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Current concepts of maxillitis pathogenesis and morphogenesis
Zaporožskij Medicinskij Žurnal, 2018 The aetiology of prenatal sinusitis as well as maxillitis is caused by bacteria, micromyces and viruses, often in combination. Acute infection spreads predominantly from meatus to paranasal sinuses resulting in rhinosinusitis development.
I. M. Andreichyn, V. A. Mikhniov
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Confounders in Identification and Analysis of Inflammatory Biomarkers in Cardiovascular Diseases
Biomolecules, 2021 Proinflammatory biomarkers have been increasingly used in epidemiologic and intervention studies over the past decades to evaluate and identify an association of systemic inflammation with cardiovascular diseases.
Qurrat Ul Ain +4 more
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Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2021 BackgroundThe aim of this study was to assess the electrophysiological and other influencing factors correlating with symptom severity in patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) under three different conditions: baseline, stress exposure, and ...
Jan Sarlon +5 more
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Hypertension and diabetes incidence: confounding factors [PDF]
Hypertension Research, 2011 Multimorbidity, defined as the coexistence of two or more chronic diseases, is a common phenomenon. Numerous efforts to establish a standardized instrument to assess the level of multimorbidity have failed until now, and indices are primarily characterized by their high heterogeneity.
Arrigo F G, Cicero, Sibel, Ertek
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Confounding factors and seasonal depression
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 2003 While reviewing the literature about seasonal affective disorder, we read about the work by Nilsson and collaborators (1999), showing that the rate of self reported depression was four to five times higher in Russians than in Norwegians living on Svalbard.
Schulz P, Curtin F
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Confounding Factors in the Interpretation of Preclinical Studies [PDF]
International Journal of Toxicology, 2019 A number of issues may arise during the conduct of a study which can complicate interpretation of in vitro and in vivo datasets. Speakers discussed the implications of differing interpretations and how to avoid complicating factors during study planning and execution. Consideration needs to be given to study design factors including defining objectives,
Laura Dill, Morton +5 more
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Recommendations for using standardised phenotypes in genetic association studies
Human Genomics, 2009 Genetic association studies of complex traits often rely on standardised quantitative phenotypes, such as percentage of predicted forced expiratory volume and body mass index to measure an underlying trait of interest (eg lung function, obesity).
Naylor Melissa G +2 more
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Geographic bias related to geocoding in epidemiologic studies
International Journal of Health Geographics, 2005 Background This article describes geographic bias in GIS analyses with unrepresentative data owing to missing geocodes, using as an example a spatial analysis of prostate cancer incidence among whites and African Americans in Virginia, 1990–1999 ...
Siadaty Mir +4 more
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Frontiers in Genetics, 2015 The measure of DNA integrity by the single cell gel electrophoresis (SCGE) or comet assay is especially recommended for its sensitivity and its capacity for detecting different types of damages.
Marc Bonnard, Sandrine Joachim
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Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 2014 Background: CSF biomarkers’ performance for predicting conversion from mild cognitive impairment (MCI) to Alzheimer disease (AD) is still suboptimal. Objective: By considering several confounding factors we aimed to identify in which situations these CSF
Daniel eFerreira +6 more
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