... research phase In conclusion, chorioretinal involvement, frequently asymptomatic and self-limited, is present in almost 80% of patients with WNV infection associatedwith neurologic disease The unique ... disease The unique pattern of multifocal chorioretinitis can help establish an early diagnosis of the disease while serologic testing is pending Therefore, an ocular examination, including ophthalmoscopy ... States Annu Rev Med 2006;57:181-94 Khairallah M, Ben Yahia S, Ladjimi A, et al Chorioretinal involvement in patients with West Nile virus infection Ophthalmology 2004;111:2065-70 Garg S, Jampol LM...
... 1= Patients with asystolic or bradycardic response on ILR monitoring Group 2= Patients without asystolic or bradycardic response on ILR monitoring Symptoms (Table and Figure 1) Aura or prodrome: ... re-entrant tachycardia with HR (200) These episodes of arrhythmias either tachycardia or bradycardia were associated either with syncope during ILR monitoring http://www.medsci.org Int J Med Sci 2009, ... inconclusive work-up patients received implantable loop recorders The average duration of monitoring with an ILR was months The baseline clinical characteristics of patients with asystolic or bradycardic...
... approved by the statutory School Collaborative Committees, and the collection of data was approved by The Norwegian Data Inspectorate Statistics The analyses were performed with proportional odds logistic ... school (in class) with homework 10 Do you find the necessary peace to work well: no, never seldom sometimes at school (in class) with homework 11 How pleased are you with your own work: not at all ... never or seldom to have experienced any of the four symptoms, whereas about one in four children had experienced one or more of the symptoms now and then or more often The score distribution for...
... part of the World Health Organization concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries ... for risk assessment in children include EHC 30, Principles for Evaluating Health Risks to Progeny Associatedwith Exposure to Chemicals during Pregnancy (IPCS, 1984), and EHC 59, Principles for ... FEV forced expiratory volume FSH follicle stimulating hormone xix EHC 237: Principles for Evaluating Health Risks in Children GD gestation day GH growth hormone GnRH gonadotropin releasing hormone...
... variability was associatedwith a history of falls width variability examined as a three level categorical variable (low, 30%) was associatedwith fall history in the ... individualswho reported a fall a 1.0 speed for Percent entire sample, variability (low ,with
... genotype differences for the -945CG polymorphism with plasma CTGF levels in DN and NA patients with diabetes We found that plasma CTGF levels were not associatedwith this polymorphism, which further ... (interquartile range), or N (%) The study was performed according to the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki and approved by the ethical committee of Copenhagen County All patients gave informed consent ... SNP (with a population frequency of around 5%) at -20 in the promoter region of the CTGF gene was associatedwith an increased risk Table Association of the CTGF promoter polymorphism at -945 with...
... for CHD or stroke, and on the overlap of these proteins with those altered by Ealone or E+P Enzyme-linked-immunosorbent assay (ELISA) replication studies in the WHI hormone therapy trial cohorts ... indicator variables for cigarette smoking, diabetes, and prior hormone therapy use yield a P-value of 0.018 for an association of IGFBP4 with stroke risk A 20% increase in IGFBP4, as is consistent with ... were unfavorable, and unfavorable compared to E-alone effects, for CHD [5,6] A related research effort is considering case versus control comparisons for breast cancer [7,8] We recently reported...
... humane care in compliance with the Principles of Laboratory Animal Care formulated by the National Society for Medical Research and the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals prepared by ... inflammatory response should be taken into account when evaluating lung injury induced by different ventilatory treatments Furthermore, the systemic response appears to be more correlated with factors ... messages • Open lung ventilatory strategies associatedwith HFOV or best PEEP (BP)-CMV improved respiratory function and minimized lung injury more than low PEEP (LP)-CMV • HFOV with P meanHFOV set cm...
... association with overall survival was observed for clusters with MYCN/c-MYC repressed genes: clusters 454, 482, 484, and 486 were associatedwith poor overall survival without adjustment for co-variables ... HSPD1 PRKY MRPS27 PHB Positively associatedwith survival Negatively associatedwith survival AHCY ARD1A Positively associatedwith survival Negatively associatedwith survival Class Class POLR3D ... favorable localized-NA and, particularly, in stage 4s-NA tumors than in stage 4-NA tumors with poor outcome [14-16], but they not reach the levels observed in MYCN amplified tumors In line with...
... were performed to identify independent predictors for SVR Statistical significance was considered with P value of 0.05 Odds ratio (OR) with 95% confidence interval (CI) was reported in categorical ... ribavirin for 16-24 weeks in HCV genotype or N Engl J Med 2007; 357: 124-34 Wenger C, Bischof T, Gonvers JJ, et al Interferon and ribavirin withor without amantadine for interferon non-responders with ... characteristics and laboratory data between patients with and without sustained virological response (SVR) Characteristics Male gender, n, (%) Patients with SVR Patients without SVR (n=13) P-Value...
... significant correlations with the changes in cholesterol concentrations may open new avenues for exploration of aspirin metabolism Our present results of improvement of aspirin effect with decreased ... study population did not include subjects with malnutrition nor there were any with nutritional modifications during the interventional period More studies with larger sample sizes and longer follow-up ... metabolism alterations may be important in mediation of aspirin metabolism among older people A recent report has shown that greater aspirin hydrolysis can be associatedwith decreased cholesterol...
... translational, or functional regulators J Hum Genet 1998; 43: 149-52 24 Ogilvie AD, Battersby S, Bubb VJ, et al Polymorphism in serotonin transporter gene associatedwith susceptibility to major depression ... 94°C for min, followed by 35 cycles of 98.5°C for 25 sec, 63°C for 30 s, 72°C for min, and a final extension of 72°C for 10 Then, the PCR products were analyzed using an automatic electrophoresis ... subjects withor without the 16 repeat allele (Table 3) The plasma BNP level was significantly higher in the EH group than in the NT group (p=0.0203) The plasma BNP level in each genotype withor without...
... polymorphism follows sever atrophy, we arranged category so as to classify 21 seronegative controls with atrophy as seropositive controls We calculated the OR for H pylori again and the corresponding ... frequency and odds ratio (OR) of H pylori seropositivity in healthy controls The seropositivity rate for those with A/A was lowest The decreased OR of A/A for H pylori seropositivity was 0.25 (95% ... genotyped for PTPN11 Gab1 polymorphism and the step of atrophy/metaplasia-gastric cancer We assessed whether the Gab1 gene polymorphism was associatedwith the development of H pylori-related...
... Kamide K, Horio T, Nakatani S, Kawano Y, Higaki J, Ogihara T Carotid intima-media thickness is correlated with impairment of coronary flow reserve in hypertensive patients without coronary artery ... (Abbott Laboratories, North Chicago, IL, U.S.A.) Plasma folate levels were measured by radioimmunoassay using a commercial kit (Dualcount Charcoal Boil Assay, Diagnostic Products Corporation, Los ... seem to be associatedwith the occurrence of coronary heart disease or the elevation of plasma tHcy in the studied patients Plasma tHcy was significantly higher in elder patients with cardiovascular...
... to normalize Vgf immunoreactivity 93 Immunocytochemistry For semiquantitative assessment of Vgf in spinal cord motorneurons, immunohistochemistry was performed as previously reported [21] with ... localized within the nuclear region of SMI-32 immunoreactive spinal cord neurons In B, no detectable Vgf co-localization with NeuN immunoreactive neurons In C, Vgf immunoreactive material in spinal cord ... horn areas from six L3-L5 tissue sections of the spinal cord of each mouse All SMI-32 immunoreactive neurons were counted from within the ventral horn below a lateral line across the spinal cord...
... equipment more than that currently used for consumer testing (paper and pencil or computerized data entry system) For some time, sensory practitioners within the commercial sector have looked for better ... least favorite foods Positive terms were used with higher frequency Four negative terms were selected 20% of the time or more (bored, disgusted, annoyed, and disagreeable), as compared with 10 ... on the test approach Comments associatedwith the test format suggested that the approach was different and fun One or two respondents in each test (n of 100 or more) found some of the terms offensive,...
... incinerator with a capacity of 10 tons/day, thus becoming one of the biggest facilities in the Northern Economic Zone for HzSW treatment The monitoring and training of the incinerator’s operators ... management as well as in the monitoring and enforcement of MSW regulations Vietnam has adopted a legal framework for SWM for environmental protection with the guiding principles of the 3R initiative ... only for organic waste recycling but also for other recycling materials that are well suited for processing in Vietnamese conditions Waste recycling in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh, and in informal sectors...
... greatest degree of threat, with a focus on conservation priorities The WWF works closely with the North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation to help ensure that its work promotes conservation ... designing protection for public and private lands that are the core habitats for native species It established task forces for each ecoregion, drawing together activists with expertise in various ... contaminated with soil microflora that become problematic during the tissue culture process Certain soil microflora can form tight associations with the root systems or even grow within the root...
... non-target organisms or potential introduction of regulatory molecules (such as transcriptional factors or hormones) into the same organism with subsequent effects on other genes The main issue associated ... difficulties, foreign gene(s) may be transferred to the special organelles, such as chloroplasts or mitochondria, for gene function and possible application, and therefore, the risk assessment with pollination ... important in the fight against cardiovascular disease, obesity, and certain forms of cancer To develop plants with higher content of protein or amino acids, or modified amino acid composition for...