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Volume 2 (2004) - August 2004

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What does my patient's coronary artery calcium score mean? Combining information from the coronary artery calcium score with information from conventional risk factors to estimate coronary heart disease risk

Mark J Pletcher, Jeffrey A Tice, Michael Pignone, Charles McCulloch, Tracy Q Callister, Warren S Browner BMC Medicine 2004, 2:31 (24 August 2004)

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The addition of standard risk factors to the coronary artery calcium score can affect the clinical assessment of coronary heart disease risks.

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Loss of KCNJ10 protein expression abolishes endocochlear potential and causes deafness in Pendred syndrome mouse model

Philine Wangemann, Erin M Itza, Beatrice Albrecht, Tao Wu, Sairam V Jabba, Rajanikanth J Maganti, Jun Ho Lee, Lorraine A Everett, Susan M Wall, Ines E Royaux, Eric D Green, Daniel C Marcus BMC Medicine 2004, 2:30 (20 August 2004)

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The loss of KCNJ10 potassium channel protein expression and the consequent reduction in endocochlear potential are the cause of deafness in pendrin gene knockout mice, suggesting that the same is true in human Pendred syndrome.

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Stress, burnout and doctors' attitudes to work are determined by personality and learning style: A twelve year longitudinal study of UK medical graduates

IC McManus, A Keeling, E Paice BMC Medicine 2004, 2:29 (18 August 2004)

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Doctors' stress and career satisfaction are partly determined by their different learning styles and can be predicted by studying their personality and habits at medical school.

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Optimizing the HIV/AIDS informed consent process in India

J Sastry, H Pisal, S Sutar, N Kapadia-Kundu, A Joshi, N Suryavanshi, KE Bharucha, A Shrotri, MA Phadke, RC Bollinger, AV Shankar BMC Medicine 2004, 2:28 (2 August 2004)

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Using visual aids boosts clinical trial volunteers' understanding of information relating to informed consent, even in populations with little education and within busy government hospital settings.