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11,257,159
Sustained improvement in rheumatoid arthritis following a protocol designed to deplete B lymphocytes.
Rheumatology (Oxford, England)
Rheumatology (Oxford)
40
2
10.1093/rheumatology/40.2.205
eng
2,001
2
null
null
null
null
[OBJECTIVES] An open study of B-lymphocyte depletion was undertaken in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients to test the hypothesis that B lymphocytes may be essential to disease perpetuation. [METHODS] Five patients with refractory RA were treated with a monoclonal anti-CD20 antibody, cyclophosphamide and prednisolone an...
null
1.17
205
Pharmacology; Rheumatology
Medicine
2,001
11,256,282
Canine coronavirus in Australian dogs.
Australian veterinary journal
Aust Vet J
79
2
10.1111/j.1751-0813.2001.tb10718.x
eng
2,001
2
null
null
null
null
[OBJECTIVE] To estimate the frequency of serum antibodies (IgG and IgM) to canine coronavirus (CCV) in the Australian dog population and evaluate the role of CCV as a causative agent of gastroenteritis. [DESIGN] A serological survey of antibodies to CCV among different dog populations. [PROCEDURE] The development and c...
null
0.391
71
Medicine; Veterinary
Medicine; Veterinary
2,001
11,255,998
Prevalence of histological reflux oesophagitis in H. pylori positive patients: effect of density of H. pylori and activity of inflammation.
JPMA. The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association
J Pak Med Assoc
51
1
null
eng
2,001
1
null
null
null
null
[OBJECTIVE] Recently there has been a great interest in the role of Helicobacter pylori in gastroesophageal reflux disease. Many studies do not show any significant difference in the overall prevalence of H. pylori in patients with endoscopic oesophagitis and controls. In this prospective study we assessed the influenc...
null
null
null
null
null
null
11,255,997
Serum leptin levels in pregnant Pakistani females: relationship with body mass index and placental weight.
JPMA. The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association
J Pak Med Assoc
51
1
null
eng
2,001
1
null
null
null
null
[OBJECTIVE] To determine the serum leptin levels in Pakistani pregnant subjects at the time of delivery and to ascertain the relationship between serum leptin levels and related variables (weight, body mass index, placental weight, gestational age, parity) at delivery. [SETTING] Lady Dufferin Hospital, and Ziauddin Hos...
null
null
null
null
null
null
11,255,580
Sleep-disordered breathing in stable methadone programme patients: a pilot study.
Addiction (Abingdon, England)
Addiction
96
3
10.1046/j.1360-0443.2001.9633954.x
eng
2,001
3
null
null
null
null
[AIMS] To explore the possibility that stable MMP patients have sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) and abnormal sleep architecture defined by nocturnal sleep stages and sleep efficiency. [DESIGN] Observational. [SETTING] Regional Methadone Service and sleep disorders laboratory in a university affiliated hospital. Partic...
null
1.243
224
Medicine; Psychiatry and Mental Health
Medicine
2,001
11,255,445
Response of patients with Alzheimer disease to rivastigmine treatment is predicted by the rate of disease progression.
Archives of neurology
Arch Neurol
58
3
10.1001/archneur.58.3.417
eng
2,001
3
null
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND] Evidence suggests that disease severity predicts the response of patients with Alzheimer disease (AD) to cholinesterase inhibitor treatment, raising the question of whether disease progression also predicts response to this treatment. [OBJECTIVE] To evaluate retrospectively whether rate of disease progress...
null
null
null
null
null
null
11,255,331
Antibiotic prophylaxis for full-face laser resurfacing: is it necessary?
Archives of dermatology
Arch Dermatol
137
3
null
eng
2,001
3
null
null
null
null
[OBJECTIVE] To evaluate the need for antibiotic prophylaxis when performing full-face laser resurfacing. [METHOD] Prospective study of 31 patients undergoing full-face laser resurfacing, 17 with and 14 without antibiotic prophylaxis. [OBSERVATION] Four of 14 patients without antibiotic prophylaxis had microbiologic and...
null
null
null
null
null
null
11,255,101
Antibodies against full-length Tat protein and some low-molecular-weight Tat-peptides correlate with low or undetectable viral load in HIV-1 seropositive patients.
Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology
J Clin Virol
21
1
10.1016/s1386-6532(00)00189-x
eng
2,001
4
null
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND] The efficacy of a specific humoral response to transactivating Tat protein was studied in a group of HIV-1 seropositive drug addicts, who had previously received a similar course of anti-retroviral treatment with two reverse transcriptase inhibitors. [OBJECTIVES] The aim of the study was to evaluate the me...
null
0.715
129
Infectious Diseases; Virology
Immunology and Microbiology; Medicine
2,001
11,255,055
Intraocular pressure after small incision cataract surgery: temporal sclerocorneal versus clear corneal incision.
Journal of cataract and refractive surgery
J Cataract Refract Surg
27
3
10.1016/s0886-3350(00)00577-0
eng
2,001
3
null
null
null
null
[PURPOSE] To compare intraocular pressure (IOP) after phacoemulsification and foldable intraocular lens (IOL) implantation using a temporal sclerocorneal or clear corneal incision. [SETTING] Department of Ophthalmology, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany. [METHODS] One hundred patients (100 eyes) with catara...
null
1.55
169
Ophthalmology; Sensory Systems; Surgery
Medicine; Neuroscience
2,001
11,255,052
Correlation between ultraviolet radiation level and the incidence of late-onset corneal haze after photorefractive keratectomy.
Journal of cataract and refractive surgery
J Cataract Refract Surg
27
3
10.1016/s0886-3350(00)00742-2
eng
2,001
3
null
null
null
null
[PURPOSE] To investigate the correlation between environmental changes in ultraviolet (UV) radiation levels and the incidence of late-onset cornea haze (LOCH) after photorefractive keratectomy (PRK). [SETTING] SynsLaser Clinic, Tromsø, Norway. [METHODS] The study comprised 404 eyes that had myopic PRK and photoastigmat...
null
1.55
169
Ophthalmology; Sensory Systems; Surgery
Medicine; Neuroscience
2,001
11,252,404
Apoptosis in different compartments of antrum and corpus mucosa in chronic Helicobacter pylori gastritis. An 18-year follow-up study.
Scandinavian journal of gastroenterology
Scand J Gastroenterol
36
2
10.1080/003655201750065870
eng
2,001
2
null
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND] The association of apoptosis was analysed in three different compartments (foveolar cells--FC, proliferating zone--PZ and glandular part--GP) of antrum and corpus mucosa specimens with development of atrophy and the extent of apoptosis as depending on grade of chronic inflammation, activity of gastritis an...
null
0.861
133
Gastroenterology
Medicine
2,001
11,251,720
Male appropriation and medicalization of childbirth: an historical analysis.
Journal of advanced nursing
J Adv Nurs
33
3
10.1046/j.1365-2648.2001.01669.x
eng
2,001
2
null
null
null
null
[AIMS OF THE PAPER] This paper aims to explore through historical analysis some of the means by which medicine successfully appropriated and medicalized pregnancy and childbirth and to consider the impact that this has had on women's experiences within maternity care. [BACKGROUND AND RATIONALE] The appropriation and me...
Genetics and Reproduction
0.477
187
Nursing
Nursing
2,001
11,251,676
Increasing prevalence of diabetes mellitus and impaired glucose tolerance among 60-year-old Danes.
Diabetic medicine : a journal of the British Diabetic Association
Diabet Med
18
2
10.1046/j.1464-5491.2001.00417.x
eng
2,001
2
null
null
null
null
[AIMS] The age-specific prevalence of diabetes mellitus and impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) was estimated in 60-year-old individuals in 1996/97 and compared to the prevalence in 1974/75. The study also examined whether or not the change in prevalence of diabetes and IGT could be explained by changes in body mass index...
null
1.302
171
Endocrinology; Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism; Internal Medicine
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Medicine
2,001
11,251,523
An assessment of the clinical efficacy of intranasal desmopressin spray in the treatment of renal colic.
BJU international
BJU Int
87
4
10.1046/j.1464-410x.2001.00068.x
eng
2,001
3
null
null
null
null
[OBJECTIVES] To assess the efficacy of desmopressin nasal spray compared with diclofenac given intramuscularly in patients with acute renal colic caused by urolithiasis. [PATIENTS AND METHODS] The study included 61 patients randomized into three different groups; group A received desmopressin (40 microg, nasal spray), ...
null
0.701
174
Urology
Medicine
2,001
11,251,484
Cesarean delivery in Shantou, China: a retrospective analysis of 1922 women.
Birth (Berkeley, Calif.)
Birth
27
2
10.1046/j.1523-536x.2000.00086.x
eng
2,000
6
null
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND] In China the cesarean section rate increased significantly during the past four decades. This study examined the frequency and indications of cesarean birth in Shantou, a southern city in China. [METHODS] An analysis was conducted of the medical records of 1922 women who had cesarean deliveries at Shantou ...
null
0.54
96
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Medicine
2,000
11,251,137
Radiofrequency sacroiliac joint denervation for sacroiliac syndrome.
Regional anesthesia and pain medicine
Reg Anesth Pain Med
26
2
10.1053/rapm.2001.21739
eng
2,001
null
null
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES] Radiofrequency (RF) denervation of the sacroiliac (SI) joint has been advocated for the treatment of sacroiliac syndrome, yet no clinical studies or case series support its use. [METHODS] We report the results of a consecutive series of 50 SI joint RF denervations performed in 33 patients wi...
null
0.701
130
Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine; Medicine
Medicine
2,001
11,251,006
Adenovirus-mediated wild-type p53 gene transfer in patients receiving chemotherapy for advanced non-small-cell lung cancer: results of a multicenter phase II study.
Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology
J Clin Oncol
19
6
10.1200/JCO.2001.19.6.1750
eng
2,001
3
15
null
null
null
[PURPOSE] To study the additional benefit from adenoviral p53 gene therapy in patients undergoing first-line chemotherapy for advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). [PATIENTS AND METHODS] Twenty-five patients with nonresectable NSCLC were enrolled in an open-label, multicenter phase II study of three cycles of re...
null
4.111
646
Cancer Research; Medicine; Oncology
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Medicine
2,001
11,249,084
Sources of absorption and scattering contrast for near-infrared optical mammography.
Academic radiology
Acad Radiol
8
3
10.1016/S1076-6332(03)80529-9
eng
2,001
3
null
null
null
null
[RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES] Near-infrared (NIR) diffuse optical spectroscopy and imaging may enhance existing technologies for breast cancer screening, diagnosis, and treatment. NIR techniques are based on sensitive, quantitative measurements of functional contrast between healthy and diseased tissue. In this study, the...
null
0.607
113
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
Medicine
2,001
11,248,836
Surgical treatment of an intrastromal epithelial corneal cyst.
Cornea
Cornea
20
2
10.1097/00003226-200103000-00025
eng
2,001
3
null
null
null
null
[PURPOSE] To describe corneal intrastromal epithelial cysts and present a minimally invasive surgical technique successfully used to treat such a lesion. [METHODS] A 5-year-old girl with a progressive, vision-threatening, intrastromal corneal opacity in the left eye is described. The patient had a history of accommodat...
null
1.027
141
Ophthalmology
Medicine
2,001
11,371,132
Applications of the telomerase assay in peritoneal washing fluids.
Gynecologic oncology
Gynecol Oncol
81
3
10.1006/gyno.2001.6174
eng
2,001
6
null
null
null
null
[OBJECTIVE] The aim of this study was to detect telomerase activity in peritoneal ascites and to assess whether it can be used as an assistant tool for the early detection of ovarian cancer. [METHODS] Telomerase activity was measured by TRAP assay in 47 patients with ovarian malignancies and 50 patients with benign ute...
null
0.895
192
Obstetrics and Gynecology; Oncology
Medicine
2,001
11,371,129
Phase II study of concurrent gemcitabine and radiotherapy in locally advanced stage IIIB cervical carcinoma.
Gynecologic oncology
Gynecol Oncol
81
3
10.1006/gyno.2001.6197
eng
2,001
6
null
null
null
null
[OBJECTIVE] The aims of this phase II study were to investigate the feasibility, efficacy, and safety of gemcitabine in combination with radiation in chemonaive patients with advanced cervical cancer. [METHODS] Nineteen patients with advanced stage IIIB cervical cancer received 300 mg/m2 of gemcitabine once weekly with...
null
0.895
192
Obstetrics and Gynecology; Oncology
Medicine
2,001
11,370,955
Antihypertensive therapy in diabetic hypertensive patients.
American journal of hypertension
Am J Hypertens
14
5 Pt 2
10.1016/s0895-7061(01)01314-0
eng
2,001
5
null
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND] We analyzed the available data to assess the benefits of antihypertensive therapy in hypertensive patients with diabetes mellitus. [PROCEDURE] A MEDLINE search of English-language articles published until June 1999 was undertaken using the terms diabetes mellitus, hypertension or blood pressure (BP), and t...
null
1.012
156
Internal Medicine
Medicine
2,001
11,369,904
A phase III, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of peldesine (BCX-34) cream as topical therapy for cutaneous T-cell lymphoma.
Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
J Am Acad Dermatol
44
6
10.1067/mjd.2001.113478
eng
2,001
6
null
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND] The purine nucleoside phosphorylase inhibitor peldesine is a new agent being evaluated as a T-cell inhibitor. [OBJECTIVE] We attempted to determine the efficacy of peldesine (BCX-34) in a 1% dermal cream formulation as a treatment for cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL). [METHODS] Ninety patients with patch a...
null
1.254
256
Dermatology
Medicine
2,001
11,369,695
Intercaval block in normal canine hearts : role of the terminal crest.
Circulation
Circulation
103
20
10.1161/01.cir.103.20.2521
eng
2,001
5
22
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND] The intriguing monotony in the occurrence of intercaval conduction block during typical atrial flutter suggests an anatomic or electrophysiological predisposition for conduction abnormalities. [METHODS AND RESULTS] To determine the location of and potential electrophysiological basis for conduction block i...
null
5.548
691
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine; Physiology
Medicine
2,001
11,369,226
Polymorphism and evolution of vulval precursor cell lineages within two nematode genera, Caenorhabditis and Oscheius.
Current biology : CB
Curr Biol
11
9
10.1016/s0960-9822(01)00202-0
eng
2,001
5
1
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND] The cell lineage of nematodes is mostly invariant for a given species, but varies between species. One can thus wonder how a cell lineage varies during evolution. We have started a microevolutionary approach within two genera by observing lineage variations of vulval precursor cells in different natural ne...
null
null
null
null
null
null
11,368,530
p21 gene regulation during enterocyte differentiation.
The Journal of surgical research
J Surg Res
98
1
10.1006/jsre.2001.6147
eng
2,001
6
1
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND] Enterocyte differentiation is associated with a withdrawal from the cell cycle and the transcriptional activation of the cell cycle inhibitor, p21. We sought to define the molecular mechanisms involved in p21 gene activation in an in vitro system. [METHODS] Transient transfections were performed in HT-29 c...
null
0.721
131
Surgery
Medicine
2,001
11,368,294
Pharmacokinetics and tolerability of the orally active selective epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor ZD1839 in healthy volunteers.
Clinical pharmacokinetics
Clin Pharmacokinet
40
4
10.2165/00003088-200140040-00005
eng
2,001
null
null
null
null
null
[OBJECTIVE] To investigate the pharmacokinetics and tolerability of ZD1839 (Iressa), an orally active selective epidermal growth factor receptor-tyrosine kinase inhibitor, in healthy volunteers. [DESIGN] Two randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group studies of pharmacokinetics and tolerability, follo...
null
1.435
191
Pharmacology; Pharmacology
Medicine; Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics
2,001
11,367,970
Dental services. An analysis of utilization over 20 years.
Journal of the American Dental Association (1939)
J Am Dent Assoc
132
5
10.14219/jada.archive.2001.0243
eng
2,001
5
null
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND] Utilization studies serve as an important tool for oral health policy decision-making. A number of important reports have been published that help to characterize the dental utilization patterns of most Americans. For the most part, these studies have focused on utilization estimates for a particular surve...
null
0.524
141
Dentistry; Medicine
Dentistry; Medicine
2,001
11,331,724
The search for congenital malformations in newborns with fetal cocaine exposure.
Pediatrics
Pediatrics
107
5
10.1542/peds.107.5.e74
eng
2,001
5
null
null
null
null
[CONTEXT] The association between prenatal cocaine exposure and congenital anomalies is not definitive. [OBJECTIVE] To determine whether prenatal cocaine exposure results in an increased number or identifiable pattern of abnormalities. [DESIGN] A prospective, longitudinal cohort enrolled between 1991 and 1993. [SETTING...
null
2.157
409
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Medicine
2,001
11,331,692
Noninvasive assessment of the early progression of atherosclerosis in adolescents with Kawasaki disease and coronary artery lesions.
Pediatrics
Pediatrics
107
5
10.1542/peds.107.5.1095
eng
2,001
5
null
null
null
null
[OBJECTIVES] The severity of carotid arteriosclerosis, defined as increased intima-media thickness (IMT) visible with B-mode ultrasound, is correlated with risk factors for coronary heart disease. Little is known, however, about the relation of IMT, the stiffness of the common carotid artery, and the progression of ath...
null
2.157
409
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Medicine
2,001
11,360,892
Dermal injection of radioactive colloid is superior to peritumoral injection for breast cancer sentinel lymph node biopsy: results of a multiinstitutional study.
Annals of surgery
Ann Surg
233
5
10.1097/00000658-200105000-00012
eng
2,001
5
null
null
null
null
[OBJECTIVE] To determine the optimal radioactive colloid injection technique for sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy for breast cancer. [SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA] The optimal radioactive colloid injection technique for breast cancer SLN biopsy has not yet been defined. Peritumoral injection of radioactive colloid has been ...
null
3.724
360
Surgery
Medicine
2,001
11,360,891
"Limited" parathyroidectomy in geriatric patients.
Annals of surgery
Ann Surg
233
5
10.1097/00000658-200105000-00003
eng
2,001
5
null
null
null
null
[OBJECTIVE] Elderly patients with primary hyperparathyroidism accompanied by other diseases are often denied referral for parathyroidectomy because of the associated risks of general anesthesia and bilateral neck exploration. However, marked symptomatic improvement is recognized after successful parathyroidectomy. The ...
null
3.724
360
Surgery
Medicine
2,001
11,360,154
Acylation stimulating protein (ASP) acute effects on postprandial lipemia and food intake in rodents.
International journal of obesity and related metabolic disorders : journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity
Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord
25
5
10.1038/sj.ijo.0801613
eng
2,001
5
null
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND] In vitro studies have shown that acylation stimulating protein (ASP) stimulates triglyceride (TG) synthesis and storage in adipocytes. We have previously demonstrated that intraperitoneal (i.p.) injection of ASP in C57BL/6J mice accelerated TG clearance following an orally-administered fat load as well as ...
null
null
null
null
null
null
11,360,064
Diabetic autonomic neuropathy.
Saudi medical journal
Saudi Med J
21
11
null
eng
2,000
11
null
null
null
null
[OBJECTIVE] The diabetic autonomic neuropathy is a poorly studied subject in our medical literature. This study is aimed at investigating the presence of diabetic autonomic neuropathy in a group of Sudanese diabetic patients and its relationship to factors like glycemic control, duration of diabetes and presence of per...
null
null
null
null
null
null
11,359,463
The risk for congenital heart defects in offspring of individuals with congenital heart defects.
Clinical genetics
Clin Genet
59
5
10.1034/j.1399-0004.2001.590505.x
eng
2,001
5
null
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND] Congenital heart defects (CHDs) occur in approximately 1% of all live births. Although most CHDs are of unknown etiology, a family history of CHDs is a known risk factor, and offspring of individuals with CHDs are at a higher risk of having CHDs. The aim of this study was to investigate the relative risk f...
null
null
null
null
null
null
11,359,133
Relief of post-tonsillectomy pain by release of lidocaine from fibrin glue.
The Laryngoscope
Laryngoscope
111
4 Pt 1
10.1097/00005537-200104000-00015
eng
2,001
4
null
null
null
null
[OBJECTIVES] Pain inevitably develops after resection of the palatine tonsil (tonsillectomy). Therefore, we applied a mixture of lidocaine and fibrin glue to the tonsillar fossae immediately after tonsillectomy and evaluated its analgesic effects. [STUDY DESIGN] A prospective randomized trial. [METHODS] Seventy-four co...
null
1.312
183
Otorhinolaryngology
Medicine
2,001
11,359,071
Combination therapies and the theoretical limits of evidence-based medicine.
Neuroepidemiology
Neuroepidemiology
20
2
10.1159/000054762
eng
2,001
5
null
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND] Advances in molecular pharmacology and surgical, endovascular, and radiation techniques have yielded multiple effective or promising, and potentially complementary, classes of treatments for virtually every major medical disorder. Consequently, determining the optimum combination of therapies for a conditi...
null
0.816
101
Neurology; Epidemiology
Medicine
2,001
11,337,316
Reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction for prostate-specific antigen in the molecular staging of pelvic surgical margins after radical prostatectomy.
Urology
Urology
57
5
10.1016/s0090-4295(00)01123-7
eng
2,001
5
null
null
null
null
[OBJECTIVES] To examine the application of reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) to assist in prostate-specific antigen (PSA) detection in the surgical margins after radical prostatectomy (RP). The risk of local recurrence increases considerably in the presence of extracapsular tumor growth and/or po...
null
1.399
197
Urology
Medicine
2,001
11,337,295
Minimally invasive technique for sural nerve harvesting: technical description and follow-up.
Urology
Urology
57
5
10.1016/s0090-4295(01)00908-6
eng
2,001
5
null
null
null
null
[OBJECTIVES] To provide instruction and the results of a minimally invasive technique for sural nerve harvesting in preparation for interposition nerve grafting during radical retropubic prostatectomy. [METHODS] Twelve men underwent nerve harvesting performed using a tendon stripper. The short-form McGill Pain Question...
null
1.399
197
Urology
Medicine
2,001
11,346,423
Impact of olfactory impairment on quality of life and disability.
Archives of otolaryngology--head & neck surgery
Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg
127
5
10.1001/archotol.127.5.497
eng
2,001
5
null
null
null
null
[OBJECTIVE] To determine whether olfactory loss affects patients' quality of life or level of disability. [DESIGN] Retrospective survey using questionnaire data and clinic database review. [SETTING] Two university medical center smell and taste clinics. [PATIENTS] A total of 1407 patients were tested for smell and tast...
null
null
null
null
null
null
11,355,029
Quality-of-life assessment of morbidly obese patients who have undergone a Lap-Band operation: 2-year follow-up study. Is the MOS SF-36 a useful instrument to measure quality of life in morbidly obese patients?
Obesity surgery
Obes Surg
11
2
10.1381/096089201321577901
eng
2,001
4
null
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND] Quality of life (QoL) was tested in a 2-year postoperative study using the Medical Outcome Study Short Form 36 (MOS SF-36) to assess preoperative and 1 and 2 year postoperative QoL among one group of female patients (group 1, n = 42) and a 2 year postoperative QoL study in a second group of female patients...
null
0.776
164
Nutrition and Dietetics; Surgery; Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Medicine; Nursing
2,001
11,353,934
Ventilator-associated pneumonia in a surgical intensive care unit: epidemiology, etiology and comparison of three bronchoscopic methods for microbiological specimen sampling.
Critical care (London, England)
Crit Care
5
3
10.1186/cc1017
eng
2,001
null
null
2,001
4
27
[BACKGROUND] Ventilator-associated bacterial pneumonia (VAP) is a important intensive care unit (ICU)-acquired infection in mechanically ventilated patients. Early and correct diagnosis of VAP is difficult but is an urgent challenge for an optimal antibiotic treatment. The aim of the study was to evaluate the incidence...
null
0.144
229
Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine
Medicine
2,001
11,353,932
Atrial natriuretic peptide infusion and nitric oxide inhalation in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome.
Critical care (London, England)
Crit Care
5
3
10.1186/cc1015
eng
2,001
null
null
2,001
4
20
[AIM] To study the effects of infusion of atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) versus the inhalation of nitric oxide (NO) in patients with an early acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). [METHODS] Ten patients with severe ARDS were studied in a crossover study design, within 72 hours after starting mechanical ventilat...
null
0.144
229
Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine
Medicine
2,001
11,352,455
Comparative radiolabel and ATP analyses of adhesion of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus epidermidis to hydrogel lenses.
The CLAO journal : official publication of the Contact Lens Association of Ophthalmologists, Inc
CLAO J
27
2
null
eng
2,001
4
null
null
null
null
[PURPOSE] A comparative assessment of the relative primary adhesion of cells of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, its lux transformant, and of slime and non-slime producing strains of Staphylococcus epidermidis to various hydrogel lenses was conducted. [METHODS] Hydrogel lenses were placed in cell suspensions with bacteria with ...
null
null
null
null
null
null
11,352,445
Effect of probenecid on the kinetics of a single oral 400mg dose of moxifloxacin in healthy male volunteers.
Clinical pharmacokinetics
Clin Pharmacokinet
40 Suppl 1
null
10.2165/00003088-200140001-00010
eng
2,001
null
null
null
null
null
[OBJECTIVE] To investigate the effect of oral probenecid on the pharmacokinetics of oral moxifloxacin in healthy adult male volunteers. [DESIGN AND SETTING] This was a nonblinded, randomised, 2-way crossover study. [PATIENTS AND PARTICIPANTS] 12 male Caucasian volunteers (mean age 33.7 years) participated in the study....
null
1.435
191
Pharmacology; Pharmacology
Medicine; Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics
2,001
11,351,199
Efficacy of MR angiography in the detection and characterization of occlusive disease in the vertebrobasilar system.
Journal of computer assisted tomography
J Comput Assist Tomogr
25
3
10.1097/00004728-200105000-00021
eng
2,001
null
null
null
null
null
[PURPOSE] The purpose of this work was to determine the efficacy of MR angiography (MRA) in the detection and characterization of occlusive disease in the vertebrobasilar system. [METHOD] We retrospectively reviewed the posterior circulation registry of our institution to select 42 consecutive patients with posterior c...
null
null
null
null
null
null
11,351,156
Achieving eugastrinaemia in Zollinger-Ellison syndrome: resection or enucleation?
Digestive surgery
Dig Surg
18
2
10.1159/000050111
eng
2,001
null
null
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND] Eugastrinaemia in Zollinger-Ellison syndrome can be an elusive goal, nearly one third of laparotomies failing to detect the tumour. [METHODS] A personal series of 13 patients with a mean age of 52 years operated between 1980 and 1996 was reviewed retrospectively. All patients had fasting hypergastrinaemia ...
null
0.582
80
Gastroenterology; Surgery
Medicine
2,001
11,350,847
European multicentre study to define disease activity criteria for systemic sclerosis. I. Clinical and epidemiological features of 290 patients from 19 centres.
Annals of the rheumatic diseases
Ann Rheum Dis
60
6
10.1136/ard.60.6.585
eng
2,001
6
null
null
null
null
[OBJECTIVE] To investigate the existence of differences among European referral centres for systemic sclerosis (SSc) in the pattern of attendance and referral and in the clinical and therapeutical approaches. [METHODS] In 1995 the European Scleroderma Study Group initiated a multicentre prospective one year study whose...
null
1.054
300
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Immunology and Allergy; Rheumatology; Immunology
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Immunology and Microbiology; Medicine
2,001
11,350,462
Endovascular treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms: is there a benefit regarding postoperative outcome?
European journal of anaesthesiology
Eur J Anaesthesiol
18
4
10.1046/j.0265-0215.2000.00821.x
eng
2,001
4
null
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE] The endovascular treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms has raised great interest amongst vascular surgeons. The aim of this study was to compare the postoperative morbidity and mortality rates of endovascular treatment with those of open surgery, from the anaesthesiologist's standpoint. [ME...
null
0.556
94
Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
Medicine
2,001
11,350,444
Endoscopic axillary surgery in breast cancer.
The British journal of surgery
Br J Surg
88
5
10.1046/j.1365-2168.2001.01751.x
eng
2,001
5
null
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND] The aim was to provide an assessment of the current status of endoscopic axillary surgery in patients with breast cancer. [METHODS] Fifty-three patients underwent endoscopic lymphadenectomy. The surgical efficiency (operating time, number of resected nodes, intraoperative and postoperative complications), ...
null
1.726
234
Surgery
Medicine
2,001
11,350,433
Oesophageal diverticula.
The British journal of surgery
Br J Surg
88
5
10.1046/j.1365-2168.2001.01733.x
eng
2,001
5
null
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND] Oesophageal pulsion diverticula, excluding pharyngeal types, are uncommon sequelae of oesophageal dysmotility. Current opinion favours myotomy as effective therapy, but the role of diverticulectomy, myotomy selection and placement, and the need for fundoplication remain unresolved. [METHODS] A Medline sear...
null
1.726
234
Surgery
Medicine
2,001
11,350,400
A quantitative analysis of purinoceptor expression in the bladders of patients with symptomatic outlet obstruction.
BJU international
BJU Int
87
7
10.1046/j.1464-410x.2001.02179.x
eng
2,001
5
null
null
null
null
[OBJECTIVE] To compare the expression of the seven known P2X receptors in human bladder from male patients with detrusor instability caused by symptomatic bladder outlet obstruction with that from control bladders, using a quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) method. [PATIENTS AND METHO...
null
0.701
174
Urology
Medicine
2,001
11,349,703
Suicidal children and adolescents with first emergency room presentations: predictors of six-month outcome.
Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry
40
5
10.1097/00004583-200105000-00018
eng
2,001
5
null
null
null
null
[OBJECTIVE] To examine risk of future documented suicide attempts and emergency room (ER) returns among children and adolescents with first suicidal ER presentations. [METHOD] A total of 548 consecutive ER presentations of suicidal 5- to 19-year-olds to a Canadian center over a 1-year period (1997-1998) were reviewed. ...
null
2.441
282
Developmental and Educational Psychology; Psychiatry and Mental Health
Medicine; Psychology
2,001
11,349,175
Vaginal birth after cesarean: to induce or not to induce.
American journal of obstetrics and gynecology
Am J Obstet Gynecol
184
6
10.1067/mob.2001.115278
eng
2,001
5
null
null
null
null
[OBJECTIVE] Our purpose was to determine the impact of labor induction on both the success and safety of a trial of labor in women who are candidates for vaginal birth after cesarean. [STUDY DESIGN] We performed a prospective observational analysis of 505 women consecutively presenting for delivery with a prior cesarea...
null
1.601
274
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Medicine
2,001
11,349,167
Renal biopsy and pregnancy.
American journal of obstetrics and gynecology
Am J Obstet Gynecol
184
6
10.1067/mob.2001.114917
eng
2,001
5
null
null
null
null
[OBJECTIVE] Our aim was to review our experience with renal biopsy in pregnancy. [STUDY DESIGN] We reviewed 18 renal biopsies performed during pregnancy or in the immediate postpartum period at the University of North Carolina. Indications, histopathologic findings, complications, and neonatal outcome were reviewed for...
null
1.601
274
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Medicine
2,001
11,348,958
Predictors of mortality and resource utilization in cirrhotic patients admitted to the medical ICU.
Chest
Chest
119
5
10.1378/chest.119.5.1489
eng
2,001
5
null
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE] Cirrhotic patients admitted to the medical ICU (MICU) are associated with high mortality rates and high resource utilization. This study identifies specific predictors of increased mortality and resource utilization and uses them to develop and validate prognostic models in cirrhotic patients...
null
0.916
337
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine; Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine; Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Medicine
2,001
11,348,956
Diltiazem treatment does not alter renal function after thoracic surgery.
Chest
Chest
119
5
10.1378/chest.119.5.1476
eng
2,001
5
null
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND] There are conflicting reports on the effects of diltiazem treatment on renal function in surgical patients. We sought to determine whether diltiazem treatment alters renal function in patients undergoing major thoracic surgery. [METHODS] In a prospective study, 330 patients scheduled for elective thoracic ...
null
0.916
337
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine; Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine; Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Medicine
2,001
11,348,955
Surgical management of non-small cell lung cancer with synchronous brain metastases.
Chest
Chest
119
5
10.1378/chest.119.5.1469
eng
2,001
5
null
null
null
null
[OBJECTIVES] Published series on the synchronous combined resection of brain metastases and primary non-small cell lung cancer are small and scarce. We therefore undertook a multicenter retrospective study to determine long-term survival and identify potential prognostic factors. [DESIGN] Our series includes 103 patien...
null
0.916
337
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine; Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine; Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Medicine
2,001
11,348,948
Empiric antibiotic therapy and mortality among medicare pneumonia inpatients in 10 western states : 1993, 1995, and 1997.
Chest
Chest
119
5
10.1378/chest.119.5.1420
eng
2,001
5
null
null
null
null
[STUDY OBJECTIVES] To examine the association of empiric inpatient antibiotic treatment of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) with mortality, and whether this association varies from year to year. [DESIGN] Population-based, retrospective study adjusting for demographics, comorbidities, and clinical characteristics. [SE...
null
0.916
337
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine; Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine; Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Medicine
2,001
11,348,432
Searching the point of no return in Helicobacter pylori life: necrosis and/or programmed death?
Journal of applied microbiology
J Appl Microbiol
90
5
10.1046/j.1365-2672.2001.01300.x
eng
2,001
5
null
null
null
null
[AIMS] Ultrastructural and molecular studies to support the hypothesis of programmed cell death in Helicobacter pylori were conducted. [METHODS AND RESULTS] Evidence of programmed death in H. pylori is provided through electron microscopic detection and cytochemical labelling of electrondense bodies (EDB), containing p...
null
0.951
195
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology; Biotechnology; Medicine
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Immunology and Microbiology; Medicine
2,001
11,347,795
Toward individualized evidence-based medicine: five "N of 1" trials of methylphenidate in geriatric patients.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
J Am Geriatr Soc
49
4
10.1046/j.1532-5415.2001.49092.x
eng
2,001
4
null
null
null
null
[OBJECTIVES] To investigate the efficacy of methylphenidate in depressed or apathetic geriatric patients. [DESIGN] Five "N of 1" trials (individual cross-over, double-blinded, randomized trials). [SETTING] Department of Geriatrics, University Medical Center, Nijmegen, and two nursing homes in Nijmegen, the Netherlands....
null
1.553
273
Geriatrics and Gerontology
Medicine
2,001
11,347,329
Epoetin-beta (Recormon-Roche) in the treatment of renal anemia in patients with chronic renal failure.
Folia medica
Folia Med (Plovdiv)
42
3
null
eng
2,000
null
null
null
null
null
[UNLABELLED] In the study a clinical assessment is made of the results of treatment of patients with renal anemia by epoetin-beta. [MATERIAL AND METHODS] Thirty two patients (22 women, 10 men) with chronic renal failure and anemia, ranging from 18 to 77 years of age (mean age 46.29 +/- 5.84), were recruited for the stu...
null
null
null
null
null
null
11,346,696
A possible role for maternal HLA antibody in a case of alloimmune neonatal neutropenia.
Transfusion
Transfusion
41
5
10.1046/j.1537-2995.2001.41050615.x
eng
2,001
5
null
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND] Alloimmune neonatal neutropenia (ANN) is caused by a reaction of maternal alloantibodies with paternally inherited antigens on the fetal neutrophils. While human neutrophil antigens (HNA) antibodies are found in half of ANN cases, specific antibodies have not been defined in the remaining cases. [STUDY DES...
null
1.038
153
Hematology; Immunology and Allergy; Immunology
Immunology and Microbiology; Medicine
2,001
11,345,174
Ursodeoxycholic acid ameliorates ibuprofen-induced enteropathy in the rat.
Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition
J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr
32
3
10.1097/00005176-200103000-00007
eng
2,001
3
null
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND] The objective of the study was to determine whether ursodeoxycholic acid (Ursodiol) is protective against ibuprofen (IBU)-induced enteropathy. [METHODS] Using the chronically catheterized rat model, IBU (60 mg/kg body weight per day) was infused via the gastric catheter twice daily. Pancreatic enzyme (PE; ...
null
0.478
160
Gastroenterology; Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Medicine
2,001
11,345,104
Attenuation coefficient and sound speed in human myometrium and uterine fibroid tumors.
Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine
J Ultrasound Med
20
5
10.7863/jum.2001.20.5.473
eng
2,001
5
null
null
null
null
[OBJECTIVE] To develop a noninvasive method for treatment of uterine fibroid tumors using high-intensity focused ultrasound. Optimal high-intensity focused ultrasound treatment would be dependent on quantitative information about ultrasonic tissue characteristics. [METHODS] Ultrasonic attenuation and the sound speed of...
null
0.601
108
Medicine; Radiological and Ultrasound Technology; Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
Health Professions; Medicine
2,001
11,343,947
Quantitative measurement of endothelium derived nitric oxide production of the internal mammary artery bypass graft during extracorporeal circulation.
European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg
19
5
10.1016/s1010-7940(01)00632-7
eng
2,001
5
null
null
null
null
[OBJECTIVE] This study was undertaken to determine the extent of endothelium derived nitric oxide (EDNO) production of the internal mammary artery (IMA) bypass graft and of the native coronary circulation by measuring its stable metabolite (NO2: nitrite) in different sampling sites: internal mammary free cut end flow, ...
null
1.05
158
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine; Medicine; Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine; Surgery
Medicine
2,001
11,342,996
Carotid plaque echogenicity and types of silent CT-brain infarcts. Is there an association in patients with asymptomatic carotid stenosis?
International angiology : a journal of the International Union of Angiology
Int Angiol
20
1
null
eng
2,001
3
null
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND] The aim of this study was to identify the differences in echogenicity and the degree of stenosis of asymptomatic carotid plaques associated with different types of ipsilateral silent CT-brain infarcts. [METHODS] Some 273 asymptomatic carotid plaques (218 patients) causing 50 to 99% stenosis were studied wi...
null
0.364
65
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Medicine
2,001
11,342,994
Interchangeability of carotid and femoral intima-media thickness in risk stratification.
International angiology : a journal of the International Union of Angiology
Int Angiol
20
1
null
eng
2,001
3
null
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND] Carotid intima-media thickness (c-IMT) is an intermediate phenotype not only for the local but also the global arteriosclerotic status, a concept which has been validated by its ability to act as a marker for future cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events. Whether the association between c-IMT and risk f...
null
0.364
65
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Medicine
2,001
11,342,735
Clinical utility of pelvic pain mapping.
The Journal of the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists
J Am Assoc Gynecol Laparosc
8
2
10.1016/s1074-3804(05)60588-9
eng
2,001
5
null
null
null
null
[STUDY OBJECTIVE] To survey physicians' opinions concerning the impact of pelvic pain mapping on clinical management and surgical decisions. [DESIGN] Opinions of physicians based on clinical experience (Canadian Task Force classification III). [SETTING] Evening meetings appended to two national meetings. [MEASUREMENTS ...
null
null
null
null
null
null
11,342,724
Hysteroscopy may be the method of choice for management of residual trophoblastic tissue.
The Journal of the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists
J Am Assoc Gynecol Laparosc
8
2
10.1016/s1074-3804(05)60577-4
eng
2,001
5
null
null
null
null
[STUDY OBJECTIVE] To assess the efficacy of and reproductive outcome after selective curettage of residual trophoblastic tissue directed by hysteroscopy compared with conventional, nonselective, blind curettage. [DESIGN] Retrospective analysis (Canadian Task Force classification II-1). [SETTING] Tertiary care medical c...
null
null
null
null
null
null
11,341,405
Site-specific adaptive remodeling of Greyhound metacarpal cortical bone subjected to asymmetrical cyclic loading.
American journal of veterinary research
Am J Vet Res
62
5
10.2460/ajvr.2001.62.787
eng
2,001
5
null
null
null
null
[OBJECTIVE] To quantify geometric, inertial, and histomorphometric properties at the mid-diaphyseal level of left and right metacarpal bones (MCB) of racing Greyhounds. [SAMPLE POPULATION] MCB from 7 racing Greyhounds euthanatized for reasons unrelated to MCB abnormalities. [PROCEDURES] Mid-diaphyseal transverse sectio...
null
0.677
105
Medicine; Veterinary
Medicine; Veterinary
2,001
11,340,758
Office management of minor wounds.
Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien
Can Fam Physician
47
null
null
eng
2,001
4
null
null
null
null
[OBJECTIVE] To review office interventions for minor wounds not requiring sutures, such as abrasions, bites, and lacerations. [QUALITY OF EVIDENCE] Most information on minor wound management comes from descriptive studies. Few comparative studies examine the effectiveness of topical antisepsis for minor wounds. Several...
null
null
null
null
null
null
11,340,556
An in vitro biomechanical comparison of two interlocking-nail systems for fixation of ostectomized equine third metacarpal bones.
Veterinary surgery : VS
Vet Surg
30
3
10.1053/jvet.2001.23346
eng
2,001
null
null
null
null
null
[OBJECTIVE] To compare the mechanical properties of 2 interlocking-nail systems for fixation of ostectomized equine third metacarpi (MC3): (1) a standard interlocking nail with 2 parallel screws proximal and distal to a 1-cm ostectomy; and (2) a modified interlocking nail with 2 screws proximal and distal to a 1-cm ost...
null
0.8
94
Veterinary
Veterinary
2,001
11,340,135
Elective endovascular treatment of descending thoracic aortic aneurysms and chronic dissections with stent-grafts.
Journal of vascular and interventional radiology : JVIR
J Vasc Interv Radiol
12
5
10.1016/s1051-0443(07)61478-x
eng
2,001
5
null
null
null
null
[PURPOSE] To report our experience of endovascular stent-graft placement in patients with descending thoracic aortic dissections and aneurysms and to evaluate the feasibility, safety, and clinical outcomes of the treatment. [MATERIALS AND METHODS] Stent-grafts were placed in the descending thoracic aortas of 23 patient...
null
1.14
150
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine; Medicine; Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
Medicine
2,001
11,339,774
Endocrine response to surgical stress in three patients over 100 yr.
Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie
Can J Anaesth
48
4
10.1007/BF03014960
eng
2,001
4
null
null
null
null
[PURPOSE] To report the change of plasma epinephrine, norepinephrine, cortisol, plasma renin activity, plasma aldosterone and plasma atrial natriuretic peptide during general anesthesia in three centenarian patients. [CLINICAL FEATURES] Three patients aged 101, 101 and 102-yr, underwent a screw fixation of femoral frac...
null
null
null
null
null
null
11,339,593
Short-term mortality among middle-aged cataract surgery patients.
Eye (London, England)
Eye (Lond)
15
Pt 2
10.1038/eye.2001.63
eng
2,001
4
null
null
null
null
[PURPOSE] To investigate the short-term mortality of middle-aged patients undergoing cataract surgery in the United Kingdom (UK), to compare this with the expected mortality for the UK population of similar age and to try to identify at-risk groups. [METHODS] In a retrospective study, the 5-10 year mortality of all mid...
null
null
null
null
null
null
11,339,580
The influence of counselling on patient return following uncomplicated posterior vitreous detachment.
Eye (London, England)
Eye (Lond)
15
Pt 2
10.1038/eye.2001.50
eng
2,001
4
null
null
null
null
[PURPOSE] To investigate the effect of patient counselling together with the use of information leaflets on the number of return visits for patients with acute, symptomatic, uncomplicated posterior vitreous detachment (PVD). [METHODS] The study group comprised the first 50 patients diagnosed with uncomplicated PVD in 1...
null
null
null
null
null
null
11,339,500
Repeated endotoxin exposure induces interstitial fibrosis associated with enhanced gelatinase (MMP-2 and MMP-9) activity.
Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.]
Inflamm Res
50
3
10.1007/s000110050736
eng
2,001
3
null
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND] Dysregulation of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) has been implicated in lung injury associated with inflammatory disorders and several lung diseases such as pulmonary fibrosis. [OBJECTIVE] We studied a murine model of lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced chronic inflammation in order to analyse the relationsh...
null
0.641
112
Pharmacology; Immunology
Immunology and Microbiology; Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics
2,001
11,339,386
Rethinking the role of urinary magnesium in calcium urolithiasis.
Journal of endourology
J Endourol
15
3
10.1089/089277901750161638
eng
2,001
4
null
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE] The role of magnesium in urinary stone formation remains undefined. In vivo, magnesium inhibits stone formation in hyperoxaluric rats, and small clinical studies suggest a protective effect of magnesium supplementation in calcium oxalate stone formers. We performed a retrospective review of mor...
null
0.824
107
Medicine; Urology
Medicine
2,001
11,338,298
Cyclooxygenase-2 is upregulated in inflamed gingival tissues.
Journal of periodontology
J Periodontol
72
4
10.1902/jop.2001.72.4.461
eng
2,001
4
null
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND] Increased release of prostaglandins (PG) within periodontal tissues is considered to play a pathogenetic role during periodontal disease progression. The rate-limiting step in the formation of PG from arachidonic acid is catalyzed by cyclooxygenase (COX). Currently there are 2 known isoforms of the enzyme....
null
0.998
186
Periodontics
Dentistry
2,001
11,336,951
Macular hole after laser in situ keratomileusis and photorefractive keratectomy.
American journal of ophthalmology
Am J Ophthalmol
131
5
10.1016/s0002-9394(00)00855-2
eng
2,001
5
null
null
null
null
[PURPOSE] To describe three myopic patients who developed unilateral macular hole after undergoing bilateral laser in situ keratomileusis or photorefractive keratectomy. [METHODS] Case reports. [RESULTS] Three eyes of three myopic patients developed a macular hole in one eye after bilateral laser in situ keratomileusis...
null
1.651
221
Ophthalmology
Medicine
2,001
11,336,910
Event-related desynchronization in reaction time paradigms: a comparison with event-related potentials and corticospinal excitability.
Clinical neurophysiology : official journal of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology
Clin Neurophysiol
112
5
10.1016/s1388-2457(01)00530-2
eng
2,001
5
null
null
null
null
[OBJECTIVES] To study cortical activity in different motor tasks, we compared event-related desynchronization (ERD) and event-related potentials (ERPs) in different reaction time (RT) paradigms with the time course of corticospinal excitability. [METHODS] Nine right-handed, normal subjects performed right or left thumb...
null
0.789
230
Neurology; Neurology; Physiology; Sensory Systems
Medicine; Neuroscience
2,001
11,336,896
Age and sex effects in the EEG: development of the normal child.
Clinical neurophysiology : official journal of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology
Clin Neurophysiol
112
5
10.1016/s1388-2457(01)00488-6
eng
2,001
5
null
null
null
null
[OBJECTIVES] This study investigated age-related changes and sex differences in the EEGs of normal children. [METHODS] Forty boys and 40 girls, between the ages of 8 and 12 years, participated in this study. The EEG was recorded during an eyes-closed resting condition and Fourier transformed to provide estimates for to...
null
0.789
230
Neurology; Neurology; Physiology; Sensory Systems
Medicine; Neuroscience
2,001
11,336,894
Somatosensory evoked potential recovery in myotonic dystrophy.
Clinical neurophysiology : official journal of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology
Clin Neurophysiol
112
5
10.1016/s1388-2457(01)00512-0
eng
2,001
5
null
null
null
null
[OBJECTIVE] To evaluate recovery functions of the sensory cortex using somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs) elicited by paired stimuli of the median nerve in patients with myotonic dystrophy (MD). [SUBJECTS/METHODS] Twelve MD patients were enrolled in the present investigation. Five patients with facioscapulohumeral ...
null
0.789
230
Neurology; Neurology; Physiology; Sensory Systems
Medicine; Neuroscience
2,001
11,336,728
Pregnancy outcome in women with morbid obesity.
International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics
Int J Gynaecol Obstet
73
2
10.1016/s0020-7292(00)00391-x
eng
2,001
5
null
null
null
null
[OBJECTIVE] To study the effects of morbid obesity defined as a first trimester maternal body mass index of >40 on the perinatal outcome. [METHODS] One hundred and eighty-eight singleton pregnancies of women with first trimester BMI >40 who delivered at Al-Mafraq Hospital, Abu Dhabi during 1996-1998 were studied. A con...
null
null
null
null
null
null
11,336,367
Composite implant composed of hydroxyapatite and bone morphogenetic protein in the healing of a canine ulnar defect.
Annales chirurgiae et gynaecologiae
Ann Chir Gynaecol
90
1
null
eng
2,001
null
null
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND AND AIMS] Hydroxyapatite (HA) has been considered as a carrier material for bone morphogenetic proteins (BMP). The aim of this study was to evaluate the capacity of a composite implant of HA and native bovine BMP to heal a 2 cm segmental defect in the canine ulna. [MATERIALS AND METHODS] A composite HA+BMP ...
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null
null
null
null
null
11,336,279
Asthma symptoms in relation to building dampness and odour in older multifamily houses in Stockholm.
The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
Int J Tuberc Lung Dis
5
5
null
eng
2,001
5
null
null
null
null
[SETTING] Respiratory symptoms and hay fever in adults in relation to the indoor environment. [OBJECTIVES] To study relationships between reports on respiratory symptoms and hay fever and building dampness and odours in older multifamily dwellings. [DESIGN] A questionnaire study in a random sample of 231 multifamily bu...
null
1.354
124
Infectious Diseases; Medicine; Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Medicine
2,001
11,336,273
Family outbreaks of tuberculosis in South Moravia, a low incidence area of the Czech Republic.
The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
Int J Tuberc Lung Dis
5
5
null
eng
2,001
5
null
null
null
null
[OBJECTIVES] To identify suspected family outbreaks of tuberculosis in South Moravia, an area with the lowest notification rates in the Czech Republic. [METHOD] The insertion sequence IS6110-based RFLP analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis was applied in isolates collected from 17 indigenous excretors giving the same ...
null
1.354
124
Infectious Diseases; Medicine; Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Medicine
2,001
11,336,157
Functional dyspepsia is associated with cagA-positive Helicobacter pylori strains.
Scandinavian journal of gastroenterology
Scand J Gastroenterol
36
4
10.1080/003655201300051072
eng
2,001
4
null
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND] The antigen CagA can be used as a marker for virulence of Helicobacter pylori. It is tempting to assume that H. pylori strains positive for cytotoxin-associated gene A (cagA) could be responsible for functional dyspepsia. A cross-sectional study was performed in patients presenting with functional dyspepsi...
null
0.861
133
Gastroenterology
Medicine
2,001
11,335,877
Gestational progesterone suppresses embryotoxic action of the complement system to chick embryo.
Neuro endocrinology letters
Neuro Endocrinol Lett
22
1
null
eng
2,001
null
null
null
null
null
[OBJECTIVE] In this paper the relation between progesterone levels and embryotoxic effect of serum complement was studied. [DESIGN] The aim of this study was to validate hypothesis that progesterone is strong inhibitor of complement embryotoxic action. [SETTING] We used chick embryo like an experimental model for evide...
null
null
null
null
null
null
11,334,842
Increased QT dispersion in patients with Prinzmetal's variant angina and cardiac arrest.
Cardiovascular research
Cardiovasc Res
50
2
10.1016/s0008-6363(00)00290-x
eng
2,001
5
null
null
null
null
[OBJECTIVES] We sought to compare QT dispersion in patients presenting with Prinzmetal's variant angina complicated by cardiac arrest or syncope and patients with uncomplicated variant angina. [BACKGROUND] Despite the usually benign course of treated Prinzmetal's variant angina, a proportion of vasospastic angina patie...
null
null
null
null
null
null
11,334,267
Surgical management of clinoidal meningiomas.
Neurosurgery
Neurosurgery
48
5
10.1097/00006123-200105000-00009
eng
2,001
5
null
null
null
null
[OBJECTIVE] Surgical outcome has been less than desirable in the management of patients with clinoidal meningiomas in the past, and little attention has been directed at improving their visual function. The purpose of this article is to advocate an available cranial base technique for removing these difficult tumors an...
null
1.655
229
Neurology; Surgery
Medicine
2,001
11,333,847
Hyperhomocysteinemia associated with poor recall in the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.
The American journal of clinical nutrition
Am J Clin Nutr
73
5
10.1093/ajcn/73.5.927
eng
2,001
5
null
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND] High circulating total homocysteine (tHcy) concentrations are associated with stroke, which is a major cause of cognitive dysfunction. Blood homocysteine concentrations are inversely correlated with performance on some cognitive-function tests and a relation was recently shown between hyperhomocysteinemia ...
null
2.283
390
Medicine; Nutrition and Dietetics
Medicine; Nursing
2,001
11,333,098
Asymptomatic carotid stenosis and unrelated operations: should we be more aggressive?
Journal of the American College of Surgeons
J Am Coll Surg
192
5
10.1016/s1072-7515(01)00848-1
eng
2,001
5
null
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND] Carotid lesions will often remain asymptomatic during the perioperative period, so prophylactic carotid endarterectomy (CEA) has not been advocated before other operations. The purpose of this study was to characterize the clinical manifestations of new neurologic symptoms occurring in patients with previo...
null
1.457
212
Surgery
Medicine
2,001
11,331,447
Intensity of vascular endothelial growth factor expression is associated with increased risk of recurrence and decreased disease-free survival in papillary thyroid cancer.
Surgery
Surgery
129
5
10.1067/msy.2001.112592
eng
2,001
5
null
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND] Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) induces proliferation of endothelial cells, stimulates angiogenesis, and increases vascular permeability. Increased VEGF expression has been associated with poor clinical outcomes in many malignancies. Several recent reports have documented over expression of VEGF ...
null
null
null
null
null
null
11,331,090
The question of PANDAS in adults.
Biological psychiatry
Biol Psychiatry
49
9
10.1016/s0006-3223(00)01127-6
eng
2,001
5
1
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND] Pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections (PANDAS) are a well-defined cause of obsessive-compulsive disorder in children. However, they have not been described or fully investigated in adults newly diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder. [METHODS] We des...
null
2.896
367
Biological Psychiatry
Neuroscience
2,001
11,330,960
CYP1A1, GSTM1, and GSTT1 polymorphisms and the risk of cervical squamous intraepithelial lesions in a multiethnic population.
Gynecologic oncology
Gynecol Oncol
81
2
10.1006/gyno.2001.6154
eng
2,001
5
null
null
null
null
[OBJECTIVE] In this investigation, we explored the hypothesis that genetic polymorphisms in the cytochrome P4501A1 (T3801C) and glutathione S-transferase classes mu and theta (GSTM1 and GSTT1) gene deletions promote the development of cervical dysplasia by moderating the activation and detoxification of polycyclic hydr...
null
0.895
192
Obstetrics and Gynecology; Oncology
Medicine
2,001
11,330,591
Internal anal sphincter augmentation for fecal incontinence using injectable silicone biomaterial.
Diseases of the colon and rectum
Dis Colon Rectum
44
4
10.1007/BF02234337
eng
2,001
4
null
null
null
null
[PURPOSE] A disrupted or weak internal anal sphincter can lead to passive fecal incontinence. This muscle is not amenable to direct surgical repair. Previous preliminary attempts to restore functional continuity have included a cutaneous flap to fill an anal canal defect, and injection therapy using polytetrafluoroethy...
null
1.117
185
Gastroenterology; Medicine
Medicine
2,001
11,330,577
Outcome analysis of HIV-positive patients with anal squamous cell carcinoma.
Diseases of the colon and rectum
Dis Colon Rectum
44
4
10.1007/BF02234322
eng
2,001
4
null
null
null
null
[PURPOSE] With improved antiretroviral therapy, HIV-positive patients are achieving a longer life expectancy. An increased incidence of anal squamous cell carcinomas has been noted in these patients. The purpose of this study was to determine the outcome of HIV-positive patients with anal squamous cell carcinomas. [MET...
null
1.117
185
Gastroenterology; Medicine
Medicine
2,001
11,330,558
Long-term CAPD survival and analysis of mortality risk factors: 12-year experience of a single Mexican center.
Peritoneal dialysis international : journal of the International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis
Perit Dial Int
21
2
null
eng
2,001
null
null
null
null
null
[OBJECTIVE] To evaluate patient and technique survival, and to analyze mortality risk factors in a large Mexican single-center continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) program. [DESIGN] Cohort study. [SETTING] Tertiary care, teaching hospital located in Mexico City. [PATIENTS] All patients from our CAPD program...
null
0.646
94
Medicine; Nephrology
Medicine
2,001