Input: They were randomly allocated to receive either 625 mg of calcium carbonate (250 mg of elemental calcium) at the end of a meal three times a day (group A, n = 26) or calcium carbonate in the same manner plus 0. 625 mg/day of conjugated equine estrogen and 5 mg medrogestone acetate from day 1-12 each month (group B, n = 30).


Input: The two-wave, 1995-1996 National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health uses a measure of depressive symptomatology across a 12-month interval.


Input: METHODS: 9 cases of conventional intermittent tissue expansion (CITE) and 9 cases of continuous pressure-controlled tissue expansion (CPTE) were chosen for the study.


Input: Wegener' s granulomatosis


Input: There was a significant effect of hematocrit on the General Health scale on the SF-36 (P = 0. 03).


Input: A global response rate was 17% (95% confidence interval (95% CI): 2%-32%) and the median overall survival was 12 months.


Input: We also studied a new parameter: the angle to maximal peak torque (APT).


Input: For the 2. 5 to 4 ng/mL model, the AUC of the ANN ROC curve was significantly higher than the AUCs for percentage of free PSA (P =. 0239), PSA-TZ (P =. 0204), and PSA density and total prostate volume (P <. 01 for both).

PSA

PSA


Input: Potential treatments include dobutamine, KATP channel activators, and 21-aminosteroids.


Input: Selenium is an essential element for humans, animals and some species of microorganisms.


Input: The GT-foreign-pictures showed that the judgment of other subjects changed toward hedonic and permeability directions.


Input: RESULTS: The target dose was comparable in the 3D-CRT and IMRT plans, although improvements were seen when seven and nine IMRT fields were used.


Input: We therefore applied a radiolabelled serumalbumin method to determine blood volume after haemodilution with crosslinked or conjugated haemoglobin, in comparison with a reference solution of hydroxyethyl starch (HES).

serumalbumin

haemoglobin


Input: The equilibrium phosphorus content (EPC0) of surface soil was generally higher than the SRP content of drainage water, at one farm by 1 order of magnitude.


Input: The long-term prediction is based on an algorithm for R-R interval estimation.


Input: Despite considerable research, an explanation of this effect has been elusive.


Input: The structure has been established by a study of its mono-and bidimensional NMR spectra and mass spectrometry.


Input: We argue that this is the general property of QSAR models developed using LOO cross-validation.


Input: We compared the efficacy and costs of valacyclovir in preventing HSV reactivation among HSV seropositive autologous progenitor cell transplantation (APCT) patients with historical controls in whom intravenous acyclovir or no HSV prophylaxis were used.


Input: All adults attending the outpatient clinics of a dermatological hospital on predetermined days were given the 12-item General Health Questionnaire.


Input: Data on prosthesis use are encouraging, although a follow-up study is required to determine the functional outcome for prosthesis users and non-users.


Input: A mail survey of Georgia members of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists was conducted.


Input: HIV-1 C subtype in IDUs accounted for 61. 3%.


Input: When a plateau of enhancement was reached, a single lesion in each patient was imaged using five different continuous scanning modes, fundamental grey scale (FGS); fundamental colour Doppler (FCD); fundamental power Doppler (FPD); second harmonic grey scale (HGS); and pulse inversion mode (Pim) using an HDI5000 scanner and C5-2 probe (ATL, Bothell, WA).


Input: A comparative study of the effects of carbamazepine and the NMDA receptor antagonist remacemide on road tracking and car-following performance in actual traffic.

NMDA receptor


Input: We find that the measured Nusselt number decreased about 20% over the range of Pr spanned in the experiment.


Input: Viral and atypical pathogens as causes of type 1 acute exacerbations of chronic bronchitis.


Input: Treatment for this condition often involves use of a wax softening or dispersing agent (cerumenolytic) before syringing.


Input: In addition, benzocaine and 2-phenoxyethanol depressed complement activity and phagocytosis, while MS222 and quinaldine sulphate did not.


Input: The EC (50) for suppression of long-term memory (the concentration decreasing memory by 50%) of fear conditioning to context was 2. 00% plus/minus 0. 01% (mean plus/minus SEM), and for fear conditioning to tone was 3. 45% plus/minus 0. 26%, (P < 0. 05).


Input: It has been proposed that insulin resistance (IR) underlies a cluster of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors constituting a " metabolic syndrome. " CVD is a leading cause of premature mortality among indigenous Australians.

insulin


Input: Dementia is being avoided in NHS and social care.


Input: HIV-1 infection in rural Africa: is there a difference in median time to AIDS and survival compared with that in industrialized countries? OBJECTIVES: To describe the progression times of HIV-1 infection from seroconversion to AIDS and to death, and time from first developing AIDS to death in rural Uganda.


Input: The use of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has resulted in significant improvements in the treatment of HIV infection, including a decrease in the incidence and severity of several acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)-related malignancies.


Input: Time to progression was 6 months (5-7 months) with a median survival from registration of 9. 6 months (95% CI 8-12 months).


Input: Heparin (100 U. kg (-1). day (-1)) was injected subcutaneously to the rats in H group while normal saline to those in N group once a day.


Input: MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: A positive test result for gonococcal or chlamydial infection by the ligase chain reaction assay; secondary outcome measure was a positive test result for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

ligase


Input: The purpose of this study was to develop a reliable and culturally meaningful exercise self-efficacy questionnaire for older Mexican American women.


Input: Neutrophil: lymphocyte ratio, plasma haptoglobin, and CBG levels were greater (P < 0. 01) during the INITIAL period than during the PRE or POST periods but did not differ between treatments.

haptoglobin

CBG


Input: CD was determined using the Farnsworth D-15 method.


Input: Here is presented the monitoring of the accidental spill on vertical distribution of heavy metals in the estuarine sediments.


Input: The large fluxes of 239 + 240Pu might be attributed to episodic lateral transport of particles that flow down the continental slope with the nepheloid layer which was considered to be significant for 239 + 240Pu transport on the continental slope in the East China Sea.


Input: Rigorous treatment protocols for diet delivery and EEN-related GI adverse effects were applied.


Input: The range of 200 000-300 000 spermatozoa/microl appeared to be a reasonable compromise for both criteria.


Input: Gastritis score was significantly lower in nod-/CagA-children than in nod +/CagA-(p =. 004), nod-/CagA + (p =. 002) and nod +/CagA + (p <. 001), both in the antrum and corpus.

CagA

CagA

CagA

CagA


Input: The mean thickness of the visceral peritoneum was comparable in both groups of animals, but, macroscopically, more severe fibrosis was found in the peritoneum of rats exposed to CAPD 3 as compared with animals treated with CAPD 3 Balance (p < 0. 05).


Input: A further analysis has been performed using the series of maximum intensity for fixed duration (1, 3, 6, 12, 24 hrs) and annual daily maxima.


Input: BACKGROUND: We hypothesized that the postoperative serum level of TA90-IC, an immune complex of a 90-kDa tumor-associated antigen and its antibody, might have a significant correlation with recurrence and survival in patients with thick primary melanomas.


Input: Genetics Institute has developed and launched oprelvekin (rhIL-11; Neumega), a recombinant form of human IL-11.

oprelvekin

human IL-11


Input: Patients subsequently returned to the clinic every 3 days to have the wounds checked and dressings changed.


Input: Elements that are fundamental to the safety evaluation of flavor ingredients include exposure, structural analogy, metabolism, pharmacokinetics and toxicology.


Input: The mass-specific resting minute ventilation (E) and the ventilatory equivalent (VE/(O (2))) were approximately the same at the two ages, with a breathing pattern significantly deeper and slower at day 1.


Input: INTERPRETATION: It is probable that the cognitive dissonance created by more health information on smoking after 1964, i. e. the necessary motivation to quit, was reduced as a result of strategic changes in the amount and content of advertising.


Input: Nine cases of GBS and five of TM reported to the active AFP surveillance were not found in the hospital searches.


Input: The ability of rats with control or hippocampal lesions to learn an object-place, odor-place, or object-odor paired-associate task was assessed in a cheeseboard maze apparatus.


Input: The shift in the earliest activation site after administration of esmolol was compared with the shift after RFA. RESULTS: The heart rate at rest and in drug-free state ranged between 95 and 125 beats/min (mean 99 +/-14 beats/min).


Input: Urine samples collected after the administration of these supplements can test positive.


Input: CONCLUSIONS: Lymphoscintigraphy of the cynomolgus monkey eyelids reveals discrete lymphatic drainage pathways for the upper and lower eyelids and a dual pathway for the central upper eyelid.


Input: Data management in practice-based research.


Input: We have previously reported reduced levels of choline acetyltransferase activity in the cerebral cortex of patients who died after a head injury, demonstrating that there is a loss of cortical cholinergic innervation.

choline acetyltransferase


Input: After taking smears from lesions of the oral mucosa (tongue, cheeks, palate) and the contiguous denture surface by cotton wool swabs and inoculating them onto Sabouraud glucose agar and CHROMagar Candida, individual yeast species were identified by a germ tube, filamentous, and assimilation tests employing the commercial kit AuxaColor.


Input: The effects of pharmacological treatment and professional care and support may improve when dementia is detected in an early stage.


Input: Sexually conditioned incentives: attenuation of motivational impact during dopamine receptor antagonism.

dopamine receptor


Input: PATIENTS AND METHODS: This study is a retrospective cohort study of all children with cancer admitted to a single institution with fever and neutropenia (defined as an absolute neutrophil count < 500 cells/mm3) in a 1-year period.


Input: Concentrations of N (O3-)-N and N (H3-)-N at Deoprayag varied from 0. 30 to 0. 50 and 0. 02 to 0. 12 mg/L, respectively, depending on season.


Input: Steal is a pathophysiological process in which increased blood flow through a low-resistance vascular bed is sufficient to divert flow away from a region of the central nervous system.


Input: The orientations of the contact surfaces and their locations relative to the object' s center of mass were varied.


Input: The results are given as: flux, number of stars per cm3, charge of the ions, comparison with other detectors (plastics, AgCl crystals, LiF), energy loss, hit region in the biological objects.


Input: Nodal domains are regions where a function has definite sign.


Input: DESIGN: Prospective, randomized, double-blind, controlled trial.


Input: CONCLUSIONS: This retrospective uncontrolled study shows that in patients with type 1 HRS, terlipressin-induced improved renal function is associated with an increase in survival.


Input: Calcimimetic agents directly inhibit PTH secretion by activating the calcium-sensing receptor in the parathyroid glands, but clinical experience with them is limited.

PTH


Input: The subjects were shown to be capable of assessing integrally the value of accelerations and estimating it with an error of 0. 1-0. 12 g.


Input: The observed incidence rates were compared to expected rates in the general population.


Input: The only predictor of response to tacrolimus was a previous response to cyclosporin and prednisone, either as a complete or partial remission (remission rate 75% vs 15. 3; P = 0. 036).


Input: Based on a morphological study of the resin-dentine interface, a broad selection of dentine adhesive systems was classified following their adhesion-strategy.


Input: Copyright 2002 American Cancer Society. DOI 10. 1002/cncr. 10318


Input: As measured by the PDQ-39, STN-DBS significantly improves important aspects of QoL in patients with advanced PD.