Search Results - "FLETCHER, M. A."

Pneumococcal empyema and complicated pneumonias: global trends in incidence, prevalence, and serotype epidemiology by Fletcher, M. A., Schmitt, H.-J., Syrochkina, M., Sylvester, G.

“…This review evaluates the serotype epidemiology of complicated pneumococcal pneumonia (CPP) during the period 1990–2012. PubMed and EMBASE were searched using…”
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Psychosocial and Neurohormonal Predictors of HIV Disease Progression (CD4 Cells and Viral Load): A 4 Year Prospective Study by Ironson, G., O’Cleirigh, C., Kumar, M., Kaplan, L., Balbin, E., Kelsch, C. B., Fletcher, M. A., Schneiderman, N.

“…Most studies of psychosocial predictors of disease progression in HIV have not considered norepinephrine (NE), a neurohormone related to emotion and stress,…”
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Long distance directional growth of dopaminergic axons along pathways of netrin-1 and GDNF by Zhang, C., Jin, Y., Ziemba, K.S., Fletcher, A.M., Ghosh, B., Truit, E., Yurek, D.M., Smith, G.M.

“…Different experimental and clinical strategies have been used to promote survival of transplanted embryonic ventral mesencephalic (VM) neurons. However, few…”
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Chronic fatigue syndrome is associated with diminished intracellular perforin by Maher, K. J., Klimas, N. G., Fletcher, M. A.

“…Summary Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is an illness characterized by unexplained and prolonged fatigue that is often accompanied by abnormalities of immune,…”
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Transgene expression in the striatum following intracerebral injections of DNA nanoparticles encoding for human glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor by Fletcher, A.M, Kowalczyk, T.H, Padegimas, L, Cooper, M.J, Yurek, D.M

“…Abstract A goal of our studies is to develop a potential therapeutic for Parkinson's disease (PD) by a human glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor…”
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Reduction in pediatric invasive pneumococcal disease in the Basque Country and Navarre, Spain, after introduction of the heptavalent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine by ARISTEGUI, J, BERNAOLA, E, GARROTE, E, FLETCHER, M. A, PEREZ, C, POCHEVILLE, I, GARCIA, C, ARRANZ, L, DURAN, G, PEREZ, L, BASTIDA, M, CANDUELA, C, HERRANZ AGUIRRE, M

“…This study evaluated the incidence of invasive pneumococcal disease, identified the causal serotypes, and tracked the evolution of the antibiotic…”
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Burden of paediatric invasive pneumococcal disease in Europe, 2005 by McINTOSH, E. D. G., FRITZELL, B., FLETCHER, M. A.

“…Within the European Union (EU), documenting the burden of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) in infants and children is important for coordinating effective…”
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Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain in a cohort of extremely preterm infants by Maalouf, Elia F., Duggan, Philip J., Rutherford, Mary A., Counsell, Serena J., Fletcher, Alison M., Battin, Malcolm, Cowan, Frances, Edwards, A.David

“…To define magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) appearances of the brain in extremely preterm infants between birth and term, a sequential cohort of infants born at…”
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High risk of HIV-related mortality is associated with selenium deficiency by BAUM, M. K, SHOR-POSNER, G, LAI, S, ZHANG, G, LAI, H, FLETCHER, M. A, SAUBERLICH, H, PAGE, J. B

“…To determine the independent contribution of specific immunologic and nutritional factors on survival in HIV-1 disease, CD4 cell count, antiretroviral…”
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Identification of Streptococcus pneumoniae in hospital-acquired pneumonia in adults by Suaya, J.A., Fletcher, M.A., Georgalis, L., Arguedas, A.G., McLaughlin, J.M., Ferreira, G., Theilacker, C., Gessner, B.D., Verstraeten, T.

“…Hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) is often more severe and life-threatening than community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). The role of Streptococcus pneumoniae in…”
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Immunologic abnormalities in chronic fatigue syndrome by KLIMAS, N. G, SALVATO, F. R, MORGAN, R, FLETCHER, M. A

“…Article Usage Stats Services JCM Citing Articles Google Scholar PubMed Related Content Social Bookmarking CiteULike Delicious Digg Facebook Google+ Mendeley…”
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Prevalence and predictors of work related respiratory symptoms in workers exposed to organic dusts by Simpson, J C, Niven, R M, Pickering, C A, Fletcher, A M, Oldham, L A, Francis, H M

“…OBJECTIVES: The aims of this study were to document the prevalence of work related upper and lower respiratory tract symptoms in workers exposed to organic…”
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Cognitive-Behavioral Stress Management Intervention Effects on Anxiety, 24-Hr Urinary Norepinephrine Output, and T-Cytotoxic/Suppressor Cells Over Time Among Symptomatic HIV-Infected Gay Men by Antoni, Michael H, Kumar, Mahendra, Ironson, Gail, Cruess, Dean G, Cruess, Stacy, Lutgendorf, Susan, Klimas, Nancy, Fletcher, Mary Ann, Schneiderman, Neil

“…The present study tested the effects of a multimodal cognitive-behavioral stress management (CBSM) intervention on anxious mood, perceived stress, 24-hr…”
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Controlling invasive pneumococcal disease: is vaccination of at-risk groups sufficient? by Fletcher, M A, Laufer, D S, McIntosh, E D G, Cimino, C, Malinoski, F J

“…Risk factors for invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) include young and old age, comorbidities (such as splenic dysfunction, immunodeficiencies, chronic renal…”
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Survey of symptoms, respiratory function, and immunology and their relation to glutaraldehyde and other occupational exposures among endoscopy nursing staff by Vyas, A, Pickering, C A C, Oldham, L A, Francis, H C, Fletcher, A M, Merrett, T, Niven, R McL

“…OBJECTIVES To find the nature and incidence of symptoms experienced by a large sample of hospital endoscopy nurses. To find whether nurses in endoscopy units…”
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Positron Emission Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Cellular Inflammation in Patients with Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms by McBride, O.M.B, Joshi, N.V, Robson, J.M.J, MacGillivray, T.J, Gray, C.D, Fletcher, A.M, Dweck, M.R, van Beek, E.J.R, Rudd, J.H.F, Newby, D.E, Semple, S.I

“…Objectives Inflammation is critical in the pathogenesis of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) disease. Combined18 F-fludeoxyglucose (18 F-FDG) positron emission…”
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Emotional Disclosure Through Writing or Speaking Modulates Latent Epstein-Barr Virus Antibody Titers by Esterling, Brian A, Antoni, Michael H, Fletcher, Mary Ann, Margulies, Scott, Schneiderman, Neil

“…Healthy Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) seropositive undergraduates ( N = 57) completed a personality inventory, provided blood samples, and were randomly assigned to…”
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Micronutrients and HIV-1 disease progression by Baum, M K, Shor-Posner, G, Lu, Y, Rosner, B, Sauberlich, H E, Fletcher, M A, Szapocznik, J, Eisdorfer, C, Buring, J E, Hennekens, C H

“…To determine whether nutritional status affects immunological markers of HIV-1 disease progression. A longitudinal study, to evaluate the relationship between…”
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Amyloid fibrils from muscle myoglobin: Even an ordinary globular protein can assume a rogue guise if conditions are right by FÄNDRICH, Marcus, FLETCHER, Matthew A, DOBSON, Christopher M

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Environmental exposure to air pollution and allergens and peak flow changes by Higgins, BG, Francis, HC, Yates, C, Warburton, CJ, Fletcher, AM, Pickering, CA, Woodcock, AA

“…Laboratory-based studies have shown that ozone and nitrogen dioxide can potentiate the effect of allergen in sensitized asthmatic subjects, but it is not known…”
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