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Brain cholesterol metabolism : a study of mouse and man
(2005-09-16)
. Preliminary findings also indicated that
7alphahydroxy3-oxo-4-cholestenoic acid may be fluxing out of the brain, a
steroid which can be formed in the brain from 27hydroxycholesterol.
Cholesterol 24-hydroxylase or CYP46A1, oxidises cholesterol to
24S...
Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infection in patients with inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) : role in pathogenesis and autoimmunity
(2004-11-19)
Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is one of eight members of the herpesvirus
family that infects humans. Like other herpes viruses, HCMV establishes a
latent infection after the primary infection, and reactivation may ...
Occupational and socio-economic factors in the etiology of cancer of the esophagus and gastric cardia
(2005-09-16)
participant s occupational history. The risk of esophageal adenocarcinoma and squamous-cell carcinoma increased with decreasing SES; unskilled workers had 3.7-fold (95% CI, 1.7-7-7) and 2.1-fold (95% CI, 1.0-4.7) increased risks, respectively, compared...
Human salmonellosis : impact of travel and trade from a Swedish perspective
(2006-09-08)
Background: Salmonellosis is one of the most important gastrointestinal infections in humans. The vast majority of Swedish Salmonella cases have acquired the disease abroad, reflecting both a large number of Swedish ...
Depression and suicidal behavior in Uganda : validating the response inventory for stressful life events (RISLE)
(2005-05-11)
Background: Depression and suicide ideation are prevalent in the general
population but their recognition and detection in primary care is
problematic. The present study investigated if the RISLE can be used to
detect ...
Long-term neurodevelopmental outcome after moderate neonatal encephalopathy and after post-term birth : two population-based studies
(2006-03-17)
Long-term neurodevelopmental outcome in two population-based groups of children with different perinatal events was studied: A) Children born at term with moderate neonatal encephalopathy (NE) and B) children born post-term ...
Tobacco smoking and periodontal health in a Saudi Arabian population
(2005-09-23)
of periodontal bone loss of more than 30% of the root length was 3.5-fold and 4.3-fold elevated in water pipe and cigarette smokers, respectively, compared to non-smokers (p < 0.01). The relative risk associated with heavy smoking was 7.5-fold elevated in water...
Physical activity, body composition and physical self esteem among children and adolescents
(2005-02-25)
(daily mean steps) was assessed in 892 school children aged 7-14 years in south-eastem Sweden, additionally BMI was calculated and in 501 of these children physical self-esteem was also assessed. Using the same protocol, data was gathered in United States...
Transoesophageal and transthoracic recordings of mitral annulus motion
(2006-02-03)
-RVm) were used for recordings of RVm and according to Fisher's exact test both methods can be used to detect diastolic dysfunction but velocities obtained by TD-RVm was 29.7% (p<0.0001) higher than M-RVm. Sensitivity and specificity for M-RVm to correctly...
Hidden Markov models for remote protein homology detection
(2005-12-23)
genomes we predicted 120 sequences that lacked previous annotation as possible GPCRs. The majority of these predictions (102) were in C. elegans, but also 4 were found in human and 7 in mouse....