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The velocity of ultrasound in human primary melanoma tissue - implications for the clinical use of high resolution sonography
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Ultrasonography with 20 MHz frequency can be used to estimate tumour thickness preoperatively in malignant melanoma (MM) of the skin. The vertical invasion... -
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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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New immunosuppressive drugs in heart transplantation
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Only a few randomized clinical trials have been performed so far in heart transplant recipients, mainly because of the relatively small number of heart transplants... -
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Pulse pressure and age at menopause
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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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Prevention and diagnosis of venous thromboembolism in critically ill patients: a Canadian survey
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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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The genetic structure of recombinant inbred mice: high-resolution consensus maps for complex trait analysis
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Background Recombinant inbred (RI) strains of mice are an important resource used to map and analyze complex traits. They have proved particularly effective in... -
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Oral contraceptive use before first birth and risk of breast cancer: a case control study
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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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A cohort study of possible risk factors for over-reporting of antihypertensive adherence
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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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Auto-protective redox buffering systems in stimulated macrophages
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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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Atrial fibrillation in a primary care practice: prevalence and management
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Atrial fibrillation is a common serious cardiac arrhythmia. Knowing the prevalence of atrial fibrillation and documentation of medical management are... -
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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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The evaluation of yeast derivatives as adjuvants for the immune response to the Bm86 antigen in cattle
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background The Gavac™ vaccine against the cattle tick Boophilus microplus has proven its efficacy in a large number of controlled and field experiments. However, this... -
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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
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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... -
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Socio-demographic factors and self-reported funtional status: the significance of social support
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background The aim of the present work was to investigate the relative importance of socio-demographic and physical health status factors for subjective functioning,... -
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Impact of obesity on glucose and lipid profiles in adolescents at different age groups in relation to adulthood
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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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Time course of muscle soreness following different types of exercise
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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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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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Receptorphin: A conserved peptide derived from the sequence of the opioid receptor, with opioid displacement activity and potent antiproliferative actions in tumor cells
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background In addition to endogenous opioids, a number of peptide sequences, derived from endogenous (hemorphins, alphaS1-casomorphin), and exogenous proteins...