1.
A simple and reproducible breast cancer prognostic test
Luigi
Marchionni,
Bahman
Afsari,
Donald
Geman,
Jeffrey
T
Leek
BMC Genomics 2013, 14 :336 (17 May 2013)
Abstract | Provisional PDF
2.
Performance and determinants of routine immunization coverage within the context of intensive polio eradication activities in Uttar Pradesh, India: Social Mobilization Network (SM Net) and Core Group Polio Project (CGPP)
William
M
Weiss,
Manojkumar
Choudhary,
Roma
Solomon
BMC International Health and Human Rights 2013, 13 :25 (16 May 2013)
Abstract | Provisional PDF
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Editor’s summary
Routine polio immunization coverage in Uttar Pradesh has increased concurrently with intensive polio eradication activities, suggesting that polio eradication efforts do not interfere with routine immunization, and that targeted health communications can improve routine immunization performance.
3.
Inter-study reproducibility of cardiovascular magnetic resonance tagging
Sirisha
Donekal,
Bharath
Ambale-Venkatesh,
Seth
Berkowitz,
Colin
O
Wu,
Eui
Young
Choi,
Veronica
Fernandes,
Raymond
Yan,
Ahmed
A
Harouni,
David
A
Bluemke,
Joao
A
Lima
Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance 2013, 15 :37 (10 May 2013)
Abstract | Provisional PDF
| PubMed
4.
Role of exhaled nitric oxide as a predictor of atopy
Karina
M
Romero,
Colin
L
Robinson,
Lauren
M
Baumann,
Robert
H
Gilman,
Robert
G
Hamilton,
Nadia
N
Hansel,
William
Checkley,
Respiratory Research 2013, 14 :48 (2 May 2013)
Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed
5.
Open label study of escalating doses of oral treprostinil diethanolamine in patients with systemic sclerosis and digital ischemia: pharmacokinetics and correlation with digital perfusion
Ami
A
Shah,
Elena
Schiopu,
Laura
K
Hummers,
Michael
Wade,
Kristine
Phillips,
Cynthia
Anderson,
Robert
Wise,
Francesco
Boin,
James
R
Seibold,
Fredrick
Wigley,
Kristan
D
Rollins
Arthritis Research & Therapy 2013, 15 :R54 (18 April 2013)
Abstract | Provisional PDF
| PubMed
6.
Analyzing the sources and nature of influence: how the Avahan program used evidence to influence HIV/AIDS prevention policy in India
Nhan
T
Tran,
Sara
C
Bennett,
Rituparna
Bishnu,
Suneeta
Singh
Implementation Science 2013, 8 :44 (17 April 2013)
Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed
7.
Measuring malaria by passive case detection: a new perspective based on Zambian experience
Clive
J
Shiff,
Cristina
Stoyanov,
Cornelius
Choobwe,
Aniset
Kamanga,
Victor
M
Mukonka
Malaria Journal 2013, 12 :120 (10 April 2013)
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Editor’s summary
This is an interesting commentary piece about the potential use of health facility collected malaria rapid diagnostic test data on identifying areas of differentially higher transmission within a particular area in Zambia.
8.
A pilot open-label trial of minocycline in patients with autism and regressive features
Carlos
A
Pardo,
Ashura
Buckley,
Audrey
Thurm,
Li-Ching
Lee,
Arun
Azhagiri,
David
M
Neville,
Susan
E
Swedo
Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders 2013, 5 :9 (8 April 2013)
Abstract | Provisional PDF
| PubMed
9.
Sequencing CTLA-4 blockade with cell-based immunotherapy for prostate cancer
Satoshi
Wada,
Christopher
M
Jackson,
Kiyoshi
Yoshimura,
Hung-Rong
Yen,
Derese
Getnet,
Timothy
J
Harris,
Monica
V
Goldberg,
Tullia
C
Bruno,
Joseph
F
Grosso,
Nicholas
Durham,
George
J
Netto,
Drew
M
Pardoll,
Charles
G
Drake
Journal of Translational Medicine 2013, 11 :89 (4 April 2013)
Abstract | Provisional PDF
| PubMed
10.
The Tiotropium Safety and Performance in Respimat® Trial (TIOSPIR®), a large scale, randomized, controlled, parallel-group trial-design and rationale
Robert
A
Wise,
Antonio
Anzueto,
Peter
Calverley,
Ronald
Dahl,
Daniel
Dusser,
Gordon
Pledger,
Michael
Koenen-Bergmann,
Elizabeth
Joseph,
Daniel
Cotton,
Bernd
Disse
Respiratory Research 2013, 14 :40 (2 April 2013)
Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed
11.
SVAw - a web-based application tool for automated surrogate variable analysis of gene expression studies
Mehdi
Pirooznia,
Fayaz
Seifuddin,
Fernando
S
Goes,
Jeffrey
T
Leek,
Peter
P
Zandi
Source Code for Biology and Medicine 2013, 8 :8 (11 March 2013)
Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed
12.
BioTile, A Perl based tool for the identification of differentially enriched regions in tiling microarray data
Jerry
Guintivano,
Michal
Arad,
Kellie
LK
Tamashiro,
Todd
D
Gould,
Zachary
A
Kaminsky
BMC Bioinformatics 2013, 14 :76 (3 March 2013)
Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed
13.
Combination treatment with ABT-737 and chloroquine in preclinical models of small cell lung cancer
Rebekah
L
Zinn,
Eric
E
Gardner,
Irina
Dobromilskaya,
Sara
Murphy,
Luigi
Marchionni,
Christine
L
Hann,
Charles
M
Rudin
Molecular Cancer 2013, 12 :16 (2 March 2013)
Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed
14.
Necrotizing scleritis as a complication of cosmetic eye whitening procedure
Theresa
G
Leung,
James
P
Dunn,
Esen
K
Akpek,
Jennifer
E
Thorne
Journal of Ophthalmic Inflammation and Infection 2013, 3 :39 (22 February 2013)
Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed
15.
Driving patterns in older adults with glaucoma
Suzanne
W
van Landingham,
Chad
Hochberg,
Robert
W
Massof,
Emilie
Chan,
David
S
Friedman,
Pradeep
Y
Ramulu
BMC Ophthalmology 2013, 13 :4 (21 February 2013)
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Editor’s summary
Older people with glaucoma and visual field loss associated with glaucoma are more likely to stop or limit their driving, although whether this is sufficient to ensure safety without impacting quality of life remains to be established.
16.
An ethics curriculum for short-term global health trainees
Matthew
DeCamp,
Joce
Rodriguez,
Shelby
Hecht,
Michele
Barry,
Jeremy
Sugarman
Globalization and Health 2013, 9 :5 (14 February 2013)
Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed
17.
Health systems supports for community case management of childhood illness: lessons from an assessment of early implementation in Malawi
Jennifer
A
Callaghan-Koru,
Kate
Gilroy,
Adnan
A
Hyder,
Asha
George,
Humphreys
Nsona,
Angella
Mtimuni,
Bernie
Zakeyo,
Josiah
Mayani,
Cristina
V
Cardemil,
Jennifer
Bryce
BMC Health Services Research 2013, 13 :55 (11 February 2013)
Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed
18.
Preliminary characterizations of a serum biomarker for sarcoidosis by comparative proteomic approach with tandem-mass spectrometry in ethnic Han Chinese patients
Yuan
Zhang,
Xianqiu
Chen,
Yang
Hu,
Shanshan
Du,
Li
Shen,
Yifan
He,
Yuxuan
Zhang,
Xia
Zhang,
Huiping
Li,
Rex
C
Yung
Respiratory Research 2013, 14 :18 (11 February 2013)
Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed
19.
A cross-sectional study of the prevalence and risk factors for hypertension in rural Nepali women
Rumana
J
Khan,
Christine
P
Stewart,
Parul
Christian,
Kerry
J
Schulze,
Lee
Wu,
Steven
C
LeClerq,
Subarna
K
Khatry,
Keith
P
West
BMC Public Health 2013, 13 :55 (21 January 2013)
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20.
Determinants of performance of supplemental immunization activities for polio eradication in Uttar Pradesh, India: social mobilization activities of the Social mobilization Network (SM Net) and Core Group Polio Project (CGPP)
William
M
Weiss,
Md Hafizur
Rahman,
Roma
Solomon,
Dora
Ward
BMC Infectious Diseases 2013, 13 :17 (17 January 2013)
Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed
21.
Maternal near miss and quality of maternal health care in Baghdad, Iraq
Maysoon
Jabir,
Imad
Abdul-Salam,
Dhikra
M
Suheil,
Wafa
Al-Hilli,
Sana
Abul-Hassan,
Amal
Al-Zuheiri,
Rasha
Al-Ba'aj,
Abeer
Dekan,
Özge
Tunçalp,
Joao Paulo
Souza
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2013, 13 :11 (16 January 2013)
Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed
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Selecting renal replacement therapies: what do African American and non-African American patients and their families think others should know? A mixed methods study
Nicole
DePasquale,
Patti
L
Ephraim,
Jessica
Ameling,
Lapricia
Lewis-Boyér,
Deidra
C
Crews,
Raquel
C
Greer,
Hamid
Rabb,
Neil
R
Powe,
Bernard
G
Jaar,
Luis
Gimenez,
Priscilla
Auguste,
Mollie
Jenckes,
L Ebony
Boulware
BMC Nephrology 2013, 14 :9 (14 January 2013)
Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed
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Vascular disrupting agent for neovascular age related macular degeneration: a pilot study of the safety and efficacy of intravenous combretastatin a-4 phosphate
Mohamed
A
Ibrahim,
Diana
V
Do,
Yasir
J
Sepah,
Syed
M
Shah,
Elizabeth
Van Anden,
Gulnar
Hafiz,
J Kevin
Donahue,
Richard
Rivers,
Jai
Balkissoon,
James
T
Handa,
Peter
A
Campochiaro,
Quan Dong
Nguyen
BMC Pharmacology and Toxicology 2013, 14 :7 (14 January 2013)
Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed
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Support of personalized medicine through risk-stratified treatment recommendations - an environmental scan of clinical practice guidelines
Tsung
Yu,
Daniela
Vollenweider,
Ravi
Varadhan,
Tianjing
Li,
Cynthia
Boyd,
Milo
A
Puhan
BMC Medicine 2013, 11 :7 (9 January 2013)
Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed | Cited on BioMed Central
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Editor’s summary
An analysis of clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) for chronic diseases shows that only a small proportion of CPGs make risk-stratified recommendations, and it is uncertain if they take benefit and harm into account for individual patients.
25.
Hypoxia-induced mitogenic factor (HIMF/FIZZ1/RELMα ) in chronic hypoxia- and antigen-mediated pulmonary vascular remodeling
Daniel
J
Angelini,
Qingning
Su,
Kazuyo
Yamaji-Kegan,
Chunling
Fan,
John
T
Skinner,
Andre
Poloczek,
Hazim
El-Haddad,
Chris
Cheadle,
Roger
A
Johns
Respiratory Research 2013, 14 :1 (4 January 2013)
Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed