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Impact of diabetes on COVID-19 prognosis beyond comorbidity burden: the CORONADO initiative
Diabetes has been recognised as a pejorative prognostic factor in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Since diabetes is typically a disease of advanced age, it remains unclear whether diabetes remains a COVID...
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Open AccessDirect Medical Costs of Type 2 Diabetes in France: An Insurance Claims Database Analysis
Our objects was to estimate the direct healthcare costs of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in France in 2013.
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Growth abnormalities in children and adolescents with juvenile idiopathic arthritis
In patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) growth impairment and variance in body composition are well-known long-term complications. In the active phases of the disease, particular patients with sys...
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Open AccessUse of Vildagliptin in Management of Type 2 Diabetes: Effectiveness, Treatment Persistence and Safety from the 2-Year Real-Life VILDA Study
There is an increasing interest for real-life data on drug use in many countries. Reimbursement authorities more and more request observational studies to assess the conditions of use of the products but also ...
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HbA1c, fasting and 2 h plasma glucose in current, ex- and never-smokers: a meta-analysis
The relationships between smoking and glycaemic variables have not been well explored. We compared HbA1c, fasting plasma glucose (FPG) and 2 h plasma glucose (2H-PG) in current, ex- and never-smokers.
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PS7 - 2. Glycemic control and all-cause mortality risk in type 1 diabetes patients: the EURODIAB Prospective Complications Study
Glycemic targets and the benefit of intensive glucose control are currently under debate as intensive glycemic control has been suggested to have negative effects on mortality risk in type 2 diabetes patients....
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Gender Differences in Baseline Health, Needs at Release, and Predictors of Care Engagement Among HIV-Positive Clients Leaving Jail
Women represent a significant and growing segment of jail detainees and persons living with HIV. This paper examines gender differences in health status, care and social service needs, and care engagement amon...
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Open AccessStature is an essential predictor of muscle strength in children
Children with growth retardation or short stature generally present with lower strength than children of the same chronological age. The aim of the study was to establish if strength was dependent on variables...
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Growth in boys with idiopathic nephrotic syndrome on long-term cyclosporin and steroid treatment
Although steroid-free remission can usually be achieved with cyclosporin A (CsA) in patients with steroid-dependent nephrotic syndrome (SDNS), some CsA-treated patients require long-term steroid therapy. Data ...
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Open AccessMeta-analysis of duloxetine vs. pregabalin and gabapentin in the treatment of diabetic peripheral neuropathic pain
Few direct head-to-head comparisons have been conducted between drugs for the treatment of diabetic peripheral neuropathic pain (DPNP). Approved or recommended drugs in this indication include duloxetine (DLX)...
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Open AccessStudying the Hurdles of Insulin Prescription (SHIP©): development, scoring and initial validation of a new self-administered questionnaire
Although insulin therapy is well-accepted by symptomatic diabetic patients, it is still often delayed in less severe patients, in whom injectable insulin remains under-used. A better understanding of patients'...
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Exploration biologique des risques cardio-vasculaires chez le diabétique
Le diabète est un des principaux facteurs de risques cardio-vasculaires et son exploration biologique permet de dépister, voire de prévenir, par un bon suivi, les conséquences de type athéromateux de cette pat...
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Chromosomal assignments of mammalian genes with an acute inflammation-regulated expression in liver
A set of acute inflammation-regulated genes expressed in liver has been assigned to rat, mouse, and human chromosomes by detecting species-specific PCR amplicons in rat×mouse or mouse×hamster somatic cell hyb...
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Proximity of the CTLA-1 serine esterase and Tcr α loci in mouse and man
The serine esterase CTLA-1 gene was shown by in situ hybridization to map to the D segment of mouse chromosome 14, the same localization as a member of the immunoglobulin super family, Tcr α. To further demonstra...
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Maternal inhibition of hepatitis B surface antigen gene expression in transgenic mice correlates with de novo methylation
Differential modifications of the genome during gametogenesis result in a functional difference between the paternal and maternal genomes at the moment of fertilization1–4. A possible cause of this imprinting is...
