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Sunlight and skin cancer
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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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Undergraduate medical education: Thoughts on future challenges
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Background There is considerable uncertainty about the future of undergraduate medical education in the face of several important challenges. This paper highlights... -
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Change of dopamine receptor mRNA expression in lymphocyte of schizophrenic patients
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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
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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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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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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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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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Recruitment, augmentation and apoptosis of rat osteoclasts in 1,25-(OH)
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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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Phospholipase Cδ regulates germination of
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Background Many eukaryotes, including plants and fungi make spores that resist severe environmental stress. The micro-organism Dictyostelium contains a single... -
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Association of mesenchymal cells and immunoglobulins with differentiating epithelial cells
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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)
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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 (CTG)n polymorphism in the NOTCH4 gene is not associated with schizophrenia in Japanese individuals
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Background The human NOTCH4 gene is a candidate gene for schizophrenia due to its chromosomal location and neurobiological roles. In a British linkage study, NOTCH4... -
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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
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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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Genetics of osteoarticular disorders, Florence, Italy, 22–23 February 2002
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Osteoporosis (OP) and osteoarthritis (OA), the two most common age-related chronic disorders of articular joints and skeleton, represent a major public health problem... -
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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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Clinical applicability of molecular biology: the case of the long QT syndrome
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The clinical applicability of molecular cardiology has been questioned at length and by many clinical investigators. The congenital long QT syndrome (LQTS) provides...