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Diagnostic strategies for C-reactive protein
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Serum C-reactive protein (CRP) has been identified in prospective epidemiological research as an independent risk marker for cardiovascular disease. In... -
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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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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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Manipulation of prenatal hormones and dietary phytoestrogens during adulthood alter the sexually dimorphic expression of visual spatial memory
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background In learning and memory tasks, requiring visual spatial memory (VSM), males exhibit higher performance levels compared to females (a difference attributed... -
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Abdominal compartment syndrome
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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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Weather conditions and sudden sensorineural hearing loss
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Climatic or meteorological condition changes have been implicated in the pathogenesis of Idiopathic Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss (ISSHL). We... -
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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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Inhibition of spontaneous induction of lambdoid prophages in
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Infections of bacterial cultures by bacteriophages are serious problems in biotechnological laboratories. Apart from such infections, prophage induction in... -
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Antenatal screening and its possible meaning from unborn baby's perspective
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
In recent decades antenatal screening has become one of the most routine procedure of pregnancy-follow up and the subject of hot debate in bioethics circles. In this... -
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Erythropoietin, uncertainty principle and cancer related anaemia
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background This study was designed to evaluate if erythropoietin (EPO) is effective in the treatment of cancer related anemia, and if its effect remains unchanged... -
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Staphylococcal peptidoglycans induce arthritis
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Staphylococcus aureus is one of the most important pathogens in septic arthritis. To analyse the arthritogenic properties of staphylococcal peptidoglycan (PGN),... -
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Effect of alpha-tocopherol on pulmonary antioxidant defence system and lipid peroxidation in cigarette smoke inhaling mice
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Free radicals generated in biological systems by cigarette smoke (CS) inhalation can cause oxidative stress in tissues, resulting in lipid peroxidation... -
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The cost-effectiveness of the WINGS intervention: a program to prevent HIV and sexually transmitted diseases among high-risk urban women
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background We evaluated the cost-effectiveness of the WINGS project, an intervention to prevent HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases among urban women at high... -
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Phospholipase Cδ regulates germination of
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
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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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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Association of mesenchymal cells and immunoglobulins with differentiating epithelial cells
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
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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Endothelial [Ca
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Although various endothelium-dependent relaxing factors (endothelial autacoids) are released upon the elevation of endothelial cytosolic free Ca2+... -
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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)...