Eric A Engels,
Ruth M Pfeiffer,
Joseph F Fraumeni,
Bertram L Kasiske,
Ajay K Israni,
Jon J Snyder,
Robert A Wolfe,
Nathan P Goodrich,
A Rana Bayakly,
Christina A Clarke,
Glenn Copeland,
Jack L Finch,
Mary Lou Fleissner,
Marc T Goodman,
Amy Kahn,
Lori Koch,
Charles F Lynch,
Margaret M Madeleine,
Karen Pawlish,
Chandrika Rao,
Melanie A Williams,
David Castenson,
Michael Curry,
Ruth Parsons,
Gregory Fant and
Monica Lin
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Solid organ transplant recipients have elevated cancer risk due to immunosuppression and oncogenic viral infections. Because most prior research has concerned kidney recipients, large studies that include recipients of differing organs can inform cancer etiology.
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PMID: 22045767
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We describe the magnitude, kinetics, and nature of the virus-specific T cell response using intracellular gamma interferon (IFN-γ) staining and fluorochrome-labeled major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I-peptide complexes. We demonstrate that influenza virus-infected patients develop recall...
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PMID: 21917970
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We established a new limited sampling strategy to assess CYP3A activity and evaluated the time course of reversible (voriconazole) and irreversible (ritonavir) CYP3A inhibition. In this randomized trial, two groups, each with eight healthy participants, received CYP3A inhibitors voriconazole or riton...
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PMID: 21937987
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We examined the relationships between sexual assault, subsequent drinking behavior and consequences, and alcohol expectancies in a sample of 306 undergraduate women who reported current alcohol use and reported either no trauma history (n=53), non-AIA (n=69), or AIA (n=184). Differences emerged for...
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PMID: 21813246
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We present the adaptation of the Behavioral Activation for Depression Scale (BADS), developed by Kanter, Mulick, Busch, Berlin, and Martell (2007), in a Spanish sample. The psychometric properties were tested in a sample of 263 participants (124 clinical and 139 non-clinical). The results show that,...
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PMID: 22059343
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We present an experiment investigating the reconfiguration process elicited by the task switching paradigm in synaesthesia. We study the time course of the operations involved in the activation of photisms. In the experimental Group, four digit-color synaesthetes alternated between an odd-even task...
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PMID: 22059301
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The results of two studies on the relationship between evaluations of trustworthiness, valence and arousal of faces are reported. In Experiment 1, valence and trustworthiness judgments of faces were positively correlated, while arousal was negatively correlated with both trustworthin...
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PMID: 22059299
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We tested the hypothesis that cognitive processing based on spatial imagery produces more deterioration of visual perception than cognitive processing based on verbal codes. So, we studied the effect on visual perception of two cognitive tasks, one of spatial imagery and the other a verbal task. In...
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PMID: 22059302
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Contingent negative variation (CNV) topography, hemispheric asymmetry and time-course were investigated in healthy subjects and non-medicated paranoid schizophrenic patients in two antisaccade paradigms with the short (800-1000 ms) and long (1200-1400 ms) durations of the fixation pe...
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PMID: 22059332
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This study was designed to develop a computerized test to assess gender roles. This test is presented as a decision-making task to mask its purpose. Each item displays a picture representing an activity and a brief sentence that describes it. Participants have to choose the most suit...
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PMID: 22059334
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The aim of this study was to examine the factorial validity of the Job Expectations Questionnaire (Cuestionario de Expectativas Laborales CEL) in a sample of Mexican workers. Following a cross validation approach, two samples were used in the study. The first sample consisted of 380...
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PMID: 22059344
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Differences in the semantic priming effect comparing child and adult performance have been found by some studies. However, these differences are not well established, mostly because of the variety of methods used by researchers around the world. One of the main issues concerns the ab...
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PMID: 22059305
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The aim of this work is to examine the pentafactorial validity of the AF5 Self-Concept Questionnaire in Spanish and Chilean young adults. From the responses of a total of 4,383 young adults aged 17 to 22 years (1,918 Spanish, 44%, and 2,465 Chilean, 56%) it was analyzed the reliabili...
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PMID: 22059311
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The present study tests the relationships between the three frequently used personality models evaluated by the Temperament Character Inventory-Revised (TCI-R), Neuroticism Extraversion Openness Five Factor Inventory - Revised (NEO-FFI-R) and Zuckerman-Kuhlman Personality Questionnai...
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PMID: 22059312
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General Factor of Personality (GFP) research is an emergent field in personality research. This paper uses a theoretical mathematical model to predict the short-term effects of a dose of a stimulant drug on GFP and reports the results of an experiment showing how caffeine achieves th...
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PMID: 22059314
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We posit that interventions must be designed which tailor to each group and their respective risk situations....
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PMID: 22059316
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We examined one such mechanism: Control attributions. To do so, we ran an experiment (n = 140) in which we manipulated mortality salience and type of failure (relevant vs. irrelevant consequences) with which participants were faced. Participants were then instructed to evaluate the possible causes o...
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PMID: 22059322
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We formed a sample of professionals who took on the role of negotiator when we provoked an organizational conflict between a superior and subordinate that escalates due to the intervention of research confederates. Trained judges analyzed the negotiators' behaviors that most effectively mitigated th...
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PMID: 22059324
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This study compared three groups of people: (a) high trait anger individuals who recognized personal anger problems (HR); (b) high trait anger individuals who did not recognize personal anger problems (HNR); and (c) low trait anger individuals not reporting personal anger problems (L...
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PMID: 22059330
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In the present study, an attempt has been made to investigate the complete 'pattern' of a suicide attempter (SA) within the set of Big Five traits. Two models were used: M1, which includes the five main dimensions of Big Five in the analysis; and M2, which includes facets of those di...
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PMID: 22059315
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A laboratory study was carried out to establish the relative importance of verbal and gestural behavior, as well as their interaction, for perceived social influence in more or less competitive small groups. Forty women (psychology students) participated in leaderless small group dis...
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PMID: 22059321
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These results support the usefulness of the dyadic approach for predicting group outcomes....
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PMID: 22059323
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In recent years there has been an increasing interest among researchers and practitioners to analyze what makes a firm attractive in the eyes of university students, and if individual differences such as personality traits have an impact on this general affect towards a particular or...
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PMID: 22059325
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The purpose of the present study was: a) to describe the theme of verbalizations about breastfeeding in mothers' pre-term (M-PT) and full-term (M-FT) infants; b) to examine the association between these themes and mother's anxiety and depression indicators and socio-demographic chara...
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PMID: 22059333
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Two studies were conducted with college students to validate the Spanish-language version of the "Acceptance of Modern Myths about Sexual Aggression" scale (AMMSA) (Gerger, Kley, Bohner & Siebler, 2007). This scale assesses modern myths about sexual aggression in a subtle way. In Stu...
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PMID: 22059335
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The Affective Neuroscience Personality Scales have been designed to provide a personality assessment tool based on six distinct affective systems. The six neural systems involved were labeled PLAY, SEEK, CARE, FEAR, ANGER and SADNESS. Spirituality has been integrated into the questio...
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PMID: 22059336
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We have explored the psychometric properties and construct validity of the Turkish adaptation of the Mathematics Teacher Efficacy Belief Instrument developed by Enochs, Smith, & Huinker (2000) for in-service mathematics teachers. The instrument distinguishes between two dimensions of efficacy belief...
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PMID: 22059339
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We the adaptation and testing of the psychometric properties of the Running Addiction Scale (RAS) in Spanish. To this end, we conducted two independent studies. The aim of the first was to present the first preliminary psychometric data (pilot sample of 174 marathon runners). Explained the process o...
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PMID: 22059340
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We tested how anticipated emotions interact with personal experience in risk behavior to improve predictions from TPB on behavioral intention (BI) and behavioral expectation (BE) for sex without condom (Study 1) and excessive drinking (Study 2). In the moderate-high experience group, anticipated emo...
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PMID: 22059300
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The results suggest that the prevalence of HPV in this study population exceeds the international data. The results attracts the attention the peak prevalence of the high risk types in the youngest age-group, and the higher risk of cervical abnormality in case of presence of two or more HPV types. T...
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PMID: 22011366
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Cynthia C Cardoso,
Ana Carla Pereira,
Vânia N Brito-de-Souza,
Sandra M B Duraes,
Marcelo Ribeiro-Alves,
José Augusto C Nery,
Ângela S Francio,
Patrícia R Vanderborght,
Francisco P C Parelli,
Andrea Alter,
Jorge Luís Salgado,
Elizabeth P Sampaio,
Adalberto R Santos,
Maria Leide W R Oliveira,
Euzenir N Sarno,
Erwin Schurr,
Marcelo T Mira,
Antonio G Pacheco and
Milton O Moraes
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We first conducted 4 association studies (2639 individuals) that showed a protective effect of the -308A allele (odds ratio [OR] = 0.77; P = .005). Next, results of a meta-analysis reinforced this association after inclusion of our new data (OR = 0.74; P = .04). Furthermore, a subgroup analysis incl...
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PMID: 21917899
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We have modified the original apparatus for organ bioassay in order to minimize foaming and to increase analytical performance. By using this modified bioassay we investigated the vasodilatory potency of various endogenous RSNOs in the presence of physiologically relevant concentrations of albumin a...
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PMID: 21827780
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We studied the impact of early pancreas graft failure on long-term kidney and patient survival. METHODS.: We included all primary SPK transplants performed in the United States between January 1, 2000, and December 31, 2007, who had maintained kidney graft function at 90 days posttransplantation. Ka...
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PMID: 21832957
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Our data suggest that the clinician's gaze significantly affects the medical encounter but that the converse is not true.
Findings from this research have implications for the design of clinical work systems and modeling interactions. Similar research methods could be used to identif...
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PMID: 22046723
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The aim of this study was to assess whether the stress reduction effects of phased training culminating in repeated exposure to a stressful scenario generalize to new scenarios.
High-reliability occupations require personnel to operate in stressful situations involvin...
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PMID: 22046726
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The current study examined whether training simulators for the acquisition of procedural skills should emphasize physical fidelity or cognitive fidelity of the task.
Simulation-based training for acquiring and practicing procedural skills is becoming widely establishe...
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PMID: 22046722
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The aim of this study was to empirically assess the efficacy of cognitive countermeasures based on the technique of information removal to enhance human operator attentional disengagement abilities when facing attentional tunneling.
Lessons learned from human factors...
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PMID: 22046719
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The objective of this research is to determine the best location to place a conventional mobile computer supported by a commercially available mount in a light truck cab.
U.S. and Canadian electric utility companies are in the process of integrating mobile computers i...
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PMID: 22046721
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We were able to successfully identify the RCOF in a significantly large number of strikes across 40 participants. In a portion of the strikes, the transverse shear force increased the RCOF significantly. In a significant portion of the strikes, the RCOF2 occurred much earlier than RCOF1....
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PMID: 22046720
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Paul O'Connor,
Jerry S Wolinsky,
Christian Confavreux,
Giancarlo Comi,
Ludwig Kappos,
Tomas P Olsson,
Hadj Benzerdjeb,
Philippe Truffinet,
Lin Wang,
Aaron Miller,
Mark S Freedman and
TEMSO Trial Group
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We concluded a randomized trial involving 1088 patients with multiple sclerosis, 18 to 55 years of age, with a score of 0 to 5.5 on the Expanded Disability Status Scale and at least one relapse in the previous year or at least two relapses in the previous 2 years. Patients were randomly assigned (in...
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PMID: 21991951
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G protection afforded by the abdominal bladder of a pneumatic anti-G suit is usually attributed to counteraction of G-induced caudad displacement of the heart and pooling of blood in the abdominal veins. The study examined whether the abdominal bladder might provide G protection also...
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PMID: 21961402
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The nature of fear of flying (FOF) is not well understood. It is commonly assumed to be a fear learned from flight-specific experiences. However, existing literature suggests that FOF is a manifestation of fears of other stimuli (e.g., heights) embedded in the flying situation, but n...
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PMID: 21961401
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We studied Tregs in the pancreas and peripheral blood.
We recruited 44 patients with IgG4-related AIP. For comparison, we recruited 37 patients with other pancreatic diseases and 27 healthy subjects as controls. We studied infiltrating cells in the pancreas by immunohistochemistry an...
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PMID: 21926547
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From the perspective of oncological and functional outcomes partial nephrectomy is considered standard surgery for small renal tumors 4 cm or less. However, radical nephrectomy is commonly done for small tumors. It is important to predict postoperative renal function in patients to choose the most op...
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PMID: 21849191
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Dideoxyosones (DDOs) are intermediates in the synthesis of advanced glycation endproducts (AGEs), such as pentosidine and glucosepane. Although the formation of pentosidine and glucosepane in the human lens has been firmly established, the formation of DDOs has not been demonstrated. The aim of this...
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PMID: 21820400
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Abstract. Data relating to acute post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis (APSGN) from the notifiable diseases surveillance system in the Northern Territory of Australia was extracted and analyzed. Isolates of Streptococcus pyogenes from confirmed cases were emm sequence typed. From 199...
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PMID: 21976576
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Abstract. A dengue vaccine effective against all four serotypes is urgently needed. However, safety and immunogenicity could be affected by prior exposure to flaviviruses. This open, controlled, phase IIa study was conducted in 35 healthy adults who had received monovalent, live attenuated Vero cell-...
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PMID: 21976579
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We measured the antibody levels before vaccination and at 21 days and 8 months after vaccination in YF-naïve travelers. Thirty subjects were enrolled in the study, with 100% providing sera at 21 days and 86.6% providing sera at 8 months. All subjects seroconverted by day 21, and the geometric mean...
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PMID: 21976582
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Eszter E Székely,
Péter P Törzsök,
Péter P Riesz,
Anna A Korompay,
Attila A Fintha,
Tamás T Székely,
Gábor G Lotz,
Péter P Nyirády,
Imre I Romics,
József J Tímár,
Zsuzsa Z Schaff and
András A Kiss
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The members of the claudin family are major integral transmembrane protein constituents of tight junctions. Normal and neoplastic tissues can be characterized by unique qualitative and quantitative distribution of claudin subtypes, which may be related to clinicopathological features. Differential di...
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PMID: 21832144
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Nutritional and genetic determinants of the one-carbon metabolism pathway have been related to risk of malignant lymphomas, but little is known about their associations with Hodgkin lymphoma risk specifically. The authors examined nutrient intake (folate, vitamin B(2), vitamin B(6), vitamin B(12), me...
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PMID: 21810727
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These results suggest that regular consumption of milk-based probiotics could be associated with lower risk of preeclampsia in primiparous women....
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PMID: 21821542
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: Cognitive strategies are a set of psychologic behaviors used to modulate one's perception or interpretation of a sensation or situation. Although the effectiveness of each cognitive strategy seems to differ between individuals, they are commonly used clinically to help patients with chronic pain co...
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PMID: 21934411
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: Women who become pregnant during the conduct of biomedical human immunodeficiency virus prevention trials are taken off the study product for safety reasons. High pregnancy rates can compromise statistical integrity in these trials. The comprehensive contraceptive curriculum developed for the Centr...
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PMID: 21934454
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I tumors in children. Gangliogliomas are the most commonly encountered neoplasms. Coexistent focal cortical dysplasia may be observed in a significant minority of tumors, suggesting a possible developmental origin for some of these neoplasms....
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PMID: 21917677
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The diagnostic category of atypia of undetermined significance (AUS) in the Bethesda System for reporting the results of thyroid fine-needle aspirations (FNAs) is intended to encompass findings associated with a low risk of malignancy. It is unclear if there are patterns within this evolving, heterog...
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PMID: 21917679
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Gene expression profiles of paired hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and adjacent noncancerous liver tissue samples revealed preferential expression of midkine in HCC. This finding suggested the clinical usefulness of midkine measurement in serum for monitoring HCC treatment response, recurrence, and pr...
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PMID: 21917682
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