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Kinetic comparison of tissue non-specific and placental human alkaline phosphatases expressed in baculovirus infected cells: application to screening for Down's syndrome
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Background In humans, there are four alkaline phosphatases, and each form exibits a characteristic pattern of tissue distribution. The availability of an easy method... -
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Human members of the eukaryotic protein kinase family
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Publicly available genetic sequence data were searched for human sequences that potentially represent protein kinases, important players in virtually every signaling... -
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Blood substitutes Artificial oxygen carriers: perfluorocarbon emulsions
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Perfluorocarbon emulsions are being clinically evaluated as artificial oxygen carriers to reduce allogeneic blood transfusions or to improve tissue oxygenation.... -
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Pulse oximetry
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
The human eye is poor at recognizing hypoxemia. Even under idealconditions, skilled observers cannot consistently detect hypoxemia until theoxygen (O2) saturation is... -
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Sunlight and skin cancer
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Asymmetric directional mutation pressures in bacteria
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When there are no strand-specific biases in mutation and selection rates between the two strands of DNA, the average nucleotide composition is theoretically expected... -
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Quantitative analysis of DNA levels in maternal plasma in normal and Down syndrome pregnancies
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Background We investigated fetal and total DNA levels in maternal plasma in patients bearing fetuses affected with Down syndrome in comparison to controls carrying... -
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Diagnostic criteria for diabetes revisited: making use of combined criteria
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Background Existing cut-offs for fasting plasma glucose (FPG) and post-load glucose (2hPG) criteria are not equivalent in the diagnosis of diabetes and glucose... -
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Case-oriented computer-based-training in radiology: concept, implementation and evaluation
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Background Providing high-quality clinical cases is important for teaching radiology. We developed, implemented and evaluated a program for a university hospital to... -
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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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Agonizing Hedgehog
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
It is a rare treat when a drug discovery program teaches us something about the biology of the process that it attempts to modulate. The paper by Maria Frank-... -
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Genomic comparisons among
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Background Insertion Sequence (IS) elements are mobile genetic elements widely distributed among bacteria. Their activities cause mutations, promoting genetic... -
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Angiotensin receptor blockers in heart failure after the ELITE II trial
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Specific blockers of the angiotensin type1 receptor, angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs), have been introduced as an alternative to angiotensin-converting enzyme... -
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Looking beyond 28-day all-cause mortality
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
A growing body of evidence indicates that survivors of intensive care have an impaired quality of life. It is not entirely clear from the available literature whether... -
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What can we hope to gain for trypanosomiasis control from molecular studies on tsetse biology ?
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
At times of crisis when epidemics rage and begin to take their toll on affected populations, as we have been witnessing with African trypanosomiasis in subSahara, the... -
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Policy mapping for establishing a national emergency health policy for Nigeria
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background The number of potential life years lost due to accidents and injuries though poorly studied has resulted in tremendous economic and social loss to Nigeria.... -
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Debate: Unstable angina - When should we intervene?
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
The prognosis of patients who present with non-ST segment elevation acute coronary syndromes (ACS) is guarded. These patients can be risk-stratified on the basis of... -
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Growth ofHelicobacter pyloriin a long spiral form does not alter expression of immunodominant proteins
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We have previously reported that altered culture conditions (a broth media with shaking) could induce a strain ofHelicobacter pylorito assume a long spiral morphology... -
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Coordinate regulation of RARgamma2, TBP, and TAF
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Background Treatment of mouse F9 embryonal carcinoma cells with all-trans retinoic acid (T-RA) induces differentiation into primitive endodermal type cells....