A genetic validation study reveals a role of vitamin D metabolism in the response to interferon-alfa-based therapy of chronic hepatitis C [PDF]
Background: To perform a comprehensive study on the relationship between vitamin D metabolism and the response to interferon-α-based therapy of chronic hepatitis C.
Badenhoop, Klaus +20 more
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Level of impaired control predicts outcome of moderation-oriented treatment for alcohol problems [PDF]
Aims To examine the ability of the Impaired Control Scale (ICS) to predict outcome of moderation-oriented treatment for alcohol problems and to compare this predictive ability directly with that of a widely used measure of alcohol dependence, the ...
Adamson +38 more
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Virological treatment outcome under HAART : does sex matter? [PDF]
Background: In Germany, 17% of 59,000 persons living with HIV/AIDS are female. Accordingly, the research focus in clinical studies as well as in cohort analyses has been almost exclusively on HIV-positive men. As a consequence, there is an urgent need to
Haberl, Annette Elisabeth +3 more
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Background: Internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy (ICBT) is a form of guided self-help that has been found to be effective for addressing several problems.
Andersson, Gerhard +3 more
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Background Tuberculosis remains to be a major public health problem among under developed world due to delay in detection and treatment of patients with active TB.
Tigist Mohammed +3 more
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A meta-analysis of the relation between therapeutic alliance and treatment outcome in eating disorders. [PDF]
The therapeutic alliance has demonstrated an association with favorable psychotherapeutic outcomes in the treatment of eating disorders (EDs). However, questions remain about the inter-relationships between early alliance, early symptom improvement, and ...
Antoniou +65 more
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PYOGENIC SPONDYLODISCITIS: RISK FACTORS FOR THERAPEUTIC FAILURE AND RECURRENCE
Objective: Evaluate the prognostic factors associated with therapeutic failure and recurrence in pyogenic spondylodiscitis (PS). Methods: A historical cohort study was conducted in a reference Brazilian hospital for locomotor system and ...
Guilherme José da Nóbrega Danda +1 more
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International Guillain-Barré Syndrome Outcome Study (IGOS): protocol of a prospective observational cohort study on clinical and biological predictors of disease course and outcome in Guillain-Barré syndrome [PDF]
Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is an acute polyradiculoneuropathy with a highly variable clinical presentation, course, and outcome. The factors that determine the clinical variation of GBS are poorly understood which complicates the care and treatment of
Bateman, K. +49 more
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Neurosurgeon, nota bene! … brain!
Advances in radiology, and introduction of modern neuroimaging technologies into practice, make it possible to identify pathological zones in various parts of the brain, that measure in millimeters.
M.E. Polishchuk
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Data quality predicts care quality: findings from a national clinical audit [PDF]
Background: Missing clinical outcome data are a common occurrence in longitudinal studies. Data quality in clinical audit is a particular cause for concern. The relationship between departmental levels of missing clinical outcome data and care quality is
Bechman, Katie +6 more
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