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Adherence to Therapeutic Guidelines for Patients with Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Australian Hospitals by Adler, N.R., Weber, H.M., Gunadasa, I., Hughes, A.J., Friedman, N.D.

“…Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality, particularly in elderly patients, and is associated with a considerable…”
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The accuracy of diagnosis of parkinsonian syndromes in a specialist movement disorder service by HUGHES, Andrew J, DANIEL, Susan E, BEN-SHLOMO, Yoav, LEES, Andrew J

“…We have reviewed the clinical and pathological diagnoses of 143 cases of parkinsonism seen by neurologists associated with the movement disorders service at…”
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Improved accuracy of clinical diagnosis of Lewy body Parkinson's disease by HUGHES, Andrew J, DANIEL, Susan E, LEES, Andrew J

“…The authors studied the accuracy of clinical diagnosis of idiopathic PD (IPD) in 100 consecutive clinically diagnosed cases that came to neuropathological…”
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81 Trust grade doctor and registered nurse simulation by Hughes, AJ, Smith, M

“…BackgroundNHS trusts recruit doctors from abroad into ‘trust grade’ posts to ensure adequate medical cover. These ‘non-training’ posts have a high turnover…”
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Detection and subcellular localization of an AML1 chimeric protein in the t(8;21) positive acute myeloid leukemia by Sacchi, N, Schiaffonati, L, Magnani, I, Pappalardo, C, Hughes, Jr, A J, Darfler, M, Hoogeveen, A T

“…AML1, a gene encoding a protein of the PEBP2/CBF family of transcription factors is disrupted by translocations associated with human leukemia. In the t(8;21)…”
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Lewy body cortical involvement may not always predict dementia in Parkinson’s disease by Colosimo, C, Hughes, A J, Kilford, L, Lees, A J

“…Background: The presence of Lewy bodies (LB) in the neocortex and limbic system in patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD) is commonly thought to be linked with…”
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Health services should collect point of service feedback – patient and staff opinions by Gill, SD, Redden-Hoare, JR, Hughes, AJ, Dunning, TL, Dolley, PJ

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Reduced BDNF mRNA Expression in the Parkinson's Disease Substantia Nigra by Howells, D.W., Porritt, M.J., Wong, J.Y.F., Batchelor, P.E., Kalnins, R., Hughes, A.J., Donnan, G.A.

“…Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) has potent effects on survival and morphology of dopaminergic neurons and thus its loss could contribute to death of…”
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Idiopathic Parkinson's disease combined with multiple system atrophy. A clinicopathological report by Hughes, A J, Daniel, S E, Lees, A J

“…The clinical and postmortem findings of a patient with Lewy body pathology combined with multiple-system atrophy are described. When alive the patient was…”
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Diagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection using ESAT‐6 and intracellular cytokine cytometry by Hughes, A. J., Hutchinson, P., Gooding, T., Freezer, N. J., Holdsworth, S. R., Johnson, P. D. R.

“…Summary Diagnosis of infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) using tuberculin skin testing (TST) is often hampered by prior Bacille Calmette–Guérin…”
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Response of parkinsonian swallowing dysfunction to dopaminergic stimulation by Hunter, P C, Crameri, J, Austin, S, Woodward, M C, Hughes, A J

“…OBJECTIVES To determine the degree of dopaminergic response of swallowing dysfunction in Parkinson’s disease. METHODS Fifteen patients with idiopathic…”
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Voice characteristics in the progression of Parkinson's disease by HOLMES, R. J, OATES, J. M, PHYLAND, D. J, HUGHES, A. J

“…This study examined the acoustic and perceptual voice characteristics of patients with Parkinson's disease according to disease severity. The perceptual and…”
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Apomorphine-induced penile erections in Parkinson's disease by O'Sullivan, John D., Hughes, Andrew J.

“…Penile erections were regularly induced by intermittent subcutaneous injections of apomorphine in five patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) complicated by…”
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Prevalence of Nosocomial Infection and Antibiotic Use at a University Medical Center in Malaysia by Hughes, Andrew J., Ariffin, Norliza, Huat, Tan Lien, Molok, Habibah Abdul, Hashim, Salbiah, Sarijo, Juliana, Latif, Nor Harlida Abd, Hanifah, Yasmin Abu, Kamarulzaman, Adeeba

“…Most reports of nosocomial infection (NI) prevalence have come from developed countries with established infection control programs. In developing countries,…”
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New dopaminergic neurons in Parkinson's disease striatum by Porritt, Michelle J, Batchelor, Peter E, Hughes, Andrew J, Kalnins, Renate, Donnan, Geoffrey A, Howells, David W

“…A new population of dopaminergic neurons has been identified in Parkinson's disease striatum. These neurons are sufficiently numerous to have an important…”
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Parasitic worms of the central nervous system: an Australian perspective by Hughes, A. J., Biggs, B. A.

“…The diagnosis and management of parasitic diseases of the central nervous system (CNS) is difficult, even for infectious diseases physicians and neurologists…”
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Motor imagery in Parkinson's disease: A PET study by Cunnington, R., Egan, G.F., O'Sullivan, J.D., Hughes, A.J., Bradshaw, J.L., Colebatch, J.G.

“…We used positron emission tomography (PET) with 15O‐labelled water to record patterns of cerebral activation in six patients with Parkinson's disease (PD),…”
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Q Fever Outbreak at a Cosmetics Supply Factory by Wade, Amanda J., Cheng, Allen C., Athan, Eugene, Molloy, Jo L., Harris, Owen C., Stenos, John, Hughes, Andrew J.

“…Q fever is a zoonotic disease that is most commonly associated with outbreaks in slaughterhouses. We describe an outbreak of 4 cases occurring in a factory…”
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Gait analysis in patients with Parkinson's disease and motor fluctuations: Influence of levodopa and comparison with other measures of motor function by O'Sullivan, John D., Said, Catherine M., Dillon, Louise C., Hoffman, Marion, Hughes, Andrew J.

“…Although clinical rating scales and simple timed tests of motor function are widely used to assess motor response to therapy, gait analysis may provide an…”
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Motor response to acute dopaminergic challenge with apomorphine and levodopa in Parkinson's disease: implications for the pathogenesis of the on-off phenomenon by Colosimo, C, Merello, M, Hughes, A J, Sieradzan, K, Lees, A J

“…OBJECTIVES--To evaluate the contribution of postsynaptic changes to motor fluctuations, three groups of parkinsonian patients with differing responses to…”
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