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BMI trajectory and inflammatory effects on metabolic syndrome in adolescents
Various life course factors can affect susceptibility to diseases during adolescence and adulthood, and those relationships are complex. However, few studies have assessed the potential mediating factors. Ther...
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Open AccessLong-term effects of the SLC2A9 G844A and SLC22A12 C246T variants on serum uric acid concentrations in children
We evaluated the effects of two single-nucleotide polymorphisms on UA concentrations in the first decade of life using repeated-measures data.
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Open AccessGestational age-specific sex difference in mortality and morbidities of preterm infants: A nationwide study
This study aims to determine whether male sex has adverse effect on mortality and morbidities in very low birth weight infants (VLBWI) <30 weeks of gestation and to ascertain this sex effect, stratified by ges...
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Open AccessFunctional variation of SHP-2 promoter is associated with preterm birth and delayed myelination and motor development in preterm infants
Src homology 2 domain-containing protein tyrosine phosphatase 2 (SHP-2) is a cytoplasmic tyrosine phosphatase that is highly expressed in hematopoietic cells and in the CNS and exerts opposite effects on signa...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Object Detection Using Scale Invariant Feature Transform
An object detection scheme using the Scale Invariant Feature Transform (SIFT) is proposed in this paper. The SIFT extracts distinctive invariant features from images and it is a useful tool for matching betwee...
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Open Access25-Hydroxyvitamin D status, metabolic syndrome and insulin resistance in preadolescent child in Korea
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Transplanted xenogenic bone marrow stem cells survive and generate new bone formation in the posterolateral lumbar spine of non-immunosuppressed rabbits
Bone marrow stem cells (BMSCs) are pluripotent cells that have been used to facilitate bone repair because of their capability of differentiating into osteoblasts. However, it is well known that the number of ...
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Topical hydrocortisone and physiotherapy for nonretractile physiologic phimosis in infants
The effect of hydrocortisone (HC), the steroid of lowest potency, and physiotherapy (PT) on non-retractile physiologic phimosis (PP) and the reduction of subsequent recurrent UTI was evaluated in male infants ...