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Efficacy of artemisinin based combination therapy and effectiveness of rapid diagnostic test for management of patients with plasmodium falciparum malaria in Zanzibar
(2009-05-19)
%) compared with 752/882 (85%) [OR 0.04 (95%CI 0.03-0.05) p<0.001]. In contrast, prescription of antibiotics was higher after RDT than CD alone, i.e. 372/1005 (37%) and 235/882 (27%) [OR 1.8 (95%CI 1.5-2.2) p<0.001].
Conclusion: Both ASAQ and AL were highly...
The serotonin receptor type 3 in chronic and experimental human muscle pain
(2010-05-14)
found to have a significantly higher amount of co-expressed 5-HT3A receptors and NaV1.8 sodium channels in the connective tissue compared to their healthy controls. This novel finding makes it presumable that in myalgic muscles proliferation...
Leukocyte activation in newborns in relation to prenatal stress
(2009-11-05)
blood count, in particular neutrophils and monocytes, as well as an enhanced IL-8 and soluble ESelectin level. Assisted delivery, associated with the highest degree of fetal stress in addition has an increased Interferon-gamma level. The direct...
Regulation and function of thioredoxin reductase 1 in human tumor cells
(2009-05-22)
The thioredoxin system is a general protein disulfide reductase system
present in all organisms. Its function is to maintain an intracellular
reducing environment and upholding a defense against reactive oxygen
species ...
Factors associated with lung function impairment in children and adults with obstructive lung disease
(2008-05-14)
function at age 4 and 8 years in a birth cohort of 4,000 children and found that asthma symptom onset in the first 4 years of life was, on a group level, associated with impaired exhaled flows. This was found irrespective of the persistence of symptoms...
Epidemiology and care of epilepsy in Vietnam
(2010-05-12)
of active epilepsy were thus identified. Age-adjusted incidence was 44.8/100,000 (95%CI 30.6-59.0), higher in those under 16 years, among people with lower education, and with lower income. Age-adjusted prevalence was 4.4 per 1,000 (95%CI 3.8-5.0), higher...
Studies of cannabinoid receptor 1 in mantle cell lymphoma
(2008-11-21)
Mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) is a malignant B-cell lymphoma that affects
older individuals and has a male predominance. MCL has one of the worst
prognoses among lymphomas and currently there is a search for a curative
therapy. ...
A new technique to assess dermal absorption of chemical vapor in vitro by thermogravimetric analysis (TGA)
(2008-11-28)
There is a huge lack of dermal uptake data for chemicals, and it is frequent with large variations in reported permeability coefficients for chemicals with more than one data set, showing the need for a new and standardized ...
Studies on hereditary spastic paraplegia proteins
(2010-05-14)
The hereditary spastic paraplegias (HSPs) are a clinically and genetically diverse group of inherited neurological disorders that primarily cause progressive spasticity and weakness in the lower limbs due to a length-dependent, ...
Brain MRI and CT morphology in healthy aging and Alzheimer's disease
(2010-02-05)
Background: The brain atrophy in individual Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients includes not only specific atrophy from AD pathology, but also atrophy induced by normal aging and cerebral vascular diseases. Although medial ...