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Cutaneous neurofibromas: patients’ medical burden, current management and the...
Abstract Background Neurofibromatosis type 1 is an inherited condition with variable phenotypic expression and a high medical and social burden. The objectives of this patient... -
Cost effectiveness and affordability of trastuzumab in sub-Saharan Africa for...
Abstract Background Breast cancer is the second most common cancer worldwide, the most common among women, and the most frequent cause of death among women in less developed... -
On the edges of medicine â a qualitative study on the function of complemen...
Abstract Background In routine practice, general practitioners (GPs) see many patients for whom treatment might not be necessary, or evidence-based treatments are not available,... -
Mediation analysis to understand genetic relationships between habitual coffe...
Abstract Background Increased coffee intake is associated with reduced serum urate concentrations and lower risk of gout. Specific alleles of the GCKR, ABCG2, MLXIPL, and CYP1A2... -
Pelvic and breast examination skills curricula in United States medical schoo...
Abstract Background Learning to perform pelvic and breast examinations produces anxiety for many medical students. Clerkship directors have long sought strategies to help... -
Interpreting small treatment differences from quality of life data in cancer ...
Abstract Background The EORTC-QLQ-C30 is a widely used health related quality of life (HRQoL) questionnaire in lung cancer patients. Small HRQoL treatment effects are often... -
Price variation among different brands of anticancer medicines available in h...
Abstract Objective To assess the variation in price among different brands of anticancer medicines available in hospital pharmacies at Nepalese cancer hospitals. Methods The... -
Treating infants with frigg: linking disease aetiologies, medicinal plant use...
Abstract Background Although most Moroccans rely to some extent on traditional medicine, the practice of frigg to treat paediatric ailments by elderly women traditional healers... -
Correction to: Goats in the city: prevalence of Giardia duodenalis and Crypto...
In the original publication of this article [1] the supplementary file was missing two primers for the PCR reaction and the PCR conditions of Giardia and Cryptosporidium. In... -
Breast milk DHA levels may increase after informing women: a community-based ...
Abstract Background Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), an omega-3 fatty acid found in breast milk, has many health benefits for both mother and baby. A 2007 meta-analysis found U.S.... -
The cotton GhWIN2 gene activates the cuticle biosynthesis pathway and influen...
Abstract Background Metabolic pathways are interconnected and yet relatively independent. Genes involved in metabolic modules are required for the modules to run. Study of the... -
Barriers and solutions to online learning in medical education â an integra...
Abstract Background The aim of this study is to review the literature on known barriers and solutions that face educators when developing and implementing online learning... -
Interactive workshop to develop implementation framework (i-PARIHS) resources...
Abstract Background Practice facilitation is a method used to address the complexity associated with implementation of innovations into primary care. To provide support, we... -
PubChemRDF: towards the semantic annotation of PubChem compound and substance...
Abstract Background PubChem is an open repository for chemical structures, biological activities and biomedical annotations. Semantic Web technologies are emerging as an... -
Would treatment decisions about secondary prevention of CVD based on estimate...
Abstract Objective To test the hypothesis that treatment decisions (treatment with a PCSK9-mAb versus no treatment) are both more effective and more cost-effective when based on... -
Costs and healthcare utilisation of patients with heart failure in Spain
Abstract Background Increasing the knowledge about heart failure (HF) costs and their determinants is important to ascertain how HF management can be optimized, leading to a... -
Identifying barriers, facilitators, and implementation strategies for a faith...
Abstract Background Community engagement is critical to the acceleration of evidence-based interventions into community settings. Harnessing the knowledge and opinions of... -
The availability, price and affordability of essential antibacterials in Hube...
Abstract Background China ranks first amongst the countries for the abuse of antibacterials. Essential antibacterials could help solve the problem. The aim of the work is to... -
Responsiveness of the Early Childhood Oral Health Impact Scale (ECOHIS) is re...
Abstract Background The responsiveness of the Early Childhood Oral Health Impact Scale (ECOHIS) has varied greatly across studies; hence, we hypothesized that this discrepancy... -
Study on the progression types of cancer in patients with breast cancer under...
Abstract Background Recently, the concepts of progression due to pre-existing lesions (PPL) and progression due to new metastasis (PNM) have been proposed to differentiate the...
