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An expert consensus for the management of chronic hepatitis B in Asian Americans. [PDF]

, 2018
BACKGROUND: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is common with major clinical consequences. In Asian Americans, the HBsAg carrier rate ranges from 2% to 16% which approximates the rates from their countries of origin.
Abbas, Abbas, Ahn, Beasley, Beasley, Bisceglie, Bogr, Brown, Buti, Centers for Disease Control, Chae, Chan, Chang, Chang, Chang, Chang, Chang, Chao, Chaung, Chen, Chen, Chen, Chen, Chi, Chien, Choe, Chu, Clemente, Della Corte, European Association for the Study of the Liver, Evans, Fang, Fattovich, Fontana, Fung, Gish, Hadziyannis, Halperin, Hann, Heathcote, Hongthanakorn, Hoofnagle, Hu, Huang, Hung, Hyun, Iino, Iloeje, Jeng, Keeffe, Kim, Komatsu, Konstantinou, Kowdley, Kuo, Kwong, Lai, Lai, Lai, Lai, Lampertico, Lau, Lau, Lee, Lee, Liang, Liaw, Liaw, Liaw, Liew, Lin, Lin, Lin, Liu, Liu, Liu, Lok, Lok, Lok, Loomba, MacLachlan, Manegold, Marcellin, Marcellin, Marcellin, Marcellin, Marcellin, Marcellin, Martin, Martin-Carbonero, Mast, McClune, McMahon, Mitchell, Monte, Murata, Mutimer, Nafa, Nguyen, Nguyen, Nikolopoulos, Pan, Pan, Pan, Pan, Pan, Pan, Pan, Pan, Pan, Pan, Papatheodoridis, Park, Park, Park, Patterson, Perrillo, Perrillo, Pollack, Prati, Qiu, Reijnders, Sarin, Seto, Seto, Sherman, Shim, Shiraki, Sinatra, Sinn, Soriano, Stevens, Takano, Takayama, Takkenberg, Terrault, Thibault, Thio, Tong, Tong, Tong, Tong, Tong, Tong, Tong, Tong, Tong, Tong, Tong, Tong, Tong, Tong, Tse, Wang, Wedemeyer, Wei, Wen, Wiseman, Wursthorn, Xie, Xu, Yi, Yi, Yu, Yu, Yuen, Yuen, Yuen, Yuen, Yuen, Zhang, Zhang, Zhang, Zou   +173 more
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HRG C633T polymorphism and risk of gestational hypertensive disorders: a pilot study

BMC Medical Genetics, 2018
Background Preeclampsia and gestational hypertensive disorders are thought to occur due to endothelial cell dysfunction and abnormal placentation, triggered by angiogenesis-related factors yet undetermined.
Evangelia Elenis, Alkistis Skalkidou, Agneta Skoog-Svanberg, Gunilla Sydsjö, Anneli Stavreus-Evers, Helena Åkerud   +5 more
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The association between the rs4987105 of 5-lipoxygenase (ALOX5) gene and gestational glucose metabolism in Chinese population

BMC Research Notes, 2020
Objective The arachidonate 5-lipoxygenase (ALOX5) pathway has been investigated in diverse chronic inflammatory diseases including metabolic disorders. Recently, the ALOX5 polymorphism rs4987105 was identified to confer susceptibility to type 2 diabetes ...
Xi Li, Jindi Su, Shiguo Chen, Sheng Lin, Xiujie Zheng, Baojiang Wang, Keqin Yao, Liping Lai, Shan Duan   +8 more
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Genetic Variation in FADS Genes and Plasma Cholesterol Levels in 2-Year-Old Infants [PDF]

, 2013
Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in genes involved in fatty acid metabolism (FADS1 FADS2 gene cluster) are associated with plasma lipid levels. We aimed to investigate whether these associations are already present early in life and compare the ...
Heinrich, Joachim, Jansen, Eugène, Koppelman, Gerard H., Mensink, Ronald P., Moltó-Puigmartí, Carolina, Mommers, Monique, Penders, John, Plat, Jogchum, Postma, Dirkje S., Standl, Marie, Thijs, Carel   +10 more
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Experimental Zika Virus Infection in the Pregnant Common Marmoset Induces Spontaneous Fetal Loss and Neurodevelopmental Abnormalities. [PDF]

, 2018
During its most recent outbreak across the Americas, Zika virus (ZIKV) was surprisingly shown to cause fetal loss and congenital malformations in acutely and chronically infected pregnant women.
Aagaard, Kjersti M, Castro, Eumenia CC, Chiu, Charles Y, Giavedoni, Luis, Hodara, Vida L, Layne-Colon, Donna, Li, Tony, Martyn, Calla, Parodi, Laura M, Patterson, Jean L, Reyes, Kevin, Rutherford, Julienne, Seferovic, Maxim, Suter, Melissa A, Sánchez-San Martín, Claudia, Tamhankar, Manasi, Tardif, Suzette D, Yagi, Shigeo   +17 more
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A report of nine cases and review of the literature of infertile men carrying balanced translocations involving chromosome 5

Molecular Cytogenetics, 2018
Background Balanced translocations may cause the loss of genetic material at the breakpoints and may result in failure of spermatogenesis. However, carriers of reciprocal translocation may naturally conceive.
Hong-Guo Zhang, Rui-Xue Wang, Yuan Pan, Han Zhang, Lei-Lei Li, Hai-Bo Zhu, Rui-Zhi Liu   +6 more
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Immunologic response to vaccine challenge in pregnant PTPN22 R620W carriers and non-carriers. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2017
Influenza infection is a significant cause of respiratory morbidity among pregnant women. Seasonal influenza vaccination engages innate immune receptors to promote protective immunity.
Shelly H Tien, Juliet N Crabtree, Heather L Gray, Erik J Peterson   +3 more
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Recommendations for practices utilizing gestational carriers: a committee opinion [PDF]

Fertility and Sterility, 2017
This document provides the latest recommendations for evaluation of gestational carriers and intended parents. It incorporates recent information from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the US Food and Drug Administration, and the American Association of Tissue Banks, with which all programs offering gestational carrier services must be
Samantha Pfeifer, Samantha Butts, Gregory Fossum, Clarisa Gracia, Andrew La Barbera, Jennifer Mersereau, Randall Odem, Richard Paulson, Alan Penzias, Margareta Pisarska, Robert Rebar, Richard Reindollar, Mitchell Rosen, Jay Sandlow, Michael Vernon   +14 more
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Homozygous disruption of P450 side-chain cleavage (CYP11A1) is associated with prematurity, complete 46,XY sex reversal, and severe adrenal failure [PDF]

, 2005
Disruption of the P450 side-chain cleavage cytochrome (P450scc) enzyme due to deleterious mutations of the CYP11A1 gene is thought to be incompatible with fetal survival because of impaired progesterone production by the fetoplacental unit.
Achermann, JC, Hiort, O, Holterhus, PM, Hoppe, U, Marschke, C, Partsch, CJ, Riepe, FG, Struve, D, Werner, R   +8 more
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Congenital malaria in a hospital in Iquitos, Peru

Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Pública, 2015
Objectives. To determine the frequency and clinical features of newborns with congenital malaria in the Hospital de Apoyo of Iquitos in the Peruvian Amazon. Materials and methods. Descriptive, prospective and cross-sectional study.
Hermann Silva, Bernaldo Laulate, Carlos Coral   +2 more
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