Introduction Next to existing terminology of the lower urinary tract, due to its increasing
complexity, the terminology for pelvic floor dysfunction in women may be better updated by a …

We conducted a meta-analysis of Parkinson's disease genome-wide association studies
using a common set of 7,893,274 variants across 13,708 cases and 95,282 controls. Twenty-six …

This is the first major study on this scale of Irish performance, North and South, in the twentieth
century. Although stressing the primacy of politics in Irish public affairs, it argues that Irish …

OBJECTIVES To assess the clinical course of patients who have undergone coronary stent
placement less than six weeks before noncardiac surgery. BACKGROUND Surgical and …

Background There is uncertainty about the mode of transmission of the severe acute respiratory
syndrome (SARS) virus. We analyzed the temporal and spatial distributions of cases in a …

The recycling of the amyloid precursor protein (APP) from the cell surface via the endocytic
pathways plays a key role in the generation of amyloid β peptide (Aβ) in Alzheimer disease. …

The National Institutes of Health Consensus Development Program convened surgeons,
endocrinologists, pathologists, biostatisticians, radiologists, oncologists, and other health care …

Background Tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) is a proinflammatory cytokine that produces
negative inotropic effects in the heart. Recently, elevated levels of TNF-α have been reported in …

Using real-time quantitative PCR, cell-free EBV DNA was detectable in the plasma of 96% (55
of 57) of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) patients (median concentration, 21058 copies/…

Histone lysine methylation has been linked to the recruitment of mammalian DNA repair factor
53BP1 and putative fission yeast homolog Crb2 to DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs), but …