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Selected articles
Review & comment
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Jasvinder SinghRacial disparities in treatment of gout
A recent trial in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders reports urate-lowering therapy is equally effective in gout patients of different racial backgrounds, and Jasvinder Singh discusses the importance making this therapy more available to African-American patients in order to lower the burden of gout.
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Anna Sapone, Julio Bai, Carolina Ciacci, Jernej Dolinsek, Peter Green, Marios Hadjivassiliou, Katri Kaukinen, Kamran Rostami, David Sander, Michael Schumann, Reiner Ullrich, Danilo Villalta, Umberto Volta, Carlo Catassi, Alessio FasanoNew classifications for GRDs
Fasano and colleagues propose new nomenclature and classifications within the spectrum of gluten-related disorders (GRDs), prompted by indications from the past decade that reactions to gluten may be caused by conditions other than celiac disease.
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Paul Goldwater, Karl BettelheimTreatment strategies for VTEC
In light of the verotoxigenic E. coli (VTEC) European epidemic in 2011, Goldwater and Bettelheim comment on the complex pathogenesis of these strains and recommend a multi-targeted approach to current and future treatment strategies.
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Dirk Werber, Gerard Krause, Christina Frank, Angelika Fruth, Antje Flieger, Martin Mielke, Lars Schaade, Klaus StarkManaging STEC outbreaks
Improvements in management strategies to control Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) outbreaks are discussed by Dirk Werber et al, who advocate early detection via careful surveillance and investigation of food source, as well as integration of molecular data.
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Suzanne HillCost vs quality of life
Suzanne Hill comments on the caution required in elucidating cost-effectiveness analysis outcomes, whereby clinicians should consider the benefits and harms in adjusting patient's quality of life years in the use of health care interventions.
Research
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Maheswari Srinivasan, Grace Ndeezi, Cordelia Katureebe Mboijana, Sarah Kiguli, Gabriel Bimenya, Victoria Nankabirwa, James TumwineZinc adjunct therapy reduces case fatality in severe childhood pneumonia: a randomized double blind placebo-controlled trial
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Sophie Waldvogel, Baptiste Pedrazzini, Paul Vaucher, Raphael Bize, Jacques Cornuz, Jean Tissot, Bernard FavratClinical evaluation of iron treatment efficiency among non-anemic but iron-deficient female blood donors: a randomized controlled trial
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Robert Phillips, Ros Wade, Thomas Lehrnbecher, Lesley Stewart, Alex SuttonSystematic review and meta-analysis of the value of initial biomarkers in predicting adverse outcome in febrile neutropenic episodes in children and young people with cancer
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Yong Zhao, Zhaoshun Jiang, Tingbao Zhao, Mingliang Ye, Chengjin Hu, Zhaohui Yin, Heng Li, Ye Zhang, Yalin Diao, Yunxiang Li, Yingjian Chen, Xiaoming Sun, Mary Beth Fisk, Randal Skidgel, Mark Holterman, Bellur Prabhakar, Theodore MazzoneReversal of type 1 diabetes via islet beta cell regeneration following immune modulation by cord blood-derived multipotent stem cells
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Robert Ohle, Fran O'Reilly, Kirsty O'Brien, Tom Fahey, Borislav DimitrovThe Alvarado score for predicting acute appendicitis: A systematic review
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