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Changes in Body Composition in Children and Young People Undergoing Treatment for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Ongoing evidence indicates increased risk of sarcopenic obesity among children and young people (CYP) with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), often beginning early in treatment, persisting into survivorship. This review evaluates current literature on body composition in CYP with ALL during and after treatment.
Lina A. Zahed   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Morphogenesis Of Evolutionary Developmental Biology [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
The early studies of evolutionary developmental biology (Evo-Devo) come from several sources. Tributaries flowing into Evo-Devo came from such disciplines as embryology, developmental genetics, evolutionary biology, ecology, paleontology, systematics ...
Gilbert, Scott F.
core   +2 more sources

On the road to personalised and precision geomedicine: medical geology and a renewed call for interdisciplinarity [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Our health depends on where we currently live, as well as on where we have lived in the past and for how long in each place. An individual’s place history is particularly relevant in conditions with long latency between exposures and clinical ...
Kamel Boulos, MN, Le Blond, JS
core   +2 more sources

Parent‐to‐Child Information Disclosure in Pediatric Oncology

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Despite professional consensus regarding the importance of open communication with pediatric cancer patients about their disease, actual practice patterns of disclosure are understudied. Extant literature suggests a significant proportion of children are not told about their diagnosis/prognosis, which is purported to negatively ...
Rachel A. Kentor   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Identifying knowledge deficiencies in genetics education among medical students and interns in Saudi Arabia- A cross-sectional study

open access: yesBMC Medical Education
Background Understanding genetics is crucial for medical students, particularly in Saudi Arabia, where genetic disorders are prevalent owing to high rates of consanguineous marriages.
Abeer F. Zakariyah   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Rapid and inexpensive body fluid identification by RNA profiling-based multiplex High Resolution Melt (HRM) analysis [v2; ref status: indexed, http://f1000r.es/314]

open access: yesF1000Research, 2014
Positive identification of the nature of biological material present on evidentiary items can be crucial for understanding the circumstances surrounding a crime.
Erin K. Hanson, Jack Ballantyne
doaj   +1 more source

The Birth of a New Department at MCV/VCU-Human Genetics [PDF]

open access: yes, 1975
In recognition of the central role of genetics in the health professions, the MCV/VCU School of Basic Sciences and Graduate Studies substantially enlarged its commitment to this discipline by creating a new Department of Human Genetics as of September 1,
Mamunes, Peter
core   +1 more source

Predicting Chronicity in Children and Adolescents With Newly Diagnosed Immune Thrombocytopenia at the Timepoint of Diagnosis Using Machine Learning‐Based Approaches

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives To identify predictors of chronic ITP (cITP) and to develop a model based on several machine learning (ML) methods to estimate the individual risk of chronicity at the timepoint of diagnosis. Methods We analyzed a longitudinal cohort of 944 children enrolled in the Intercontinental Cooperative immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) Study ...
Severin Kasser   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Design and Consideration of Medical Genetics Training Courses for Clinical Physicians Specializing in Rare Diseases

open access: yes罕见病研究
The diagnosis and treatment of rare diseases have long been significant challenges in the medical practice. With the rapid development of genomics and genetics, medical genetics has been widely applied in the diagnosis and treatment of rare diseases ...
LIU Yaping, SHEN Min, ZHANG Shuyang
doaj   +1 more source

Murine Cep290 phenotypes are modified by genetic backgrounds and provide an impetus for investigating disease modifier alleles [version 1; referees: 2 approved]

open access: yesF1000Research, 2015
The study of primary cilia is of broad interest both in terms of disease pathogenesis and the fundamental biological role of these structures. Murine models of ciliopathies provide valuable tools for the study of these diseases.
Simon Ramsbottom   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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