... full age-
appropriate immunization in a Sierra Leonean commu-
nity exposed to war-related hostilities while up-to-date
immunization was maintained. This indicates that many
of the missed vaccinations ... strengths
In general, systematically collected health data of popula-
tions living in conflict areas are scarce [14]. Consequently,
little is known about immunization covera...
... ‘immune paraly-
sis’ or ‘leukocyte reprogramming’ and is characterized
by a lymphocytes’ anergy, apoptosis, and a reduced
capacity to present antigens [5]. Several mechanisms
may partly explain this ... obvious
from an immunological standpoint. Indeed, after having
considered for years the host response to severe infection
only as a stormy inflammatory reaction, it appears now
that an...
... enzyme-linked immuno-
sorbent assay method. Fasting plasma glucose (FPG)
was measured by glucose oxidase method; fasting
plasma insulin (FINS) was measured by radioim-
munity assay (Modula Analytics ... Thereafter,
associations were examined by Pearson correlation
analysis for continuous variables, and by Spearman
correlation analysis for categorical variables. Finally,
Int. J. Med. Sci...
... contributions
CMPB initiated this study and created the database, performed the statistical
analysis and wrote the manuscript. LCACV assisted in creating the database,
the interpretation of the results and ... 8
14. Taylor FB Jr, Toh CH, Hoots WK, Wada H, Levi M: Towards definition,
clinical and laboratory criteria, and a scoring system for disseminated
intravascular coagulation. Thro...
... Conversely, high-reliability organizations such as aircraft
carriers, nuclear power plants, and air traffic controllers have
markedly improved safety by standardizing practices and
investing in safety ... medical care may not
result in meaningful safety improvement. Instead, the
approach of identifying failures and redesigning faulty
systems appears to be a more promising way to reduce...
...
oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy. Clin Neurosci. 2003; 10:
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in a variant form of spastic paraplegia with congenital arach-
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ray-based gene expression profiling and DNA copy number
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spinal Fluid Research. 2010; 7: 6-13.
20. Hella...
... obstructive jaundice, intrahepatic
cholestasis, and pancreatitis (31). GGT is more re-
sponsive to biliary obstruction than are aspartate
aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase
(ALT). ... patients
had complaint of abdominal pain. On physical ex-
amination a right upper quadrant mass was detected
in 10 patients (14%); the other physical examination
findings were normal. F...
...
5′-TGTCTCGTGTTACAGGCGGGGT-3', asymmetric
primer 2 was 5′-GAGGCATAGCAGCAGGA
GAAGAG-3', and fluorescent primer was
5′-TCGCTGGAAGTGTCTGCGGCGT-3'.
Serum assays
Fasting blood was collected ... glucose (FBG), insulin, triglyceride
(TG), cholesterol (CHOL), ALT, aspartate amino-
transferase (AST), γ-glutamyltransferase (GGT), alka-
line phosphatases (ALP), albumin (Alb) and g...
... developing very quickly. It is
an instrument that achieves maximum oral health in a
minimally invasive fashion. New Lasers with a wide
range of characteristics are available today and are
being ...
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had healed without leaving any macroscopically visi-
ble scars [Fig.2b,3b], after the appearance for half a
day of erythema with moderate serum secretion and
microcrasts for 5-7...