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Open AccessNon-fatal suicidal behaviour, depression and poverty among young men living in low-resource communities in South Africa
Suicide is a serious public health problem in low- and middle-income countries. Understanding the context- and gender-specific risk factors for non-fatal suicidal behaviour is the cornerstone of evidence-based...
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Open AccessA novel mutation in the TG gene (G2322S) causing congenital hypothyroidism in a Sudanese family: a case report
Congenital hypothyroidism (CH) has an incidence of approximately 1:3000, but only 15% have mutations in the thyroid hormone synthesis pathways. Genetic analysis allows for the precise diagnosis.
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Effetti della terapia sostitutiva con GH sul sonno nei pazienti adulti con deficit di GH di origine ipofisaria
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Resistance to thyroid hormone associated with autoimmune thyroid disease in a Turkish family
The syndrome of resistance to thyroid hormone (RTH) is characterized by impaired tissue responses to thyroid hormone. Hashimoto’s thyroiditis is the most common thyroid autoimmune disease. We present a Turkish...
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A novel splice variant involving the 5’ untranslated region of thyroid hormone receptor β1 (TRβ1)
The thyroid hormone receptor β (TRβ) gene generates two different proteins by use of a different promoter (β1 and β2). We now report a novel short TRβ1 RNA splice variant in humans lacking 35 nucleotides at th...
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Optical Measurements of Airborne Soot in Urban, Rural and Remote Locations
The Integrating Plate Method and integrating nephelometry were used to measure the light absorption and scattering extinction coefficients at 15 urban and rural locations. Graphitic carbon is highly absorbing ...
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Studies on the biology of fish bone. III. Ultrastructure of osteogenesis and resorption in osteocytic (cellular) and anosteocytic (acellular) bones
The comparative ultrastructure of fish bone osteogenesis and resorption induced by scale removal was described in the osteocytic (cellular-boned)Carassius auratus and the anosteocytic (acellular-boned)Tilapia mac...
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Effects of calcium, strontium, and magnesium on the coccolithophorid Cricosphaera (Hymenomonas) carterae. II. Cell division
The effects of calcium-deficiency, magnesium-deficiency and strontium enrichment on cell division in the alga Cricosphaera (Hymenomonas) carterae have been studied. Cell growth was reduced at 10-3 M Ca and was ab...
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Effects of calcium, strontium, and magnesium on the coccolithophorid Cricosphaera (Hymenomonas) carterae. I. Calcification
The present investigation concerns the effects of calcium, strontium, and magnesium on calcification and mineralogy of the calcified bodies (coccoliths) of the coccolithophorid Cricosphaera (Hymenomonas) carterae