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Separate urinary bladder and prostate neurons in the central nervous system of the rat: simultaneous labeling with two immunohistochemically distinguishable pseudorabies viruses
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Background This work examines the central nervous system distribution of virus-labeled neurons from the rat urinary bladder and the prostate simultaneously within the... -
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Do we need clinical trials to test the ability of transdermal HRT to prevent coronary heart disease?
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Postmenopausal hormone replacement therapy (HRT) with oral oestrogen was predicted to reduce coronary heart disease (CHD) risk by 50%. Randomized controlled trials... -
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Normalization and analysis of DNA microarray data by self-consistency and local regression
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A robust semi-parametric normalization technique has been developed, based on the assumption that the large majority of genes will not have their relative expression... -
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Practice and professional development plans (PPDPs): results of a feasibility study
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Background Dissatisfaction with uniprofessional education structures as a means of improving the quality of healthcare has led to proposals to develop ways of... -
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Pro/con clinical debate: The use of a protected specimen brush in the diagnosis of ventilator associated pneumonia
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Although mechanical ventilation is instituted as a life-saving technique, it may lead to complications that can negatively impact on patients' morbidity and/or... -
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Four signature motifs define the first class of structurally related large coiled-coil proteins in plants.
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Background Animal and yeast proteins containing long coiled-coil domains are involved in attaching other proteins to the large, solid-state components of the cell.... -
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Human papilloma viruses and cervical tumours: mapping of integration sites and analysis of adjacent cellular sequences
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Background In cervical tumours the integration of human papilloma viruses (HPV) transcripts often results in the generation of transcripts that consist of hybrids of... -
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Assessing the molecular genetics of attention networks
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Background Current efforts to study the genetic underpinnings of higher brain functions have been lacking appropriate phenotypes to describe cognition. One of the... -
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PersistentChlamydiaeand chronic arthritis
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AllChlamydiaspecies are obligate intracellular bacterial parasites, and all are pathogenic to their various hosts [1].Chlamydia trachomatisandChlamydia pneumoniaeare... -
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Human papillomavirus DNA in plasma of patients with cervical cancer
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Background Human papillomavirus (HPV) is a crucial etiological factor for cervical cancer (CC) development. From a diagnostic view-point, the consistent presence of... -
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Comparison of complete nuclear receptor sets from the human,
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Background The availability of complete genome sequences enables all the members of a gene family to be identified without limitations imposed by temporal, spatial or... -
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Incidence and Characteristics of Total Stroke in the United States
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Background and Purpose Stroke, increasingly referred to as a "brain attack", is one of the leading causes of death and the leading cause of adult disability in the... -
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Comparison of deferral rates using a computerized versus written blood donor questionnaire: a randomized, cross-over study [ISRCTN84429599]
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Background Self-administered computer-assisted blood donor screening strategies may elicit more accurate responses and improve the screening process. Methods... -
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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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Long-term reductions in tinnitus severity
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Background This study was undertaken to assess long-term changes in tinnitus severity exhibited by patients who completed a comprehensive tinnitus management program;... -
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Antigen-specific cytometry
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From its origins in the 16thcentury, microscopy has allowed the cell, as the basic unit of eukaryotic life and disease, to be identified and analyzed. Today,... -
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Red blood cell transfusion does not increase oxygen consumption in critically ill septic patients
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Background Red blood cell (RBC) transfusion is commonly used to increase oxygen transport in patients with sepsis. However it does not consistently increase oxygen... -
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Socio-demographic factors and self-reported funtional status: the significance of social support
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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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The association between secondhand smoke and the risk of developing acute coronary syndromes, among non-smokers, under the presence of several cardiovascular risk factors: The CARDIO2000 case-control study
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Background The purpose of this study was to investigate the association between secondhand smoke and the risk of developing a first event of acute coronary syndromes... -
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Ventilator-associated pneumonia in a surgical intensive care unit: epidemiology, etiology and comparison of three bronchoscopic methods for microbiological specimen sampling
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Background: Ventilator-associated bacterial pneumonia (VAP) is a important intensive care unit (ICU)-acquired infection in mechanically ventilated patients. Early and...