinary bladder and prostate neurons in the central nervous system of the rat: simultaneous labeling with two immunohistochemically distinguishable pseudorabies viruses
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background This work examines the central nervous system distribution of virus-labeled neurons from the rat urinary bladder and the prostate simultaneously within the... -
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Experience collecting interim data on mortality: an example from the RALES study
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Introduction The Randomized Aldactone Evaluation Study (RALES) randomized 822 patients to receive 25 mg spironolactone daily and 841 to receive placebo. The primary... -
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Do we need clinical trials to test the ability of transdermal HRT to prevent coronary heart disease?
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Postmenopausal hormone replacement therapy (HRT) with oral oestrogen was predicted to reduce coronary heart disease (CHD) risk by 50%. Randomized controlled trials... -
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Effects of herbivory on the reproductive effort of 4 prairie perennials
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Background Herbivory can affect every aspect of a plant's life. Damaged individuals may show decreased survivorship and reproductive output. Additionally, specific... -
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Normalization and analysis of DNA microarray data by self-consistency and local regression
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
A robust semi-parametric normalization technique has been developed, based on the assumption that the large majority of genes will not have their relative expression... -
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A possible alternative method for collecting mosquito larvae in rice fields
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Rice fields are efficient breeding places for malaria vectors in Madagascar. In order to establish as easily as possible if a rice field is an effective... -
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Practice and professional development plans (PPDPs): results of a feasibility study
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Dissatisfaction with uniprofessional education structures as a means of improving the quality of healthcare has led to proposals to develop ways of...