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Medicine & Public Health
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Open AccessABVD and BEACOPP regimens’ effects on fertility in young males with Hodgkin lymphoma
Considering the increased cancer patient survivorship, the focus is now on addressing the impacts of treatment on quality of life. In young people, altered reproductive function is a major issue and its effect...
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Open AccessSystematic review of the use of translated patient-reported outcome measures in cancer trials
Patient-reported outcomes (PROs) are used in clinical trials to assess the effectiveness and tolerability of interventions. Inclusion of participants from different ethnic backgrounds is essential for generali...
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Open AccessSubstantial and sustained reduction in under-5 mortality, diarrhea, and pneumonia in Oshikhandass, Pakistan: evidence from two longitudinal cohort studies 15 years apart
Oshikhandass is a rural village in northern Pakistan where a 1989–1991 verbal autopsy study showed that diarrhea and pneumonia were the top causes of under-5 mortality. Intensive surveillance, active community...
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Are wound ring protectors effective in reducing surgical site infection post appendectomy? A systematic review and meta-analysis
Surgical site infection (SSI) is one of the main causes of postoperative morbidity and mortality. Appendectomy for acute appendicitis is one of the most commonly performed surgical interventions worldwide. The...
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Medfest: the Effect of a National Medical Film Festival on Attendees’ Attitudes to Psychiatry and Psychiatrists and Medical Students’ Attitudes to a Career in Psychiatry
The authors proposed that a national film festival organized by psychiatrists could change attendees’ views toward psychiatry and psychiatrists positively and increase the numbers of medical students consideri...
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Ethnic differences in the number of miscarriages, number of children, perceived family support and the impact of the disease on daily living in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus
Our aim was to test for ethnic differences in the number of children, number of miscarriages, family support and the impact of the disease on daily living among patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)...
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Stress as a trigger of disease flares in SLE
Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus were asked to report their perceptions as to whether stress can trigger disease flares. A total of 54 patients treated at two District General Hospitals in Essex were...
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Erratum: Functional characterization of TIP60 sumoylation in UV-irradiated DNA damage response
Correction to: Oncogene (2008) 27, 931–941; doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1210710; published online 20 August 2007 Owing to typesetting errors, three authors were omitted from the author list. The corrected list and affi...
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Functional characterization of TIP60 sumoylation in UV-irradiated DNA damage response
The histone acetyltransferase TIP60 regulates the DNA damage response following genotoxic stress by acetylating histone and remodeling chromatin. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying the TIP60-dependen...
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Causative bacteria of respiratory tract infections in Kuwait by quantitative culture of sputum
To determine the bacterial etiology of lower respiratory tract infections in Kuwait, we performed quantitative culture of sputum and measured the susceptibilities of the isolated bacteria against different ant...
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35th Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes
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Effect of anticancer drugs on the release of tumour necrosis factor in vitro
The anticancer drugs Adriamycin, bleomycin, vincristine, 4-hydroperoxycyclophosphamide, FK156 and FK565 and the immunosuppressive drug cyclosporin-A were tested for their effect on lipopolysaccharide-induced t...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
The Design of Software for Computer-Assisted Instruction, Interview and Assessment
The past decade has brought considerable advances in the design of interactive computer terminals. Considerable attention has been paid to ease and convenience of use for the human operator. Because the cost o...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
A Review of Educational Applications of a Series of Four Models of Circulation, Respiration, Body Fluids and Electrolytes, and Drug Absorption and Distribution
The interactive digital computer programs MacMAN, MacPUF, MacPEE and MacDOPE are simulation models for use in clinical and physiological teaching and research.
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Methylene blue as an inhibitor of stone formation
Kinetics of growth and dissolution of calcium oxalate monohydrate were examined in the presence of small concentrations of methylene blue. The data presented show moderate retardation in growth and dissolution...
