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Compulsive checking behavior of quinpirole-sensitized rats as an animal model of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder(OCD): form and control
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background A previous report showed that the open field behavior of rats sensitized to the dopamine agonist quinpirole satisfies 5 performance criteria for compulsive... -
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Are women and providers satisfied with antenatal care? Views on a standard and a simplified, evidence-based model of care in four developing countries
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background This study assessed women and providers' satisfaction with a new evidence-based antenatal care (ANC) model within the WHO randomized trial conducted in... -
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Mechanical ventilation in rural ICUs
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background: In recent years, rural hospitals have expanded their scope of specialized services, which has led to the development and staffing of rural intensive care... -
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The diagnostic value of liver biopsy
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Since the introduction of molecular diagnostic tools such as markers for hepatitis C and different autoimmune diseases, liver biopsy is thought to be... -
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Linkage analysis of HLA and candidate genes for celiac disease in a North American family-based study
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Celiac disease has a strong genetic association with HLA. However, this association only explains approximately half of the sibling risk for celiac... -
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Impact of false-positive mammography on subsequent screening attendance and risk of cancer
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background One area of concern within the largely successful UK National Health Service breast screening programme is the relatively high proportion of women showing... -
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Use of intravenous antiarrhythmics to identify concealed Brugada syndrome
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Cardiology has recently witnessed the production of an overwhelming amount of data through the advances made in genetics and molecular biology research. Understanding... -
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Long term benzodiazepine use for insomnia in patients over the age of 60: discordance of patient and physician perceptions
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background The aim of this study was to determine and compare patients' and physicians' perceptions of benefits and risks of long term benzodiazepine use for insomnia... -
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Modeling of failure mode in knee ligaments depending on the strain rate
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Background The failure mechanism of the knee ligament (bone-ligament-bone complex) at different strain rates is an important subject in the biomechanics of the knee.... -
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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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Assessment of Equine Autoimmune Thrombocytopenia (EAT) by flow cytometry
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Rationale Thrombocytopenia is a platelet associated process that occurs in human and animals as result of i) decreased production; ii) increased utilization; iii)... -
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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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Assessing health-related quality of life in patients with inflammatory bowel disease, in Crete, Greece
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) is an important outcome measure in Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD). The aim of our study was to assess HRQoL in a... -
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Is endosonography an effective method for detection and local staging of the ampullary carcinoma? A prospective study
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
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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Manipulation of gene expression by an ecdysone-inducible gene switch in tumor xenografts
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Rapid, robust and reversible induction of transgene expression would significantly facilitate cancer gene therapy as well as allow the in vivo functional... -
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A draft annotation and overview of the human genome
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background The recent draft assembly of the human genome provides a unified basis for describing genomic structure and function. The draft is sufficiently accurate to... -
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A successful pregnancy following SEM fine tuning of hormonal priming
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Manipulation of the uterine epithelium utilising standard dose exogenous oestrogen (E2) and progesterone (P4) has been shown to achieve a mature secretory... -
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Primary ciliary dyskinesia: a report from ATS 2001, May 18–23, San Francisco
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is a genetic disorder of abnormal ciliary structure and function that leads to defective mucociliary clearance, resulting in oto-... -
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Molecular distinction amongst varieties of Mulberry using RAPD and DAMD profiles
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Background Mulberry trees are the most important host for rearing mulberry silkworms in sericulture. Improved varieties of mulberry tree have been developed through... -
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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...