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... between compartment-specific, chromosome-specific loss of heterozygosity [having dissimilar pairs of genes for any hereditary characteristic]/allelic [one of two or more alternative forms of a gene] imbalance [LOH/AI], and clinicopathological features. Although only two markers on chromosome 14 in the ep...Exercise may lead to improvement in patients with Parkinson's
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...hem into human corneas, we can possibly repair the loss of visual sharpness caused by mutations." Kao and his coworkers are now planning a clinical trial. If the trial succeeds, Kao said, the procedure could help prevent blindness in future generations who suffer from genetic corneal diseases. He adde...VA should revise its methods for evaluating and rating PTSD in veterans
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...t patients had a low fat-free mass score, a hidden loss that has been previously reported in adults with CF." said Dr. Sermet-Gaudelus. "Our data demonstrate this can occur in early childhood, even in children with a normal nutritional status. This may be of critical importance in young children and adole...Sleep deprivation can threaten competent decision-making
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...de abdominal pain, fever, nausea, vomiting, weight loss and diarrhea. Crohns disease has no known medical cure. One common therapy is a series of intravenous infusions of infliximab, which blocks tumor necrosis factor, an important cause of inflammation in Crohns disease. "Approximately 50 percent of C...