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MRI of trunk muscles and motor and respiratory function in patients with myot...
Abstract Background Myotonic Dystrophy 1 (DM1) causes progressive myopathy of extremity muscles. DM1 may also affect muscles of the trunk. The aim of this study was to... -
Bus commuting, subway commuting, and walking to workplaces in U.S. cities: So...
Most previous studies that examine the controversies involved in transit subsidies concentrate on large metropolitan areas in the U.S. The main contribution of this paper to the... -
Effects of Text-to-Speech Software Use on the Reading Proficiency of High Sch...
Effects of Text-to-Speech Software Use on the Reading Proficiency of High School Struggling Readers -
In search of universal health coverage: the hidden cost of family planning to...
Abstract Objective This study aims to estimate the cost of accessing FP services in Ghana. A cross-sectional design, involving quantitative methods were used to recruit 1194... -
The impact of MTHFR 677C → T risk knowledge on changes in folate intake: find...
© 2016 The Author(s). Open Access: This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License... -
Development of a core outcome set for clinical trials in facial aging: study ...
Abstract Background Facial aging is a concern for many patients. Wrinkles, loss of volume, and discoloration are common physical manifestations of aging skin. Genetic heritage,... -
Evaluation of the Cochrane Consumers and Communication Group’s systematic rev...
ABSTRACT Background Health researchers and funders are increasingly consulting with stakeholders to set their research agendas but these activities are rarely evaluated. The... -
Newborn and childhood differential DNA methylation and liver fat in school-ag...
Abstract Background Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is the most common chronic liver disease in children in western countries. Adverse early-life exposures are associated with... -
DNA methylation and obesity traits: An epigenome-wide association study. The ...
Obesity is associated with increased risk of several diseases and has become epidemic. Obesity is highly heritable but the genetic variants identified by genome-wide association... -
Causal effect of smoking on DNA methylation in peripheral blood: a twin and f...
Abstract Background Smoking has been reported to be associated with peripheral blood DNA methylation, but the causal aspects of the association have rarely been investigated. We... -
Impact of radiographer immediate reporting of chest X-rays from general pract...
Abstract Background Diagnostic capacity and suboptimal logistics are consistently identified as barriers to timely diagnosis of cancer, especially lung cancer. Immediate chest... -
Measuring inconsistency in research ethics committee review
Abstract Background The review of human participant research by Research Ethics Committees (RECs) or Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) is a complex multi-faceted process that... -
Readability of patient information and consent documents in rheumatological s...
Abstract Background Before participation in medical research an informed consent must be obtained. This study investigates whether the readability of patient information and... -
Pain is a common problem in patients with ILD
Abstract Background As it is less known about the prevalence and characteristics of pain in the patients with interstitial lung disease (ILD), this paper aims at determining the... -
Quantitative analysis of a rare disease network’s international contact datab...
Abstract Background Castleman disease (CD) describes a group of rare and poorly understood lymphoproliferative disorders that include unicentric CD (UCD), Human Herpes Virus-8... -
Recommendations from the European Working Group for Value Assessment and Fund...
Abstract Rare diseases are an important public health issue with high unmet need. The introduction of the EU Regulation on orphan medicinal products (OMP) has been successful in... -
Development of an infant feeding core outcome set for childhood obesity inter...
Abstract Background Childhood obesity is a significant public health challenge that affects approximately one in five children worldwide. Infant feeding practices are implicated... -
Individual and household attributes influence the dynamics of the personal sk...
Abstract Background Numerous studies have thus far characterized the temporal dynamics of the skin microbiota of healthy individuals. However, there is no information regarding... -
Identification of RASSF1A promoter hypermethylation as a biomarker for hepato...
Abstract Background RAS association domain family protein 1A (RASSF1A) promoter hypermethylation is suggested to be linked to hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), but the results... -
Knowledge, attitudes, and values among physicians working with clinical genom...
Abstract Background It has been over a decade since the completion of the Human Genome Project (HGP), genomic sequencing technologies have yet to become parts of standard of...
