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Ethnic Differences in the Association Between SOD2 rs4880 and Hepatotoxicity in Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: A Report From the REDIAL Consortium

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Treatment‐associated hepatotoxicity (TAH) is a common complication of pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) treatment, but genetic risk factors remain poorly understood. We evaluated the SOD2 rs4880 variant in 544 children with ALL at Texas Children's Hospital. After adjusting for demographic and clinical covariates, the rs4880 C allele
Emily J. Mason, John P. Woodhouse, Joanna S. Yi, M. Monica Gramatges, Olga A. Taylor, Veronica A. Morales, Shalini Dhamodharan, Marley Roberts, Karen R. Rabin, Philip J. Lupo, Michael E. Scheurer, Van Huynh, Steven D. Mittelman, Etan Orgel, Austin L. Brown   +14 more
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Advanced directives: open issues

Italian Journal of Medicine, 2013
BACKGROUND In Italy Advanced directives have not been regulated by law yet. Moreover, there is a confusion of concepts: advanced directives, refusal of treatment, medical futility and euthanasia are not synonymous.DISCUSSION The following aspects are ...
Gabriella Negrini
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Assessing Cognitive Functioning in Children With Brain Tumors: Interaction of Neighborhood Social Determinants of Health and Neurological Risk

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background This study investigated how neighborhood‐level social determinants of health (SDOH), including redlining and neurological risk, interact to influence cognitive outcomes in children treated for brain tumors (CTBT). Methods A retrospective chart review of 161 CTBT aged 5–17 was conducted.
Alannah R. Srsich, Manali Zope, Peter M. Fantozzi, Cassie N. Kline, Iris Paltin, Matthew C. Hocking   +5 more
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Development of knowledge⁃attitude⁃practice(KAP) questionnaire on living will of elderly patients and its reliability and validity test

Huli yanjiu, 2020
ObjectiveTo develop knowledge⁃attitude⁃practice（KAP） questionnaire on living will of elderly patients，and to test its reliability and validity.MethodsWith framework of knowledge⁃attitude⁃practice（KAP） theory，knowledge⁃attitude⁃practice（KAP） questionnaire
ZHANG Yanting, QIAN Xinyi, LI Jianjun
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Efficacy and Safety Analysis of Roxarestat in Regulating Renal Anemia in Patients on Maintenance Hemodialysis

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To compare the efficacy and safety of roxarestat versus recombinant human erythropoietin (rhEPO) in the management of renal anemia in patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis. Methods This was a prospective, open‐label, randomized controlled trial.
Lingling Chen, Junjie Zhu, Qiaonan Ge
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Evaluation of a Community-Based Advance Care Planning Campaign for a General Adult Population

Palliative Medicine Reports
Background: Early advance care planning (ACP) has been widely recommended, but overall uptake remains low. Most efforts to improve formal ACP adoption, namely living will (LW) and health care agent (HCA) documentation, focus on medical settings targeted ...
Peiyuan Zhang, Tiffany C. Erbelding, Glenn E. Schneider, Nikki Highsmith Vernick, John G. Cagle   +4 more
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Are we Living an Illusion? Folk Intuitions on the Problem of Free Will

Rivista Internazionale di Filosofia e Psicologia, 2015
In recent years, philosophy has witnessed the birth and development of a new research program that has provoked both enthusiasm and strong criticism: Experimental Philosophy (or X-Phi).
Silvia Felletti
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Medicare Premiums and Social Security's Cost-of-Living Adjustments [PDF]

, 2011
Outlines how Medicare Part B and Part D premium hikes will cancel out the cost of living increases in Social Security benefits, severely affecting the lowest-income beneficiaries.
Rudolph G. Penner
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Fetal Brain Tumor Harboring a Unique ROCK1::BRAF Fusion

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
Marllon Cindra Sant'Ana, Mariana Maschietto, Daniela Paz Leal, Ricardo de Santos de Oliveira, Mayara Ferreira Euzébio, Antonio Carlos dos Santos, Luciano Neder, Carlos Alberto Scrideli, Elvis Terci Valera   +8 more
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Therapeutic Apheresis for Intravenous Methylprednisolone‐Refractory Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder: Clinical and Radiological Outcomes in a Single‐Center Case Series

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) is a relapsing autoimmune disease of the central nervous system. High‐dose intravenous methylprednisolone (IVMP) is the standard first‐line therapy for acute attacks, although some patients remain refractory.
Wataru Horiguchi, Daisuke Katagiri, Takeyuki Watadani, Shunichi Matsuda, Hiroshi Kaneko, Noritoshi Arai   +5 more
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