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Association of Husband Smoking With Wife's Hypertension Status in Over 5 Million Chinese Females Aged 20 to 49 Years

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2017
Background The effect of second‐hand smoking, especially husband smoking, on wife's hypertension has not been well studied. The current study was aimed to assess the association of husband smoking with wife's hypertension among females aged 20 to 49 ...
Ying Yang, Fangchao Liu, Long Wang, Qian Li, Xingyu Wang, Julia C. Chen, Qiaomei Wang, Haiping Shen, Yiping Zhang, Donghai Yan, Man Zhang, Yuan He, Zuoqi Peng, Yuanyuan Wang, Jihong Xu, Jun Zhao, Ya Zhang, Hongguang Zhang, Xiaona Xin, Yan Wang, Dujia Liu, Tongjun Guo, Qiaoyun Dai, Xu Ma   +23 more
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Identification of two novel pathogenic variants of PIBF1 by whole exome sequencing in a 2-year-old boy with Joubert syndrome

BMC Medical Genetics, 2020
Background Joubert syndrome (OMIM 213300) is an autosomal recessive disorder with gene heterogeneity. Causal genes and their variants have been identified by sequencing or other technologies for Joubert syndrome subtypes. Case presentation A two-year-old
Yue Shen, Hao Wang, Zhimin Liu, Minna Luo, Siyu Ma, Chao Lu, Zongfu Cao, Yufei Yu, Ruikun Cai, Cuixia Chen, Qian Li, Huafang Gao, Yun Peng, Baoping Xu, Xu Ma   +14 more
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Genetic variants in the MicroRNA biosynthetic pathway Gemin3 and Gemin4 are associated with a risk of cancer: a meta-analysis [PDF]

PeerJ, 2016
The effects of the microRNA (miRNA) processing genes Gemin3 and Gemin4 on cellular signaling pathways could have a major impact on the risk of cancer.
Wenbo Zhu, Jun Zhao, Jieyu He, Daxun Qi, Lina Wang, Xu Ma, Pei Liu   +6 more
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Growth factors in the treatment of Achilles tendon injury

Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2023
Achilles tendon (AT) injury is one of the most common tendon injuries, especially in athletes, the elderly, and working-age people. In AT injury, the biomechanical properties of the tendon are severely affected, leading to abnormal function.
Meina Lin, Wei Li, Wei Li, Xiang Ni, Yu Sui, Huan Li, Xinren Chen, Yongping Lu, Miao Jiang, Chenchao Wang   +9 more
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Contraceptive knowledge and attitudes among 14–24‐year‐olds in New South Wales, Australia

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2015
Objectives: To investigate correlates of contraceptive knowledge and attitudes and describe differences in contraceptive knowledge by contraceptive category among young people in New South Wales.
Todd Ritter, Anne Dore, Kevin McGeechan
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Renewal of the National Cervical Screening Program: health professionals’ knowledge about screening of specific populations in NSW, Australia

Public Health Research & Practice, 2022
Objectives: The National Cervical Screening Program was renewed in Australia from 1 December 2017, with the introduction of 5-yearly human papilloma virus (HPV) screening from age 25, and the release of updated national screening guidelines.
Sally O Sweeney , Yan Cheng , Jessica R Botfield, Deborah J Bateson   +3 more
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Mapping heterogeneity in family planning indicators in Burkina Faso, Kenya, and Nigeria, 2000–2020

BMC Medicine
Background Family planning is fundamental to women’s reproductive health and is a basic human right. Global targets such as Sustainable Development Goal 3 (specifically, Target 3.7) have been established to promote universal access to sexual and ...
GBD Local and Small Area Estimation Family Planning Collaborators
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Active role of the predecidual-like zone in endometrial shedding in a mouse menstrual-like model

European Journal of Histochemistry, 2013
Cyclic shedding of the endometrium is unique to menstruating species. The status of the decidua in mouse menstrual-like models seems to differ from that of the predecidua in humans before endometrial breakdown.
X. Xu, S. Guan, B. He, J. Wang
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European Standard Clinical Practice Guideline and EXPeRT Recommendations for the Diagnosis and Management of Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Neoplasms in Children and Adolescents

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Pediatric gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms (GEP‐NENs) are extremely rare and clinically heterogeneous. Management has largely been extrapolated from adult practice. This European Standard Clinical Practice Guideline (ESCP), developed by the EXPeRT network in collaboration with adult NEN experts, provides (adult) evidence ...
Michaela Kuhlen, Calogero Virgone, Antje Redlich, Michael Abele, Ricardo Lopez‐Almaraz, Tal Ben‐Ami, Ewa Bien, Gianni Bisogno, Maja Mazic Cesen, Andrea Ferrari, Malgorzata A. Krawczyk, Yves Reguerre, Dominik T. Schneider, Ines B. Brecht, Charlotte Rigaud, Bilgehan Yalcin, Rainer Claus, Christian Vokuhl, Constantin Lapa, Jörg Fuchs, Segolene Hescot, Thomas Walter, Julien Hadoux, Daniel Orbach   +23 more
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Guidelines for Pediatric Radiotherapy Simulation: A Report From the Children's Oncology Group Radiation Oncology Discipline

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Pediatric radiation therapy presents unique challenges compared to adult treatments, including those of immobilization, potential need for sedation, and the critical importance of accurate, reproducible positioning. Additionally, heightened attention to imaging doses is necessary to minimize long‐term toxicity in survivors.
Parham Alaei, Stephen Mihalcik, Sujith Baliga, Young Kwok, Dana Casey, Eric Ehler, Christiane Burton, John C. Breneman, Daphne A. Haas‐Kogan, Suzanne L. Wolden, Arnold C. Paulino, Nadia N. Laack, Natia Esiashvili, Sarah Milgrom, Christine Hill‐Kayser, Thomas J. Fitzgerald, John A. Kalapurakal, Chia‐Ho Hua   +17 more
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