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12,552,966
A phase II study of weekly methotrexate, cisplatin, and 24-hour infusion of high-dose 5-fluorouracil and leucovorin (MP-HDFL) in patients with metastatic and recurrent esophageal cancer-improving toxicity profile by infusional schedule and double biochemical modulation of 5-fluorouracil.
Anticancer research
Anticancer Res
22
6B
null
eng
2,002
null
null
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND] Patients with advanced esophageal cancer are frequently not indicated for intensive chemotherapy due to aero-digestive tract complications. In order to improve the therapeutic index of systemic chemotherapy for these patients, we designed a weekly MP-HDFL protocol, which took advantage of the low toxicity ...
null
null
null
null
null
null
12,551,869
Alcohol consumption and plasma concentration of C-reactive protein.
Circulation
Circulation
107
3
10.1161/01.cir.0000045669.16499.ec
eng
2,003
1
28
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND] Moderate alcohol intake has been associated with lower cardiovascular mortality. However, data evaluating the relationship between C-reactive protein (CRP), a predictor of cardiovascular risk, and alcohol consumption are sparse. [METHODS AND RESULTS] The relationship between alcohol consumption and CRP was...
null
5.768
691
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine; Physiology
Medicine
2,003
12,551,785
Mid-trimester amniotic fluid angiogenin, lactate dehydrogenase and fibronectin in the prediction of preterm delivery.
European journal of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology
Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol
106
2
10.1016/s0301-2115(02)00264-6
eng
2,003
2
10
null
null
null
[OBJECTIVE] Our purpose was to compare angiogenin, lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and fibronectin levels in mid-trimester amniotic fluid of patients with preterm and term deliveries and to find out their predictive values for preterm birth. [STUDY DESIGN] A prospective cohort study was conducted in 55 pregnancies with sin...
null
null
null
null
null
null
12,549,943
Aminoglycoside-associated nephrotoxicity in the elderly.
The Annals of pharmacotherapy
Ann Pharmacother
37
2
10.1177/106002800303700203
eng
2,003
2
null
null
null
null
[OBJECTIVE] To determine whether there was an increased incidence of nephrotoxicity in elderly patients (> or =65 y) prescribed single-dose (SD) versus multiple-dose (MD) aminoglycosides and whether aminoglycoside-induced nephrotoxicity was associated with length of therapy and other risk factors. [METHODS] A prospecti...
null
0.632
125
Medicine; Pharmacology
Medicine
2,003
12,548,596
Radiofrequency ablation of adrenal tumors and adrenocortical carcinoma metastases.
Cancer
Cancer
97
3
10.1002/cncr.11084
eng
2,003
2
1
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND] The current study was performed to analyze the feasibility, safety, imaging appearance, and short-term efficacy of image-guided percutaneous radiofrequency ablation (RFA) of primary and metastatic adrenal neoplasms including adrenocortical carcinoma. [METHODS] The procedure was performed using 36 treatment...
null
1.864
349
Cancer Research; Oncology
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Medicine
2,003
12,548,270
Utility of the peripheral blood white blood cell count for identifying sick young infants who need lumbar puncture.
Annals of emergency medicine
Ann Emerg Med
41
2
10.1067/mem.2003.9
eng
2,003
2
null
null
null
null
[STUDY OBJECTIVE] We assess the utility of the peripheral blood WBC count as a screen for lumbar puncture among young infants evaluated for serious bacterial infections. [METHODS] We performed logistic regression modeling and receiver operating characteristic curve analysis of peripheral blood WBC count and cerebrospin...
null
1.212
178
Emergency Medicine
Medicine
2,003
12,548,127
Origin and subset distribution of peripheral blood dendritic cells in patients with chronic graft-versus-host disease.
Transplantation
Transplantation
75
2
10.1097/01.TP.0000041783.34083.11
eng
2,003
1
27
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND] After allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, donor T cells interact with an antigen-presenting cell environment that is distorted in number, level of activation, and origin. The role of antigen presentation in the development of chronic graft-versus host disease (cGVHD) is unknown. [METHODS] T...
null
1.519
224
Transplantation
Medicine
2,003
12,547,661
Adolescents' attitudes and experiences regarding levonorgestrel 100 mcg/ethinyl estradiol 20 mcg.
Journal of pediatric and adolescent gynecology
J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol
15
5
10.1016/s1083-3188(02)00196-1
eng
2,002
12
null
null
null
null
[STUDY OBJECTIVE] Oral contraceptive pills (OCs) are a commonly prescribed method of birth control for sexually experienced adolescents. The purpose of the current study was to describe anticipated parental involvement and adolescent compliance with pill taking, and to describe experiences with a 20-mcg OC regarding sa...
null
0.316
73
Medicine; Obstetrics and Gynecology; Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Medicine
2,002
12,547,369
Concept and development of an orthotropic FE model of the proximal femur.
Journal of biomechanics
J Biomech
36
2
10.1016/s0021-9290(02)00309-3
eng
2,003
2
null
null
null
null
[PURPOSE] In contrast to many isotropic finite-element (FE) models of the femur in literature, it was the object of our study to develop an orthotropic FE "model femur" to realistically simulate three-dimensional bone remodelling. [METHODS] The three-dimensional geometry of the proximal femur was reconstructed by CT sc...
null
1.313
233
Biomedical Engineering; Biophysics; Orthopedics and Sports Medicine; Rehabilitation; Sports Science
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Engineering; Health Professions; Medicine
2,003
12,546,781
Genetic affinities of the Andaman Islanders, a vanishing human population.
Current biology : CB
Curr Biol
13
2
10.1016/s0960-9822(02)01336-2
eng
2,003
1
21
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND] The Andaman Islands in the Bay of Bengal are inhabited by hunter-gatherers of unknown origin, now on the verge of extinction. The Andamanese and other Asian small-statured peoples, traditionally known as "Negritos," resemble African pygmies. However, it is generally believed that they descend from the earl...
null
null
null
null
null
null
12,546,297
Effect of dietary sodium on fluid/electrolyte regulation during bed rest.
Aviation, space, and environmental medicine
Aviat Space Environ Med
74
1
null
eng
2,003
1
null
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND] A negative fluid balance during bed rest (BR) is accompanied by decreased plasma volume (PV) which contributes to cardiovascular deconditioning. [HYPOTHESIS] We hypothesized that increasing dietary sodium while controlling fluid intake would increase plasma osmolality (POSM), stimulate fluid conserving hor...
NASA Center JSC; NASA Discipline Regulatory Physiology
null
null
null
null
null
12,545,684
Activated satellite cells are present in uninjured extraocular muscles of mature mice.
Transactions of the American Ophthalmological Society
Trans Am Ophthalmol Soc
100
null
null
eng
2,002
null
null
null
null
null
[PURPOSE] We recently demonstrated that there is a continuous process of myonuclear addition into normal, uninjured adult myofibers in rabbit extraocular muscles (EOM). This phenomenon is not seen in skeletal muscles from normal, adult limbs. These features may explain the selective involvement of the EOM in progressiv...
null
null
null
null
null
null
12,544,946
A histologic and functional study on cauda equina adhesion induced by multiple level laminectomy.
Spine
Spine (Phila Pa 1976)
28
1
10.1097/00007632-200301010-00003
eng
2,003
1
1
null
null
null
[STUDY DESIGN] A histologic and functional study on cauda equina adhesion induced by multiple-level laminectomy was performed using rats. [OBJECTIVE] To assess the relation between the extent of laminectomy and histologic and functional changes of the cauda equina induced by laminectomy. [SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA] It...
null
1.22
300
Neurology; Orthopedics and Sports Medicine; Sports Science
Health Professions; Medicine
2,003
12,544,350
Successful diagnosis of orthotopic rat superficial bladder tumor model by ultrathin cystoscopy.
The Journal of urology
J Urol
169
2
10.1097/01.ju.0000038092.63280.a0
eng
2,003
2
null
null
null
null
[PURPOSE] In the orthotopic animal bladder tumor model noninvasive evaluation of the tumor establishment and the therapeutic effect has been difficult. To our knowledge we present the first diagnosis of orthotopic rat superficial bladder tumor model by ultrathin cystoscopy. [MATERIALS AND METHODS] The established AY-27...
null
1.702
291
Urology
Medicine
2,003
12,544,162
Medication use in athletes selected for doping control at the Sydney Olympics (2000).
Clinical journal of sport medicine : official journal of the Canadian Academy of Sport Medicine
Clin J Sport Med
13
1
10.1097/00042752-200301000-00007
eng
2,003
1
null
null
null
null
[UNLABELLED] During the Olympic Games held in Sydney in September, 2000 Doping Control was undertaken as specified in the International Olympic Code. During this process information about the medications taken by athletes was collected as a routine and formed part of the paperwork associated with a urine test. In their...
null
0.693
121
Orthopedics and Sports Medicine; Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation; Sports Science
Health Professions; Medicine
2,003
12,544,013
Inhibition of alcohol-associated colonic hyperregeneration by alpha-tocopherol in the rat.
Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research
Alcohol Clin Exp Res
27
1
10.1097/01.ALC.0000046341.31828.A4
eng
2,003
1
null
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND] Chronic alcohol consumption results in colorectal mucosal hyperregeneration, a condition associated with an increased risk for colorectal cancer. Possible mechanisms may involve the effects of acetaldehyde and/or free radicals generated during alcohol metabolism. Vitamin E is part of the antioxidative defe...
null
null
null
null
null
null
12,543,895
Prospective evaluation of failure modes in autogenous radiocephalic wrist access for haemodialysis.
Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association
Nephrol Dial Transplant
18
2
10.1093/ndt/18.2.378
eng
2,003
2
null
null
null
null
[INTRODUCTION] Radiocephalic wrist arteriovenous fistulae (RCAVF) are the primary and best option for vascular access for haemodialysis treatment. However, 10-24% of these AVFs fail due directly to thrombosis and non-maturation. In a prospective study, the failure modes of radiocephalic AVFs and the impact of surgical ...
null
0.896
203
Medicine; Nephrology; Transplantation
Medicine
2,003
12,543,567
Visceral artery aneurysms: a single center experience.
Cardiovascular surgery (London, England)
Cardiovasc Surg
11
1
10.1016/s0967-2109(02)00121-7
eng
2,003
2
null
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND] Splanchnic artery areurysm is a rare but clinically relevant disease, showing a high mortality rate in emergency surgery. Reports on splanchnic aneurysms are rare and often anecdotal. The aim of this study is to discuss data obtained from 16 patients in a single vascular surgery center. [MATERIALS AND METH...
null
null
null
null
null
null
12,542,963
Animal study on expression of laminin and fibronectin in cornea during wound healing following alkali burn.
Chinese journal of traumatology = Zhonghua chuang shang za zhi
Chin J Traumatol
6
1
null
eng
2,003
2
null
null
null
null
[OBJECTIVE] To observe the expression of laminin and fibronectin in alkali-burned corneas in rats. [METHODS] A total of 18 normal Wistar rats were randomly divided into 6 groups (n = 3 in each group). For each rat, one eye was injured by alkali burn, the other one was taken as the normal control. Then all the corneas w...
null
null
null
null
null
null
12,542,831
Proliferation and distribution of myoepithelial cells during atrophy of the rat sublingual gland.
Journal of oral pathology & medicine : official publication of the International Association of Oral Pathologists and the American Academy of Oral Pathology
J Oral Pathol Med
32
2
10.1034/j.1600-0714.2003.00043.x
eng
2,003
2
null
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND] The present study was aimed to determine the proliferation and distribution of myoepithelial cells during atrophy of rat sublingual glands. [METHODS] The excretory duct of the right sublingual gland of rats was doubly ligated with metal clips to induce atrophy in the gland. The atrophic sublingual glands w...
null
null
null
null
null
null
12,542,582
Mass media release of medical research results: an analysis of antihypertensive drug prescribing in the aftermath of the calcium channel blocker scare of March 1995.
Journal of general internal medicine
J Gen Intern Med
18
2
10.1046/j.1525-1497.2003.20502.x
eng
2,003
2
null
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND] Disclosure of medical research results to the public creates tension between lay medical reporters and the medical profession. [OBJECTIVE] To explore the early effect of media attention on the risks associated with short-acting calcium channel blockers (CCBs) for treating hypertension after publication at ...
null
1.81
224
Internal Medicine
Medicine
2,003
12,541,046
Development of a bent-type tube stent for simultaneous drainage of bile and pancreatic juice.
Journal of hepato-biliary-pancreatic surgery
J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Surg
9
5
10.1007/s005340200080
eng
2,002
null
null
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND/PURPOSE] Endoscopic lithotomy is a useful medical procedure for treating choledocholithiasis. Although this procedure is commonly performed, complications such as pancreatitis and cholangitis are recognized as major and serious problems. The obstruction of bile and pancreatic juice flow caused by papillary ...
null
null
null
null
null
null
12,541,021
Changes in gastrointestinal motility after subtotal colectomy in dogs.
Surgery today
Surg Today
32
12
10.1007/s005950200212
eng
2,002
null
null
null
null
null
[PURPOSE] This study was conducted to examine recovery from diarrhea after subtotal colectomy by observing changes in gastrointestinal motility, neuropeptides, and autonomic nerves in the enteric nervous system in dogs. [METHODS] The moisture volume of intestinal matter recovered from the ileal side of the anastomosis ...
null
0.329
77
Medicine; Surgery
Medicine
2,002
12,540,727
Psychosocial risk factors for heart disease in France and Northern Ireland: the Prospective Epidemiological Study of Myocardial Infarction (PRIME).
International journal of epidemiology
Int J Epidemiol
31
6
10.1093/ije/31.6.1227
eng
2,002
12
null
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND] France has a substantially lower level of premature mortality from cardiovascular diseases (CVD) relative to its comparators. Compared with Northern Ireland, France has one-half the rate, despite having a similar cardiovascular risk profile to Northern Ireland. In this prospective longitudinal study the ps...
null
1.064
256
Medicine; Epidemiology
Medicine
2,002
12,540,352
Proximal femur fracture in older patients--rehabilitation and clinical outcome.
Age and ageing
Age Ageing
32
1
10.1093/ageing/32.1.74
eng
2,003
1
null
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND] hip fracture is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in older people; optimal post-surgical treatment is a matter of controversy. [OBJECTIVE] to examine the effects of rehabilitation on the clinical outcome following surgical treatment of hip fracture. [DESIGN] prospective longitudinal study in three g...
null
0.668
175
Geriatrics and Gerontology; Medicine; Aging
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Medicine
2,003
12,540,023
Expression of proteinase-activated receptor 2 during taurocholate-induced acute pancreatic lesion development in Wistar rats.
International journal of gastrointestinal cancer
Int J Gastrointest Cancer
30
3
10.1385/IJGC:30:3:113
eng
2,001
null
null
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND] Proteinase-activated receptor 2 (PAR-2) is a G-protein coupled transmembrane receptor activated by trypsin by site-specific cleavage. Its presence on pancreatic structures was demonstrated in the past. PAR-2 physiologically involves in duct/acinary cells secretion, arterial tonus regulation or capillary li...
null
null
null
null
null
null
12,539,992
Health care priorities for menopausal women with a history of breast cancer.
Southern medical journal
South Med J
95
11
null
eng
2,002
11
null
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND] The opinion of breast cancer survivors and their physicians about long-term health, especially menopause, is not well understood. [METHODS] Seventy-three patients and 22 physicians answered questions regarding medical follow-up and menopause. [RESULTS] One third of specialists preferred follow-up of 5 year...
null
null
null
null
null
null
12,539,154
Efficacy of interleukin-10 gene electrotransfer into skeletal muscle in mice with collagen-induced arthritis.
The journal of gene medicine
J Gene Med
5
2
10.1002/jgm.321
eng
2,003
2
null
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND] Gene therapy is very promising in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Electrotransfer is a recent method reported to enhance in vivo intramuscular DNA transfection. Interleukin-10 (IL-10) has antiinflammatory effects in RA and in collagen-induced arthritis (CIA), a murine model of RA. In order to i...
null
1.238
102
Drug Discovery; Genetics; Genetics; Molecular Biology; Molecular Medicine
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Medicine; Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics
2,003
12,538,472
Overexpression of focal adhesion kinase in primary colorectal carcinomas and colorectal liver metastases: immunohistochemistry and real-time PCR analyses.
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research
Clin Cancer Res
9
1
null
eng
2,003
1
null
null
null
null
[PURPOSE] Focal adhesion kinase (FAK), a protein tyrosine kinase that functions in signaling events between cells and their extracellular matrix, is overexpressed in a variety of human solid tumors. To determine whether FAK expression is up-regulated in colorectal cancer, we analyzed FAK mRNA and protein levels in prim...
null
2.821
392
Cancer Research; Oncology
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Medicine
2,003
12,538,437
Increased medial degradation with pseudo-aneurysm formation in apolipoprotein E-knockout mice deficient in tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases-1.
Circulation
Circulation
107
2
10.1161/01.cir.0000044915.37074.5c
eng
2,003
1
21
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND] The tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases-1 (TIMP-1) is expressed in atherosclerotic lesions, where it may play a critical role in regulating the activity of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs). Several MMPs are overexpressed in the atherosclerotic plaque, and they are believed to contribute to the expansion...
null
5.768
691
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine; Physiology
Medicine
2,003
12,535,127
Identification of Thiothrix unzii in two distinct ecosystems.
Letters in applied microbiology
Lett Appl Microbiol
36
2
10.1046/j.1472-765x.2003.01256.x
eng
2,003
null
null
null
null
null
[AIMS] Molecular procedures were used to identify Thiothrix spp. in biofilms from sulphide-rich waters in two distinct ecosystems. [METHODS AND RESULTS] Biofilm samples were obtained from two groundwater-fed systems in central and northern Florida, including an artesian spring and municipal water tank. The 16S rDNA in ...
null
0.709
133
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
Immunology and Microbiology
2,003
12,534,824
Raw potato starch and short-chain fructo-oligosaccharides affect the composition and metabolic activity of rat intestinal microbiota differently depending on the caecocolonic segment involved.
Journal of applied microbiology
J Appl Microbiol
94
2
10.1046/j.1365-2672.2003.01836.x
eng
2,003
null
null
null
null
null
[AIMS] In vitro studies have suggested that fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS) and resistant starch (two fermentable non-digestible carbohydrates) display different fermentation kinetics. This study investigated whether these substrates affect the metabolic activity and bacterial composition of the intestinal microflora dif...
null
0.956
195
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology; Biotechnology; Medicine
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Immunology and Microbiology; Medicine
2,003
12,534,548
Skin test with a timothy grass (Phleum pratense) pollen extract vs. IgE to a timothy extract vs. IgE to rPhl p 1, rPhl p 2, nPhl p 4, rPhl p 5, rPhl p 6, rPhl p 7, rPhl p 11, and rPhl p 12: epidemiological and diagnostic data.
Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Clin Exp Allergy
33
1
10.1046/j.1365-2222.2003.01569.x
eng
2,003
1
null
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND] The diagnostic approach to grass pollen allergy is now possible by detecting specific IgE to its allergenic components. [OBJECTIVE] To compare the IgE reactivity to a timothy grass pollen extract with the IgE reactivity to eight allergenic components from the same source (Phl p 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12). B...
null
1.327
176
Immunology; Immunology and Allergy
Immunology and Microbiology; Medicine
2,003
12,534,452
Impact of diabetes duration and cardiovascular risk factors on mortality in type 2 diabetes: the Hoorn Study.
European journal of clinical investigation
Eur J Clin Invest
32
12
10.1046/j.1365-2362.2002.01090.x
eng
2,002
12
null
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND] Several studies have reported differences in the mortality risk between diabetic subjects detected by screening and known diabetic patients. We studied mortality in relation to diabetes duration, and the contribution of other cardiovascular risk factors to the elevated risk. [MATERIALS AND METHODS] Partici...
null
0.907
126
Clinical Biochemistry; Medicine; Biochemistry
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Medicine
2,002
12,534,411
Effect of different proton pump inhibitors, differences in CYP2C19 genotype and antibiotic resistance on the eradication rate of Helicobacter pylori infection by a 1-week regimen of proton pump inhibitor, amoxicillin and clarithromycin.
Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics
Aliment Pharmacol Ther
17
2
10.1046/j.1365-2036.2003.01406.x
eng
2,003
1
null
null
null
null
[AIM] To investigate the effect of different proton pump inhibitors, S-mephenytoin 4'-hydroxylase (CYP2C19) genotype and antibiotic susceptibility on the eradication rate of Helicobacter pylori. [METHODS] One hundred and eighty-seven H. pylori-infected peptic ulcer patients were randomly treated with either rabeprazole...
null
null
null
null
null
null
12,534,404
Complementary studies of the gastrointestinal safety of the cyclo-oxygenase-2-selective inhibitor etoricoxib.
Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics
Aliment Pharmacol Ther
17
2
10.1046/j.1365-2036.2003.01407.x
eng
2,003
1
null
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND] Cyclo-oxygenase-2-selective non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are intended to preserve cyclo-oxygenase-1-mediated gastroprotection and platelet function, whilst inhibiting cyclo-oxygenase-2-mediated inflammation. [AIM] To assess the gastrointestinal safety of the cyclo-oxygenase-2-selective inhibitor e...
null
null
null
null
null
null
12,532,466
The effect of famotidine on gastroesophageal and duodeno-gastro-esophageal refluxes in critically ill patients.
World journal of gastroenterology
World J Gastroenterol
9
2
10.3748/wjg.v9.i2.356
eng
2,003
2
null
null
null
null
[AIM] To investigate the effect of famotidine on gastroesophageal reflux (GER) and duodeno-gastro-esophageal reflux (DGER) and to explore it's possible mechanisms. To identify the relevant factors of the reflux. [METHODS] Nineteen critically ill patients were consecutively enrolled in the study. Dynamic 24 hours monito...
null
null
null
null
null
null
12,532,457
Inhibition on the production of collagen type I, III of activated hepatic stellate cells by antisense TIMP-1 recombinant plasmid.
World journal of gastroenterology
World J Gastroenterol
9
2
10.3748/wjg.v9.i2.316
eng
2,003
2
null
null
null
null
[AIM] To investigate the inhibition effects on the production of collagen type I, III secreted by activated rat hepatic stellate cells (rHSCs) by antisense tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinase 1 (TIMP-1) recombinant plasmid through elevating interstitial collagenase activity. [METHODS] rHSCs were extracted from norma...
null
null
null
null
null
null
12,532,242
Stress during ACLS courses: is it important for learning skills?
Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia
Arq Bras Cardiol
79
6
10.1590/s0066-782x2002001500004
eng
2,002
12
null
null
null
null
[OBJECTIVE] To determine the influence of stress on teaching medical emergencies in an Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) course and to verify this influence on learning, and the efficiency of emergency care training. [METHODS] Seventeen physicians signed up for an ACLS course. Their pulses were taken and blood press...
null
0.126
66
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Medicine
2,002
12,532,102
Is there an association between inhaled corticosteroids and bone density in postmenopausal women?
The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology
J Allergy Clin Immunol
111
1
10.1067/mai.2003.4
eng
2,003
1
null
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND] During the last decades, there has been increased concern about the association between oral corticosteroid (OC) therapy and osteoporosis. [OBJECTIVE] The question currently discussed is whether inhaled corticosteroids (ICs) in recommended doses have any clinically relevant effects on bone mineral density ...
null
2.678
350
Immunology; Immunology and Allergy
Immunology and Microbiology; Medicine
2,003
12,531,960
Visual prognosis after indirect traumatic optic neuropathy.
Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry
74
2
10.1136/jnnp.74.2.246
eng
2,003
2
null
null
null
null
[OBJECTIVE] To investigate a possible correlation between final visual acuity and the presence at baseline of various systemic and local (orbital/ocular) signs in patients affected by indirect traumatic optic neuropathy. [METHODS] 35 cases of traumatic optic neuropathy were examined retrospectively and 13 variables wer...
null
1.36
244
Neurology; Psychiatry and Mental Health; Surgery
Medicine
2,003
12,531,446
Rectal cancer surgery in patients more than 80 years of age.
American journal of surgery
Am J Surg
185
1
10.1016/s0002-9610(02)01120-0
eng
2,003
1
null
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND] This retrospective study aimed to compare the prognosis for rectal cancer in patients more than 80 years old with that observed in younger patients. [METHODS] Patients operated on for a rectal adenocarcinoma, from 1980 to 1998, were divided into two groups: group 1 (>80 years, n = 92); group 2 (<80 years, ...
null
1.174
173
Medicine; Surgery
Medicine
2,003
12,530,045
Tolerability of Raltitrexed ('Tomudex') in elderly patients with colorectal cancer.
Anticancer research
Anticancer Res
22
5
null
eng
2,002
null
null
null
null
null
[PURPOSE] Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the major health problems of the Western world and the proportion of elderly patients with CRC is growing. Raltitrexed ('Tomudex'), a specific thymidylate synthase inhibitor, has shown efficacy and manageable toxicity in elderly CRC patients. In this retrospective study, the ...
null
null
null
null
null
null
12,530,014
Immunohistochemical detection of C-kit (CD117) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) overexpression in mantle cell lymphoma.
Anticancer research
Anticancer Res
22
5
null
eng
2,002
null
null
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND] Mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) is a low-grade lymphoproliferative malignancy that is extremely refractory to chemotherapy. Commonly used treatments have yielded unfavorable response rates (30% complete remission). We evaluated the incidence of c-kit (CD117) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) overexp...
null
null
null
null
null
null
12,529,985
Evidence for a direct antitumor mechanism of action of bovine lactoferricin.
Anticancer research
Anticancer Res
22
5
null
eng
2,002
null
null
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND] Bovine lactoferrin (LFB) and its pepsin-generated peptide lactoferricin (LfcinB) possess antitumor activities. The mechanism underlying the antitumor activities of LfcinB in vivo has not been elucidated. In this study the antitumor activities exerted by LFB, LfcinB and murine lactoferricin (LfcinM) on muri...
null
null
null
null
null
null
12,529,091
Pravastatin for secondary prevention of cardiovascular events in persons with mild chronic renal insufficiency.
Annals of internal medicine
Ann Intern Med
138
2
10.7326/0003-4819-138-2-200301210-00010
eng
2,003
1
21
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND] Cardiovascular disease is a common cause of morbidity and death in persons with renal insufficiency. Although 3-hydroxy-3methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase inhibitors (statins) are effective for secondary prevention of cardiovascular events in the general population, they have not been specifically studie...
null
4.143
445
Internal Medicine; Medicine
Medicine
2,003
12,528,966
Are preventive drugs preventive enough? A study of patients' expectation of benefit from preventive drugs.
Clinical medicine (London, England)
Clin Med (Lond)
2
6
10.7861/clinmedicine.2-6-527
eng
2,002
null
null
null
null
null
[OBJECTIVES] The study aimed to find the threshold of benefit for a hypothetical cholesterol-lowering drug below which the subject would not be prepared to take the drug. We also looked at whether proximity to the target event (myocardial infarction) and the subjects' views on drug taking affected this threshold. [DESI...
null
null
null
null
null
null
12,527,665
Comprehensive cardiac rehabilitation programme for implantable cardioverter-defibrillator patients: a randomised controlled trial.
Heart (British Cardiac Society)
Heart
89
2
10.1136/heart.89.2.155
eng
2,003
2
null
null
null
null
[OBJECTIVE] To investigate the effects of a 12 week comprehensive cardiac rehabilitation (CCR) programme on patients who have undergone implantation of an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD). [DESIGN] Sixteen patients with ICDs (14 (88%) male, mean (SD) age 58 (10) years, range 34-74 years) were randomised to ...
null
0.825
214
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Medicine
2,003
12,527,602
High-altitude pulmonary edema at moderate altitude (< 2,400 m; 7,870 feet): a series of 52 patients.
Chest
Chest
123
1
10.1378/chest.123.1.49
eng
2,003
1
null
null
null
null
[STUDY OBJECTIVES] To describe a group of patients who acquired pulmonary edema at a moderate altitude of 1,400 to 2,400 m. [DESIGN] Observational, retrospective chart review (1992-2000) of a series of 52 consecutive patients admitted for high-altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE) that occurred at 1,400 to 2,400 m. [SETTING]...
null
1.463
337
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine; Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine; Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Medicine
2,003
12,525,458
Expression of erythropoietin and erythropoietin receptor in peritoneal endometriosis.
Human reproduction (Oxford, England)
Hum Reprod
18
1
10.1093/humrep/deg007
eng
2,003
1
null
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND] Recent studies have indicated new physiological roles for erythropoietin (Epo) unrelated to erythropoiesis. We previously demonstrated that the Epo concentrations in peritoneal fluid from patients with stage I endometriosis were significantly higher than those with stages II, III and IV of the disease. The...
null
1.688
264
Obstetrics and Gynecology; Rehabilitation; Reproductive Medicine
Medicine
2,003
12,525,200
Elective management of the clinically negative neck by otolaryngologists in patients with oral tongue cancer.
Archives of otolaryngology--head & neck surgery
Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg
129
1
10.1001/archotol.129.1.83
eng
2,003
1
null
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND] The treatment of patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck who have a clinically negative (cN0) neck remains controversial. Furthermore, the treatment delivered to patients with a cN0 neck by practicing otolaryngologists is not known. [OBJECTIVE] To determine the variability in the managem...
null
null
null
null
null
null
12,524,616
Crosslinking of fibrinogen and fibronectin by free radicals: a possible initial step in adhesion formation in osteoarthritis of the temporomandibular joint.
Journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery : official journal of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
J Oral Maxillofac Surg
61
1
10.1053/joms.2003.50047
eng
2,003
1
null
null
null
null
[PURPOSE] Adhesion formation in osteoarthritis (OA) of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) typically results in a sustained limitation of joint movement. We propose the hypothesis that free-radical-mediated crosslinking of proteins underlies this adhesion formation in affected joints. Free radicals may cause oxidative mo...
null
0.549
147
Otorhinolaryngology; Surgery; Oral Surgery
Dentistry; Medicine
2,003
12,524,606
Simple disc reshaping surgery for internal derangement of the temporomandibular joint: 5-year follow-up results.
Journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery : official journal of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
J Oral Maxillofac Surg
61
1
10.1053/joms.2003.50007
eng
2,003
1
null
null
null
null
[PURPOSE] The goal of this study was to evaluate the clinical results of simple disc reshaping (SDR) surgery alone for treating dysfunctional internal derangement of the temporomandibular joint. [PATIENTS AND METHODS] Eleven patients with symptomatic unilateral anterior disc displacement with disc deformation were trea...
null
0.549
147
Otorhinolaryngology; Surgery; Oral Surgery
Dentistry; Medicine
2,003
12,524,238
The serpin protease-nexin 1 is present in rat aortic smooth muscle cells and is upregulated in L-NAME hypertensive rats.
Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol
23
1
10.1161/01.atv.0000047867.98019.2d
eng
2,003
1
1
null
null
null
[OBJECTIVE] Protease-nexin 1 (PN-1) belongs to the serpin superfamily and behaves as a specific thrombin inhibitor in the pericellular environment. Little is known about PN-1 expression and its regulation in the vascular system. In this study, we examined the expression of functionally active PN-1 in vitro in rat aorti...
null
3.551
301
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Medicine
2,003
12,523,661
Multivariate statistics of disposition pharmacokinetic parameters for structurally unrelated drugs used in therapeutics.
Pharmaceutical research
Pharm Res
19
12
10.1023/a:1021489323828
eng
2,002
12
null
null
null
null
[PURPOSE] To explore the quantitative structure pharmacokinetic relationships of the disposition parameters: clearance (CL), apparent volume of drug distribution (V(ap)), fractal clearance (CL(f)), and fractal volume (v(f)) for 272 structurally unrelated drugs used in therapeutics. [METHODS] Literature data were used f...
null
1.012
235
Biotechnology; Organic Chemistry; Pharmaceutical Science; Pharmacology; Pharmacology; Molecular Medicine
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Chemistry; Medicine; Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics
2,002
12,522,833
Measuring exercise-induced mood changes in fibromyalgia: a comparison of several measures.
Arthritis and rheumatism
Arthritis Rheum
47
6
10.1002/art.10789
eng
2,002
12
15
null
null
null
[OBJECTIVE] To compare scales measuring exercise-induced changes in mood. [METHODS] Mood changes in a randomized, 23-week controlled trial of exercise were assessed using the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D), State Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), Fibromyalgia Im...
null
null
null
null
null
null
12,616,207
Distribution of respiratory mucin proteins in human nasal mucosa.
The Laryngoscope
Laryngoscope
113
3
10.1097/00005537-200303000-00023
eng
2,003
3
null
null
null
null
[OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS] The upper respiratory tract is involved in many acute and chronic respiratory tract diseases that present with the symptom of mucus hypersecretion. Mucin genes that encode for the backbone of glycoproteins contribute to the viscoelastic property of airway mucus. We examined the cellular expressi...
null
1.415
183
Otorhinolaryngology
Medicine
2,003
12,616,141
Patients' preference of valacyclovir once-daily suppressive therapy versus twice-daily episodic therapy for recurrent genital herpes: a randomized study.
Sexually transmitted diseases
Sex Transm Dis
30
3
10.1097/00007435-200303000-00010
eng
2,003
3
null
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND] Valacyclovir is effective for suppressive and episodic treatment of recurrent genital herpes. Few data on patients' treatment strategy preferences are available. [GOAL] The goal was to assess patients' preference, satisfaction, and quality of life with suppressive versus episodic treatment of recurrent gen...
null
1.26
115
Dermatology; Infectious Diseases; Microbiology; Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Medicine
2,003
12,615,832
Ultrasound examination of polycystic ovaries: is it worth counting the follicles?
Human reproduction (Oxford, England)
Hum Reprod
18
3
10.1093/humrep/deg115
eng
2,003
3
null
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND] This study revisited the ultrasonographic diagnostic criteria of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and studied the relationship between the major hormonal and metabolic features of PCOS and the follicle number per ovary (FNPO). [METHODS] This prospective study included 214 women with PCOS compared with 112 ...
null
1.688
264
Obstetrics and Gynecology; Rehabilitation; Reproductive Medicine
Medicine
2,003
12,615,669
Olive oil and red wine antioxidant polyphenols inhibit endothelial activation: antiatherogenic properties of Mediterranean diet phytochemicals.
Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol
23
4
10.1161/01.ATV.0000062884.69432.A0
eng
2,003
4
1
2,003
2
20
[OBJECTIVE] Epidemiology suggests that Mediterranean diets are associated with reduced risk of cardiovascular disease. Because monocyte adhesion to the endothelium is crucial in early atherogenesis, we evaluated whether typical olive oil and red wine polyphenols affect endothelial-leukocyte adhesion molecule expression...
null
3.551
301
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Medicine
2,003
12,615,592
Patient satisfaction data as a quality indicator: a tale of two emergency departments.
Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
Acad Emerg Med
10
3
10.1111/j.1553-2712.2003.tb02000.x
eng
2,003
3
null
null
null
null
[OBJECTIVE] Patient satisfaction is a commonly measured indicator of quality emergency care. However, the existing empirical literature on emergency department (ED) patient satisfaction provides little guidance on how to analyze, interpret, and use data obtained in the clinical setting. Using two EDs as examples, the a...
null
0.99
148
Emergency Medicine; Medicine
Medicine
2,003
12,614,553
Histological alterations after irradiation of cartilage using Ho:YAG laser.
Journal of clinical laser medicine & surgery
J Clin Laser Med Surg
21
1
10.1089/10445470360516671
eng
2,003
2
null
null
null
null
[OBJECTIVE] The authors carried out an experimental study to evaluate the histological alterations after irradiation of cartilage using Holmium:YAG (Ho:YAG) laser VersaPulse Select 60 watts and Infra Tome Delivery Systems 30 degrees Handpiece (spot size at fiber tip 0.4 mm; Coherent Medical, Palo Alto, CA). [BACKGROUND...
null
null
null
null
null
null
12,614,387
Effects of age and polytherapy, risk factors of valproic acid (VPA) hepatotoxicity, on the excretion of thiol conjugates of (E)-2,4-diene VPA in people with epilepsy taking VPA.
Epilepsia
Epilepsia
44
3
10.1046/j.1528-1157.2003.07202.x
eng
2,003
3
null
null
null
null
[PURPOSE] Valproic acid (VPA) is an antiepileptic drug (AED) used for generalized and absence seizures. It has a rare but potentially fatal hepatotoxicity side effect, and many researchers believe that reactive metabolites of VPA could be involved. We demonstrated here that the thiol conjugates of (E)-2,4-diene VPA wer...
null
1.473
228
Neurology; Neurology
Medicine; Neuroscience
2,003
12,614,312
Personality traits in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients with and without fatigue experience.
Acta neurologica Scandinavica
Acta Neurol Scand
107
3
10.1034/j.1600-0404.2003.02037.x
eng
2,003
3
null
null
null
null
[OBJECTIVES] To determine the impact of personality characteristics on feelings of fatigue in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients and to compare the results with the impact of bodily impairment. [PATIENTS AND METHODS] Eighty patients with definite MS (mean age 38.5 +/- 9.0 years, 62 females) were surveyed using questionna...
null
0.608
114
Medicine; Neurology; Neurology
Medicine; Neuroscience
2,003
12,612,903
Interferon-alpha 2b plus ribavirin in patients with chronic hepatitis C after liver transplantation: a randomized study.
Gastroenterology
Gastroenterology
124
3
10.1053/gast.2003.50095
eng
2,003
3
null
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND AND AIMS] Hepatitis C virus (HCV) reinfection after liver transplantation is frequent and leads to chronic hepatitis and cirrhosis. The use of antiviral therapy in this situation remains controversial. This study aimed to assess the safety and efficacy of interferon alfa-2b plus ribavirin for recurrent hepa...
null
3.421
482
Gastroenterology
Medicine
2,003
12,612,621
Evaluation of sprint exercise testing protocols in wheelchair athletes.
Spinal cord
Spinal Cord
41
3
10.1038/sj.sc.3101416
eng
2,003
3
null
null
null
null
[STUDY DESIGN] Comparison of five different exercise testing protocols with different speeds on a treadmill with seven wheelchair athletes. [OBJECTIVE] To determine which speed and duration in an exercise protocol is best to test wheelchair athletes performing sprint races on a track. [SETTING] Swiss Paraplegic Centre,...
null
0.681
131
Medicine; Neurology; Neurology
Medicine; Neuroscience
2,003
12,611,842
Inferior frontal white matter anisotropy and negative symptoms of schizophrenia: a diffusion tensor imaging study.
The American journal of psychiatry
Am J Psychiatry
160
3
10.1176/appi.ajp.160.3.572
eng
2,003
3
null
null
null
null
[OBJECTIVE] The purpose of this study was test the hypothesis that abnormalities of inferior frontal white matter are related to the negative symptoms of schizophrenia. [METHOD] Fractional anisotropy of white matter tracts in the prefrontal area of 10 schizophrenic patients was determined by diffusion tensor imaging. P...
null
4.518
405
Psychiatry and Mental Health
Medicine
2,003
12,610,097
Increased Nox2 expression in human cardiomyocytes after acute myocardial infarction.
Journal of clinical pathology
J Clin Pathol
56
3
10.1136/jcp.56.3.194
eng
2,003
3
null
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND/AIMS] Recent studies indicate the presence of reactive oxygen species (ROS) producing homologues of the enzymatic subunit (Nox2) of phagocytic NADPH oxidase in non-phagocytic cells. Interestingly, in these cells, ROS produced by the Nox2 homologue(s) was shown to play a role in various regulatory processes,...
null
0.821
158
Medicine; Pathology and Forensic Medicine
Medicine
2,003
12,610,057
Value of coronary artery calcium scanning by computed tomography for predicting coronary heart disease in diabetic subjects.
Diabetes care
Diabetes Care
26
3
10.2337/diacare.26.3.905
eng
2,003
3
null
null
null
null
[OBJECTIVE] The South Bay Heart Watch is a cohort study designed to determine the significance of coronary calcium in high-risk asymptomatic patients. This is a report of the relative risk (RR) for outcomes of coronary artery calcium in diabetic and nondiabetic subjects. [RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS] A total of 1312 di...
null
3.169
433
Advanced and Specialized Nursing; Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism; Internal Medicine
Medicine; Nursing
2,003
12,610,032
Unadjusted and adjusted prevalence of diagnosed depression in type 2 diabetes.
Diabetes care
Diabetes Care
26
3
10.2337/diacare.26.3.744
eng
2,003
3
null
null
null
null
[OBJECTIVE] To estimate the prevalence of diagnosed depression in a large population of individuals with type 2 diabetes, compared to a matched control group, and to estimate the extent of depression that is independently associated with diabetes. [RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS] We compared the prevalence of diagnosed de...
null
3.169
433
Advanced and Specialized Nursing; Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism; Internal Medicine
Medicine; Nursing
2,003
12,609,008
The activity of single vasoconstrictor nerve units in hypertension.
Acta physiologica Scandinavica
Acta Physiol Scand
177
3
10.1046/j.1365-201X.2003.01082.x
eng
2,003
3
null
null
null
null
[AIM] It has long been established from controlled experiments in anaesthetized animals that it is more accurate to quantify the mean frequency of efferent sympathetic nerve activity from single unit than from multi-unit bursts recordings. More recently, sympathetic nerve hyperactivity has been reported in patients wit...
null
null
null
null
null
null
12,608,991
Medullary and supramedullary mechanisms regulating sympathetic vasomotor tone.
Acta physiologica Scandinavica
Acta Physiol Scand
177
3
10.1046/j.1365-201X.2003.01070.x
eng
2,003
3
null
null
null
null
[AIM] Neurons in the rostral ventrolateral medulla (RVLM) that project directly to sympathetic preganglionic neurons in the spinal cord play a critical role in maintaining tonic activity in sympathetic vasomotor nerves. Intracellular recordings in vivo from putative RVLM presympathetic neurons have demonstrated that un...
null
null
null
null
null
null
12,608,679
Subantroscopic laterobasal sinus floor augmentation (SALSA): an up-to-5-year clinical study.
The International journal of oral & maxillofacial implants
Int J Oral Maxillofac Implants
18
1
null
eng
2,003
null
null
null
null
null
[PURPOSE] The aim of the article was to introduce a new subantroscopic laterobasal sinus augmentation (SALSA) tecnique as a minimally invasive approach to maxillary peri-implant surgery. [MATERIALS AND METHODS] The SALSA technique consists of the following steps: (1) microsurgical opening of the subantral space (SAS) w...
null
null
null
null
null
null
12,608,645
CD40 ligation triggers COX-2 expression in endothelial cells: evidence that CD40-mediated IL-6 synthesis is COX-2-dependent.
Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.]
Inflamm Res
52
1
10.1007/s000110300009
eng
2,003
1
null
null
null
null
[OBJECTIVE] To investigate whether CD40-CD154 interactions on HUVEC can trigger COX-2 synthesis as well as PGE2 and PGI2 secretion in vitro and explore whether the CD40-triggered prostanoids provide costimulatory signals for IL-6 secretion in this cell type. [MATERIALS AND METHODS] COX-2 protein expression was examined...
null
0.622
112
Pharmacology; Immunology
Immunology and Microbiology; Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics
2,003
12,608,540
Microsomal cytochrome P450 levels and activities of isolated rat livers perfused with albumin.
Pharmaceutical research
Pharm Res
20
1
10.1023/a:1022202926073
eng
2,003
1
null
null
null
null
[PURPOSE] We recently showed that the perfusion of isolated rat livers with perfusates containing bovine serum albumin (BSA) would significantly stimulate the release of tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha. Here, we hypothesize that BSA-induced increase in the release of TNF-alpha, and possibly other cytokines, would aff...
null
1.17
235
Biotechnology; Organic Chemistry; Pharmaceutical Science; Pharmacology; Pharmacology; Molecular Medicine
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Chemistry; Medicine; Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics
2,003
12,607,764
Glutathione peroxidase levels throughout normal pregnancy and in pre-eclampsia.
The journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine : the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians
J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med
12
5
10.1080/jmf.12.5.322.326
eng
2,002
11
null
null
null
null
[OBJECTIVE] Evidence suggests that hemoglobin, in addition to its function as a carrier of oxygen, also serves to transport nitric oxide, as S-nitroso cysteine, from the lungs to the peripheral circulation, where it can be released. Glutathione peroxidase, besides being an important antioxidant, is known to catalyze th...
null
null
null
null
null
null
12,605,985
Radiation therapy depletes extrachromosomally amplified drug resistance genes and oncogenes from tumor cells via micronuclear capture of episomes and double minute chromosomes.
International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys
55
4
10.1016/s0360-3016(02)04473-5
eng
2,003
3
15
null
null
null
[PURPOSE] To determine if clinically relevant doses of ionizing radiation are capable of inducing extrachromosomal DNA loss in transformed human cell lines. [MATERIALS AND METHODS] The multidrug-resistant (MDR) human epidermoid KB-C1 cell line and the human neuroendocrine colon carcinoma line COLO320, which contain ext...
null
2.258
286
Cancer Research; Oncology; Radiation; Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Medicine; Physics and Astronomy
2,003
12,605,969
Myocardial perfusion changes in patients irradiated for left-sided breast cancer and correlation with coronary artery distribution.
International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys
55
4
10.1016/s0360-3016(02)04156-1
eng
2,003
3
15
null
null
null
[PURPOSE] To evaluate postradiation regional heart perfusion changes with single photon emission tomography (SPECT) myocardial perfusion imaging in 69 patients treated with tangential photon beams radiation therapy (RT) for left-sided breast cancer. To correlate SPECT changes with percent irradiated left ventricle (LV)...
null
2.258
286
Cancer Research; Oncology; Radiation; Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Medicine; Physics and Astronomy
2,003
12,605,641
How accurate are subjective judgements of a continuum?
Histopathology
Histopathology
42
3
10.1046/j.1365-2559.2003.01566.x
eng
2,003
3
null
null
null
null
[AIMS] To assess the accuracy of subjective judgements of a uni-dimensional continuum. [METHODS AND RESULTS] Twenty-four observers were asked to estimate the position of a dot placed between two lines using a 100-point scale. Each observer judged 20 different positions. Ninety-five percent of observations were between ...
null
1.118
145
Histology; Medicine; Pathology and Forensic Medicine
Medicine
2,003
12,605,530
Rigid external distraction osteogenesis for a patient with maxillary hypoplasia and oligodontia.
The Cleft palate-craniofacial journal : official publication of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association
Cleft Palate Craniofac J
40
2
10.1597/1545-1569_2003_040_0207_redofa_2.0.co_2
eng
2,003
3
null
null
null
null
[OBJECTIVE] In this report, the orthodontic treatment combined with rigid external distraction osteogenesis in a 5.5-year-old girl with midfacial hypoplasia and oligodontia is described. [PATIENT] The child presented with a reduced maxilla, protruding lower lip, skeletal Class III jaw relationship with a low mandibular...
null
0.677
96
Otorhinolaryngology; Oral Surgery
Dentistry; Medicine
2,003
12,605,524
Is isolated palatal anomaly an indication to screen for 22q11 region deletion?
The Cleft palate-craniofacial journal : official publication of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association
Cleft Palate Craniofac J
40
2
10.1597/1545-1569_2003_040_0176_iipaai_2.0.co_2
eng
2,003
3
null
null
null
null
[OBJECTIVE] Velocardiofacial syndrome (VCFS) is the most common multiple anomaly disorder associated with palatal clefting. Cytogenetic hemizygous deletion of 22q11 region is found in 80% of patients. The frequency of 22q11 deletion in patients presenting with isolated palatal anomalies has not been fully assessed. Our...
null
0.677
96
Otorhinolaryngology; Oral Surgery
Dentistry; Medicine
2,003
12,605,120
T-cell receptor beta-chain usage in directly activated alloreactive CD4+ T cells: unrestricted Vbeta gene usage with CDR3 size limitations.
Transplantation
Transplantation
75
4
10.1097/01.TP.0000046939.45400.43
eng
2,003
2
27
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND] Alloreactive immune responses may engage both direct and indirect antigen allorecognition. This study focuses on T-cell receptor (TCR) beta-chain usage by in vitro generated alloreactive CD4+ T cells involved in direct allorecognition pathway. [METHODS AND RESULTS] We have established Lewis anti-Brown Norw...
null
1.519
224
Transplantation
Medicine
2,003
12,604,916
Impaired insulin action on phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase activity and glucose transport in skeletal muscle of pancreatic cancer patients.
Pancreas
Pancreas
26
2
10.1097/00006676-200303000-00014
eng
2,003
3
null
null
null
null
[INTRODUCTION] Glucose intolerance or overt diabetes occurs in 80% of patients with pancreatic cancer (PC). This associated metabolic disorder includes peripheral insulin resistance, which may be caused by factors produced by the PC. The mechanism underlying PC-associated insulin resistance has not been clearly defined...
null
0.704
123
Internal Medicine; Endocrinology; Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism; Hepatology
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Medicine
2,003
12,604,913
Ultrastructural study of the pancreas in AIDS.
Pancreas
Pancreas
26
2
10.1097/00006676-200303000-00011
eng
2,003
3
null
null
null
null
[INTRODUCTION] Frequent histologic changes (90%) in the pancreas suggesting protein-energy malnutrition were found in a previous necropsy study of pancreas morphology in patients with AIDS. However, additional studies were required to clarify subcellular changes. [AIM] To ultrastructurally analyze pancreas changes in A...
null
0.704
123
Internal Medicine; Endocrinology; Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism; Hepatology
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Medicine
2,003
12,603,532
Role of para-esophageal collateral veins in patients with portal hypertension based on the results of endoscopic ultrasonography and liver scintigraphy analysis.
Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology
J Gastroenterol Hepatol
18
3
10.1046/j.1440-1746.2003.02956.x
eng
2,003
3
null
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND AND AIMS] Para-esophageal collateral veins (para-ECV) are observed by endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) in patients with portal hypertension. However, the role of para-ECV in the portal venous system is not clear. To verify the role of para-ECV in the portal venous system, we investigated the relationship be...
null
0.579
156
Gastroenterology; Hepatology
Medicine
2,003
12,601,540
Loco-regional failures in head and neck cancer: can they be effectively salvaged by nonsurgical therapeutic modalities?
International journal of clinical oncology
Int J Clin Oncol
8
1
10.1007/s101470300004
eng
2,003
2
null
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND] This retrospective study was carried out to ascertain the extent of efficacy of nonsurgical salvage modalities, mainly chemotherapy (CT) alone or chemoradiotherapy (CTRT), for loco-regional failures in head and neck cancer (HNC). [METHODS] Between 1991 and 1999, 131 patients with HNC, mostly stages III and...
null
0.338
78
Medicine; Surgery; Hematology; Oncology
Medicine
2,003
12,601,405
Establishing a Maori case management clinic.
The New Zealand medical journal
N Z Med J
116
1169
null
eng
2,003
2
21
2,003
2
21
[AIMS] The Maori Case Management Clinic Project aims to improve Maori health outcomes by establishing low cost, high quality, culturally appropriate primary care facilities in targeted areas, with a focus on the management of chronic illness. Further, the project aims to evaluate this 'by Maori for Maori' model of comm...
null
0.34
60
Medicine
Medicine
2,003
12,600,961
Low-positive anti-hepatitis C virus enzyme immunoassay results: an important predictor of low likelihood of hepatitis C infection.
Clinical chemistry
Clin Chem
49
3
10.1373/49.3.479
eng
2,003
3
null
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND] Tests for hepatitis C antibodies (anti-HCV enzyme immunoassays) are usually described as positive or negative. Several studies, mainly in blood donors, have found that specimens with low signal/cutoff (S/C) ratios are commonly negative when tested with a recombinant immunoblot assay (RIBA) or for HCV RNA. ...
null
1.329
248
Biochemistry; Clinical Biochemistry
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Medicine
2,003
12,599,236
Chromosomal anomalies in oligodendroglial tumors are correlated with clinical features.
Cancer
Cancer
97
5
10.1002/cncr.11187
eng
2,003
3
1
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND] Patients who have oligodendrogliomas (OD) that demonstrate loss of both 1p and 19q appear to have a better prognosis after they receive chemotherapy and radiotherapy compared with patients who have OD without these characteristics. It is unclear whether this improvement in outcome is due only to a better r...
null
1.864
349
Cancer Research; Oncology
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Medicine
2,003
12,599,223
Pure versus follicular variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma: clinical features, prognostic factors, treatment, and survival.
Cancer
Cancer
97
5
10.1002/cncr.11175
eng
2,003
3
1
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND] The follicular variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma (FVPTC) is a common subtype of papillary thyroid carcinoma. Few studies have compared the clinical behavior and treatment outcome of patients with FVPTC with the outcome of patients with pure papillary carcinoma (PTC). A retrospective study was performe...
null
1.864
349
Cancer Research; Oncology
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Medicine
2,003
12,598,770
Perforin expression in T cells and virological response to PEG-interferon alpha2b in HIV-1 infection.
AIDS (London, England)
AIDS
17
4
10.1097/00002030-200303070-00005
eng
2,003
3
7
null
null
null
[OBJECTIVE AND DESIGN] Interferon alpha (IFNalpha), which is known to directly inhibit the HIV-1 replicative cycle and to increase the activity of cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL), is being tested as an anti-HIV agent. As CTL play a major role in immune defence against HIV, we wanted to further characterize CTL activity a...
null
2.74
233
Immunology; Immunology and Allergy; Infectious Diseases
Immunology and Microbiology; Medicine
2,003
12,598,069
Atriobiventricular pacing improves exercise capacity in patients with heart failure and intraventricular conduction delay.
Journal of the American College of Cardiology
J Am Coll Cardiol
41
4
10.1016/s0735-1097(02)02849-8
eng
2,003
2
19
null
null
null
[OBJECTIVES] We sought to assess the efficacy of biventricular pacing with respect to both peak and submaximal measures of exercise in patients with New York Heart Association class III heart failure (HF) and intraventricular conduction delay in a randomized, blinded study. [BACKGROUND] Submaximal and maximal changes i...
null
4.605
512
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Medicine
2,003
12,597,781
Human CD81 directly enhances Th1 and Th2 cell activation, but preferentially induces proliferation of Th2 cells upon long-term stimulation.
BMC immunology
BMC Immunol
4
null
10.1186/1471-2172-4-1
eng
2,003
2
19
2,003
2
19
[BACKGROUND] CD81, a cell-surface protein of the tetraspanin superfamily, has been shown to costimulate T cell activation in murine T cells, and is involved in development of Th2 immune responses in mice. [RESULTS] Here it is shown that stimulation of CD81 on human T cells can enhance T cell activation by antigen or su...
null
1.163
76
Immunology
Immunology and Microbiology
2,003
12,597,753
Maternal immunity and prevention of congenital cytomegalovirus infection.
JAMA
JAMA
289
8
10.1001/jama.289.8.1008
eng
2,003
2
26
null
null
null
[CONTEXT] Vaccine development to prevent congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection has been impeded by the uncertainty over whether maternal immunity protects the fetus. [OBJECTIVE] To determine whether the presence of maternal antibodies to CMV significantly reduces the risk of congenital CMV infection in future preg...
null
null
null
null
null
null
12,595,857
Postexercise hypotension differs between white and black women.
American heart journal
Am Heart J
145
2
10.1067/mhj.2003.107
eng
2,003
2
null
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND] Because data are lacking, we examined the acute effect of exercise on ambulatory blood pressure (BP) in premenopausal white women (n = 18) and black women (n = 15) with normal (n = 21) and high (n = 12) BP. [METHODS] Women performed 40 minutes of control and moderate-intensity exercise. BP and hormones wer...
null
1.95
211
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Medicine
2,003
12,593,794
The staufen/pumilio pathway is involved in Drosophila long-term memory.
Current biology : CB
Curr Biol
13
4
10.1016/s0960-9822(03)00064-2
eng
2,003
2
18
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND] Memory formation after olfactory learning in Drosophila displays behavioral and molecular properties similar to those of other species. Particularly, long-term memory requires CREB-dependent transcription, suggesting the regulation of "downstream" genes. At the cellular level, long-lasting synaptic plastic...
null
null
null
null
null
null
12,593,608
High prevalence of Helicobacter pylori detected by PCR in the oral cavities of periodontitis patients.
Journal of periodontology
J Periodontol
74
1
10.1902/jop.2003.74.1.129
eng
2,003
1
null
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND] Helicobacter pylori has been associated with the development of peptic ulcers and gastric cancer. Although it may be transmitted through the oral cavity, it is unknown whether the oral cavity acts as a permanent reservoir for this bacterium. The purpose of this study was to use nested polymerase chain reac...
null
1.277
186
Periodontics
Dentistry
2,003
12,592,646
The prevalence of coeliac disease in Libyan children with type 1 diabetes mellitus.
Diabetes/metabolism research and reviews
Diabetes Metab Res Rev
19
1
10.1002/dmrr.333
eng
2,003
null
null
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND] Diagnosis of atypical and silent forms of coeliac disease (CD) is important because of its serious complications. Increased prevalence of coeliac disease worldwide in individuals with type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM) was described. There are no data on the prevalence of CD in the Libyan population and Libyan ...
null
1.08
141
Endocrinology; Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism; Internal Medicine
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Medicine
2,003
12,592,128
In-111 DTPA-octreotide scintigraphy for disease detection in metastatic thyroid cancer: comparison with F-18 FDG positron emission tomography and extensive conventional radiographic imaging.
Clinical nuclear medicine
Clin Nucl Med
28
3
10.1097/01.RLU.0000053409.18088.46
eng
2,003
3
null
null
null
null
[PURPOSE] The utility of In-111 DTPA octreotide scintigraphy (SRS) for disease detection in patients with metastatic thyroid carcinoma (TCA) remains controversial. The authors compared the sensitivity of In-111-based SRS, F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET), and extensive conventional radio...
null
0.356
73
Medicine; Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
Medicine
2,003
12,592,062
Body composition modulates the effects of hormone replacement therapy on growth hormone and insulin-like growth factor-I levels in postmenopausal women.
Gynecologic and obstetric investigation
Gynecol Obstet Invest
54
4
10.1159/000068383
eng
2,002
null
null
null
null
null
[OBJECTIVE] To examine the relationships of body composition with basal serum estrone, estradiol, androstenedione, cortisol, growth hormone (GH) and insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) levels in 73 postmenopausal women. [DESIGN] Cross-sectional study of hormone levels and body composition determined by dual-energy X-r...
null
0.512
74
Obstetrics and Gynecology; Reproductive Medicine
Medicine
2,002