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Complementary and alternative medicine in pediatric patients
(Rasgo Editorial, 2013)
The objectives are to ascertain the use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) in patients attending the Pediatric Emergency Department (PED) of a tertiary hospital, to describe the characteristics ...
Bone mineral density, pulmonary function, chronological age, and age at diagnosis in children and adolescents with cystic fibrosis
(Elsevier, 2013)
Objective: To assess bone mineral density in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF), and to correlate it with possible intervening variables. Methods: Children and adolescents diagnosed with CF, aged 6 to ...
Word frequency cues word order in adults: cross-linguistic evidence
(Frontiers Media, 2013-10-02)
One universal feature of human languages is the division between grammatical functors and content words. From a learnability point of view, functors might provide entry points or anchors into the syntactic ...
Novel mutations in the ferritin-L iron-responsive element that only mildly impair IRP binding cause hereditary hyperferritinaemia cataract syndrome
(Springer Nature, 2013)
Background: Hereditary Hyperferritinaemia Cataract Syndrome (HHCS) is a rare autosomal dominant disease characterized by increased serum ferritin levels and early onset of bilateral cataract. The disease ...
Alternatives to conventional hospitalization for improving lack of access to inpatient beds: a 12-year cross-sectional analysis
(Sciedu Press, 2013-12-17)
Background/Objective: When hospitals cannot guarantee available hospital beds for inpatient admission, patients are exposed to prolonged waits, cancellations and diversions that negatively affect their ...
Esperanza de vida entre 1991-2011: explicación epidemiológica a la desigualdad por género en Tarragona, una provincia de Cataluña, España
(Centro Centroamericano de Población; Universidad de Costa Rica, 2013)
El objetivo de esta investigación es determinar si las distintas causas de muerte explicarían la desigualdad de la mortalidad por sexo entre 1991 y 2011 en la provincia de Tarragona (Cataluña, España) ...
A quick diagnosis unit as an alternative to conventional hospitalization in a tertiary public hospital: a descriptive study
(Medycyna Praktyczna, 2013-09-24)
Introduction: Reports indicate that a significant number of patients admitted to internal medicine units could be studied on an outpatient basis. Objectives: This article assesses a quick diagnosis unit ...
Iron refractory iron deficiency anemia
(Ferrata-Storti Foundation, 2013)
Iron refractory iron deficiency anemia is a hereditary recessive anemia due to a defect in the TMPRSS6In vitro gene encoding Matriptase-2. This protein is a transmembrane serine protease that plays an ...
The impact of KRAS mutations on VEGF-A production and tumour vascular network
(Springer Nature, 2013-03-18)
Background: The malignant potential of tumour cells may be influenced by the molecular nature of KRAS mutations being codon 13 mutations less aggressive than codon 12 ones. Their metabolic profile is ...
X-linked Inhibitor of Apoptosis Protein negatively regulates neuronal differentiation through interaction with cRAF and Trk
(Nature Research, 2013-08-09)
X-linked Inhibitor of apoptosis protein (XIAP) has been classically identified as a cell death regulator. Here,
we demonstrate a novel function of XIAP as a regulator of neurite outgrowth in neuronal ...