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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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Chromosomal mapping, gene structure and characterization of the human and murine
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Rab GTPases are regulators of intracellular membrane traffic. The Rab27 subfamily consists of Rab27a and Rab27b. Rab27a has been recently implicated in... -
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Policy mapping for establishing a national emergency health policy for Nigeria
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background The number of potential life years lost due to accidents and injuries though poorly studied has resulted in tremendous economic and social loss to Nigeria.... -
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Time course of muscle soreness following different types of exercise
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Post-exercise muscle soreness is a dull, aching sensation that follows unaccustomed muscular exertion. Primarily on the basis of previous laboratory-based... -
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Genetic epidemiology: Psoriatic arthritis
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
The existence of psoriatic arthritis as a distinct clinical entity remains a topic of debate; some authors propose that it is simply the co-occurrence of psoriasis... -
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Biventricular pacing in heart failure: update on results from clinical trials
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Biventricular pacing or resynchronisation therapy is a non-pharmacological therapy for patients with chronic heart failure. Since being originally described in 1994,... -
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Bone morphogenetic proteins, genetics and the pathophysiology of primary pulmonary hypertension
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Several recent papers have shown that both familial primary pulmonary hypertension (FPPH) and sporadic primary pulmonary hypertension (PPH) may have a common etiology... -
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Effect of simvastatin on bone markers in osteopenic women: a placebo-controlled, dose-ranging trial [ISRCTN85429598]
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Hydroxymethylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase inhibitors increase new bone formation in vitro and in rodents. Results of epidemiologic analyses evaluating the... -
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The role of dyslipidemia and statins in venous thromboembolism
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Recent studies have proposed an association between hyperlipidemia and venous thromboembolism (VTE). We review the epidemiological evidence linking dyslipidemia with... -
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Single-dose rofecoxib for acute postoperative pain in adults: a quantitative systematic review
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Rofecoxib is a cyclo-oxygenase 2 selective inhibitor. This systematic review of rofecoxib in acute pain examined studies in adults of analgesic efficacy... -
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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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Occurrence of leu
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Many investigations have reported that advantageous mutations occurred more frequently under selective conditions than those under non-selective... -
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Editorial: The upper airway - the forgotten organ
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
The upper airway is an organ not often investigated. Relatively little is known about its complex functions, and misunderstandings abound. The paper by Thomachot et... -
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Impact of obesity on glucose and lipid profiles in adolescents at different age groups in relation to adulthood
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background As obesity is rapidly becoming a major medical and public health problem, the aim of our study was to determine: 1) if obesity in Caucasian adolescents at... -
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What you should know about PR3-ANCA: Conformational requirements of proteinase 3 (PR3) for enzymatic activity and recognition by PR3-ANCA
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
The neutrophil azurophil granule constituent proteinase 3 (PR3) is the principal antigen for anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA) in Wegener's... -
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Hospital competition, resource allocation and quality of care
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background A variety of approaches have been used to contain escalating hospital costs. One approach is intensifying price competition. The increase in price based... -
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Minimizing charges associated with the determination of brain death
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of altering the use of the protocol for brain death determination in traumatically injured patients,... -
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The therapeutic potential of modulators of the Hedgehog-Gli signaling pathway
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
The discovery of small molecules that act as agonists and antagonists of the Hedgehog-Gli signaling pathway, which plays important roles in the embryo and adult,... -
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Omapatrilat normalizes renal function curve in spontaneously hypertensive rats
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background The present study was designed to analyze the chronic renal response to omapatrilat, a new vasopeptidase inhibitor, in spontaneously hypertensive rats... -
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Cell-cell interactions in synovitis: Interactions between T lymphocytes and synovial cells
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Mechanisms whereby T lymphocytes contribute to synovial inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis are poorly understood. Here we review data that indicate an important...