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Sunday, March 16th, 2008
A Novel Variant of Combined Granular-Lattice Corneal Dystrophy Associated With the Met619Lys Mutation in the TGFBI Gene.
OBJECTIVE: To report a novel mutation in TGFBI (GenBank NM_000358), p.Met619Lys, associated with a variant of combined granular-lattice corneal dystrophy. METHODS: Slitlamp examination and DNA collection from the proband ...
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Sunday, March 16th, 2008
Associations Between Age-Related Nuclear Cataract and Lutein and Zeaxanthin in the Diet and Serum in the Carotenoids in the Age-Related Eye Disease Study (CAREDS), an Ancillary Study of the Women\'s Health Initiative.
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate associations between nuclear cataract (determined from slitlamp photographs between May 2001 ...
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Sunday, March 16th, 2008
Open-angle Glaucoma and Mortality: The Barbados Eye Studies.
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the relationship between open-angle glaucoma (OAG) and mortality in a black population at 9-years\' follow-up. DESIGN: Population-based cohort study of 4092 black participants (aged 40-84 years at baseline) in the Barbados Eye Studies. Open-angle glaucoma ...
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Sunday, March 16th, 2008
Eye water.
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Sunday, March 16th, 2008
Effect of human tears on acanthamoeba-induced cytopathic effect.
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether tears of healthy individuals provide protection against Acanthamoeba-induced cytopathic effect (CPE) in vitro. METHODS: Acanthamoebae were added to confluent cultures of corneal epithelium in 24-well plates, and co-cultures were incubated overnight in a serum-free ...
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Sunday, March 16th, 2008
Age at onset curves of retinitis pigmentosa.
OBJECTIVE: To calculate age at onset curves of retinitis pigmentosa (RP) to resolve the difficulty in calculating the recurrence risk in a family. Retinitis pigmentosa is a common hereditary retinal disease that leads to blindness. It is a slow-onset ...
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Sunday, March 16th, 2008
Penetration of voriconazole, 1%, eyedrops into human aqueous humor: a prospective open-label study.
OBJECTIVE: To determine the therapeutic efficacy of adjuvant use of voriconazole, 1%, eyedrops in the treatment of refractory fungal keratitis. METHODS: A prospective open-label trial was conducted to determine voriconazole levels obtained in ...
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Sunday, March 16th, 2008
Correlation of Functional Impairment and Morphological Alterations in Patients With Group 2A Idiopathic Juxtafoveal Retinal Telangiectasia.
OBJECTIVE: To correlate functional impairment with morphological alterations in patients with group 2A idiopathic juxtafoveal retinal telangiectasia. METHODS: As part of the Macular Telangiectasia Project, a cohort of 10 patients ...
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Sunday, March 16th, 2008
Macular Dystrophy Associated With the A3243G Mitochondrial DNA Mutation: Distinct Retinal and Associated Features, Disease Variability, and Characterization of Asymptomatic Family Members.
OBJECTIVES: To determine (1) detailed retinal and audiological features of probands harboring the A3243G mitochondrial DNA mutation (m.3243A>G) and their asymptomatic maternal relatives, (2) ...
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Sunday, March 16th, 2008
Acupuncture ineffective, attention effective?
Ernst E.
Department of Complementary Medicine, Universities of Exeter & Plymouth, 25 Victoria Park Rd, Exeter EX2 4NT, England. Edzard.Ernst@pms.ac.uk.
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Sunday, March 16th, 2008
Intraocular Pressure-Lowering Effects and Safety of Topical Administration of a Selective ROCK Inhibitor, SNJ-1656, in Healthy Volunteers.
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effects and safety of topical administration of an ophthalmic solution of a selective Rho-associated coiled coil-forming protein kinase (ROCK) inhibitor, SNJ-1656, 0.003% to 0.1%, in ...
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Sunday, March 16th, 2008
Is aspirin resistance due to noncompliance?
Dalen JE.
Department of Medicine, University of Arizona, 1840 E River Rd, Ste 120, Tucson, AZ 87518. jamesdalen@yahoo.com.
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Sunday, March 16th, 2008
Laboratory-Defined Aspirin Resistance and Recurrent Cardiovascular Events.
Fontana P, Reny JL.
Department of Internal Medicine, Centre Hospitalier de Béziers 2 rue Valentin Hauÿ, F-34525 Béziers CEDEX, France. jean-luc.reny@ch-beziers.fr), and Dr Fontana, Division of Angiology and Haemostasis, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and ...
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Sunday, March 16th, 2008
Acupuncture trial lacks a priori rationale to refute null hypothesis.
Moffet HH.
Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente, 2000 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94611. howard.h.moffet@kp.org.
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Sunday, March 16th, 2008
Low-dose rosiglitazone in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus requiring insulin therapy.
Lopez CA, Kanna B.
Department of Internal Medicine, Lincoln Medical and Health Center, 234 E 149th St, Bronx, NY 10451. doctorcesarlopez@yahoo.com.
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Sunday, March 16th, 2008
The representation of women on the editorial boards of major medical journals: a 35-year perspective.
Jagsi R, Tarbell NJ, Henault LE, Chang Y, Hylek EM.
Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Michigan Hospital, 1500 E Medical Center Dr, Room B2C490, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5010. ...
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Sunday, March 16th, 2008
Neither Freedom nor Autonomy Without Beneficence.
d\'Aloja E, Pintor M, Paribello F, Pisu S.
Department of Forensic Medicine, Cagliari University, SS 554 bivio Sestu, Cagliari 09042, Italy. ernestodaloja@pacs.unica.it.
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Sunday, March 16th, 2008
Dealing with delicate issues in continuous deep sedation: varying practices among dutch medical specialists, general practitioners, and nursing home physicians.
BACKGROUND: This article examines delicate issues in continuous deep sedation (CDS) from the perspectives of different types of physicians. The following sensitive issues involved in CDS ...
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Sunday, March 16th, 2008
Adjuvant chemotherapy after resection in elderly medicare and medicaid patients with colon cancer.
BACKGROUND: This study investigated the influence of Medicaid enrollment on the receipt and completion of adjuvant chemotherapy and the likelihood of evaluation by an oncologist for those patients who do not initiate chemotherapy. ...
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Sunday, March 16th, 2008
Randomized controlled trial of web-based alcohol screening and brief intervention in primary care.
BACKGROUND: There is compelling evidence supporting screening and brief intervention (SBI) for hazardous drinking, yet it remains underused in primary health care. Electronic (computer or Web-based) SBI (e-SBI) offers the prospects of ease ...
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Sunday, March 16th, 2008
Screening mammography in older women: effect of wealth and prognosis.
BACKGROUND: Wealthy women have higher rates of screening mammography than poor women do. Screening mammography is beneficial for women with substantial life expectancies, but women with limited life expectancies are unlikely to benefit. It is unknown ...
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Sunday, March 16th, 2008
The anticholinergic risk scale and anticholinergic adverse effects in older persons.
BACKGROUND: Adverse effects of anticholinergic medications may contribute to events such as falls, delirium, and cognitive impairment in older patients. To further assess this risk, we developed the Anticholinergic Risk Scale (ARS), a ranked categorical ...
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Sunday, March 16th, 2008
The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education\'s Limits on Residents\' Work Hours and Patient Safety: A Study of Resident Experiences and Perceptions Before and After Hours Reductions.
BACKGROUND: Limiting resident work hours may improve patient safety, but unintended adverse effects are also possible. We sought to ...
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Sunday, March 16th, 2008
Geographic Variation and Risk of Skin Cancer in US Women: Differences Between Melanoma, Squamous Cell Carcinoma, and Basal Cell Carcinoma.
BACKGROUND: Occurrences of melanoma, squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), and basal cell carcinoma (BCC) have been associated with varying geography. Our goal was to evaluate differences in ...
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Sunday, March 16th, 2008
Association of Early Follow-up After Acute Myocardial Infarction With Higher Rates of Medication Use--Invited Commentary.
Jackson EA.
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Michigan Health System, 24 Frank Lloyd Wright Dr, Ann Arbor, MI 48106. lisjack@umich.edu.
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