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Spatial and genetic epidemiology of hookworm in a rural community in Uganda. [PDF]

, 2010
There are remarkably few contemporary, population-based studies of intestinal nematode infection for sub-Saharan Africa. This paper presents a comprehensive epidemiological analysis of hookworm infection intensity in a rural Ugandan community ...
Pullan, Rachel L, Pullan, RL, Quinnell, Rupert J, Brooker Simon, Brooker, Simon, Quinnell, RJ, Narcis B Kabatereine, Rupert J Quinnell, Brooker, S, Quinnell Rupert J., Rupert J. Quinnell, Simon Brooker, Pullan Rachel L., Kabatereine Narcis B., Kabatereine, NB, Kabatereine, Narcis B, Rachel L. Pullan, Narcis B. Kabatereine, Rachel L Pullan   +18 more
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Assessment of Familial Predisposition Through Parental Inquiry in Undescended Testis Cases

Haseki Tıp Bülteni
Aim: Non-syndromic cryptorchidism, also referred to as undescended testis (UDT), represents a developmental abnormality occurring in early childhood, the underlying cause of which remains unclear.
Kenan Yalcin, Engin Kolukcu, Fatih Firat
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Unique Features of Germline Variation in Five Egyptian Familial Breast Cancer Families Revealed by Exome Sequencing.

PLoS ONE, 2017
Genetic predisposition increases the risk of familial breast cancer. Recent studies indicate that genetic predisposition for familial breast cancer can be ethnic-specific.
Yeong C Kim, Amr S Soliman, Jian Cui, Mohamed Ramadan, Ahmed Hablas, Mohamed Abouelhoda, Nehal Hussien, Ola Ahmed, Abdel-Rahman Nabawy Zekri, Ibrahim A Seifeldin, San Ming Wang   +10 more
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An assessment of opportunities to dissect host genetic variation in resistance to infectious diseases in livestock [PDF]

, 2009
This paper reviews the evidence for host genetic variation in resistance to infectious diseases for a wide variety of diseases of economic importance in poultry, cattle, pig, sheep and Atlantic salmon.
S. Genini, Davies, G., Giuffra, E., Bishop, S. C., G. Davies, S.C. Bishop, Genini, S., E. Giuffra   +7 more
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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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Public Awareness of Genetic Influence on Chronic Disease Risk: Are Genetic and Lifestyle Causal Beliefs Compatible? [PDF]

, 2011
Background/Aims: There is concern that raising awareness about the role of genetics in chronic disease etiology could undermine public belief that lifestyles are important, leading to adverse effects on public health. We tested the hypothesis that people
Sanderson, SC, Waller, J, Humphries, SE, Wardle, J   +3 more
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Common NFKBIL2 polymorphisms and susceptibility to pneumococcal disease: a genetic association study. [PDF]

, 2010
INTRODUCTION: Streptococcus pneumoniae remains a major global health problem and a leading cause of death in children worldwide. The factors that influence development of pneumococcal sepsis remain poorly understood, although increasing evidence points ...
Rautanen, Anna, Moore, CE, Davies, RJ, J Scott, Adrian VS Hill, Shelley Segal, Berkley, James, Hill, Adrian, Chiea C Khor, Andrew Walley, Catrin E Moore, Hill, AVS, Peshu, N, Davies, Robert JO, Scott, John, Williams, TN, Chapman, Stephen J, James A Berkley, Segal, S, Rautanen, A, Hill, AV, Scott, J Anthony, Fredrik O Vannberg, Walley, A, Khor, Chiea C, Vannberg, Fredrik O, Davies, RJO, Khor, CC, Derrick W Crook, Crook, DW, Moore, Catrin E, Berkley, James A, Segal, Shelley, Berkley, JA, Norbert Peshu, Hill, Adrian VS, Crook, Derrick W, Thomas N Williams, Day, Nicholas P, Day, NP, Vannberg, FO, Peshu, Norbert, Chapman, SJ, Scott, JA, Stephen J Chapman, Nicholas P Day, Anna Rautanen, Williams, Thomas N, Day, Nicholas, Walley, Andrew, Williams, Thomas, Robert JO Davies   +51 more
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Ovarian Sex Cord Stromal Tumors in Children and Adolescents—The European Standard Clinical Practice Recommendations

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As part of the European Cooperative Study Group for Paediatric Rare Tumours initiative, we developed standard clinical practice guidelines for ovarian sex cord stromal tumors, based on comprehensive national and international cohort analyses, literature review, and a final expert consensus conference.
Dominik T. Schneider, Kris‐Ann Schultz, Nora Schnitzler, Michael Abele, Tal Ben‐Ami, Ewa Bien, Gianni Bisogno, Ines B. Brecht, Maja Cesen, Andrea Ferrari, Michaela Kuhlen, Malgorzata A. Krawczyk, Ricardo Lopez‐Almaraz, Yves Reguerre, Calogero Virgone, Daniel Orbach   +15 more
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[Histiocytic sarcoma in the Swiss population of Bernese mountain dogs: a retrospective study of its genetic predisposition]

, 2006
A retrospective study to evaluate the genetic predisposition for histiocytic sarcoma in the Swiss population of purebred Bernese mountain dogs identified 51 histologically confirmed cases between 1997 and 2003.
Hauser, B, Flückiger, M, Welle, M, Voegeli, E, Dolf, G   +4 more
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Environmental interventions and the pattern of geohelminth infections in Salvador, Brazil. [PDF]

, 2004
This paper reports a longitudinal study, conducted in 1989/90, of 1893 children aged 5 to 14 years in 9 poor urban areas of the city of Salvador (population 2.44 million), capital of Bahia State in northeast Brazil.
Moraes, LRS, Cairncross, S
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