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Interlaboratory Study of Digital Volume Correlation Error Due to X-Ray Computed Tomography Equipment and Scan Parameters: an Update from the DVC Challenge

The quality of Digital Volume Correlation (DVC) full-field displacement measurements depends directly on the characteristics of the X-ray Computed Tomography (XCT) equipment, and scan procedures used to acquir...

B.P. Croom, D. Burden, H. **, N.H. Vonk, J.P.M. Hoefnagels… in Experimental Mechanics (2021)

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The Changing Epidemiology of Infective Endocarditis in the Twenty-First Century

Infective endocarditis (IE) is a relatively infrequent infectious disease. It does, however, causes serious morbidity, and its mortality rate has remained unchanged at approximately 25%. Changes in IE risk fac...

J Ambrosioni, M Hernandez-Meneses, A Téllez… in Current Infectious Disease Reports (2017)

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Evaluation of genetic resistance in Pinus to pitch canker in Spain

Pitch canker is a disease that affects pines in many countries throughout the world. Fusarium circinatum, the causal agent of pitch canker, has recently been reported in Europe, where it is regulated as a quarant...

E. Iturritxa, N. Mesanza, M. Elvira-Recuenco, Y. Serrano… in Australasian Plant Pathology (2012)

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Mild Clinical and Biochemical Phenotype in Two Patients with PMM2-CDG (Congenital Disorder of Glycosylation Ia)

Phosphomannomutase 2 deficiency (PMM2-CDG) patients may present as mild phenotypes, with the cerebellum frequently involved. In those cases, false-negative results in screening may occur when applying conventi...

M. Casado, M. M. O’Callaghan, R. Montero, C. Pérez-Cerda, B. Pérez… in The Cerebellum (2012)

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The Molecular Landscape of Phosphomannose Mutase Deficiency in Iberian Peninsula: Identification of 15 Population-Specific Mutations

PMM2-CDG is an autosomal recessive disorder and the most frequent form of congenital disorder of N-glycosylation, with more than 100 mutations identified to date. Sixty-six patients from 58 unrelated families ...

B. Pérez, P. Briones, D. Quelhas, R. Artuch… in JIMD Reports - Case and Research Reports, … (2011)

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Secondary disorders of glycosylation in inborn errors of fructose metabolism

Adamowicz and colleagues raised the alert in 2007 about patients with atypical hereditary fructose intolerance (HFI) primarily misdiagnosed as CDG Ix. We describe a girl with neonatal hypertonia, facial trismu...

E. Quintana, L. Sturiale, R. Montero, F. Andrade… in Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease (2009)

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PDH E₁β deficiency with novel mutations in two patients with Leigh syndrome

Most cases of pyruvate dehydrogenase complex (PDHc) deficiency are attributable to mutations in the PDHA1 gene which encodes the E₁α subunit, with few cases of mutations in the genes for E₃, E3BP (E₃ binding prot...

E. Quintana, J. A. Mayr, M. T. García Silva… in Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease (2009)

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Secondary alteration of the transferrin isoelectric focusing pattern in a case of bacterial meningitis

Congenital disorders of glycosylation (CDG) are a group of inherited defects in the synthesis and processing of the linked glycans of glycoproteins and other glycoconjugates. The phenotypic spectrum presents w...

E. Quintana, S. Gala, A. García-Cazorla… in Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease (2007)

Chapter and Conference Paper

An Open Source Web Service Based Platform for Heterogeneous Clusters

We present our joint effort to develop a web based interface for the GNU Scientific library and its parallelization. The interface has been developed using standard web services technology to enable the use of...

F. Almeida, S. Barrachina, V. Blanco… in Parallel and Distributed Processing and Ap… (2006)

Chapter and Conference Paper

Treatment Strategy for Childhood Extracranial Secreting Germ Cell Tumours Based on Alphafoetoprotein (AFP) Level: Protocol TGM95 of the Société Française d’Oncologie Pédiatrique (SFOP)

The previous SFOP TGM85 and TGM90 studies showed that carboplatin (400 mg/m²) was less efficient that cisplatin (100 mg/m²), that patients with AFP levels over 15000 ng/ml had a worse outcome, and that the VIP re...

C. Patte, E. Quintana, D. Frappaz, P. Lutz, G. Leverger, C. Behar… in Germ Cell Tumours V (2002)

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Role of central oxytocin in the inhibition by endotoxin of distension-stimulated gastric acid secretion

The gastric acid hyposecretory state associated with endotoxemia is mediated by a nervous reflex involving the central nervous system. The aim of the present study was to analyse the central effects of differ...

S. Calatayud, E. Quintana, J. Esplugues… in Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmaco… (1999)

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Severe bleeding in a patient with spontaneous factor VIII inhibitor and acute exacerbation of chronic pancreatitis

C. Martínez, J. Mateo, J. Fontcuberta, M. Pérez, E. Quintana… in Intensive Care Medicine (1996)

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Nosocomial bacteremia in a medical-surgical intensive care unit: Epidemiologic characteristics and factors influencing mortality in 111 episodes

To analyze the epidemiology and factors influencing mortality of ICU-acquired bacteremia.

J. Rello, M. Ricart, B. Mirelis, E. Quintana, M. Gurgui, A. Net… in Intensive Care Medicine (1994)

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Polymicrobial bacteremia in critically ill patients

To characterize the epidemiology of polymicrobial bacteremia (PMB) among critically ill patients.

Dr. J. Rello, E. Quintana, B. Mirelis, M. Gurguí, A. Net… in Intensive Care Medicine (1993)

Chapter and Conference Paper

Physical-Mechanical Effects of Nd:YAG Laser on the Surface of Sound Dental Enamel

Human dental enamel samples have been irradiated with a 5 KHz Q-Switched Nd:YAG laser. The generated effects were evaluated by Knoop microhardness and membrane permselectivity studies. The results showed an in...

F. Márquez, E. Quintana, I. Roca, J. Salgado… in Laser in der Medizin / Laser in Medicine (1992)