… The investigator (C. Bouffard) contacted 33 couples, who had participated in the original
study, when their child was nearing his or her first birthday and asked the couples to participate …

BACKGROUND: Recent studies have demonstrated that blockade of the angiotensin II type
1 receptor with losartan decreases aortic damage in an animal model of Marfan syndrome (a …

Objectives: To describe the characteristics, management, and outcome of patients admitted
to ICUs for pheochromocytoma crisis. Design: A 16-year multicenter retrospective study. …

Although selective termination of pregnancy and fetal reduction in multiple pregnancy both
involve the termination in utero of the development of live fetuses, these two procedures are …

This article reviews agglomeration practices for precious metal and copper heap leaching.
Both industries prefer drum to conveyor agglomeration, particularly for clayey ore or ore …

Background Prescription is a complex challenge facing clinicians caring for elderly inpatients.
Potentially inappropriate medication (PIM) use frequently leads to adverse drug events …

The purpose of this review is to synthesize the current knowledge on the international
movement of patients and biopsied embryo cells for pre‐implantation genetic diagnosis and its …

Three mathematical models (mixed side-pore diffusion (MSPD) and profile side-pore diffusion
(PSPD) with uniform or distributed pore lengths) are derived in dimensionless form to …

Background During informal interviews in the course of an ethnographic study on
intergenerational dialogue between individuals with neurofibromatosis and their parents, many …

Background The immature/total granulocyte (I/TG) ratio increases during severe systemic
inflammatory response syndrome. This study evaluated the I/TG ratio as a predictor of poor …