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Familial confounding of the association between maternal smoking during pregnancy and ADHD in offspring
(2014-08-22)
Background: Maternal Smoking During Pregnancy (SDP) has consistently been associated with increased risk of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in offspring, but recent studies indicate that this association ...
Hantaviruses, escapees from the death row : viral mechanisms towards apoptosis resistance
(2019-10-25)
Over the past decades, humanity has witnessed a constant stream of emerging pathogenic RNA viruses. The recurrent outbreaks of Ebola virus in Africa, the emergence of West Nile virus in North America and the sporadic but ...
Inactivation of pulmonary surfactant and its prevention
(2009-08-07)
Pulmonary surfactant is a lipoprotein complex coating the conducting airways down to the terminal airspaces. Its main function is to lower surface tension at the air liquid interface thus preventing alveolar collapse at ...
Clinical and laboratory findings in patients with persistent parvovirus 19 infection
(2006-11-03)
Parvovirus B19 (B19) is the etiological agent of the common childhood disease, erythema infectiosum (EI), also named fifth disease. About 50% of humans are infected during childhood, but the virus is also transmitted to ...