44 Result(s)

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Accuracy of co-morbidity data in patients undergoing abdominal wall hernia repair: a retrospective study

To determine the baseline accuracy, sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV) and negative predictive value (NPV) of routinely collected co-morbidity data in patients undergoing abdominal wall ...

S. Hajibandeh, S. Hajibandeh, R. Deering, D. McEleney, J. Guirguis, S. Dix… in Hernia (2018)

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Subcortical and cortical morphological anomalies as an endophenotype in obsessive-compulsive disorder

Endophentoypes, quantifiable traits lying on the causal chain between a clinical phenotype and etiology, can be used to accelerate genomic discovery in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Here we identify the...

P Shaw, W Sharp, G Sudre, A Wharton, D Greenstein, A Raznahan… in Molecular Psychiatry (2015)

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Resistance prediction in AML: analysis of 4601 patients from MRC/NCRI, HOVON/SAKK, SWOG and MD Anderson Cancer Center

Therapeutic resistance remains the principal problem in acute myeloid leukemia (AML). We used area under receiver-operating characteristic curves (AUCs) to quantify our ability to predict therapeutic resistanc...

R B Walter, M Othus, A K Burnett, B Löwenberg, H M Kantarjian, G J Ossenkoppele… in Leukemia (2015)

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The prognostic relevance of flt3 and npm1 mutations on older patients treated intensively or non-intensively: a study of 1312 patients in the UK NCRI AML16 trial

Although the prognostic impact of mutations of FLT3 and NPM1 have been extensively studied in younger patients with acute myeloid leukaemia, less is known in older patients whether treated intensively or non-inte...

M Lazenby, A F Gilkes, C Marrin, A Evans, R K Hills, A K Burnett in Leukemia (2014)

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Intracranial hypotension with a sixth cranial nerve palsy subsequent to massive thoracic CSF hygroma: a rare complication of thoracic disc excision

Thoracic cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) hygroma is a rare and potentially devastating complication of the anterior thoracic approach to the spine. We present two cases in which this complication resulted in acute ...

A. Khurana, J. Brousil, A. Russo, A. Evans, N. A. Quraishi… in European Spine Journal (2013)

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Fruit and vegetable intake and smoking cessation

In cohort studies, fruit and vegetable (F&V) intake is associated with lower cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). Former smokers often have a higher F&V intake than current smokers. If a high intake of F&V precedes...

T Poisson, J Dallongeville, A Evans… in European Journal of Clinical Nutrition (2012)

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Association between the frequency of fruit and vegetable consumption and cardiovascular disease in male smokers and non-smokers

Consumption of fruit and vegetables (F&V) is associated with a lower cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. Smoking may affect the strength of this association. The objective of this study was to compare the relat...

L Dauchet, M Montaye, J-B Ruidavets, D Arveiler… in European Journal of Clinical Nutrition (2010)

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Plasma free fatty acid patterns and their relationship with CVD risk in a male middle-aged population

The role of individual fatty acids in the development of cardiovascular disease (CVD) is well established, but the effects of an overall pattern of fatty acids in CVD risk has yet to be elucidated. Circulating...

P M L Skidmore, J V Woodside, C Mc Master… in European Journal of Clinical Nutrition (2010)

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Residual cardiovascular risk in treated hypertension and hyperlipidaemia: the PRIME Study

Although pharmacological treatments of hypertension and dyslipidaemia are both associated with a reduction in cardiovascular risk, little is known about the degree of cardiovascular risk remaining in treated i...

J Blacher, A Evans, D Arveiler, P Amouyel, J Ferrières… in Journal of Human Hypertension (2010)

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Adipocytokines and the risk of coronary heart disease in healthy middle aged men: the PRIME Study

Adipokines play an important role in glucose, lipid and lipoprotein metabolisms, as well as in coagulation and inflammatory processes. So far, studies have evaluated the association of individual adipokines wi...

G Luc, J-P Empana, P Morange, I Juhan-Vague, D Arveiler… in International Journal of Obesity (2010)

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Effects of the Val¹⁵⁸Met catechol-O-methyltransferase polymorphism on cortical structure in children and adolescents

P Shaw, G L Wallace, A Addington, A Evans, J Rapoport, J N Giedd in Molecular Psychiatry (2009)

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Vocal fold paralysis following surgical ductal closure in extremely low birth weight infants: a case series of feeding and respiratory complications

Surgical closure of a patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) continues to be a frequent procedure among extremely preterm infants. Recent evidence indicates surgical closure is associated with worse outcomes than afte...

W F Malcolm, C Hornik, A Evans, P B Smith, C M Cotten in Journal of Perinatology (2008)

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Skeletal benefits from calcium supplementation are limited in children with calcium intakes near 800 mg daily

Calcium supplementation enhances bone mass accrual during administration, with a sustained benefit observed using milk-based calcium but not calcium salts. We tested the hypothesis that calcium from milk miner...

S. Iuliano-Burns, X.-F. Wang, A. Evans, J.-P. Bonjour… in Osteoporosis International (2006)