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Delayed union of femoral fractures in older rats:decreased gene expression
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Background Fracture healing slows with age. While 6-week-old rats regain normal bone biomechanics at 4 weeks after fracture, one-year-old rats require more than 26... -
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Endothelial [Ca2+]iis an integrating signal for the vascular tone in rat aortae
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Although various endothelium-dependent relaxing factors (endothelial autacoids) are released upon the elevation of endothelial cytosolic free Ca2+concentration (EC... -
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Ligamentous rupture of the ACL associated with dislocated fracture of the proximal tibial physis in a 12-year-old boy
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Background Dislocated fracture of the proximal physeal plate of the tibia with or without metaphyseal fragment is rare in children. This unusual fracture classically... -
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Bone morphogenetic proteins, genetics and the pathophysiology of primary pulmonary hypertension
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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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Why the fair innings argument is not persuasive
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
The fair innings argument (FIA) is frequently put forward as a justification for denying elderly patients treatment when they are in competition with younger patients... -
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Weight loss maintenance in women two to eleven years after participating in a commercial program: a survey
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Background After 5 years, most reports show that less than 10% of people maintain a 5% loss from initial body weight. Weight maintenance after 10 years is rarely... -
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Binding specificity of
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Background To better understand the molecular interactions of Bt toxins with non-target insects, we have examined the real-time binding specificity and affinity of... -
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Long termin-vivostudies of a photo-oxidized bovine osteochondral transplant in sheep
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Articular cartilage has limited capacity to repair. Defects greater than 3 mm heal with formation of inferior fibrous cartilage. Therefore, many attempts have been... -
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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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Carbamazepine reduces memory induced activation of mesial temporal lobe structures: a pharmacological fMRI-study
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Background and Purpose It is not known whether carbamazepine (CBZ; a drug widely used in neurology and psychiatry) influences the blood oxygenation level dependent... -
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Results of a phase-I/II randomized, masked, placebo-controlled trial of recombinant human interleukin-11 (rhIL-11) in the treatment of subjects with active rheumatoid arthritis
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Interleukin-11 (IL-11) is a pleiotropic cytokine that regulates the growth and development of hematopoietic stem cells and decreases the proinflammatory mediators of... -
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Chromosome 4q;10q translocations; Comparison with different ethnic populations and FSHD patients
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) is an autosomal dominant disorder characterized by the weakness of facial, shoulder-girdle and upper arm... -
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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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Two novel frame shift, recurrent and
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
We have identified four different mutations causing leukocyte adhesion deficiency (LAD) in the ITGB2 gene of patients from a highly inbred population. Two were novel... -
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Survey of the knowledge, attitude and practice of Nigerian surgery trainees to HIV-infected persons and AIDS patients
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background The incidence of HIV infection and AIDS is rising in Nigeria. Surgeons are at risk of occupationally acquired infection as a result of intimate contact... -
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Validation and results of a questionnaire for functional bowel disease in out-patients
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Background The aim was to evaluate and validate a bowel disease questionnaire in patients attending an out-patient gastroenterology clinic in Greece. Methods This was... -
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The use of breast conserving surgery: linking insurance claims with tumor registry data
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background The purpose of this study was to use insurance claims and tumor registry data to examine determinants of breast conserving surgery (BCS) in women with... -
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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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Stress responses and replication of plasmids in bacterial cells
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Plasmids, DNA (or rarely RNA) molecules which replicate in cells autonomously (independently of chromosomes) as non-essential genetic elements, play important roles... -
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Medical immunology: a new journal for a new subspecialty
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Medical immunology: a new journal for a new subspecialty