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Time Dependent Assessment of Morphological Changes: Leukodepleted Packed Red Blood Cells Stored in SAGM
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Hindawi
, 2016 , Article)
Usually packed red blood cells (pRBCs) require specific conditions in storage procedures to ensure the maximum shelf life of up to 42 days in 2–6°C. However, molecular and biochemical consequences can affect the stored ...
Over-Expression of hNGF in Adult Human Olfactory Bulb Neural Stem Cells Promotes Cell Growth and Oligodendrocytic Differentiation
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Public Library of Science ONE Staff
, 2013 , Article)
The adult human olfactory bulb neural stem/progenitor cells (OBNC/PC) are promising candidate for cell-based therapy for traumatic and neurodegenerative insults. Exogenous application of NGF was suggested as a promising ...
Molecular Mechanisms of Peritoneal Dialysis–Induced Microvascular Vasodilation
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Peritoneal Dialysis Bulletin
, 2014 , Article)
Peritoneal dialysis (PD) solutions dilate microvessels
by undefined mechanisms. This vasodilation
directly affects ultrafiltration and solute exchange
during a PD dwell and is thought to account for the
variable mass ...
Analysis of Resistance to Antimicrobials and Presence of Virulence/Stress Response Genes in Campylobacter Isolates from Patients with Severe Diarrhoea
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Public Library of Science
, 2015 , Article)
Campylobacter infections are a major cause of diarrhoea world-wide and two of the antimicrobials
used for their control (erythromycin and ciprofloxacin) have been losing efficacy in
recent years. In a sample of 174 ...
Discrepancy in MALDI-TOF MS identification of uncommon Gram-negative bacteria from lower respiratory secretions in patients with cystic fibrosis
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Dovepress
, 2015 , Article)
Introduction: Early identification of microbial organisms from respiratory secretions of patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) is important to guide therapeutic decisions. The objective was to compare the accuracy of ...
Patient-Physician Relationship and the Role of Clinical Decision Support Systems
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American Society for Medical Technology
, 2015 , Article)
In the last quarter of the twentieth century rapid development in the biological, medical, and
pharmaceutical sciences has taken place and is continually developing causing a considerable
broadening and deepening in the ...
Health Informatics - Introduction
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American Society for Medical Technology
, 2015 , Article)
Health informatics is a wide-ranging science incorporating the complex mixture of people, organizations, illnesses, patient care and treatment. It is a scientific field that deals with the storage, retrieval, sharing, and ...
A cost effectiveness analysis of salt reduction policies to reduce coronary heart disease in four Eastern Mediterranean countries
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Public Library of Science
, 2014 , Article)
Background: Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) is rising in middle income countries. Population based strategies to reduce specific CHD risk factors have an important role to play in reducing overall CHD mortality. Reducing ...
Myocardial ischemic subject's thymus fat: A novel source of multipotent stromal cells
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Public Library of Science
, 2015 , Article)
Objective Adipose Tissue Stromal Cells (ASCs) have important clinical applications in the regenerative medicine, cell replacement and gene therapies. Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue (SAT) is the most common source of these ...
Glycine and Folate Ameliorate Models of Congenital Sideroblastic Anemia
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Public Library of Science (USA)
, 2016 , Article)
Sideroblastic anemias are acquired or inherited anemias that result in a decreased ability to
synthesize hemoglobin in red blood cells and result in the presence of iron deposits in the
mitochondria of red blood cell ...