Browsing by Subject "Age"
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Age-Dependent Metastatic Spread and Survival: Cancer of Unknown Primary as a Model
(2016)In order to describe a novel approach for the clinical study of metastases, we provide here age-specific incidence and survival data for cancer of unknown primary (CUP). Metastases in various organs are found at CUP ...
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The association of community violence exposure with middle-school achievement: A prospective study
(2004)This study investigated the long-term effects of exposure to community violence on academic achievement and feelings of safety in school among a large sample of urban middle-school students (N = 759). It also considered ...
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The clinical picture of primary Sjogren's syndrome: A retrospective study
(1982)The clinical and laboratory features of 47 patients with primary Sjogren's syndrome, confirmed by lip biopsy, were analyzed in this study. The majority of our patients had the classical signs and symptoms of Sjogren's ...
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The EU-AIMS Longitudinal European Autism Project (LEAP): Clinical characterisation
(2017)Background: The EU-AIMS Longitudinal European Autism Project (LEAP) is to date the largest multi-centre, multi-disciplinary observational study on biomarkers for autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The current paper describes ...
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Juvenile cancer: Improving care for adolescents and young adults within the frame of medical oncology
(2005)Despite unique tumour epidemiology, a higher cancer incidence and modest survival improvement compared to paediatric patients, adolescents and young adults aged 15-30 have not been considered as a separate, 'special' group ...
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Measuring Altruistic and Solidaristic Orientations Toward Others among People Who Inject Drugs
(2015)The altruism and/or solidarity of people who inject drugs helps protect sex and drug partners from HIV. Research has been hindered by lack of measures. We developed and administered scales to assess them to 300 people who ...
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Metabolic syndrome and its components as predictors of ischemic stroke in type 2 diabetic patients
(2008)BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE - The available data regarding the association between metabolic syndrome (MS) or MS components and ischemic stroke in type 2 diabetics are limited and inconsistent. This study aimed to investigate ...
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Near-absolute expression of the bcl-2 protein identifies a subgroup of stage II breast cancer patients with a most favorable outcome. Results of a clinicopathological study
(2001)The clinical relevance of quantitative assessment of tumor-tissue expression of the bcl-2 protein in operated stage II breast cancer was investigated in this study. Thirty-five cases were studied by immunohistochemistry ...
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Pediatric craniofacial trauma
(2008)Purpose: Maxillofacial and skull fractures occur with concomitant injuries in pediatric trauma patients. The aim of this study was to determine the causes and distributions of maxillofacial and skull fractures as well as ...
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Personality variables are associated with colorectal cancer patients' quality of life independent of psychological distress and disease severity
(2010)Objective: The aim of the present study was to test whether psychological distress and personality variables are independently associated with health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in colorectal cancer patients, after ...
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Primary extranodal non Hodgkin's lymphoma of the head and neck in adults: A clinicopathological comparison between tonsillar and non tonsillar lymphomas
(1998)Primary extranodal NHL of the head and neck (HN-NHL) accounts for 10-20% of all cases of NHL. Despite their frequency, the natural history and biological behaviour of these lymphomas is poorly understood. In this study we ...
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Prognostic factors in aggressive non-Hodgkin's lymphomas
(1998)Aggressive non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) is a biologically heterogeneous disease that can be cured with aggressive chemotherapy treatment. Different clinical, biological, cellular and molecular features have been identified ...
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Prognostic factors influencing complete response to treatment and survival of patients with nasopharyngeal cancer
(1998)The identification of prognostic factors influencing local control and survival of patients with nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC) might help in pointing out those patients who would probably benefit from primary treatment. A ...
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Risk factors affecting the incidence of infection after orthopaedic surgery: The role of chemoprophylaxis
(2012)The incidence of surgical site infection and urinary tract infection following orthopaedic procedures has diminished in recent years due to modern antimicrobial prophylaxis. We conducted a case-control study (100 cases, ...
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Trajectories of pure and co-occurring internalizing and externalizing problems from age 2 to age 12: Findings from the national institute of child health and human development study of early child care
(2010)How and why do internalizing and externalizing problems, psychopathological problems from different diagnostic classes representing separate forms of psychopathology, co-occur in children? We investigated the development ...
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Voice Quality and Gender Stereotypes: A Study of Lebanese Women With Reinke's Edema
(2016)Women with Reinke's edema (RW) report being mistaken for men during telephone conversations. For this reason, their masculine-sounding voices are interesting for the study of gender stereotypes. The study's objective is ...