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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... -
Cluster-randomized, controlled evaluation of a teacher led multi factorial sc...
Abstract Background The aim of this cluster-randomised, controlled study was to examine whether a teacher-led multifactorial back education programme could improve back pain in... -
Guideline-based quality indicators—a systematic comparison of German and inte...
Abstract Background Evidence-based clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) are relevant sources for generating quality indicators (QIs). The objective of this study was to compare... -
Socioeconomic status is associated with symptom severity and sickness absence...
Abstract Background The burden of infectious intestinal disease (IID) in the UK is substantial. Negative consequences including sickness absence are common, but little is known... -
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... -
Variability of Uncrossmatched Blood Use by Helicopter EMS Programs in the Uni...
Study Objective: Some helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) maintain an independent supply of blood for use during transport, although practice is variable and not well... -
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... -
Infant regulatory function acts as a protective factor for later traits of au...
Abstract Background Reduced executive functions (EF) are commonly associated with developmental conditions (e.g., autism spectrum disorder, ASD; attention deficit/hyperactivity... -
Bursicon-α subunit modulates dLGR2 activity in the adult <i>Drosophila</i> me...
Bursicon is the main regulator of post molting and post eclosion processes during arthropod development. The active Bursicon hormone is a heterodimer of Burs-α and Burs-... -
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... -
Factors influencing the practice of exclusive breastfeeding among nursing mot...
Abstract Background Exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) is one of the optimal infant and young child feeding practices. Globally, <40% of infants under 6 months of age are... -
Consensus of potential modifiable prognostic factors for persistent pain afte...
Abstract Background Identify and establish consensus regarding potential prognostic factors for the development of chronic pain after a first episode of idiopathic,... -
Rheumatoid factor, not antibodies against citrullinated proteins, is associat...
Abstract Introduction Although the prognostic value of rheumatoid factor (RF) and autoantibodies against citrullinated proteins (ACPAs) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis... -
AHRR methylation in heavy smokers: associations with smoking, lung cancer ris...
Abstract Background A low level of methylation at cg05575921 in the aryl-hydrocarbon receptor repressor (AHRR) gene is robustly associated with smoking, and some studies have... -
Centralising specialist cancer surgery services in England: survey of factors...
Abstract Background The centralisation of specialist cancer surgical services across London Cancer and Greater Manchester Cancer, England, may significantly change how patients... -
Investigating factors associated with success of breastfeeding in first-time ...
Abstract Background We investigated the possible risk factors that could influence the likelihood of breastfeeding at 5 to 9 weeks postpartum with our primary aim being to... -
Confident gene activity prediction based on single histone modification H2BK5...
Abstract Background The histones in the core of nucleosomes may be subject to covalent post-transcriptional modifications. These modifications are thought to correlate with and... -
Two subphenotypes of septic acute kidney injury are associated with different...
Abstract Background The pathophysiology of septic acute kidney injury is inadequately understood. Recently, subphenotypes for... -
Empirical evidence of disease activity thresholds used to indicate need for m...
Abstract Background A previous analysis of the Veterans Affairs Rheumatoid Arthritis (VARA) registry showed that more than half of the patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA)... -
Metformin-related lactic acidosis with acute kidney injury: results of a Fren...
Background: Metformin-associated lactic acidosis (MALA) and metformin-induced lactic acidosis (MILA) remain controversial entities. Metformin toxic effect depends on...
