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Open AccessFeasible and effective use of a simulation-based curriculum for post-graduate emergency medicine trainees in India to improve learner self-efficacy, knowledge, and skills
Pediatric emergency medicine training is in its infancy in India. Simulation provides an educational avenue to equip trainees with the skills to improve pediatric care. We hypothesized that a simulation-based ...
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Hypovitaminosis D and incidence of obesity: a prospective study
The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between obesity and vitamin D status cross-sectionally, the relationship between obesity and the incidence of hypovitaminosis D prospectively and inversely ...
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Human serum levels of fetal antigen 1 (FA1/Dlk1) increase with obesity, are negatively associated with insulin sensitivity and modulate inflammation in vitro
To investigate fetal antigen 1 (FA1) protein within the context of human obesity and its relation with insulin sensitivity.
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40th EASD Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes
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Pharmacologic restoration of the early insulin response in pre-diabetic monkeys controls mealtime glucose excursions without peripheral hyperinsulinaemia
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Bone mineral mass is associated with interleukin 1 receptor autoantigen and TNF-α gene polymorphisms in post-menopausal Mediterranean women
Bone mass is known to be under genetic control. Interleukin-1 (IL-1), interleukin-6 (IL-6) and TNF-α are strong inductors of bone resorption. The estrogenic deficiency that occurs during menopause leads to an ...
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35th Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes
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Cyclosporine-induced retinal toxic blindness
We report the case of a BMT recipient who developed blindness 2½ months after BMT. Microvascular retinopathy, cortical blindness and other ocular pathologies were excluded with appropriate tests. Electrophysio...
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Medullary thyroid carcinoma mimicking an autonomous functioning nodule
A 42-year-old woman with a medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) inside of an autonomously functioning thyroid nodule is reported. The patient was initially diagnosed of a hyperfunctioning autonomous thyroid adeno...
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Rapid detection of tuberculous and non-tuberculous mycobacteria by microscopic observation of growth on Middlebrook 7H11 agar
The rate of recovery and time to the detection of mycobacteria in clinical specimens were measured in traditional egg-based media cultures and on Middlebrook 7H11 agar plate cultures using microcolony detectio...