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Showing 1 to 20 of 119 for “"Prospective Studies"”.
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Thyroid hormones and breast cancer-prospective studies on incidence, mortality and prognostic factors
Thyroid hormones and breast cancer-prospective studies on incidence, mortality and prognostic factors The aim of this thesis was to investigate in a prospective design, thyroid hormones in relation to breast cancer risk, mortality and prognostic factors. The association between total …
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The effects of parent training interventions on parental self-efficacy for parents with young children with an autism spectrum disorder or other developmental disabilities : a systematic review
… a number of databases to identify all relevant prospective studies meeting our study objective. Articles were selected using predefined criteria and data were extracted onto a purposely-designed data extracted form.
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Antiretroviral Treatment as Prevention in African HIV-1 Serodiscordant Couples: Understanding the Challenges and Opportunities
The studies described in this dissertation examine the relationship between use of antiretroviral therapy (ART) and biologic and behavioral factors related to HIV-1 transmission risk in stable heterosexual HIV-1 serodiscordant African couples. ART is recommended for all HIV-1 infected persons, …
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A prospective study of implantation, maternal cardiovascular function and pregnancy outcome
… because of the difficulties in conducting prospective studies from prior to pregnancy and an inability to study events at the trophoblast-decidual interface in vivo. The primary objective of this study was to test the feasibility of being able to conduct and complete a prospective study …
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Burden of antituberculosis and antiretroviral drug-induced liver injury at a secondary hospital in South Africa
… aid by guiding management of these patients. Prospective studies are urgently needed to guide management in these patients. The burden of TB treatment and or ART-associated drug induced liver injury in this setting has not been described to our knowledge, neither has management, outcome or …
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Neurocognitive disorders in young adults commencing highly active antiretroviral treatment in the Western Cape
… that HAART has exerted on HAND across diverse studies. A prospective clinical cohort study was initiated in Cape Town, in which 170 participants completed baseline clinical and neuropsychological assessments. Laboratory investigations included apolipoprotein E (APOE) genotyping. The performance …
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Risk of malignancy in patients with inflammatory bowel disease treated with Azathioprine or 6-mercaptopurine : the Cape Town experience
… IBD patients hoever, several retropsective and prospective studies have been conducted (including two meta-analyses) with divergent results. The primary objective of this study was to compare the incidence of cancer in IBD patients treated with AZA/6BMP with those not treated. Secondary …
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Gamma-Glutamyltransferase- Is it a Biomarker of oxidative stress?
… has been observed in atherosclerotic plaques. Prospective studies have also recently shown that plasma GGT levels may be correlated with cardiovascular disease, however the mechanism remains unclear. This research examines the hypothesis that it is due to an increased synthesis of GGT protein …
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Rooibos tea flavonoids increase mineral content in human osteoblast-like cells
Some cross-sectional and prospective studies have demonstrated a positive correlation between habitual tea consumption and bone mineral density in post-menopausal women. Rooibos tea contains no caffeine and is a rich source of flavonoids such as rutin, orientin, hyperoside and luteolin. These …
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Omega-3 fatty acids and depression: epidemiological and experimental evidence
… The systematic review of epidemiological studies exploring the possible relation of fish or omega-3 PUFA consumption resulted in findings much harder to be interpreted. A total of 28 studies, including 251,464 individuals and over 20,000 cases of depression, were examined. Among the 18 …
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Lietuvių kalbos eufemizmai: raiška ir motyvacija /
… animals and human beings and their environment. Studies on euphemisms are not extensive in Lithuania, however, there are individual articles on contemporary euphemisms or certain groups of euphemisms. There are very few extensive studies on traditional animalistic euphemisms and euphemisms …
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The Associations of Injury and Stress with Temporomandibular Disorders
… and TMD is largely based on cross-sectional studies which limit causal inference about the role of jaw injury in TMD. The few prospective studies assessed jaw injuries from different settings and have a narrow focus regarding type of jaw injury, potentially limiting counts of injury and …
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The Development of Flash Visual Evoked Potential Techniques for the Diagnosis of Visual Disorders with Dense Opacities of the Optic Media
… by the loss of central retinal function. Two prospective studies were carried out on patients with dense opacities of the optic media. One group of patients had unilateral longstanding cataracts, the second group had recently sustained severe eye injuries with penetration of the globe. The VEP …
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Neuropsychiatric complications of efavirenz in children with HIV-1 infection
… slow metabolizers are at risk of neurotoxicity. Prospective studies comparing efavirenz-treated and efavirenz-naïve children are needed.
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Early Pregnancy Maternal Vitamin D Concentrations in Relation to Gestational Diabetes Mellitus, Mood or Anxiety Disorders, and Preeclampsia
Background: Previous studies examining associations of maternal vitamin D (Vit-D) with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), mood or anxiety disorders (MAD), and preeclampsia (PE) risk reported inconsistent findings. Whether pre- or mid-pregnancy body mass index (pp-BMI or mp-BMI) or maternal …
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Statins and Risk of Alzheimer Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
… performed to identify all available published prospective studies that evaluated the effect of statin treatment on the incidence of Alzheimer disease in individuals with normal cognitive function at baseline. After the relevant studies were identified, a meta-analysis was conducted. A …
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An examination of the Health Belief Model when applied to Diabetes mellitus.
Previous research studies which have used Health Belief Model (I-IBM) dimensions in order to understand health outcomes have many problems which prevent clear and reliable conclusions about their results. Studies about diabetes-related health beliefs have proved to be no exception to this rule. The …
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Association of opioid requirement and cancer pain with survival in advanced non-small cell lung cancer
… it with opioids does not improve survival. Prospective studies should determine if achieving pain control using opioid-sparing approaches improves outcomes.
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Executive Function and Instrumental ADL Performance in Older Adults with Heart Failure
… in the performance of instrumental ADLS and prospective studies should further explore this link.
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Outcomes of preterm infants discharged early from a South African Kangaroo Mother Care Unit
… infants. Few recent South African studies have looked at outcomes of KMC beyond the neonatal period. Aim: The primary objective was to describe the post-discharge clinical course of KMC infants over six months. The secondary objectives were to correlate neonatal and maternal …
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