Anemia in Elderly Patients—The Impact of Hemoglobin Cut-Off Levels on Geriatric Domains [PDF]
Diagnostics, 2023 Background: The primary aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of anemia—according to the WHO criteria—on cognitive performances, mood, functional and nutritional status, and comorbidities in a population of subjects aged 65 years or older.
Francesco Salis +3 more
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Age-specific cut-off levels of anti-Müllerian hormone can be used as diagnostic markers for polycystic ovary syndrome [PDF]
Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology, 2021 Background The majority of available studies on the AMH thresholds were not age-specific and performed the receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC) analysis, based on variations in sensitivity and specificity rather than positive and negative ...
Fahimeh Ramezani Tehrani +5 more
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Determination of lower cut‐off levels of adalimumab associated with biochemical remission in Crohn's disease [PDF]
JGH Open, 2020 Background and Aim Adalimumab is administered and dosed using a standardized treatment regimen. Although therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) may help optimize treatment efficacy, the lower cut‐off concentration of adalimumab needed to retain disease ...
Arne Carlsen +9 more
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Cut-Off Levels of Anti-Mullerian Hormone for The Prediction of Ovarian Response, In Vitro Fertilization Outcome and Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome [PDF]
International Journal of Fertility and Sterility, 2015 Background Evaluation of anti-mullerian hormone (AMH) cut-off levels in as- sisted reproductive technology (ART) as predictive factor for individualization of stimulation protocols and to avoid ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS).
Ali Salmassi +7 more
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Comparison of International TIMSS 2011 Proficiency Levels and Cut-off Scores Set by Using Cluster Analysis [PDF]
International Journal of Contemporary Educational Research, 2022 The aim of the study is to compare TIMSS 2011 proficiency levels with the proficiency levels defined by the researchers using cluster analysis for Turkey, Korean, Norway, and Morocco in 4th and 8th grades in the fields of science and mathematics ...
Mahmut Sami Koyuncu, Ayşenur ERDEMİR
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The cut-off levels of procalcitonin and C-reactive protein and the kinetics of mean platelet volume in preterm neonates with sepsis [PDF]
BMC Pediatrics, 2018 Background Sepsis is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among newborns. C-reactive protein (CRP) and procalcitonin (PCT) have some limitations in the diagnosis of preterm neonatal sepsis.
C. Aydemir +4 more
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Heliyon, 2022 The vocabulary levels tests (VLT) are very powerful instruments for the measurement of learners' vocabulary knowledge and have been widely used by language teachers in the task of matching learners to their reading materials.
Hung Tan Ha
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Assessment of variation in bacterial composition among microhabitats in a mangrove environment using DGGE fingerprints and barcoded pyrosequencing. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 Here, we use DGGE fingerprinting and barcoded pyrosequencing data, at six cut-off levels (85-100%), of all bacteria, Alphaproteobacteria and Betaproteobacteria to assess composition in the rhizosphere of nursery plants and nursery-raised transplants ...
Daniel F R Cleary +3 more
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PLoS ONE, 2022 Healthy pregnancy requires a coordinated immune response, yet complications can arise, putting both the mother's and child's health at risk. Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) and gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) are pregnancy-related ...
Paulina M B Hart +5 more
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Korean Journal of Clinical Laboratory Science, 2023 Human leukocyte antigen (HLA) typing was performed in the diagnostic immunology laboratory of the Seoul National University Hospital. Among 611 HLA-DR tests, specific bead reactions suspected of being false positive and false negative in Lot 20 reagents ...
Hyang Son AN, Minsung SOHN
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