Mohamed L Sorror,
Brenda M Sandmaier,
Barry E Storer,
Georg N Franke,
Ginna G Laport,
Thomas R Chauncey,
Edward Agura,
Richard T Maziarz,
Amelia Langston,
Parameswaran Hari,
Michael A Pulsipher,
Wolfgang Bethge,
Firoozeh Sahebi,
Benedetto Bruno,
Michael B Maris,
Andrew Yeager,
Finn Bo Petersen,
Lars Vindeløv,
Peter A McSweeney,
Kai Hübel,
Marco Mielcarek,
George E Georges,
Dietger Niederwieser,
Karl G Blume,
David G Maloney and
Rainer Storb
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A minimally toxic nonmyeloablative regimen was developed for allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) to treat patients with advanced hematologic malignancies who are older or have comorbid conditions.
To describe outcomes of patients 60 years or older afte...
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PMID: 22045765
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The results suggest that the prevalence of HPV in this study population exceeds the international data. The results attracts the attention the peak prevalence of the high risk types in the youngest age-group, and the higher risk of cervical abnormality in case of presence of two or more HPV types. T...
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PMID: 22011366
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We examined whether perinatal PBDE exposure could impact these functions during physiological activation. Rats were perinatally dosed with a commercial PBDE mixture, DE-71. Dams were given 0 (corn oil control), 1.7 (low dose) or 30.6 mg/kg/day (high dose) in corn oil from gestational day (GD) 6 thro...
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PMID: 21821059
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We show that platelet-derived growth factor receptor (Pdgfr) signalling controls age-dependent β-cell proliferation in mouse and human pancreatic islets. With age, declining β-cell Pdgfr levels were accompanied by reductions in β-cell enhancer of zeste homologue 2 (Ezh2) levels and β-cell replic...
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PMID: 21993628
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Pancreatic islet cell regeneration is considered to be important in the onset and progression of diabetes and as a potential cell therapy. Current hypotheses, largely based on rodent studies, indicate continuous turnover and plasticity of α- and β-cells in adults; cell populations in rodents respon...
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PMID: 21824255
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Objectives Describe the association between the purchase price of Thoroughbred yearlings sold in Australia and racing performance as 2- and 3-year-olds. Methods Race performance data of 2773 Thoroughbred yearlings sold at auction during 2003 were collected. Associations between purchase price a...
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PMID: 21933166
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When test scores were evaluated, almost all participants (96%) were found to have at least one impairment. The rates of impairment varied dramatically between tests from 3 percent (visual acuity) to 75 percent (visual search). Several average test scores were found to be different from the original...
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PMID: 21972855
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Data of 723 men (age between 21-61 years) were evaluated. Mean of weekly intercourses was 3.1, with small difference between age decades. Only men over 50 years reported significantly less frequency (1.9/week). Other possible influencing factors were not analyzed. Conclusion: Comparing with availabl...
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PMID: 21959938
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We examined the influence of propiverine hydrochloride, an anticholinergic agent, on the micturition reflex, blood pressure, and plasma catecholamine levels in young rats and old rats. MAIN METHOD: Male F344/DuCrlCrlj Fischer rats (young rats aged 2months and old rats aged 26months) were divided into...
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PMID: 21819997
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We evaluated the cost-effectiveness of universal mass vaccination (UMV) against influenza compared with a targeted vaccine program (TVP) for selected age and risk groups in the United States.
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PMID: 21914499
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Evidence supporting the use of bioprostheses for heart valve replacement in young adults is accumulating. However, reoperation data, which may help guide clinical decision making in young patients, remains poorly defined in the literature.
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PMID: 21911822
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Prospective studies on the role of psychosocial factors in heart failure development are virtually nonexistent. The authors aimed to address the effect of psychosocial factors on the risk of heart failure hospitalization in men and women free of cardiovascular disease. In 1991-1993, the 8,670 partici...
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PMID: 21821541
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We reviewed the files for all possible FOIs in Costa Rica for 2005-2006 at the National Insurance Institute and at the Center of Forensic Sciences by formality/informality of work, sex, age, economic activity, occupation, and cause of death. The national mortality rate was estimated at 9.5/100,000 p...
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PMID: 21905393
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About one-third of all work-related injuries happen to the hands, with enormous consequences ranging from deformities to mortalities. Characterizing injuries and their trends will allow safety managers to concentrate their resources on areas of safety that will be most effective in the sawmill workpl...
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PMID: 21913544
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In 1989, there were 19,000 patients on the UNOS (United Network of Organ Sharing) wait list for organs compared to 110,000 today. Without an equivalent increase in donors, the patients awaiting these organs for transplant face increasing severity of illness and risk of dying without receiving a trans...
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PMID: 21905444
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The purpose of this study was to determine whether there are differences in self-rated health by immigration and generational status, and the role of health literacy in this relationship.
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PMID: 21913583
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Etiologic differences between subtypes of breast cancer defined by estrogen receptor (ER) and progesterone receptor (PR) status are not well understood. The authors evaluated associations of hormone-related factors with breast cancer subtypes in a population-based case-control study...
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PMID: 21768404
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Erectile dysfunction (ED) is associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD) because it is highly prevalent among those with cardiovascular risk factors (CVRFs). Moreover, it precedes the development of CVD and is considered a subrogate marker of subclinical CVD.
The aim...
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PMID: 21699670
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We examined the effect of gender, age, and in vitro culture on the basic properties (proliferation, differentiation, and immunosuppressive potential) of BM-MSCs. We found a decline in the progenitor frequencies from the BM of adult mice, lower MSC frequencies in all female donors, and an increase in...
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PMID: 21204633
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Picky eating behaviors are prevalent during childhood and are often linked to nutritional problems. However, information on the determinants of picky eating behaviors during infancy, when food acceptance patterns develop, is scarce. This study was conducted to evaluate the impact of infant feeding pr...
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PMID: 21872699
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With all time-stable influences controlled, pain is positively related to symptoms of depression, although this relationship is substantially reduced in comparison with a model in which all time-stable confounds are not held constant. Mastery does not mediate this relationship because pain is not si...
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PMID: 21808069
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protein glycosylation varies with the physiological and pathological status of the cell. Consequently, analysis of protein-linked glycans has growing importance both in basic glycobiological research and as a potential tool for monitoring the physiological state in humans. Design, setting and partici...
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PMID: 21807702
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The incidence of appendicitis is highest in young patients, but the number of elderly patients with appendicitis appears to be increasing. The authors evaluated a statewide experience to assess the effect of age on resource utilization and outcomes for this common disease....
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PMID: 21871982
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The aim of this study was to determine if insurance status is associated with adverse outcomes in patients with coronary artery disease.
A cohort of 13,456 patients who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) between January 1, 2004, and December 31, 2007,...
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PMID: 21884869
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We use nine waves of the US Health and Retirement Study to compare lifestyles before and after 65 of those insured and not insured pre 65. The double-robust approach, which combines propensity score and regression, is used to compare trends in lifestyle (physical activity, smoking, drinking) of the...
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PMID: 21830252
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This study describes the prevalence of postpartum post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) based on the DSM-IV criteria, including its symptoms of intrusion, avoidance and hyperarousal after pregnancies complicated by preeclampsia, and examines which variables are associated with PTSD and its symptoms....
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PMID: 21824043
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We describe the different treatment options available. About the association peginterferon plus ribavirin, we analyze thirteen non-randomized studies and one trial, found in recent literature. These studies are not directly compared because of differences in age, type of infection (vertical or not),...
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PMID: 22013729
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Thalassemia is a common hereditary hemoglobinopathy disorder that affects many organs in the body. Estimation of kidney function is important, as it is the vital organ that plays the major role in the elimination of accumulated iron as well as the chelating drugs that have to be used...
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PMID: 21912026
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The elderly constitute an increasingly large segment of the population and of the patients requiring medical attention. Major surgery is associated with a substantial burden of postoperative morbidity and mortality. Advancing age is a particular risk factor for these outcomes. This article reviews th...
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PMID: 21925407
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Young adults in North America are at increasing risk for contracting HIV and sexually transmissible infections (STI). Racial differences in HIV or STI risk are well documented, but other cultural and demographic factors contributing to HIV or STI risk are poorly understood. Although religion may play...
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PMID: 21851777
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To compare trends in chlamydia (Chlamydia trachomatis) testing and detection with trends in hospital discharge rates of chlamydia-related diseases in the upper North Island of New Zealand during 1998-2008.
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PMID: 21851784
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Years since onset of sexual intercourse (YSSI) is a rarely used variable when studying adolescents' sexual outcomes. The aim of this study is to evaluate the influence of YSSI on the adverse sexual outcomes of early sexual initiators.
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PMID: 21851787
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We investigated the degree to which several risk factors could explain this rise in notifications and the younger age profile....
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PMID: 21851769
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The very virulent form of infectious bursal disease virus (vvIBDV) causes an immunosuppressive disease that is further characterized by the rapid onset of morbidity and high mortality in susceptible chickens. In 2009, vvIBDV was first reported in California, U. S. A., and since that...
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PMID: 22017037
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Response rate was lower in 2007 (999 or 43.2%) than in 1990 (2.903 or 80.6%).The prevalence of attacks of asthma increased over time from 2.2% to 6.7% (p<0.0001), use of anti-asthmatic drugs increased from 2.4% to 7.2% (p<0.0001) and nasal allergy symptoms from 17.8% to 29.3% (p< 0.0001). There was...
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PMID: 21911911
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We found that only ability EI was related to false belief understanding. Furthermore, regression analyses revealed that the understanding and managing branches of ability EI predicted unique variance in false belief understanding once controlling for age, language, and the other ability EI branches....
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PMID: 21848740
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The study analyses adolescents' positively charged versus negatively charged moral emotion expectancies. Two hundred and five students (M= 14.83 years, SD= 2.21) participated in an interview depicting various situations in which a moral norm was either regarded or transgressed. Emotion expectancies w...
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PMID: 21848742
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This study aimed to examine child characteristics associated with the understanding of and responses to infant crying. Seven hundred and twenty-four 1st to 7th grade children (383 boys, 341 girls) were shown a picture depicting a crying infant, whereupon they were asked to generate the potential caus...
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PMID: 21848745
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Two studies assessed whether children share with adults a concept of fantasy figures as entities that violate causal principles. Inferences about the characteristics of humans and fantasy figures were elicited with a forced-choice questionnaire. Items from the biological, psychological, and physical...
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PMID: 21848750
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We consider how having an IC may provide children with opportunities to distinguish between knowledge that is inaccessible to an external observer and that which an external observer may glean without being told....
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PMID: 21848753
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Reasoning about another's pretend and real crying is related to ma'ny important social cognitive abilities (e.g., emotional understanding, appearance-reality, and theory of mind). This study investigated whether children aged 6 years and younger could distinguish between instances of pretend crying a...
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PMID: 21848743
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We may all overcome an optimistic bias, but children under age 10 may struggle more to do so....
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PMID: 21848744
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We investigated the correlates of the two forms of high status, as well as their relations to resource control. Participants were 563 boys and girls in grades four and eight, that is, aged 10-11 and 14-15. CFA and SEM models supported the hypothesis of acceptance and popularity representing distinct...
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PMID: 21848752
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Though mucosal cysts in the paranasal sinuses (PSMCs) are common findings on radiographic images, the nature of PSMCs and risk factors for the development of PSMCs have not yet been determined. The aim of this study was to evaluate the characteristics of PSMCs using brain magnetic re...
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PMID: 21858261
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Olfactory impaired patients have decreased quality of life and may need to develop a coping ability for the olfactory loss. This study investigated how factors like olfactory function, disease duration, etiology, age, and gender affect patients` quality of life and emotional ability to cope.
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PMID: 21858266
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These results thus reveal that sex differences in young children's preference for the colour pink involves both an increasing attraction to pink by young girls and a growing avoidance of pink by boys....
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PMID: 21848751
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To determine age-specific prostate-specific antigen (PSA) reference values in a community-based sample of Sudanese men, aged 40-90 years.
This study was conducted in the Central Laboratory Services, Soba University Hospital, Khartoum, Sudan from January 2008 to May 20...
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PMID: 21894356
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We collected data from the medical and endoscopy records of pediatric ulcerative colitis patients between January 2001 and March 2010. The study took place in the Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and King Abdul-Aziz University Hospital, King Abdul-Aziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Sau...
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PMID: 21894359
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We evaluated radiologically the patient's hip pre-operatively using the Tonnis grading system and acetabular index. Group 1 included 13 patients aged younger than 12 months (19 hips) and Group 2 included 11 patients aged 12 months or older (16 hips). Clinical and radiographic evaluations were made a...
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PMID: 21894351
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I and 20 (52%) were Germ cell tumor. Fifteen (39%) patients received initial chemotherapy after primary surgery. Three (8%) patients had recurrent. Thirty-eight (98%) patients retuned to a regular menstruation after treatment. Eight patients (20%) had a normal pregnancy. Of the respondents to the gi...
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PMID: 21894353
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To examine the possible implications of the 2009 H1N1 influenza A (pandemic flu, pH1N1) on this religious gathering and provide a response plan for the Otolaryngology, Head and Neck (ENT) clinic during the Hajj pilgrimage.
This study was conducted between November and...
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PMID: 21894357
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This report presents national reference data on resting pulse rate (RPR), for all ages of the U.S. population, from 1999-2008.
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PMID: 21905522
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