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Length and weight of very low birth weight infants in Germany at 2 years of age: does it matter at what age they start complementary food?
We analysed at what age parents start complementary food in very low birth weight infants, determined risk factors for early introduction of complementary food (post-term age) and analysed whether the age at i...
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TGF-β1-dependent L1CAM expression has an essential role in macrophage-induced apoptosis resistance and cell migration of human intestinal epithelial cells
Patients with chronic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) have an increased risk to develop colorectal cancer (CRC) particularly after long duration of the disease. Chronic inflammation of the intestinal mucosa i...
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Lazy, Dynamic or Minimally Recrudescent? On the Elusive Nature and Location of the Mycobacterium Responsible for Latent Tuberculosis
In the absence of symptoms characteristic of tuberculosis (TB), a condition termed clinical latency, diagnosis is currently impossible by detection of the microorganism itself and resorts to the demonstration ...
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Evaluation of a commercial rRNA target amplification assay for detection ofMycobacterium tuberculosis complex in respiratory specimens
Seventy-one respiratory samples were analyzed in a new commercially available target rRNA amplification assay aimed at detectingMycobacterium tuberculosis complex directly in patient specimens. The assay (Gen-Pro...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Influence of Ciprofloxacin Treatment In Vivo on Cell-Mediated Immunity to Listeria monocytogenes
The new quinolone derivative, ciprofloxacin, has been claimed to be an efficient chemotherapeutic drug in infections with the intracellular bacterium Listeria monocytogenes [1]. Recently, however, it was shown in...
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Proteases and antiproteases related to the coagulation system in plasma and ascites — An approach to differentiate between malignant and cirrhotic ascites
The concentrations of several proteases and antiproteases known to be present in ascites were tested in plasma and ascitic fluid with regard to their ability to separate ascites according to malignant or nonma...