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Genetic Risk, Adherence to a Healthy Lifestyle, and Coronary Disease
New England Journal of Medicine, 2016 BACKGROUND Both genetic and lifestyle factors contribute to individual-level risk of coronary artery disease. The extent to which increased genetic risk can be offset by a healthy lifestyle is unknown.
A. Khera +15 more
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Germline TP53 Mutations Causing Diamond–Blackfan Anemia: A French Report
Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Diamond–Blackfan anemia is a rare congenital erythroblastopenia typically caused by mutations in ribosomal protein genes. Recently, gain‐of‐function mutations in TP53 have been identified as a novel cause of Diamond–Blackfan anemia. We report two French patients who both harbored a heterozygous TP53 deletion (NM_000546.5: c.1077delA; p ...
Rafael Moisan +6 more
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Journal of Pharmacy and Bioallied SciencesBackground: Smokeless tobacco (SLT) use, particularly gutka and khaini, is a significant public health concern in India, mainly in rural areas. This prospective cohort study aimed to investigate the association between SLT use and oral cancer incidence ...
Anuj Singh Parihar +5 more
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When do jumps matter for portfolio optimization? : [Version 29 April 2013] [PDF]
, 2013 We consider the continuous-time portfolio optimization problem of an investor with constant relative risk aversion who maximizes expected utility of terminal wealth. The risky asset follows a jump-diffusion model with a diffusion state variable.
Ascheberg, Marius +2 more
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Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT End‐of‐life conversations with adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with cancer rarely occur without the guidance of healthcare professionals. As a part of the ‘Difficult Discussions’ study, focused on palliative care and advance care planning discussions with AYAs with cancer, we investigated the factors that healthcare professionals identify ...
Justine Lee +9 more
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Relative risk of renal disease among people living with HIV: a systematic review and meta-analysis
BMC Public Health, 2012 BackgroundAntiretroviral therapy (ART) has substantially decreased mortality and HIV-related morbidity. However, other morbidities appear to be more common among PLHIV than in the general population.
Fakhrul M Islam +3 more
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Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Purpose Pediatric central nervous system (CNS) tumors often recur despite multimodality therapy. Although re‐irradiation (re‐RT) has historically been limited by concerns for severe late toxicities, modern techniques have renewed interest in this approach. Proton therapy provides dosimetric advantages that may enable curative re‐treatment with
Jin‐Ho Song +15 more
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RELATIVE AND ABSOLUTE RISK FORMAT IN ELICITING WILLINGNESS-TO-PAY FOR BEEF IRRADIATION [PDF]
The relationship between the valuation of reduced risk through irradiation and framing of risk information was determined using absolute and relative risk formats.
Fletcher, Stanley M. +2 more
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Ethnicity, Obesity, and Type 2 Diabetes of Adults in Urban Populations of Central America [PDF]
, 2017 The purpose of this meta-analysis was to examine the impact of ethnicity and obesity as it relates to Type-2 Diabetes (T2D) in specific Central American countries. A meta-analysis was conducted to determine the association of ethnicity, obesity, and T2D.
Humphries, J. (James) +3 more
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Labor Induction versus Expectant Management in Low-Risk Nulliparous Women
New England Journal of Medicine, 2018 Background The perinatal and maternal consequences of induction of labor at 39 weeks among low‐risk nulliparous women are uncertain. Methods In this multicenter trial, we randomly assigned low‐risk nulliparous women who were at 38 weeks 0 days to 38 ...
W. Grobman +21 more
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