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Ballantyne C, Cushman M, Psaty B, Furberg C, Khaw KT, Sandhu M, Oldgren J, Rossi GP, Maiolino G, Cesari M, Lenzini L, James SK, Rimm E, Collins R, Anderson J, Koenig W, Brenner H, Rothenbacher D, Berglund G, Persson M, Berger P, Brilakis E, McConnell JP, Koenig W, Sacco R, Elkind M, Talmud P, Rimm E, Cannon CP, Packard C, Barrett-Connor E, Hofman A, Kardys I, Witteman JCM, Criqui M, Corsetti JP, Rainwater DL, Moss AJ, Robins S, Bloomfield H, Collins D, Packard C, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Ridker P, Ballantyne C, Cannon CP, Cushman M, Danesh J, Gu D, Hofman A, Nelson JJ, Thompson S, Zalewski A, Zariffa N, Di Angelantonio E, Kaptoge S, Thompson A, Thompson S, Walker M, Watson S, Wood A. Collaborative meta-analysis of individual participant data from observational studies of Lp-PLA2 and cardiovascular diseases. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016; 14:3-11. [PMID: 17301621 DOI: 10.1097/01.hjr.0000239464.18509.f1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND A large number of observational epidemiological studies have reported generally positive associations between circulating mass and activity levels of lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 (Lp-PLA2) and the risk of cardiovascular diseases. Few studies have been large enough to provide reliable estimates in different circumstances, such as in different subgroups (e.g., by age group, sex, or smoking status) or at different Lp-PLA2 levels. Moreover, most published studies have related disease risk only to baseline values of Lp-PLA2 markers (which can lead to substantial underestimation of any risk relationships because of within-person variability over time) and have used different approaches to adjustment for possible confounding factors. OBJECTIVES By combination of data from individual participants from all relevant observational studies in a systematic 'meta-analysis', with correction for regression dilution (using available data on serial measurements of Lp-PLA2), the Lp-PLA2 Studies Collaboration will aim to characterize more precisely than has previously been possible the strength and shape of the age and sex-specific associations of plasma Lp-PLA2 with coronary heart disease (and, where data are sufficient, with other vascular diseases, such as ischaemic stroke). It will also help to determine to what extent such associations are independent of possible confounding factors and to explore potential sources of heterogeneity among studies, such as those related to assay methods and study design. It is anticipated that the present collaboration will serve as a framework to investigate related questions on Lp-PLA2 and cardiovascular outcomes. METHODS A central database is being established containing data on circulating Lp-PLA2 values, sex and other potential confounding factors, age at baseline Lp-PLA2 measurement, age at event or at last follow-up, major vascular morbidity and cause-specific mortality. Information about any repeat measurements of Lp-PLA2 and potential confounding factors has been sought to allow adjustment for possible confounding and correction for regression dilution. The analyses will involve age-specific regression models. Synthesis of the available observational studies of Lp-PLA2 will yield information on a total of about 15 000 cardiovascular disease endpoints.
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Landis SH, Casso D, Nelson JJ, Wells KE, Oliveria SA, Yood MU. Abstract P3-06-17: Pattern of distant metastases, including brain, in a population-based cohort of breast cancer patients, by initial stage at diagnosis. Cancer Res 2013. [DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.sabcs13-p3-06-17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Background: Despite advances in medical treatment, 20-30% of women with early stage breast cancer eventually progress to metastatic disease. Metastases to the central nervous system (brain) are a characteristically late complication of disease. As treatment patterns evolve, it is important to understand disease progression (including brain and other distant metastases) as well as time to disease progression, and overall survival. Population based data regarding the development of distant metastases, especially brain, in patients diagnosed with early stage breast cancer are extremely limited, but critical to informing treatment decisions.
Methods: Breast cancer patients newly diagnosed between 1995 to 2007 were identified using the Henry Ford Health System tumor registry, which provides data to the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program (SEER). Patients were followed from the date of initial breast cancer diagnosis until the occurrence of the first of the following: 1) death; 2) last known encounter with the health system; or 3) end of the study period (May 31, 2011). Comprehensive data including demographics, occurrence and timing of brain and/or other distant metastases were compiled from medical record review. Tumor characteristics, including HER2 status, and treatment-related medical encounters and procedures were available for a subset of women.
Results: Among the 3,826 women diagnosed with invasive breast cancer, 48% were Stage I at diagnosis, 37% Stage II, 10% Stage III, and 6% Stage IV. Over a median follow-up time of 6.15 years, 625 (16.3%) progressed to distant metastases, of which bone was the most common site, followed by lung and liver.
When examined by initial stage at diagnosis, 4% of Stage I and 15% of Stage II patients went on to develop any distant metastases during the study period; 34% of stage III patients eventually progressed to metastases.
Four percent of all breast cancer patients developed brain metastases. The risk of developing brain metastases was 1% for Stage I, 4% for Stage II, 10% for Stage III, and 23% for Stage IV.
Distribution of any distant metastases and brain metastases among patients diagnosed with invasive breast cancer, Henry Ford Health System, 1995-2007AJCC stage at diagnosisAny distant metastasesBrain metastases N (%)N (%)Stage I (N = 1846)82 (4.4)23 (1.2)Stage II (N = 1395)213 (15.3)57 (4.1)Stage III (N = 384)129 (33.6)38 (9.9)Stage IV (N = 201)201 (100.0)46 (22.9)Total (N = 3826)625 (16.3)164 (4.3)
The median overall survival by stage at initial diagnosis was 15.2 years for Stage I, 12.5 years for Stage II, 6.6 years for Stage III, and 1.8 years for Stage IV breast cancer patients.
Conclusions: We assessed patterns of distant metastases in a population-based cohort of women with invasive breast cancer using medical record review to determine progression. Given the fact that 5% of early stage breast cancer patients (1% of Stage I and 4% of Stage II) developed brain metastases during study follow-up, further study is warranted.
Citation Information: Cancer Res 2013;73(24 Suppl): Abstract nr P3-06-17.
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- SH Landis
- GlaxoSmithKline, Uxbridge, United Kingdom; Episource, Newton, MA; GlaxoSmithKline, Research Triangle Park, NC; Henry Ford Health System, Detriot, MI
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- GlaxoSmithKline, Uxbridge, United Kingdom; Episource, Newton, MA; GlaxoSmithKline, Research Triangle Park, NC; Henry Ford Health System, Detriot, MI
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- GlaxoSmithKline, Uxbridge, United Kingdom; Episource, Newton, MA; GlaxoSmithKline, Research Triangle Park, NC; Henry Ford Health System, Detriot, MI
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- GlaxoSmithKline, Uxbridge, United Kingdom; Episource, Newton, MA; GlaxoSmithKline, Research Triangle Park, NC; Henry Ford Health System, Detriot, MI
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- GlaxoSmithKline, Uxbridge, United Kingdom; Episource, Newton, MA; GlaxoSmithKline, Research Triangle Park, NC; Henry Ford Health System, Detriot, MI
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- GlaxoSmithKline, Uxbridge, United Kingdom; Episource, Newton, MA; GlaxoSmithKline, Research Triangle Park, NC; Henry Ford Health System, Detriot, MI
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Nahles S, Nack C, Gratecap K, Lage H, Nelson JJ, Nelson K. Bone physiology in human grafted and non-grafted extraction sockets - an immunohistochemical study. Clin Oral Implants Res 2012; 24:812-9. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0501.2012.02462.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/20/2012] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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- Susanne Nahles
- Oral- and Maxillofacial Surgery; Charité Campus Virchow; Berlin; Germany
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- Oral- and Maxillofacial Surgery; Charité Campus Virchow; Berlin; Germany
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- Oral- and Maxillofacial Surgery; Charité Campus Virchow; Berlin; Germany
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- Department of Pathology; Campus Mitte, Charite; Berlin; Germany
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- Department of Pathology; University of South Alabama; Mobile; Alabama; USA
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- Department of CMF-Surgery; University of Freiburg; Berlin; Germany
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Heberer S, Wustlich A, Lage H, Nelson JJ, Nelson K. Osteogenic potential of mesenchymal cells embedded in the provisional matrix after a 6-week healing period in augmented and non-augmented extraction sockets: an immunohistochemical prospective pilot study in humans. Clin Oral Implants Res 2011; 23:19-27. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0501.2010.02148.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Heberer S, Al-Chawaf B, Jablonski C, Nelson JJ, Lage H, Nelson K. Healing of ungrafted and grafted extraction sockets after 12 weeks: a prospective clinical study. Int J Oral Maxillofac Implants 2011; 26:385-392. [PMID: 21483892] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023] Open
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PURPOSE In this prospective study, bone formation in human extraction sockets augmented with Bio-Oss Collagen after a 12-week healing period was quantified and compared to bone formation in unaugmented extraction sockets. MATERIALS AND METHODS Selected patients with four-walled extraction sockets were included in this prospective study. After extraction, the sockets were randomly augmented using Bio-Oss Collagen or left to heal unfilled without raising a mucoperiosteal flap. At the time of implant placement, histologic specimens were obtained from the socket and analyzed. Statistical analysis was performed using the Wilcoxon signed-rank test. RESULTS Twenty-five patients with a total of 39 sockets (20 augmented, 19 unaugmented) were included in the study and the histologic specimens analyzed. All specimens were free of inflammatory cells. The mean overall new bone formation in the augmented sites was 25% (range, 8%-41%) and in the unaugmented sockets it was 44% (range, 3%-79%). There was a significant difference in the rate of new bone formation between the grafted and ungrafted sockets and a significant difference in the bone formation rate in the apical compared to the coronal regions of all sockets, independent of the healing mode. CONCLUSION This descriptive study demonstrated that bone formation in Bio-Oss Collagen-grafted human extraction sockets was lower than bone formation in ungrafted sockets. Bone formation occurred in all specimens with varying degrees of maturation independent of the grafting material and was initiated from the apical region.
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- Susanne Heberer
- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Clinical Navigation and Robotics, Charité-Campus Virchow Clinic, Berlin, Germany.
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Nelson JJ, Nelson CA, Carter JE. Extraintestinal manifestations of Edwardsiella tarda infection: a 10-year retrospective review. J La State Med Soc 2009; 161:103-106. [PMID: 19489391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Edwardsiella tarda, a member of the family Enterobacteriaceae found in aquatic environments, is an unusual cause of human disease, presenting most frequently as gastroenteritis. Extraintestinal manifestations of E. tarda infection are rare but have included meningitis, cholecystitis, endocarditis, osteomyelitis, soft tissue infections, bacteremia, and septicemia. Over a 10-year period at our institution, 10 cases of extraintestinal infection related to E. tarda were identified. The infections ranged from soft tissue infections secondary to trauma to intra-abdominal infections with abscess formation. Several of the patients had documented factors predisposing them to infection including diabetes mellitus and C1 esterase deficiency. Interestingly, two of the patients had chronic idiopathic inflammatory bowel disease, and one patient developed a respiratory tract infection related to E. tarda, a previously unreported clinical manifestion. Although the mortality rate for extraintestinal E. tarda infections has been as high as 50% in some studies, antimicrobial treatment was eventually successful in each of the 10 cases at our institution.
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- John J Nelson
- Department of Pathology, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL, USA
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Heberer S, Rühe B, Krekeler L, Schink T, Nelson JJ, Nelson K. A prospective randomized split-mouth study comparing iliac onlay grafts in atrophied edentulous patients: covered with periosteum or a bioresorbable membrane. Clin Oral Implants Res 2009; 20:319-26. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0501.2008.01638.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Heberer S, Al-Chawaf B, Hildebrand D, Nelson JJ, Nelson K. Histomorphometric analysis of extraction sockets augmented with Bio-Oss Collagen after a 6-week healing period: A prospective study. Clin Oral Implants Res 2008; 19:1219-25. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0501.2008.01617.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Carter JE, Nelson JJ, Eves M, Boudreaux C. Diagnosis of linitis plastica-type gastric adenocarcinoma by endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration: a case report. Acta Cytol 2008; 52:725-8. [PMID: 19068680 DOI: 10.1159/000325630] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND The diagnosis of linitis plastica-type adenocarcinomas of the stomach has traditionally been made by brush cytology and mucosal biopsy. These techniques may yield false negative results due to the often submucosal location of these lesions. CASE A 46-year-old woman presented witb epigaseric abdominal pain and loss of abbetite. Computed tomography of her abdomen revealed diffuse thickening of a portion of the gastric wall. Subsequent endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) of the stomach yielded abundant single, discohesive malignant cells suspicious for lymphoma vs. poorly differentiated carcinoma. Special stains and immunohistochemical stains confirmed the diagnosis of poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma ofsignet ring cell type. CONCLUSION As many linitisplastica-type adenocarcinomas are submucosal lesions, mucosal sampling by biopsy may yield nondiagnostic material in up to one third of cases. With its ability to sample deep submucosal lesions, EUS-FNA is an appropriate technique for establishing this diagnosis and guiding patient treatment.
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- J Elliot Carter
- Department of Pathology, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama 36617, USA.
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- J Elliot Carter
- Department of Pathology, University of South Alabama, 2451 Fillingim Street, Mobile, AL 36617, USA
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Carter JE, Nelson JJ, Mizell KN. Abdominal Pain in an 8-Year-Old Male. Lab Med 2007. [DOI: 10.1309/1037hr1yjc9rm9b6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
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The protozoan Giardia lamblia is a major cause of gastrointestinal disease worldwide. We report the case of a 59-yr-old male who presented to his primary care physician with complaints of abdominal pain and weight loss. Imaging studies revealed a liver mass and a pancreatic head mass. Biopsy of the liver mass proved to be benign, and endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration of the mass in the head of the pancreas showed no evidence of malignancy; however, numerous pear-shaped, binucleated, flagellated organisms morphologically consistent with trophozoites of Giardia lamblia were identified in the specimen. With the increasing use of endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration for sampling of gastrointestinal, hepatobiliary, and pancreatic lesions, cytopathologists examining such specimens will need to be familiar with the diagnostic characteristics of this protozoal parasite.
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- J Elliot Carter
- University of South Alabama, Department of Pathology, Mobile, Alabama 36617, USA.
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BACKGROUND To have uniform criteria for evaluating populations for prevalence of transient ischemic attack (TIA)/stroke, validated instruments are necessary for objective assessment and classification. METHODS Patient responses compatible with symptoms of TIA or ischemic stroke, obtained from participants in a substudy of the Asymptomatic Carotid Atherosclerosis Study, were used to program a neural network for each symptom. Models were designed for rapid classification into 1 of 7 outputs: no event, TIA, or stroke (in left carotid, right carotid, or vertebrobasilar). The networks were then tested by comparing decisions with a validated questionnaire used to access an independent data set of 381 patients. RESULTS There were 144 patients who reported sudden speech change, 89 with sudden vision loss, 67 with double vision, 189 with sudden numbness, 223 with episodic dizziness, and 108 with paralysis, for a total of 820 reported symptoms among the 381 patients tested. For each category, an equal number of individuals reporting "No" to these phenomena were randomly selected and analyzed. Neural network classification correlated with the diagnoses made by specially trained stroke clinicians (e.g., all who responded "No" were correctly classified as having no neurologic event). Ten symptomatic patients were misclassified, with the most common reason being incomplete data. After adjustment of the network logic, these misclassifications did not recur. CONCLUSION Computer networks can be trained to produce a rapid and accurate classification of TIA or stroke by vascular distribution, enabling screening of populations for assessment of their incidence and prevalence.
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- Ralph W Barnes
- Department of Neurology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
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Lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A(2) (Lp-PLA(2)) is an enzyme that is produced by inflammatory cells, is bound to circulating LDL, and is involved in hydrolyzing polar phospholipids, including those found in oxidized low-density lipoproteins. To date, the biological role of Lp-PLA(2) in atherogenesis has been controversial, with initial reports purporting an atheroprotective effect attributable to the degradation of platelet activating factor and similar molecules. However, more recent studies suggest a proatherogenic role for this enzyme, which is attributed to Lp-PLA(2)-mediated hydrolysis of oxidatively modified low-density lipoproteins that results in the accumulation of proinflammatory products. The liberation of lysophosphatidylcholine and oxidized nonesterified fatty acids from oxidized phospholipids by the action of Lp-PLA(2) results in diverse inflammatory effects on various cell types involved in atherogenesis. This concept is further supported by a number of recently published epidemiology studies suggesting that plasma levels of the enzyme predict future cardiovascular events independent of conventional risk factors. The development of selective inhibitors of Lp-PLA(2) that inhibit enzyme activity in the circulation as well as within human atherosclerotic lesions opens the possibility of therapeutic manipulation of vascular inflammatory processes to reduce residual cardiovascular events in high risk individuals who continue to suffer fatal and nonfatal events despite the current standard of care.
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- A Zalewski
- GlaxoSmithKline, Medicine Development Centre, King of Prussia, PA 19406, USA.
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Bowman PD, Sondeen JL, Zhao B, Coppes VG, Nelson JJ, Dubick MA, Vaughan GM. A temporal study of gene expression in rat lung following fixed-volume hemorrhage. Physiol Genomics 2005; 23:275-86. [PMID: 16159910 DOI: 10.1152/physiolgenomics.00075.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Previous studies have indicated that hemorrhage may predispose the lung to respiratory distress syndrome. Gene expression profiling with oligonucleotide microarrays was used to evaluate the genetic responses of the lung to hemorrhage. Conscious rats, chronically instrumented with a catheter and telemetry device to record blood pressure, heart rate, and temperature, had 40% of their estimated blood volume removed at a rate of 1 ml/min over 7-10 min. Groups of three or more rats were euthanized at 1, 3, 6, 16, 24, 48, or 72 h following hemorrhage. Two additional groups were unmanipulated controls and instrumented animals with sham hemorrhage. Total RNA was isolated from lung, reverse-transcribed to cDNA, fluorescently labeled, and hybridized to oligonucleotide microarrays probing 5,671 rat genes. After hemorrhage, statistically detectable alteration of expression was seen in approximately 0.8% of the genes at some time during the 72-h test period (vs. sham hemorrhage) as determined by false discovery rate statistics in the statistical analysis of microarrays program. A subset was confirmed by RT-PCR analysis. Hemorrhage influenced genes that regulate intracellular signaling and structure, growth factors, and hormonal receptors. There also appeared to be increased expression of genes that may mediate sequestration of neutrophils and mononuclear cells from the circulation. This hemorrhage model, although producing severe hemodynamic alterations, avoided mortality and histological evidence of lung damage, a feature intended to help ensure reliable evaluation of gene expression. These results indicate that gene expression profiling with microarrays provides a new tool for exploring the response of a tissue to systemic blood loss.
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- P D Bowman
- United States Army Institute of Surgical Research, Fort Sam Houston, Texas 78234-6315, USA.
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Nelson JJ, Natelson BH, Peckerman A, Pollet C, Lange G, Tiersky L, Servatius RJ, Policastro T, Fiedler N, Ottenweller JE. Medical follow-up of Persian Gulf War Veterans with severe medically unexplained fatigue: a preliminary study. Mil Med 2001; 166:1107-9. [PMID: 11778414] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/23/2023] Open
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An important question for researchers interested in long-term consequences of military service is the health outcome of symptomatic Persian Gulf War Veterans. From an original group of 76 Gulf War Veterans who received the diagnosis of severe fatiguing illness, we attempted to get 58 veterans to return to our center for a second evaluation. Thirteen returned. Two had recovered by the time of revisit, but the rest remained ill; however, only one was so ill as to be unable to work. The data suggest that the medical consequences of serving in the Persian Gulf are not transient. The difficulty in getting veterans to return to our center suggests potential problems in the proposed nation-wide longitudinal health outcome study of Persian Gulf War Veterans.
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- J J Nelson
- Center for Environmental Hazards Research, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, East Orange, NJ 07018, USA
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Franciosa JA, Abraham WT, Fowler M, Gilbert EM, Greenberg B, Massie BM, Chen T, Lukas MA, Nelson JJ. Rationale, design, and methods for a Coreg (carvedilol) Heart Failure Registry (COHERE). COHERE Participant Physicians. J Card Fail 2000; 6:264-71. [PMID: 10997754 DOI: 10.1054/jcaf.2000.9675] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND The success of beta-blocking agents in clinical trials of heart failure (HF) has led to a widespread call for their increased use, which assumes these agents will perform as well in the usual care setting. Given the traditional contraindication of the use of beta-blocking agents in HF, and their perception as difficult to use in HF, observing how they perform in the usual care setting could be critical in accelerating their widespread application. Carvedilol is the only beta-blocking agent currently approved in the United States for use in HF. METHODS The Coreg (brand of carvedilol; SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals, Philadelphia, PA) Heart Failure Registry (COHERE) is intended to collect data on outcomes and other clinical variables in a typical HF population and to observe experience with carvedilol in the hands of community practitioners. COHERE does not include any specific patient selection or exclusion criteria. The decision to use carvedilol is entirely at the discretion of the participant physician, based on evidence of HF as judged by assessments the practitioner usually uses. All patients will be followed for 1 year, with information on outcomes and other clinical variables collected and analyzed at baseline, the end of titration, and at 6 and 12 months after reaching the maximum tolerated dose. About 600 participant physicians selected to be as representative as possible of the community practice setting will enroll approximately 6,000 patients. CONCLUSIONS COHERE will be the first and largest prospective observational experience with a new treatment, ie, carvedilol, in patients with HF managed in the usual care setting and should provide valuable information about this new treatment in this environment compared with the more rigid clinical trials setting.
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- J A Franciosa
- Mount Sinai School of Medicine and Cornell University, Weill Medical College, New York, New York, USA
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Nelson JJ, Liao D, Sharrett AR, Folsom AR, Chambless LE, Shahar E, Szklo M, Eckfeldt J, Heiss G. Serum albumin level as a predictor of incident coronary heart disease: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study. Am J Epidemiol 2000; 151:468-77. [PMID: 10707915 DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a010232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Various studies have reported an inverse association between serum albumin level and incident coronary heart disease (CHD), though biologic mechanisms have not been established. The authors examined the association between serum albumin level and CHD in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities cohort, comprising 14,506 White and African-American middle-aged men and women. The mean albumin level in this population was 3.9 g/dl (standard deviation 0.3). During 5.2 years of follow-up, 470 incident CHD events occurred. The hazard ratio for incident CHD associated with a 1-standard deviation decrease in serum albumin level was 1.26 (95% confidence interval (CI): 1.15, 1.38) after adjustment for age, gender, and ethnicity and 1.18 (95% CI: 1.07, 1.30) after additional adjustment for covariates related to CHD. Hazard ratios were similar across gender and ethnic groups. However, there was statistically significant effect modification by smoking status, with hazard ratios of 1.01 (95% CI: 0.84, 1.22) among never smokers, 1.09 (95% CI: 0.92, 1.30) among former smokers, and 1.35 (95% CI: 1.17, 1.54) among current smokers. Further adjustment for factors related to renal disease, nutrition, platelet aggregation, inflammation, use of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, and hemostasis factors attenuated the albumin-CHD relation only slightly. In this study, serum albumin was inversely associated with incident CHD at the baseline examination in current smokers but not in never or former smokers. Albumin level may be a marker of susceptibility to the inflammatory response that results from smoking.
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- J J Nelson
- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27514, USA
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Zhang QW, Natelson BH, Ottenweller JE, Servatius RJ, Nelson JJ, De Luca J, Tiersky L, Lange G. Chronic fatigue syndrome beginning suddenly occurs seasonally over the year. Chronobiol Int 2000; 17:95-9. [PMID: 10672437 DOI: 10.1081/cbi-100101035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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The fact that many patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) have an infectious like sudden onset to their illness has led to the hypothesis that CFS is a medical illness. If CFS were, on the other hand, a psychiatric disorder related to symptom amplification, one would expect illness onset to occur randomly over the calendar year. This study tested that hypothesis with 69 CFS patients whose illness was on the more severe side of the illness spectrum; all patients reported sudden illness onset with the full syndrome of sore throat, fatigue/malaise, and diffuse achiness developing over no longer than a 2-day period. Date of illness onset was distinctly nonrandom. It peaked from November through January and was at its lowest from April through May. These data support the hypothesis that an infectious illness can trigger the onset of CFS.
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- Q W Zhang
- Department of Neurosciences, University of Medicine and Dentistry-New Jersey Medical School, Newark, USA
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Accumulating evidence suggests that disturbed brain development may play a role in the etiology of schizophrenia, and that the illness is, to a significant degree, heritable. We therefore investigated brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), a neurotrophin expressed in fetal brain, as a candidate disease gene for schizophrenia. We also investigated the effect of BDNF on adult brain morphology. All subjects were diagnosed by DSM-IIIR or DSM-IV criteria with schizophrenia spectrum disorders. Association of a BDNF polymorphism was examined in 48 proband-parent trios using the haplotype based haplotype relative risk method of case control. In a related group of 63 subjects, relationships between the presence or absence of allele 1 and the volumes of the major cerebral lobes, the ventricles, and the cerebellum were assessed using logistic regression. No association was found between this polymorphism and schizophrenia. Subjects who had at least one copy of allele 1, however, had larger parietal lobes than those who did not when controlling for overall cortical volume and age at the time of magnetic resonance. We did not find support for BDNF as a disease gene for schizophrenia. Allelic variability of the gene may, however, influence brain morphology in these same subjects. Am. J. Med. Genet. (Neuropsychiatr. Genet.) 88:724-728, 1999.
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- T H Wassink
- Mental Health Clinical Research Center, Department of Psychiatry, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa.
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE We sought to determine the incidence of recurrent carotid stenosis in patients in the Asymptomatic Carotid Atherosclerosis Study (ACAS) who had undergone carotid endarterectomy and were prospectively followed with Doppler ultrasound for up to 5 years. METHODS The ACAS database was interrogated to determine the rate of recurrent carotid stenosis (>/=60%) based up angiogram-validated Doppler data, with a 90% and a 95% positive predictive value, as well as information concerning the technologists' interpretation of percent stenosis. These 3 parameters are reported for each of 3 time intervals: within 3 months of operation (residual disease), between 3 and 18 months (early restenoses), and between 18 and 60 months (late restenosis). RESULTS Of the 825 patients randomized to the surgical arm of the study, 720 actually underwent carotid endarterectomy, and 645 had complete ultrasound data. The aggregate incidence of residual and recurrent carotid stenosis for all time intervals ranged from 12.7% to 20.4%, depending on the positive predictive value confidence level desired. Residual disease occurred in 4.1% to 6.5%; true, early restenosis was found in 7.6% to 11.4%; and late restenosis occurred in 1.9% to 4.9%. None of the traditional risk factors showed a statistically significant effect on recurrent stenosis. The use of patch angioplasty closure reduced overall risk of restenosis from 21.2% to 7.1%, from 16.7% to 4.6%, and from 27.4% to 8.2%, depending on the PPV confidence level desired (P<0.001). Of the 136 patients judged to have recurrent stenosis, only 8 (5.9%) underwent reoperation (only 1 for symptoms). There was no correlation between late stroke and recurrent stenosis. CONCLUSIONS Carotid endarterectomy is a durable procedure with a low rate of true restenosis, particularly when patch angioplasty is used to close the arteriotomy.
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- W S Moore
- Department of Surgery, University of California at Los Angeles School of Medicine, California
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Castaldo JE, Nelson JJ, Reed JF, Longenecker JE, Toole JF. The delay in reporting symptoms of carotid artery stenosis in an at-risk population. The Asymptomatic Carotid Atherosclerosis Study experience: a statement of concern regarding watchful waiting. Arch Neurol 1997; 54:1267-71. [PMID: 9341573 DOI: 10.1001/archneur.1997.00550220067016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To examine whether patients in the Asymptomatic Carotid Atherosclerosis Study reported symptoms of cerebral and retinal ischemia promptly to the investigating team. DESIGN Cohort study within the Asymptomatic Carotid Atherosclerosis Study, a prospective, randomized, multicenter clinical trial, with a median follow-up time of 2.7 years. SETTING Thirty-nine clinical sites across the United States and Canada. PATIENTS Patients with asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis (> or = 60% reduction in diameter) who experienced either a transient ischemic attack (TIA) (n = 115) or stroke (n = 127) during the follow-up period, as verified by an external committee. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE Proportion of patients who reported cerebrovascular symptoms to a study nurse or physician within 3 days of occurrence. RESULTS Thirty-seven patients (32.2%) experiencing TIA and 57 (44.9%) experiencing stroke reported symptoms to the study staff within 3 days of onset. For TIA, there was a statistically significant inverse association between prompt reporting and the amount of time a patient was enrolled in the study before the event occurred (48% with TIA occurring within 6 months vs 9% with TIA after year 3; P = .04). For stroke, there was a statistically significant association between prompt reporting and treatment arm (56% for the surgical vs 38% for the medical group; P = .05). For either TIA or stroke, none of the other factors examined were significantly associated with prompt reporting. CONCLUSIONS Despite extensive education and reinforcement, fewer than 40% of all first events were reported within 3 days and fewer than 25% were reported in less than 24 hours. Frequent outpatient evaluation of high-risk patients and careful review of symptoms is necessary to determine when asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis has become symptomatic to offer appropriate forms of therapy.
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- J E Castaldo
- Department of Medicine, Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown, Pa., USA
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Donly KJ, Nelson JJ. Fluoride release of restorative materials exposed to a fluoridated dentifrice. ASDC J Dent Child 1997; 64:249-50. [PMID: 9328674] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The purpose of this study was to examine the effect that brushing with a fluoridated dentifrice (Crest--Procter and Gamble) has on the fluoride release of restorative materials. Thirty standardized discs were fabricated; 10 were P-50 (3M) nonfluoridated composite resin (control), ten were Heliomolar Radiopaque (Ivoclar/Vivadent) fluoride releasing composite resin, and ten were Ketac Fil (ESPE) glass ionomer cement. Specimens were placed into separate containers of 10 mL deionized water. Half the specimens from each group were brushed with fluoridated dentifrice for two minutes twice per day and rinsed. The fluoride level of each specimen was evaluated for thirty days, using a fluoride specific ion analyzer. An analysis of variance (ANOVA) and Duncan's test (p < 0.05) indicated significant differences in fluoride release. The brushed glass ionomer was significantly higher than all other groups and the glass ionomer not brushed was significantly higher than all composite groups. Glass Ionomer Cement-brushed > Glass Ionomer Cement > Fluoridated Composite Resin-brushed = Fluoridated Composite Resin = Composite Resin-brushed = Composite Resin. Brushed glass ionomer appears to release the highest fluoride level, acting as a fluoride reservoir from the dentifrice for subsequent fluoride release.
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- K J Donly
- Department of Pediatric Dentistry, College of Dentistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE An easily administered questionnaire and algorithm classifying transient ischemic attacks (TIAs) or strokes, and also their distribution, could be invaluable for identifying endpoints in epidemiologic studies or clinical trials of prevention and therapy of cerebral ischemia. The Asymptomatic Carotid Atherosclerosis Study (ACAS) devised a symptom-based questionnaire and algorithm for detecting events in the trial. The purpose of this study was to determine sensitivity, specificity, and agreement rates of the questionnaire and algorithm against diagnoses of a panel of cerebrovascular disease authorities. METHODS Three hundred eighty-one men and women at eight medical centers reported symptoms of stroke, TIA, or other neurologic illness. The questionnaire was administered by trained interviewers and the responses were analyzed using the algorithm. A standardized neurologic examination was performed by a neurologist. Data were submitted to two or more external reviewers. Sensitivity, specificity, and the kappa statistic (kappa) were used to evaluate the relationship between the algorithm and the external reviewers' diagnosis. RESULTS Of the 381 reviews, 196 were diagnosed as TIA or stroke by the external panel. The algorithm's agreement with the diagnosis of TIA or stroke was 80.1%, and kappa was 0.60. Sensitivity was 87.8%, and specificity was 71.9%. CONCLUSION While statistical agreement rates depend on the method of sample selection, the algorithm has a high agreement with an external panel of experts and is a sensitive tool for event detection. The lower specificity indicates that careful neurologic evaluation may be required to confirm or refute events identified by the screening algorithm.
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- P N Karanjia
- Department of Neurology, Marshfield Clinic, WI, USA
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Burkle FM, McGrady KA, Newett SL, Nelson JJ, Dworken JT, Lyerly WH, Natsios AS, Lillibridge SR. Complex, humanitarian emergencies: III. Measures of effectiveness. Prehosp Disaster Med 1995; 10:48-56. [PMID: 10155407 DOI: 10.1017/s1049023x00041662] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Complex humanitarian emergencies lack a mechanism to coordinate, communicate, assess, and evaluate response and outcome for the major participants (United Nations, International Committee of the Red Cross, non-governmental organizations and military forces). Success in these emergencies will depend on the ability to accomplish agreed upon measures of effectiveness (MOEs). A recent civil-military humanitarian exercise demonstrated the ability of participants to develop consensus-driven MOEs. These MOEs combined security measures utilized by the military with humanitarian indicators recognized by relief organizations. Measures of effectiveness have the potential to be a unifying disaster management tool and a partial solution to the communication and coordination problems inherent in these complex emergencies.
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- F M Burkle
- University of Hawaii, John A. Burns School of Medicine, Honolulu 96826, USA
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Radziewicz K, Nelson JJ. Building an OR charge structure. OR Manager 1988; 4:8-10. [PMID: 10318037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/12/2023]
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Glueck CJ, Gordon DJ, Nelson JJ, Davis CE, Tyroler HA. Dietary and other correlates of changes in total and low density lipoprotein cholesterol in hypercholesterolemic men: the lipid research clinics coronary primary prevention trial. Am J Clin Nutr 1986; 44:489-500. [PMID: 3532756 DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/44.4.489] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Correlates of changes in total (TOTAL-C) and low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) were examined in the 3806 hypercholesterolemic men of the Lipid Research Clinics Coronary Primary Prevention Trial. These correlates included changes in weight, dietary and alcohol intake, plasma glucose and thyroxine, cigarette smoking, packet count, lipid-lowering drugs other than cholestyramine, and antihypertensive drugs. In both placebo plus diet and cholestyramine plus diet treatment groups, decreases in Quetelet index and in saturated fat and cholesterol intake and increases in polyunsaturated fat intake were consistently associated with reductions in TOTAL-C and in LDL-C. In the cholestyramine group, plasma glucose and smoking were predictors of increased TOTAL-C and LDL-C; age and packet count were predictors of decreased TOTAL-C and LDL-C. Diuretic use was associated with increases in TOTAL-C in both groups and with increases in LDL-C in the cholestyramine group.
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Nelson JJ. Quantitation of o- and p-sulfamoylbenzoic acids in commerical saccharin by high-performance liquid chromatography. J Assoc Off Anal Chem 1976; 59:243-50. [PMID: 1254544] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Quantitation of o- and p-sulfamoylbenzoic acid residues in saccharin and its sodium salt is achieved by a method comprising methanolic extraction and high-performance ion exchange chromatography. A commercially available anion exchange column was employed with an aqueous buffered (pH 9.2) mobile phase. As little as 80 ppm of the ortho-isomer and 25 ppm of the para-isomer can be accurately determined. The levels of detectability (2 times noise) are estimated as 8 ppm (0.16 mug on column) and 2.5 ppm (0.05 mug on column), respectively. Recoveries from saccharin ranged from 92.7 to 96.5% (ortho) and from 92.2 to 103.3% (para). Recoveries from the sodium salt ranged from 93.1 to 104.4% (ortho) and from 93.5 to 97.8% (para). Of 9 other potential saccharin impurities tested separately, only one was found to interfere slightly in the chromatographic part of the procedure.
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Nelson JJ. Relieving select symptoms of the elderly. Geriatrics (Basel) 1975; 30:133-9, 142. [PMID: 803912] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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