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What is the optimal prophylaxis for treatment of cardiac allograft vasculopathy?
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Coronary artery disease in the transplanted heart, also known as cardiac allograft vasculopathy (CAV), is one of the major causes of mortality late after... -
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Carpal alignment in distal radial fractures
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Carpal malalignment following the malunited distal radial fracture is described to develop as an adaptation to realign the hand to the malunion. It worsens... -
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Delta-Notch signaling and lateral inhibition in zebrafish spinal cord development
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Background Vertebrate neural development requires precise coordination of cell proliferation and cell specification to guide orderly transition of mitotically active... -
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The baboon (
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background As novel endovascular strategies are developed for treating neurological disease, there is an increasing need to evaluate these techniques in relevant... -
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Self-medication and non-doctor prescription practices in Pokhara valley, Western Nepal: a questionnaire-based study
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Self-medication and non-doctor prescribing of drugs is common in developing countries. Complementary and alternative medications, especially herbs, are... -
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Predisposing factors for delirium in the surgical intensive care unit
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Delirium is a sign of deterioration in the homeostasis and physical status of the patient. The objective of our study was to investigate the predisposing... -
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"In-gel" purified ditags direct synthesis of highly efficient SAGE Libraries
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Background SAGE (serial analysis of gene expression) is a recently developed technique for systematic analysis of eukaryotic transcriptomes. The most critical step in... -
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Introducing evidence based medicine to the journal club, using a structured pre and post test: a cohort study
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Background Journal Club at a University-based residency program was restructured to introduce, reinforce and evaluate residents understanding of the concepts of... -
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Critical advances in septicemia and septic shock
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Recent advances suggest that toll-like receptors, various cytokines, cicosanoids, free radicals and macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) play an important... -
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Adverse effects of the antimalaria drug, mefloquine: due to primary liver damage with secondary thyroid involvement?
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Mefloquine is a clinically important antimalaria drug, which is often not well tolerated. We critically reviewed 516 published case reports of mefloquine... -
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High incidence of Epstein-Barr virus, cytomegalovirus and human herpesvirus 6 infections in children with cancer
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Background A prospective single-center study was performed to study infection with lymphotropic herpesviruses (LH) Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), cytomegalovirus (CMV) and... -
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A modification of Representational Difference Analysis, with application to the cloning of a candidate in the Reelin signalling pathway
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background cDNA-RDA is one of the subtractive cloning techniques used to isolate differentially expressed genes between two complex cDNA populations. In the present... -
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Reduction of post injury neointima formation due to 17β-estradiol and phytoestrogen treatment is not influenced by the pure synthetic estrogen receptor antagonist ICI 182,780 in vitro
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Animal and organ culture experiments have shown beneficial inhibitory estrogen effects on post injury neointima development. The purpose of this study was... -
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Clinical review: Intensive care follow-up – what has it told us?
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
The majority of intensive care practitioners, until comparatively recently, was content to discharge surviving patients to the care of referring primary specialty... -
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Advantages of larval control for African malaria vectors: Low mobility and behavioural responsiveness of immature mosquito stages allow high effective coverage
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Background Based on sensitivity analysis of the MacDonald-Ross model, it has long been argued that the best way to reduce malaria transmission is to target adult... -
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Blockade of collagen-induced arthritis post-onset by antibody to granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF): requirement for GM-CSF in the effector phase of disease
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There is mounting evidence for a role of the growth factor granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) in inflammatory disease, including arthritis. In... -
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A comparison of balloon injury models of endovascular lesions in rat arteries
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Background Balloon injury (BI) of the rat carotid artery (CCA) is widely used to study intimal hyperplasia (IH) and decrease in lumen diameter (LD), but CCA's small... -
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Expression profiles during honeybee caste determination
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Background Depending on their larval environment, female honeybees develop into either queens or workers. As in other polyphenisms, this developmental switch depends... -
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The identity and distribution of neural cells expressing the mesodermal determinant
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Background The spadetail (spt) gene of zebrafish is expressed in presomitic mesoderm and in neural cells previously suggested to be Rohon-Beard neurons. The... -
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Can Australian general practitioners effectively screen for diabetic retinopathy? A pilot study
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Background Diabetes has been identified as one of the national health priority areas in Australia. After 20 years of diabetes most patients can be expected to develop...