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10,647,739 | Immunohistochemical evidence for estrogen receptors in meibomian glands. | Ophthalmology | Ophthalmology | 107 | 1 | 10.1016/s0161-6420(99)00040-8 | eng | 2,000 | 1 | null | null | null | null | [PURPOSE] To look for sex hormone receptor distribution in three structures contributing to the normal human tear film: the conjunctiva, the accessory lacrimal glands, and the meibomian glands. [DESIGN] An immunohistochemical study. TISSUES AND CONTROLS: Forty-one upper eyelid specimens were collected from 15 male and ... | null | 2.651 | 297 | Ophthalmology | Medicine | 2,000 |
10,647,671 | Nephrovesical subcutaneous stent: an alternative to permanent nephrostomy. | The Journal of urology | J Urol | 163 | 2 | 10.1016/s0022-5347(05)67917-7 | eng | 2,000 | 2 | null | null | null | null | [PURPOSE] We studied whether a subcutaneous ureteral bypass may be an alternative to a permanent nephrostomy tube in patients with ureteral obstruction caused by pelvic malignancy. [MATERIALS AND METHODS] Using local anesthesia we inserted an especially designed nephrovesical stent into subcutaneous tissue. The stent c... | null | 1.751 | 291 | Urology | Medicine | 2,000 |
10,647,659 | 10 years of experience with penile prosthesis implantation in Taiwanese patients. | The Journal of urology | J Urol | 163 | 2 | null | eng | 2,000 | 2 | null | null | null | null | [PURPOSE] We evaluated the long-term results of penile prosthesis implantation during the last 10 years. Special considerations were examined concerning Asian corporeal diameter, device survival and sociocultural factors influencing patient-partner satisfaction. [MATERIALS AND METHODS] We followed 331 patients who unde... | null | 1.751 | 291 | Urology | Medicine | 2,000 |
10,646,816 | Attitudes among health care professionals on the ethics of assisted reproductive technologies and legal abortion. | Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica | Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand | 79 | 1 | 10.1034/j.1600-0412.2000.079001049.x | eng | 2,000 | 1 | null | null | null | null | [BACKGROUND] The purpose of the present study was to study the attitudes among Danish health care professionals likely to encounter ethical controversies of ART and related subjects. [METHODS] Anonymous questionnaire study design. A total number of 993 were asked to participate from May-July 1994. [RESULTS] There was a... | Empirical Approach; Genetics and Reproduction | 0.723 | 126 | Medicine; Obstetrics and Gynecology | Medicine | 2,000 |
10,646,712 | Stereotastic radiosurgery for glomus jugulare tumors. | The Laryngoscope | Laryngoscope | 110 | 1 | 10.1097/00005537-200001000-00007 | eng | 2,000 | 1 | null | null | null | null | [OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS] Surgery is considered to be the mainstay of treatment for glomus jugulare tumors. A subset of patients are poor surgical candidates based on age, medical problems, tumor size, or prior treatment failure. The purpose of this study was to review our results with stereotactic radiosurgery (gamma kn... | null | 1.349 | 183 | Otorhinolaryngology | Medicine | 2,000 |
10,646,146 | Epithelial ingrowth in a corneal graft treated by laser in situ keratomileusis: light and electron microscopy. | Journal of cataract and refractive surgery | J Cataract Refract Surg | 26 | 1 | 10.1016/s0886-3350(99)00320-x | eng | 2,000 | 1 | null | null | null | null | [PURPOSE] To demonstrate progressive epithelial ingrowth histopathologically in a human cornea after laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) and review its pathophysiology. [SETTING] Department of Ophthalmology, Medical College of Virginia Campus, Virginia Commonwealth University, and the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, ... | null | 1.883 | 169 | Ophthalmology; Sensory Systems; Surgery | Medicine; Neuroscience | 2,000 |
10,645,735 | Relation between informant-rated personality and clinician-rated depression in patients with memory disorders. | Neuropsychiatry, neuropsychology, and behavioral neurology | Neuropsychiatry Neuropsychol Behav Neurol | 13 | 1 | null | eng | 2,000 | 1 | null | null | null | null | [OBJECTIVE] The goal of this study was to examine the convergent validity of informant-rated changes in depressive and related personality traits with clinician-assessed depression in memory-disordered patients. [BACKGROUND] Depressive symptoms are frequent complications in persons with dementias such as Alzheimer dise... | null | null | null | null | null | null |
10,644,903 | Hypoparathyroidism potentiates cardiovascular complications through disturbed calcium metabolism: possible risk of vitamin D(3) analog administration in dialysis patients with end-stage renal disease. | Nephron | Nephron | 84 | 1 | 10.1159/000045533 | eng | 2,000 | 1 | null | null | null | null | [BACKGROUND/AIM] Progressive cardiovascular calcification in dialysis patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) is a serious complication; however, the precise mechanism remains uncertain. We tested whether metabolic calcium abnormalities and hypoparathyroidism might have a correlation with cardiovascular complicati... | null | 0.579 | 102 | Medicine; Nephrology; Urology; Physiology; Physiology | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Medicine | 2,000 |
10,644,324 | Localisation of divalent metal transporter 1 (DMT1) to the microvillus membrane of rat duodenal enterocytes in iron deficiency, but to hepatocytes in iron overload. | Gut | Gut | 46 | 2 | 10.1136/gut.46.2.270 | eng | 2,000 | 2 | null | null | null | null | [BACKGROUND] The mechanism of iron absorption by the intestine and its transfer to the main iron storage site, the liver, is poorly understood. Recently an iron carrier was cloned and named DMT1 (divalent metal transporter 1). [AIMS] To determine the level of DMT1 gene expression and protein distribution in duodenum an... | null | 1.953 | 364 | Gastroenterology | Medicine | 2,000 |
10,625,265 | Cross sectional study of reporting of epileptic seizures to general practitioners. | BMJ (Clinical research ed.) | BMJ | 320 | 7227 | 10.1136/bmj.320.7227.94 | eng | 2,000 | 1 | 8 | null | null | null | [OBJECTIVE] Comparison of reporting of recent epileptic seizures by patients to a doctor and anonymously. [DESIGN] Cross sectional study of patients with epilepsy by comparison of paired questionnaires. [SETTING] Rural and urban general practices in Norfolk. [PARTICIPANTS] 122 patients aged over 16 years and able to se... | null | 1.122 | 519 | Medicine | Medicine | 2,000 |
10,642,420 | Is a reduction in residual volume a sub-clinical manifestation of hydrogen sulfide intoxication? | American journal of industrial medicine | Am J Ind Med | 37 | 3 | 10.1002/(sici)1097-0274(200003)37:3<296::aid-ajim8>3.0.co;2-2 | eng | 2,000 | 3 | null | null | null | null | [BACKGROUND] A number of employees at an aircraft factory were accidentally exposed to hydrogen sulfide. Because of concern that this may have resulted in lung injury, forty-seven workers were referred for clinical and physiological evaluation. [METHODS] Comprehensive pulmonary function tests were performed including s... | null | 0.856 | 120 | Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health | Medicine | 2,000 |
10,640,982 | Orthotopic human lung carcinoma xenografts in BALB/c mice immunosuppressed with anti-CD4 monoclonal antibodies and chronic alcohol consumption. | Cancer | Cancer | 88 | 2 | null | eng | 2,000 | 1 | 15 | null | null | null | [BACKGROUND] The role of the immune system in the surveillance of the body for cancer cells is well established. Human tumor cells do not survive in mice with intact immune systems, but they propagate in athymic nude mice. Presumably, the lack of a thymus gland and consequent loss of T lymphocytes results in a seriousl... | null | 1.528 | 349 | Cancer Research; Oncology | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Medicine | 2,000 |
10,640,978 | Predominance of brain tumors in an extended Li-Fraumeni (SBLA) kindred, including a case of Sturge-Weber syndrome. | Cancer | Cancer | 88 | 2 | 10.1002/(sici)1097-0142(20000115)88:2<433::aid-cncr26>3.0.co;2-0 | eng | 2,000 | 1 | 15 | null | null | null | [BACKGROUND] Li-Fraumeni syndrome (LFS) is characterized by a plethora of cancers, most prominent of which is carcinoma of the breast followed by sarcomas, brain tumors, leukemia, lymphoma, lung carcinoma, and adrenocortical carcinoma (therefore, also referred to by the acronym SBLA syndrome). [METHODS] The family repo... | null | 1.528 | 349 | Cancer Research; Oncology | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Medicine | 2,000 |
10,640,976 | Prognostic significance of p16 and CDK4 proteins in localized prostate carcinoma. | Cancer | Cancer | 88 | 2 | null | eng | 2,000 | 1 | 15 | null | null | null | [BACKGROUND] In prostate carcinoma, a very low frequency of point mutations of the tumor suppressor gene CDKN2/MTS1 (p16(INK4)) has been reported, but deletions of 9p21 and inactivation by promoter methylation are observed more frequently. In the current study the authors evaluated the expression of p16 and CDK4 protei... | null | 1.528 | 349 | Cancer Research; Oncology | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Medicine | 2,000 |
10,638,877 | Interrater reliability of judgments of the centralization phenomenon and status change during movement testing in patients with low back pain. | Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation | Arch Phys Med Rehabil | 81 | 1 | 10.1016/s0003-9993(00)90222-3 | eng | 2,000 | 1 | null | null | null | null | [OBJECTIVE] To determine the interrater reliability of judgments of status change, including the centralization phenomenon during examination of the lumbar spine, and to determine the effects of training and experience on reliability. [DESIGN] A videotape study of judgments by physical therapists and physical therapy s... | null | 0.838 | 225 | Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation; Rehabilitation; Sports Science | Health Professions; Medicine | 2,000 |
10,638,469 | Induction of a catabolic state in rats by dexamethasone: dose or time dependency? | JPEN. Journal of parenteral and enteral nutrition | JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr | 24 | 1 | 10.1177/014860710002400130 | eng | 2,000 | null | null | null | null | null | [BACKGROUND] Daily injections of dexamethasone (DEX) given to adult rats are a recognized but nonstandardized model of stress. The aim of this work was to establish a reproducible and accurate model of stress in adult rats by chronic injection of DEX in order to standardize it. For this purpose, the effect of the durat... | null | null | null | null | null | null |
10,637,089 | Cardiopulmonary exercise testing for prognosis in chronic heart failure: continuous and independent prognostic value from VE/VCO(2)slope and peak VO(2). | European heart journal | Eur Heart J | 21 | 2 | 10.1053/euhj.1999.1863 | eng | 2,000 | 1 | null | null | null | null | [BACKGROUND] Chronic heart failure carries a poor prognosis. Cardiopulmonary exercise testing is useful in predicting survival. We set out to establish the prognostic value of peak VO(2)and VE/VCO(2)slope across a range of threshold values. [METHOD AND RESULTS] Three hundred and three consecutive patients with stable c... | null | null | null | null | null | null |
10,637,085 | The association of resting heart rate with cardiovascular, cancer and all-cause mortality. Eight year follow-up of 3527 male Israeli employees (the CORDIS Study). | European heart journal | Eur Heart J | 21 | 2 | 10.1053/euhj.1999.1741 | eng | 2,000 | 1 | null | null | null | null | [BACKGROUND] Resting heart rate has frequently been shown to be a predictor of coronary heart disease mortality. Elevated heart rate could also be a marker for the presence of other risk factors, which have not been taken into consideration in previous studies. [OBJECTIVE] To evaluate the effect of resting heart rate o... | null | null | null | null | null | null |
10,637,070 | The usefulness of cystoscopy in the staging of cervical cancer. | Gynecologic oncology | Gynecol Oncol | 76 | 2 | 10.1006/gyno.1999.5679 | eng | 2,000 | 2 | null | null | null | null | [OBJECTIVE] The aim of this study was to clarify the usefulness of cystoscopy in the staging of cervical cancer and to evaluate the clinical indications for performing ureteric catheterization to rule out ureteral obstruction in cervical cancer. [METHODS] Both rigid cystoscopy and CT were performed before treatment in ... | null | 0.979 | 192 | Obstetrics and Gynecology; Oncology | Medicine | 2,000 |
10,636,105 | Liver adenomatosis: reappraisal, diagnosis, and surgical management: eight new cases and review of the literature. | Annals of surgery | Ann Surg | 231 | 1 | 10.1097/00000658-200001000-00011 | eng | 2,000 | 1 | null | null | null | null | [OBJECTIVE] Liver adenomatosis (LA) is a rare disease originally defined by Flejou et al in 1985 from a series of 13 cases. In 1998, 38 cases were available for analysis, including eight personal cases. The aim of this study was to review and reappraise the characteristics of this rare liver disease and to discuss diag... | null | 3.51 | 360 | Surgery | Medicine | 2,000 |
10,634,843 | Neonatal hypoglycaemia in Nepal 2. Availability of alternative fuels. | Archives of disease in childhood. Fetal and neonatal edition | Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed | 82 | 1 | 10.1136/fn.82.1.f52 | eng | 2,000 | 1 | null | null | null | null | [AIMS] To study early neonatal metabolic adaptation in a hospital population of neonates in Nepal. [METHODS] A cross sectional study was made of 578 neonates, 0 to 48 hours after birth, in the main maternity hospital in Kathmandu. The following clinical and nutritional variables were assessed: concentrations and age pr... | null | null | null | null | null | null |
10,634,626 | ABCR gene analysis in familial exudative age-related macular degeneration. | Investigative ophthalmology & visual science | Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci | 41 | 1 | null | eng | 2,000 | 1 | null | null | null | null | [PURPOSE] Identification of genetic factors in the pathogenesis of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is of crucial importance in this common cause of blindness. Mutations in the Stargardt disease gene (ABCR) were previously reported in patients with atrophic forms of AMD. The purpose of this study was to analyze f... | null | null | null | null | null | null |
10,634,620 | Effect of UV-A light on the chaperone-like properties of young and old lens alpha-crystallin. | Investigative ophthalmology & visual science | Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci | 41 | 1 | null | eng | 2,000 | 1 | null | null | null | null | [PURPOSE] To study the damaging effect of UV-A irradiation on the chaperone-like properties of alpha-crystallin and the subsequent recovery process of young and old bovine lenses. [METHODS] Young and old bovine lenses were kept in organ culture. After 24 hours of incubation they were irradiated with UV-A at 365 nm, and... | null | null | null | null | null | null |
10,634,457 | St Louis encephalitis: a review of 11 cases in a 1995 Dallas, Tex, epidemic. | Archives of neurology | Arch Neurol | 57 | 1 | 10.1001/archneur.57.1.114 | eng | 2,000 | 1 | null | null | null | null | [OBJECTIVE] To update some of the clinical features of St Louis encephalitis (SLE), a common arboviral infection that occurs in epidemic patterns in the south-central and midwestern United States. [METHODS] Eleven patients with SLE from a 1995 epidemic in Dallas, Tex, were studied clinically, radiologically, neurophysi... | null | null | null | null | null | null |
10,634,287 | Training military medics as civilian prehospital care providers in Southern Sudan. | Prehospital emergency care | Prehosp Emerg Care | 4 | 1 | 10.1080/10903120090941687 | eng | 2,000 | null | null | null | null | null | [OBJECTIVE] To describe and evaluate a training program to teach civilian prehospital care to military medics in the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA). [METHODS] Forty-one SPLA military personnel with variable prior medical experience participated in the course. Pre- and postintervention tests were used to evaluate... | null | 0.754 | 76 | Emergency Medicine; Emergency Nursing | Medicine; Nursing | 2,000 |
10,634,247 | Validation of a portable instrument for assessing tremor severity in epidemiologic field studies. | Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society | Mov Disord | 15 | 1 | 10.1002/1531-8257(200001)15:1<95::aid-mds1015>3.0.co;2-d | eng | 2,000 | 1 | null | null | null | null | [BACKGROUND] An important part of epidemiologic and genetic studies of essential tremor (ET) is an assessment of tremor severity. Clinical rating scales are semiquantitative and computerized tremor analysis, available at tertiary medical centers, is not transportable into the field. As part of an epidemiologic study, w... | null | 1.389 | 238 | Neurology; Neurology | Medicine; Neuroscience | 2,000 |
10,633,225 | Expression of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors in lean and obese Zucker rats. | European journal of endocrinology | Eur J Endocrinol | 142 | 1 | 10.1530/eje.0.1420071 | eng | 2,000 | 1 | null | null | null | null | [OBJECTIVE] Examination of the pattern of expression of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) isoforms alpha and gamma in a model of obesity. [DESIGN] Examination of adipose tissue and primary adipocyte cultures from lean and obese Zucker rats at different ages (28 days and 12 weeks). [METHODS] mRNA levels ... | null | 0.864 | 179 | Medicine; Endocrinology; Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Medicine | 2,000 |
10,631,274 | Tumor microsatellite instability and clinical outcome in young patients with colorectal cancer. | The New England journal of medicine | N Engl J Med | 342 | 2 | 10.1056/NEJM200001133420201 | eng | 2,000 | 1 | 13 | null | null | null | [BACKGROUND] Colorectal cancer can arise through two distinct mutational pathways: microsatellite instability or chromosomal instability. We tested the hypothesis that colorectal cancers arising from the microsatellite-instability pathway have distinctive clinical attributes that affect clinical outcome. [METHODS] We t... | null | 8.367 | 1,231 | Medicine | Medicine | 2,000 |
10,630,799 | A functional recovery score for elderly hip fracture patients: II. Validity and reliability. | Journal of orthopaedic trauma | J Orthop Trauma | 14 | 1 | 10.1097/00005131-200001000-00006 | eng | 2,000 | 1 | null | null | null | null | [OBJECTIVE] To assess predictive and discriminant validity and responsiveness of the Functional Recovery Score, a disease-specific health assessment tool. [STUDY DESIGN] Prospective, consecutive. [METHODS] Six hundred eighty-two elderly patients who sustained a hip fracture were prospectively followed and evaluated by ... | null | 1.016 | 150 | Medicine; Orthopedics and Sports Medicine; Sports Science; Surgery | Health Professions; Medicine | 2,000 |
10,630,434 | Behavior and gastroesophageal reflux in the premature neonate. | Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition | J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr | 30 | 1 | 10.1097/00005176-200001000-00012 | eng | 2,000 | 1 | null | null | null | null | [BACKGROUND] The belief that behavioral observations assist in the clinical diagnosis of gastroesophageal reflux (GER) disease in premature neonates has not been formally tested. The purpose of this study was to determine whether esophageal acidification was associated with a recognizable pattern of behavioral changes ... | null | 0.34 | 160 | Gastroenterology; Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health | Medicine | 2,000 |
10,630,307 | Biodistribution and tumor localization of lymphokine-activated killer T cells following different routes of administration into tumor-bearing animals. | Cancer immunology, immunotherapy : CII | Cancer Immunol Immunother | 48 | 10 | 10.1007/pl00006673 | eng | 2,000 | 1 | null | null | null | null | [PURPOSE] The efficiency of adoptive cellular immunotherapy of cancer might depend on the number of effector cells that reach the malignant tissues. In the present study, the biodistribution and tumor localization of ex vivo lymphokine-activated T killer (T-LAK) cells was investigated. [METHODS] T-LAK cells were labele... | null | 0.946 | 142 | Medicine; Oncology; Cancer Research; Immunology; Immunology and Allergy | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Immunology and Microbiology; Medicine | 2,000 |
10,629,357 | A 6-month, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of eptastigmine in Alzheimer's disease. | Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders | Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord | 11 | 1 | 10.1159/000017208 | eng | 2,000 | null | null | null | null | null | [OBJECTIVES] To evaluate the efficacy and safety of eptastigmine as a treatment for patients with mild-to-moderate Alzheimer's disease (AD). [PATIENTS AND METHODS] The study was designed as a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group study. It was performed in 26 Italian and American geriatric and ne... | null | 0.842 | 127 | Geriatrics and Gerontology; Psychiatry and Mental Health; Cognitive Neuroscience | Medicine; Neuroscience | 2,000 |
10,629,136 | Evaluation of the BBL MGIT (Mycobacterial growth indicator tube) AST SIRE system for antimycobacterial susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to 4 primary antituberculous drugs. | Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine | Arch Pathol Lab Med | 124 | 1 | 10.5858/2000-124-0082-EOTBMM | eng | 2,000 | 1 | null | null | null | null | [OBJECTIVE] To evaluate the performance of the BBL MGIT (Mycobacterial Growth Indicator Tube) AST SIRE system for the antimycobacterial susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to isoniazid (at a concentration equivalent to the lower concentration used for testing by the method of proportion), rifampin, eth... | null | null | null | null | null | null |
10,627,109 | Alcohol dependence among Alaska Natives entering alcoholism treatment: a gender comparison. | Journal of studies on alcohol | J Stud Alcohol | 61 | 1 | 10.15288/jsa.2000.61.150 | eng | 2,000 | 1 | null | null | null | null | [OBJECTIVE] An ongoing study of phenotypes of alcohol dependence among Alaska Natives provides an opportunity to investigate the nature and patterns of alcohol problems among Alaska Native men and women admitted to treatment in three residential programs in Anchorage, Alaska. [METHOD] A comprehensive, standardized clin... | null | null | null | null | null | null |
10,627,108 | Predicting the therapeutic alliance in alcoholism treatment. | Journal of studies on alcohol | J Stud Alcohol | 61 | 1 | 10.15288/jsa.2000.61.139 | eng | 2,000 | 1 | null | null | null | null | [OBJECTIVE] Prediction of the therapeutic alliance in alcoholism treatment (as rated by the client and by the therapist) was examined in light of a range of potentially relevant factors, including client demographics, drinking history, current drinking, current psychosocial functioning and therapist demographics. [METH... | null | null | null | null | null | null |
10,625,787 | Hydrophilic hydromer-coated polyurethane stents versus uncoated stents in malignant biliary obstruction: a randomized trial. | Gastrointestinal endoscopy | Gastrointest Endosc | 51 | 1 | 10.1016/s0016-5107(00)70378-6 | eng | 2,000 | 1 | null | null | null | null | [BACKGROUND] Hydromer-coated polyurethane stents (HCPS) have a low coefficient of friction that may reduce sludge formation and potentially increase stent longevity. [METHODS] Eighty-three patients (39 men, mean age 69.3 years) with malignant mid or distal bile duct strictures were prospectively randomized to receive e... | null | 0.614 | 236 | Gastroenterology; Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging | Medicine | 2,000 |
10,625,735 | Caspase inhibitors reduce neuronal injury after focal but not global cerebral ischemia in rats. | Stroke | Stroke | 31 | 1 | 10.1161/01.str.31.1.176 | eng | 2,000 | 1 | null | null | null | null | [BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE] Studies show that blocking the activation of caspases by the caspase inhibitors z-VAD.FMK and z-DEVD.FMK can reduce ischemic neuronal injury after cerebral ischemia. Because the severity of ischemia was mild in some studies, we tested the efficacy of these caspase inhibitors on moderately sever... | null | 3.617 | 370 | Advanced and Specialized Nursing; Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine; Medicine; Neurology; Neuroscience | Medicine; Neuroscience; Nursing | 2,000 |
10,620,573 | Assessment of between-instrument variations in a HPLC method for serum lipoproteins and its traceability to reference methods for total cholesterol and HDL-cholesterol. | Clinical chemistry | Clin Chem | 46 | 1 | null | eng | 2,000 | 1 | null | null | null | null | [BACKGROUND] The main purpose of this study was to evaluate the between-instrument variation of the HPLC method for the measurement of total cholesterol (TC), HDL-cholesterol (HDL-C), LDL-cholesterol (LDL-C), VLDL-cholesterol (VLDL-C), chylomicron cholesterol (CM-C), LDL size, and HDL size. Furthermore, the accuracy of... | null | 1.222 | 248 | Biochemistry; Clinical Biochemistry | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Medicine | 2,000 |
10,618,625 | Effective preventive central nervous system therapy with extended triple intrathecal therapy and the modified ALL-BFM 86 chemotherapy program in an enlarged non-high risk group of children and adolescents with non-B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia: the Israel National Study report. | Cancer | Cancer | 88 | 1 | 10.1002/(sici)1097-0142(20000101)88:1<205::aid-cncr28>3.0.co;2-7 | eng | 2,000 | 1 | 1 | null | null | null | [BACKGROUND] Preventive cranial radiotherapy (CRT) in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), although effective, may be associated with neurologic sequelae and second malignancies. Attempts to replace CRT with intensified intrathecal therapy (IT) have shown promise in lower risk subgroups. In the Israel National... | null | 1.528 | 349 | Cancer Research; Oncology | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Medicine | 2,000 |
10,618,571 | Continuous intravenous quinidine infusion for the treatment of atrial fibrillation or flutter: a case series. | American heart journal | Am Heart J | 139 | 1 Pt 1 | 10.1016/s0002-8703(00)90317-x | eng | 2,000 | 1 | null | null | null | null | [BACKGROUND] The purpose of the study was to evaluate a continuous intravenous quinidine infusion (CIQI) for the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias in critically ill patients. [METHODS AND RESULTS] A 2-year retrospective review was conducted in adult patients receiving a CIQI for cardiac arrhythmias. Patient demographics... | null | 1.441 | 211 | Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine | Medicine | 2,000 |
10,618,331 | Ventricular pre-excitation in the general population: a study on the mode of presentation and clinical course. | Heart (British Cardiac Society) | Heart | 83 | 1 | 10.1136/heart.83.1.29 | eng | 2,000 | 1 | null | null | null | null | [OBJECTIVE] To describe the mode of presentation and the clinical course of patients with ventricular pre-excitation (Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) syndrome), with special emphasis on asymptomatic cases in the general population. [METHODS] Over an eight year period (1990-97) a prospective population based survey of cases... | null | 0.675 | 214 | Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine | Medicine | 2,000 |
10,618,308 | Staphylococcal alpha-toxin provokes coronary vasoconstriction and loss in myocardial contractility in perfused rat hearts: role of thromboxane generation. | Circulation | Circulation | 101 | 1 | 10.1161/01.cir.101.1.78 | eng | null | null | null | null | null | null | [BACKGROUND] Cardiac performance is severely depressed in septic shock. Endotoxin has been implicated as the causative agent in Gram-negative sepsis, but similar abnormalities are encountered in Gram-positive sepsis. We investigated the influence of the major exotoxin of Staphylococcus aureus, staphylococcal alpha-toxi... | null | null | null | null | null | null |
10,617,942 | Cheek cell phospholipids in human infants: a marker of docosahexaenoic and arachidonic acids in the diet, plasma, and red blood cells. | The American journal of clinical nutrition | Am J Clin Nutr | 71 | 1 | 10.1093/ajcn/71.1.21 | eng | 2,000 | 1 | null | null | null | null | [BACKGROUND] Assessment of essential fatty acid status requires collection of blood or adipose tissue samples. However, these invasive techniques cannot always be used in studies involving infants, young children, or subjects from whom it is difficult to obtain blood. A body tissue that is easy to access is the buccal ... | null | 1.903 | 390 | Medicine; Nutrition and Dietetics | Medicine; Nursing | 2,000 |
10,617,733 | Fever in pediatric primary care: occurrence, management, and outcomes. | Pediatrics | Pediatrics | 105 | 1 Pt 3 | null | eng | 2,000 | 1 | null | null | null | null | [OBJECTIVE] To describe the epidemiology, management, and outcomes of children with fever in pediatric primary care practice. [PATIENTS] A cohort of 20 585 children 3 to 36 months of age cared for in 11 pediatric offices of a health maintenance organization between 1991 and 1994. [METHODS] Using automated medical recor... | null | 2.062 | 409 | Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health | Medicine | 2,000 |
10,616,059 | Radicular pain caused by synovial cyst: an underdiagnosed entity in the elderly? | Journal of neurosurgery | J Neurosurg | 92 | 1 Suppl | 10.3171/spi.2000.92.1.0057 | eng | 2,000 | 1 | null | null | null | null | [OBJECT] Synovial cyst is a recognized but infrequent cause of nerve root or spinal canal compression. The authors undertook a review of 839 decompressive spinal procedures performed over a 5-year period. They found seven cases in which the symptoms were caused by synovial cysts. [METHODS] Six of these cases were in a ... | null | 1.724 | 244 | Neurology; Surgery | Medicine | 2,000 |
10,611,106 | Sponge delivery variables and tissue levels of 5-fluorouracil. | The British journal of ophthalmology | Br J Ophthalmol | 84 | 1 | 10.1136/bjo.84.1.92 | eng | 2,000 | 1 | null | null | null | null | [AIM] To study how the delivery of 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) to ocular tissues is affected by altering delivery variables. [METHOD] Sponge(s) soaked in radiolabelled 5-FU were placed between the conjunctiva and sclera of pig eyes. Application time, sponge size, sponge make (Altomed, Weck, Merocel), and 5-FU concentration w... | null | 1.323 | 185 | Ophthalmology; Sensory Systems; Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience | Medicine; Neuroscience | 2,000 |
10,606,936 | Dose-related efficacy and tolerability of fluticasone propionate nasal drops 400 microg once daily and twice daily in the treatment of bilateral nasal polyposis: a placebo-controlled randomized study in adult patients. | Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology | Clin Exp Allergy | 30 | 1 | 10.1046/j.1365-2222.2000.00695.x | eng | 2,000 | 1 | null | null | null | null | [BACKGROUND] Topical corticosteroids are the accepted medical adjunct to surgery in patients suffering from nasal polyposis. Fluticasone propionate (FP) is a potent, topically active corticosteroid which has been formulated as nasal drops specifically for the treatment of polyposis. [OBJECTIVES] To evaluate dose-relate... | null | 1.551 | 176 | Immunology; Immunology and Allergy | Immunology and Microbiology; Medicine | 2,000 |
10,604,321 | Artificial urinary sphincter for post-prostatectomy incontinence: impact of prior collagen injection on cost and clinical outcome. | The Journal of urology | J Urol | 163 | 1 | 10.1016/s0022-5347(05)67979-7 | eng | 2,000 | 1 | null | null | null | null | [PURPOSE] We retrospectively reviewed our experience with the artificial urinary sphincter in men with post-prostatectomy incontinence to determine the impact of prior collagen injection therapy on surgical outcome and overall cost of treatment. [MATERIALS AND METHODS] The records and preoperative urodynamic studies of... | null | 1.751 | 291 | Urology | Medicine | 2,000 |
10,601,392 | Snapshot view of emergency neurosurgical head injury care in Great Britain and Ireland. | Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry | J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry | 68 | 1 | 10.1136/jnnp.68.1.8 | eng | 2,000 | 1 | null | null | null | null | [OBJECTIVES] To study the availability of neurosurgical intensive care for the traumatically brain injured in all 36 neurosurgical centres in the United Kingdom and Ireland receiving head injuries, the response times to referral, and the advice given to the referring hospitals. [METHODS] Telephone survey of receiving n... | null | 1.317 | 244 | Neurology; Psychiatry and Mental Health; Surgery | Medicine | 2,000 |
10,755,076 | Childhood predictors of adult medically unexplained hospitalisations. Results from a national birth cohort study. | The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science | Br J Psychiatry | 176 | null | 10.1192/bjp.176.3.273 | eng | 2,000 | 3 | null | null | null | null | [BACKGROUND] It has been suggested that adults with medically unexplained physical symptoms experienced greater ill-health then others (either in themselves or their families) during childhood. [AIMS] To test these hypotheses. [METHOD] We used data from the Medical Research Council (MRC) National Survey of Health and D... | null | 2.904 | 264 | Medicine; Psychiatry and Mental Health | Medicine | 2,000 |
10,753,244 | Circulating neutrophil concentration and respiratory distress in premature infants. | The Journal of pediatrics | J Pediatr | 136 | 4 | 10.1016/s0022-3476(00)90009-x | eng | 2,000 | 4 | null | null | null | null | [BACKGROUND] The acute disappearance of neutrophils from the circulation can be associated with pulmonary leukostasis, lung injury, and respiratory distress. [OBJECTIVE] To determine whether a low concentration of mature neutrophils in the peripheral blood soon after birth is associated with an increase in subsequent r... | null | 1.544 | 246 | Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health | Medicine | 2,000 |
10,752,876 | Visualization modes for CT colonography using cylindrical and planar map projections. | Journal of computer assisted tomography | J Comput Assist Tomogr | 24 | 2 | 10.1097/00004728-200003000-00001 | eng | 2,000 | null | null | null | null | null | [PURPOSE] The purpose of this study was to demonstrate the limitations to the effectiveness of CT colonography, colloquially called virtual colonoscopy (VC), for detecting polyps in the colon and to describe a new technique, map projection CT colonography using Mercator projection and stereographic projection, that ove... | null | null | null | null | null | null |
10,764,704 | Effects of glucagon-like peptide-1(7-36)amide on antro-pyloro-duodenal motility in the interdigestive state and with duodenal lipid perfusion in humans. | Gut | Gut | 46 | 5 | 10.1136/gut.46.5.622 | eng | 2,000 | 5 | null | null | null | null | [BACKGROUND] Glucagon-like peptide-1(7-36)amide (GLP-1) is a gut hormone released postprandially. Synthetic GLP-1 strongly inhibits gastric emptying in healthy subjects and in patients with diabetes mellitus. [AIMS] To investigate the effects of GLP-1 on antro-pyloro-duodenal motility in humans. [METHODS] Eleven health... | null | 1.953 | 364 | Gastroenterology | Medicine | 2,000 |
10,764,431 | What threshold for adjuvant therapy in older breast cancer patients? | Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology | J Clin Oncol | 18 | 8 | 10.1200/JCO.2000.18.8.1709 | eng | 2,000 | 4 | null | null | null | null | [PURPOSE] To consider the question of when to prescribe adjuvant treatment for elderly breast cancer patients, particularly when comorbidities are present. Knowledge of the threshold relapse risks above which adjuvant treatment is worth prescribing would enhance decision making. [PATIENTS AND METHODS] A Markov analysis... | null | 3.972 | 646 | Cancer Research; Medicine; Oncology | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Medicine | 2,000 |
10,764,360 | Inpatient care of mentally ill people in prison: results of a year's programme of semistructured inspections. | BMJ (Clinical research ed.) | BMJ | 320 | 7241 | 10.1136/bmj.320.7241.1031 | eng | 2,000 | 4 | 15 | null | null | null | [OBJECTIVE] To investigate the facilities for inpatient care of mentally disordered people in prison. [DESIGN] Semistructured inspections conducted by doctor and nurse. Expected standards were based on healthcare quality standards published by the Prison Service or the NHS. [SETTING] 13 prisons with inpatient beds in E... | null | 1.122 | 519 | Medicine | Medicine | 2,000 |
10,763,936 | The short- and long-term efficacy of empirical esophageal dilation in patients with nonobstructive dysphagia: a prospective, randomized study. | The American journal of gastroenterology | Am J Gastroenterol | 95 | 4 | 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2000.01928.x | eng | 2,000 | 4 | null | null | null | null | [OBJECTIVE] The efficacy of empirical esophageal dilation for nonobstructive dysphagia (NOD) is unknown. Our aim was to assess the efficacy and safety of empirical dilation with a large bougie in patients with NOD. [METHODS] Patients with NOD (normal barium swallow, free passage of a 13-mm barium pill, and normal esoph... | null | 1.058 | 296 | Gastroenterology; Hepatology | Medicine | 2,000 |
10,763,534 | SIDS related anxiety--a risk factor analysis. | Wiener klinische Wochenschrift | Wien Klin Wochenschr | 112 | 5 | null | eng | 2,000 | 3 | 10 | null | null | null | [BACKGROUND] The growing public interest in the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) has led to a new psychological problem--SIDS related anxiety (SRA). General public awareness, unfavourable experience in the past, present problems with the infant or insufficient support from the family may lead or contribute to SRA. [... | null | 0.241 | 65 | Medicine | Medicine | 2,000 |
10,763,158 | Supportive communication with implantable cardioverter defibrillator patients: seven principles to facilitate psychosocial adjustment. | Journal of cardiopulmonary rehabilitation | J Cardiopulm Rehabil | 20 | 2 | 10.1097/00008483-200003000-00004 | eng | 2,000 | null | null | null | null | null | [METHODS] This article incorporates known findings from the psychological literature regarding health behaviors and adjustment to cardiac illness with identified psychosocial needs of implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) patients. An emphasis is placed on healthcare providers' unique ability to facilitate adjus... | null | null | null | null | null | null |
10,761,355 | Predictors of adult height and weight in boys treated with methylphenidate for childhood behavior problems. | Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry | J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry | 39 | 4 | 10.1097/00004583-200004000-00022 | eng | 2,000 | 4 | null | null | null | null | [OBJECTIVE] To examine associations between childhood treatment with methylphenidate (MPH) and adult height and weight. [METHOD] Subjects were 97 boys, aged 4 to 12 years, with behavior problems who were (1) referred to a child psychiatry outpatient clinic, (2) treated clinically with MPH for an average of 36 months, a... | null | 2.436 | 282 | Developmental and Educational Psychology; Psychiatry and Mental Health | Medicine; Psychology | 2,000 |
10,760,111 | Analysis of the effects of increasing delivered dialysis treatment to malnourished peritoneal dialysis patients. | Kidney international | Kidney Int | 57 | 4 | 10.1046/j.1523-1755.2000.00020.x | eng | 2,000 | 4 | null | null | null | null | [BACKGROUND] Poor nutrition is associated with a loss of residual renal function and inferior clinical outcome in peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients. The value of increasing the PD dose in these individuals is unclear. [METHODS] An open, prospective, longitudinal, "intention to treat" study was performed on a whole PD p... | null | null | null | null | null | null |
10,759,928 | Etiology and distribution of headaches in two Brazilian primary care units. | Headache | Headache | 40 | 3 | 10.1046/j.1526-4610.2000.00035.x | eng | 2,000 | 3 | null | null | null | null | [OBJECTIVES] To determine (a) which patients seek primary care services with a complaint of headache, (b) the percentages of the various types of headache in this population, and (c) the impact of the care provided to these patients on the basic health care network. [BACKGROUND] Headache is one of the most frequent sym... | null | 0.805 | 146 | Neurology; Neurology | Medicine; Neuroscience | 2,000 |
10,759,920 | Predictability of exogenous hormone effect on subgroups of migraineurs. | Headache | Headache | 40 | 3 | 10.1046/j.1526-4610.2000.00027.x | eng | 2,000 | 3 | null | null | null | null | [OBJECTIVE] To evaluate whether self-reported past migraine response to reproductive life events (menses, pregnancy, menopause) alters the likelihood of worsening of migraine with exogenous hormone use. [METHODS] A retrospective study was conducted on 451 female patients at the University Headache Center who had a diag... | null | 0.805 | 146 | Neurology; Neurology | Medicine; Neuroscience | 2,000 |
10,759,828 | Pleomorphic lipoma: case report and literature review. | Dermatologic surgery : official publication for American Society for Dermatologic Surgery [et al.] | Dermatol Surg | 26 | 4 | 10.1046/j.1524-4725.2000.99244.x | eng | 2,000 | 4 | null | null | null | null | [BACKGROUND] Pleomorphic lipoma is a rare, benign, pseudosarcomatous, soft tissue neoplasm typically involving the subcutis of the neck and shoulder in middle-aged to elderly men. It is characterized histologically by atypical, multinucleated giant cells and grossly as a well-circumscribed mass. Since this neoplasm can... | null | 1.506 | 146 | Dermatology; Medicine; Surgery | Medicine | 2,000 |
10,759,800 | Principles of CO2/erbium laser safety. | Dermatologic surgery : official publication for American Society for Dermatologic Surgery [et al.] | Dermatol Surg | 26 | 3 | 10.1046/j.1524-4725.2000.09187.x | eng | 2,000 | 3 | null | null | null | null | [BACKGROUND] There are a variety of potential hazards with laser technology. [METHODS] A review of the literature. [OBJECTIVE] To summarize the potential hazards of CO2 and erbium laser technologies and the safety guidelines and equipment developed to minimize them. [RESULTS] Laser hazards can be divided into the follo... | null | 1.506 | 146 | Dermatology; Medicine; Surgery | Medicine | 2,000 |
10,759,664 | A comparative study of terazosin and tamsulosin for symptomatic benign prostatic hyperplasia in Japanese patients. | BJU international | BJU Int | 85 | 6 | 10.1046/j.1464-410x.2000.00608.x | eng | 2,000 | 4 | null | null | null | null | [OBJECTIVE] To compare the efficacy and safety of an incremental-dose regimen of terazosin (1-2 mg daily) and a fixed-dose regimen of tamsulosin (0.2 mg daily), on Japanese patients with symptomatic benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). [PATIENTS AND METHODS] This multicentre, single-blind, randomized trial compared tera... | null | 0.469 | 174 | Urology | Medicine | 2,000 |
10,759,473 | Comparison of a new method for the direct and simultaneous assessment of LDL- and HDL-cholesterol with ultracentrifugation and established methods. | Clinical chemistry | Clin Chem | 46 | 4 | null | eng | 2,000 | 4 | null | null | null | null | [BACKGROUND] Automated electrophoresis combined with enzymatic cholesterol staining might improve routine assessment of LDL- and HDL-cholesterol (LDLC and HDLC), as an alternative to the Friedewald equation and precipitation. A new method (Hydrasys; SEBIA) that adapts the cholesterol esterase/cholesterol oxidase reacti... | null | 1.222 | 248 | Biochemistry; Clinical Biochemistry | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Medicine | 2,000 |
10,759,122 | The lower labial branches of the mental nerve: anatomic variations and surgical relevance. | Journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery : official journal of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons | J Oral Maxillofac Surg | 58 | 4 | 10.1016/s0278-2391(00)90925-x | eng | 2,000 | 4 | null | null | null | null | [PURPOSE] The purpose of this study was to determine the cause of injuries of the lower labial branches (LLB) of the mental nerve (MN) after biopsy of minor salivary glands (BMSG), labial nodule excision, or symphyseal bone procedures using a labial approach. [PATIENTS AND METHODS] Thirty-two MN were dissected in 16 ca... | null | 0.653 | 147 | Oral Surgery; Otorhinolaryngology; Surgery | Dentistry; Medicine | 2,000 |
10,759,119 | The effect of mandibular third molar presence and position on the risk of an angle fracture. | Journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery : official journal of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons | J Oral Maxillofac Surg | 58 | 4 | 10.1016/s0278-2391(00)90921-2 | eng | 2,000 | 4 | null | null | null | null | [PURPOSE] This study assessed the relationship between the presence and position of mandibular third molars (M3) and angle fractures. [PATIENTS AND METHODS] A retrospective cohort study design and a sample composed of patients admitted for treatment of mandible fractures between January 1993 and April 1998 were used. D... | null | 0.653 | 147 | Oral Surgery; Otorhinolaryngology; Surgery | Dentistry; Medicine | 2,000 |
10,758,978 | Cytokine-induced nitric oxide production inhibits mitochondrial energy production and impairs contractile function in rat cardiac myocytes. | Journal of the American College of Cardiology | J Am Coll Cardiol | 35 | 5 | 10.1016/s0735-1097(00)00526-x | eng | 2,000 | 4 | null | null | null | null | [OBJECTIVES] The present study examined whether nitric oxide (NO) produced by inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) can directly inhibit aerobic energy metabolism and impair cell function in interleukin (IL)-1beta,-stimulated cardiac myocytes. [BACKGROUND] Recent reports have indicated that excessive production of NO ... | null | 4.278 | 512 | Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine | Medicine | 2,000 |
10,758,972 | Percutaneous mitral commissurotomy for restenosis after surgical commissurotomy: late efficacy and implications for patient selection. | Journal of the American College of Cardiology | J Am Coll Cardiol | 35 | 5 | 10.1016/s0735-1097(00)00512-x | eng | 2,000 | 4 | null | null | null | null | [OBJECTIVES] The results of percutaneous mitral commissurotomy were assessed in patients with restenosis after surgical commissurotomy. [BACKGROUND] Balloon dilation is feasible in patients with restenosis after surgical commissurotomy, but little is known about its late efficacy. [METHODS] We studied 232 patients who ... | null | 4.278 | 512 | Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine | Medicine | 2,000 |
10,758,969 | Depressed heart rate variability identifies postinfarction patients who might benefit from prophylactic treatment with amiodarone: a substudy of EMIAT (The European Myocardial Infarct Amiodarone Trial). | Journal of the American College of Cardiology | J Am Coll Cardiol | 35 | 5 | 10.1016/s0735-1097(00)00571-4 | eng | 2,000 | 4 | null | null | null | null | [OBJECTIVES] This substudy tested a prospective hypothesis that European Myocardial Infarct Amiodarone Trial (EMIAT) patients with depressed heart rate variability (HRV) benefit from amiodarone treatment. [BACKGROUND] The EMIAT randomized 1,486 survivors of acute myocardial infarction (MI) aged < or =75 years with left... | null | 4.278 | 512 | Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine | Medicine | 2,000 |
10,758,391 | Postoperative radial artery angiography for coronary artery bypass surgery. | European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery | Eur J Cardiothorac Surg | 17 | 3 | 10.1016/s1010-7940(99)00364-4 | eng | 2,000 | 3 | null | null | null | null | [OBJECTIVE] To compare radial artery (RA) patency with internal mammary artery (IMA) patency for coronary artery bypass surgery in our early experience. [METHODS] Symptomatic as well as asymptomatic patients with > or =1 RA coronary graft underwent postoperative angiography. Each anastomosis was considered separately. ... | null | 0.86 | 158 | Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine; Medicine; Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine; Surgery | Medicine | 2,000 |
10,758,387 | Surgical management of atherosclerotic aortic arch aneurysms using selective cerebral perfusion: 7-year experience in 52 patients. | European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery | Eur J Cardiothorac Surg | 17 | 3 | 10.1016/s1010-7940(00)00340-7 | eng | 2,000 | 3 | null | null | null | null | [OBJECTIVE] Patients with atherosclerotic aortic arch aneurysms are at greater risk for brain complication. We report our techniques and results of operation using selective cerebral perfusion. [METHODS] We retrospectively analyzed 52 consecutive patients with atherosclerotic aortic arch aneurysms (mean age, 70 years, ... | null | 0.86 | 158 | Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine; Medicine; Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine; Surgery | Medicine | 2,000 |
10,758,329 | Relative profile and dose verification of intensity-modulated radiation therapy. | International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics | Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys | 47 | 1 | 10.1016/s0360-3016(99)00555-6 | eng | 2,000 | 4 | 1 | null | null | null | [PURPOSE] To develop a quality assurance (QA) procedure to assess the intensity profile and dosimetry for intensity-modulated (IM) treatment fields using electronic portal imaging devices (EPIDs). [METHODS AND MATERIALS] A series of rapidly acquired (approximately 1/sec) portal images are summed and converted to dose. ... | null | 1.777 | 286 | Cancer Research; Oncology; Radiation; Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Medicine; Physics and Astronomy | 2,000 |
10,758,256 | Obsessive-compulsive disorder in schizophrenia. | Journal of psychiatric research | J Psychiatr Res | 34 | 2 | 10.1016/s0022-3956(99)00048-5 | eng | 2,000 | null | null | null | null | null | [OBJECTIVE] To examine the differences in demographic and clinical features of patients with schizophrenia, with or without comorbid obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). [METHODS] Fifty-two subjects were recruited from clinical services in the city of Edmonton, Alberta and assessed for schizophrenia and OCD with struct... | null | 1.454 | 172 | Biological Psychiatry; Psychiatry and Mental Health | Medicine; Neuroscience | 2,000 |
10,757,574 | Differential action of spasmolytic vasodilators on platelet aggregation and endothelial cell-dependent anti-aggregation. | Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica | Acta Anaesthesiol Scand | 44 | 4 | 10.1034/j.1399-6576.2000.440410.x | eng | 2,000 | 4 | null | null | null | null | [BACKGROUND] The perioperative use of spasmolytic vasodilators during reconstructive or vascular surgery is an important therapeutic procedure to prevent vascular spasm. Platelet aggregation at vascular endothelium injured by the surgical manipulation is thought to be associated with the persistency of spasm, although ... | null | 0.896 | 126 | Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine; Medicine | Medicine | 2,000 |
10,757,132 | Alcohol dependence at the cellular level: effects of ethanol on calcium homeostasis of IM-9 human lymphoblast cells. | Journal of studies on alcohol | J Stud Alcohol | 61 | 2 | 10.15288/jsa.2000.61.225 | eng | 2,000 | 3 | null | null | null | null | [OBJECTIVE] Increased intracellular calcium level ([Ca2+]i) was previously observed in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of alcoholic patients under withdrawal. To determine whether this change in [Ca2+]i is due to direct effect of ethanol on blood cells and shows adaptation of these cells to alcohol, we examined the ... | null | null | null | null | null | null |
10,756,298 | Study of the physical properties of type IV gypsum, resin-containing, and epoxy die materials. | The Journal of prosthetic dentistry | J Prosthet Dent | 83 | 4 | 10.1016/s0022-3913(00)70043-6 | eng | 2,000 | 4 | null | null | null | null | [STATEMENT OF PROBLEM] Little published information is available comparing the properties of recently developed resin-modified gypsum and epoxy resin die materials, which are claimed to be superior to conventional type IV gypsum die materials. [PURPOSE] This study compared the properties of 3 new die materials and 2 co... | null | 0.5 | 160 | Medicine; Oral Surgery | Dentistry; Medicine | 2,000 |
10,750,744 | The STS National Database: current changes and challenges for the new millennium. Committee to Establish a National Database in Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Society of Thoracic Surgeons. | The Annals of thoracic surgery | Ann Thorac Surg | 69 | 3 | 10.1016/s0003-4975(99)01538-6 | eng | 2,000 | 3 | null | null | null | null | [BACKGROUND] The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) established the National Database (NDB) for Cardiac Surgery in 1989. Since then it has grown to be the largest database of its kind in medicine. The NDB has been one of the pioneers in the analysis and reporting of risk-adjusted outcomes in cardiothoracic surgery. [ME... | null | 1.356 | 230 | Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine; Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine; Surgery | Medicine | 2,000 |
10,750,631 | Symptom patterns in long-duration chronic fatigue syndrome. | Journal of psychosomatic research | J Psychosom Res | 48 | 1 | 10.1016/s0022-3999(99)00077-x | eng | 2,000 | 1 | null | null | null | null | [OBJECTIVE] Our objective was to evaluate symptom patterns in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) who were ill for 10 or more years. [METHODS] This cross-sectional self-report study compared patient groups with long-duration (median = 18 years; n = 258) and short-duration (median = 3 years; n = 28) CFS to a gr... | null | 0.877 | 182 | Clinical Psychology; Psychiatry and Mental Health | Medicine; Psychology | 2,000 |
10,750,603 | Cardiovascular risk factor changes in Finland, 1972-1997. | International journal of epidemiology | Int J Epidemiol | 29 | 1 | 10.1093/ije/29.1.49 | eng | 2,000 | 2 | null | null | null | null | [BACKGROUND] The cardiovascular risk factor levels of the population have been assessed in Finland since 1972. In the beginning the surveys were done to evaluate the North Karelia Project, which was a community-based preventive programme. A national cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention strategy was developed and imp... | null | 1.398 | 256 | Epidemiology; Medicine | Medicine | 2,000 |
10,749,269 | Quantitative measurements of medical images for pharmaceutical clinical trials: comparison between on-site and off-site assessments. | AJR. American journal of roentgenology | AJR Am J Roentgenol | 174 | 4 | 10.2214/ajr.174.4.1741159 | eng | 2,000 | 4 | null | null | null | null | [OBJECTIVE] In pharmaceutical clinical trials, quantitative measurements on medical images are often conducted to confirm drug efficacy. This study aims to compare the quantitative image analysis performance of an off-site core laboratory with the performance of investigators from multiple clinical sites. [MATERIALS AN... | null | null | null | null | null | null |
10,748,304 | Chronic beta-blocker treatment in patients with advanced heart failure. Effects on neurohormones. | International journal of cardiology | Int J Cardiol | 73 | 1 | 10.1016/s0167-5273(00)00172-8 | eng | 2,000 | 3 | 31 | null | null | null | [BACKGROUND] To date, the use of beta-blockers in treating patients with chronic heart failure gains support, this since several large clinical trials reported reduced mortality after chronic beta-blockade. Part of these beneficial effects may result from inhibition of deleterious neurohormone activation that accompani... | null | 0.547 | 155 | Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine | Medicine | 2,000 |
10,747,764 | Economic evaluation of specific immunotherapy versus symptomatic treatment of allergic rhinitis in Germany. | PharmacoEconomics | Pharmacoeconomics | 17 | 1 | 10.2165/00019053-200017010-00003 | eng | 2,000 | 1 | null | null | null | null | [OBJECTIVE] To use published data to compare the economic consequences of specific immunotherapy (SIT) lasting 3 years with those of continuous symptomatic treatment in patients with either pollen or mite allergy. [DESIGN AND SETTING] The evaluation was conducted from the following 3 perspectives in Germany: (i) societ... | null | 0.623 | 124 | Health Policy; Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health; Pharmacology | Medicine; Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics | 2,000 |
10,746,846 | The prevalence and bothersomeness of lower urinary tract symptoms in women 40-60 years of age. | Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica | Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand | 79 | 4 | 10.1080/j.1600-0412.2000.079004298.x | eng | 2,000 | 4 | null | null | null | null | [AIM] To assess the prevalence and bothersomeness of lower urinary tract symptoms in women aged 4060 years. Study design. Ongoing longitudinal cohort study. [METHODS] Four thousand women recruited on a random basis from the Civil Registration System, in one rural and one urban county in Denmark, were asked to fill in a... | null | 0.723 | 126 | Medicine; Obstetrics and Gynecology | Medicine | 2,000 |
10,745,054 | Sleep electroencephalographic coherence abnormalities in individuals at high risk for depression: a pilot study. | Biological psychiatry | Biol Psychiatry | 47 | 7 | 10.1016/s0006-3223(99)00163-8 | eng | 2,000 | 4 | 1 | null | null | null | [BACKGROUND] Sleep electroencephalographic (EEG) studies of individuals with major depressive disorder have identified several microarchitectural features associated with the illness. These abnormalities are also found in clinically remitted individuals, raising the question of whether they are vulnerability markers of... | null | 2.239 | 367 | Biological Psychiatry | Neuroscience | 2,000 |
10,742,319 | Potential to prevent carbon dioxide rebreathing of commercial products marketed to reduce sudden infant death syndrome risk. | Pediatrics | Pediatrics | 105 | 4 Pt 1 | 10.1542/peds.105.4.774 | eng | 2,000 | 4 | null | null | null | null | [OBJECTIVE] Rebreathing of exhaled air is one proposed mechanism for the increased risk for sudden infant death syndrome among prone sleeping infants. We evaluated how carbon dioxide (CO(2)) dispersal was affected by a conventional crib mattress and 5 products recently marketed to prevent prone rebreathing. [SETTING] I... | null | 2.062 | 409 | Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health | Medicine | 2,000 |
10,742,316 | Outcomes after judicious antibiotic use for respiratory tract infections seen in a private pediatric practice. | Pediatrics | Pediatrics | 105 | 4 Pt 1 | 10.1542/peds.105.4.753 | eng | 2,000 | 4 | null | null | null | null | [BACKGROUND] Most respiratory tract infections (RTIs) in children have a viral cause, they resolve on their own, and antibiotics need not be prescribed. [OBJECTIVE] We sought to provide evidence that judicious antibiotic use can be accomplished in private pediatric practice without observing an increase in return offic... | null | 2.062 | 409 | Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health | Medicine | 2,000 |
10,741,846 | Volunteer bias in nonrandomized evaluations of the efficacy of needle-exchange programs. | Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine | J Urban Health | 77 | 1 | 10.1007/BF02350966 | eng | 2,000 | 3 | null | null | null | null | [OBJECTIVE] Nonrandomized comparisons of the incidence of HIV and hepatitis B and C between injection drug users (IDUs) who do and do not attend voluntary needle-exchange programs may be subject to bias. To explore possible sources of bias, we examined characteristics associated with voluntarily beginning or ceasing to... | null | null | null | null | null | null |
10,741,446 | Intraoperative cholangiography and postoperative pancreatitis. | Surgical endoscopy | Surg Endosc | 14 | 3 | 10.1007/s004640000078 | eng | 2,000 | 3 | null | null | null | null | [BACKGROUND] It has been suggested that intraoperative cholangiography (IOC) can cause postoperative pancreatitis. [METHODS] We studied the relationship between IOC and pancreatitis by reviewing the case histories of 500 patients (1992-97) who underwent cholecystectomy at our institution. In 82% of cases, the cholecyst... | null | 1.428 | 178 | Surgery | Medicine | 2,000 |
10,740,606 | Apoptotic index from fine needle aspiration cytology as a criterion to predict histologic grade of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. | Acta cytologica | Acta Cytol | 44 | 2 | 10.1159/000326360 | eng | 2,000 | null | null | null | null | null | [OBJECTIVE] To investigate whether the assessment of apoptotic index (AI) from fine needle aspiration (FNA) smears of non-Hodgkin's lymphomas (NHL) is reliable and has potential utility as a criterion to predict histologic grade. [STUDY DESIGN] AI was independently determined by four cytopathologists as a percentage fr... | null | 0.647 | 67 | Medicine; Histology; Pathology and Forensic Medicine | Medicine | 2,000 |
10,740,603 | Telecytologic diagnosis of breast fine needle aspiration biopsies. Intraobserver concordance. | Acta cytologica | Acta Cytol | 44 | 2 | 10.1159/000326357 | eng | 2,000 | null | null | null | null | null | [OBJECTIVE] To determine the intraobserver concordance between telecytologic and glass slide diagnosis of breast fine needle aspirates. [STUDY DESIGN] Twenty-five cases, originally received in consultation, were each examined by three cytopathologists. An average of seven compressed digital images per case were present... | null | 0.647 | 67 | Medicine; Histology; Pathology and Forensic Medicine | Medicine | 2,000 |
10,740,595 | Evaluation of the AutoCyte SCREEN system in a clinical cytopathology laboratory. | Acta cytologica | Acta Cytol | 44 | 2 | 10.1159/000326349 | eng | 2,000 | null | null | null | null | null | [OBJECTIVE] To compare the AutoCyte SCREEN (AutoCyte, Burlington, North Carolina, U.S.A.) system with manual screening by experienced cytotechnologists using thin-layer preparations that had been previously extensively studied and their cytologic abnormalities well defined. [STUDY DESIGN] AutoCyte PREP (AutoCyte) sampl... | null | 0.647 | 67 | Medicine; Histology; Pathology and Forensic Medicine | Medicine | 2,000 |
10,740,333 | The effect of a group programme on women with the Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome. | BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology | BJOG | 107 | 3 | 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2000.tb13232.x | eng | 2,000 | 3 | null | null | null | null | [OBJECTIVE] To evaluate the effect of a group programme on psychological distress in women with the Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser (MRKH) syndrome. [SETTING] Gynaecologic outpatient clinic. [SAMPLE] Seventeen women with MRKH syndrome participated in this study. [METHOD] A semi-structured programme of seven sessions was... | null | 1.395 | 195 | Obstetrics and Gynecology | Medicine | 2,000 |
10,739,709 | Paget's disease of the vulva: pathology, pattern of involvement, and prognosis. | Gynecologic oncology | Gynecol Oncol | 77 | 1 | 10.1006/gyno.2000.5741 | eng | 2,000 | 4 | null | null | null | null | [OBJECTIVE] The aim of this study was to determine prognostic factors and risk factors for recurrence in patients with Paget's disease of the vulva. [METHODS] The medical records of 76 patients with a diagnosis of Paget's disease of the vulva were retrospectively reviewed. The diagnosis in each case was confirmed by re... | null | 0.979 | 192 | Obstetrics and Gynecology; Oncology | Medicine | 2,000 |
10,739,533 | Effect of esophageal ligation on amniotic fluid volume and urinary flow rate in fetal sheep. | American journal of obstetrics and gynecology | Am J Obstet Gynecol | 182 | 3 | 10.1067/mob.2000.104226 | eng | 2,000 | 3 | null | null | null | null | [OBJECTIVE] Although the fetus normally swallows large volumes of amniotic fluid each day, it is unclear whether amniotic fluid volume increases after fetal esophageal obstruction or whether fetal urine production changes. Our objective was to determine the effects of fetal esophageal ligation on amniotic fluid volume ... | null | 1.624 | 274 | Obstetrics and Gynecology | Medicine | 2,000 |
10,739,517 | The role of cyclic nucleotides in the spontaneous contractility and responsiveness to nitric oxide of the rat uterus at midgestation and term. | American journal of obstetrics and gynecology | Am J Obstet Gynecol | 182 | 3 | 10.1067/mob.2000.104203 | eng | 2,000 | 3 | null | null | null | null | [OBJECTIVES] The aim of this investigation was to study the effects of pharmacologic manipulation of cyclic nucleotide levels on the uterine spontaneous contractile activity and responsiveness to nitric oxide in pregnant rats at midgestation and term. [STUDY DESIGN] Uterine rings from pregnant rats at midgestation and ... | null | 1.624 | 274 | Obstetrics and Gynecology | Medicine | 2,000 |
10,739,508 | Optimizing continuous-combined hormone replacement therapy for postmenopausal women: a comparison of six different treatment regimens. | American journal of obstetrics and gynecology | Am J Obstet Gynecol | 182 | 3 | 10.1067/mob.2000.104767 | eng | 2,000 | 3 | null | null | null | null | [OBJECTIVE] We sought to determine the optimum estradiol valerate-medroxyprogesterone acetate regimens for efficacy and safety. [STUDY DESIGN] We performed a 24-month, randomized, double-blind phase II study. Four hundred nineteen women who were postmenopausal for at least 3 years were placed in six parallel treatment ... | null | 1.624 | 274 | Obstetrics and Gynecology | Medicine | 2,000 |
10,738,283 | Mean and variance of ratio estimators used in fluorescence ratio imaging. | Cytometry | Cytometry | 39 | 4 | 10.1002/(sici)1097-0320(20000401)39:4<300::aid-cyto8>3.0.co;2-o | eng | 2,000 | 4 | 1 | null | null | null | [BACKGROUND] The ratio of two measured fluorescence signals (called x and y) is used in different applications in fluorescence microscopy. Multiple instances of both signals can be combined in different ways to construct different ratio estimators. [METHODS] The mean and variance of three estimators for the ratio betwe... | null | null | null | null | null | null |
10,738,135 | Epidemiology of human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) infection in pregnant and nonpregnant women. | Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology | J Clin Virol | 16 | 3 | 10.1016/s1386-6532(99)00086-4 | eng | 2,000 | 5 | null | null | null | null | [BACKGROUND] Human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) is a ubiquitous virus primarily associated with benign conditions such as febrile syndromes and exanthem subitum (roseola infantum). Sexual, horizontal, and vertical transmission have been suggested. Little information is available regarding HHV-6 infection in women of reproduct... | null | 0.801 | 129 | Infectious Diseases; Virology | Immunology and Microbiology; Medicine | 2,000 |
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