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Relation of BMI to fat and fat-free mass among children and adolescents by FREEDMAN, D. S, WANG, J, MAYNARD, L. M, THORNTON, J. C, MEI, Z, PIERSON, R. N, DIETZ, W. H, HORLICK, M

“…Although the body mass index (BMI, kg/m2) is widely used as a surrogate measure of adiposity, it is a measure of excess weight, rather than excess body fat,…”
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Factors influencing body composition in persons with spinal cord injury: a cross-sectional study by Spungen, Ann M, Adkins, Rodney H, Stewart, Charles A, Wang, Jack, Pierson, Richard N., Jr, Waters, Robert L, Bauman, William A

“…1 Spinal Cord Damage Research Center and 2 Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bronx 10468; 3 Departments of Medicine and Rehabilitation Medicine, Mount Sinai…”
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Comparisons of waist circumferences measured at 4 sites by WANG, Jack, THORNTON, John C, PI-SUNYER, F. Xavier, PIERSON, Richard N, BARI, Salina, WILLIAMSON, Bennett, GALLAGHER, Dympna, HEYMSFIELD, Steven B, HORLICK, Mary, KOTLER, Donald, LAFERRERE, Blandine, MAYER, Laurel

“…Waist circumference (WC) is now accepted as a practical measure of adipose tissue distribution. Four body sites for WC measurements are commonly used, as…”
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Bioelectrical impedance analysis models for prediction of total body water and fat-free mass in healthy and HIV-infected children and adolescents by Horlick, Mary, Arpadi, Stephen M, Bethel, James, Wang, Jack, Moye, Jack Jr, Cuff, Patricia, Pierson, Richard N. Jr, Kotler, Donald

“…Background: Bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) is an attractive method of measuring pediatric body composition in the field, but the applicability of…”
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Is percentage body fat differentially related to body mass index in Hispanic Americans, African Americans, and European Americans? by FERNANDEZ, José R, HEO, Moonseong, HEYMSFIELD, Steven B, PIERSON, Richard N, PI-SUNYER, F. Xavier, WANG, Zimian M, WANG, Jack, HAYES, Matthew, ALLISON, David B, GALLAGHER, Dympna

“…Limited research has been done to explore differences between ethnic groups, including Hispanic Americans (HAs), in the association between percentage body fat…”
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Continuous loss of bone during chronic immobilization : A monozygotic twin study by BAUMAN, W. A, SPUNGEN, A. M, WANG, J, PIERSON, R. N, SCHWARTZ, E

“…Acute immobilization is associated with rapid loss of bone. Prevailing opinion, based on population cross-sectional data, assumes that bone mass stabilizes…”
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Bone Turnover and Density in Obese Premenopausal Women During Moderate Weight Loss and Calcium Supplementation by Shapses, Sue A., Von Thun, Nancy L., Heymsfield, Steven B., Ricci, Trina A., Ospina, Margaret, Pierson, Richard N., Stahl, Theodore

“…Bone turnover is increased during weight loss in postmenopausal women and can be suppressed with calcium supplementation. In this study, we assessed the…”
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Whole-body skeletal muscle mass: development and validation of total-body potassium prediction models by ZIMIAN WANG, SHANKUAN ZHU, WANG, Jack, PIERSON, Richard N, HEYMSFIELD, Steven B

“…A substantial proportion of total body potassium (TBK) in humans is found in skeletal muscle (SM), thus affording a means of predicting total-body SM from…”
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Effects of whey protein and resistance exercise on body cell mass, muscle strength, and quality of life in women with HIV by AGIN, Denise, GALLAGHER, Dympna, WANG, Jack, HEYMSFIELD, Steven B, PIERSON, Richard N, KOTLER, Donald P

“…To determine the effects of whey protein, resistance exercise, and combined protein and exercise treatment on body cell mass (BCM), muscle strength, and…”
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Alloimmunity in primate heart recipients with CD154 blockade : Evidence for alternative costimulation mechanisms by AZIMZADEH, Agnes M, PFEIFFER, Steffen, PIERSON, Richard N, GUOSHENG WU, SCHRÖDER, Carsten, ZORN, George L, KELISHADI, Shahrooz S, OZKAYNAK, Engin, KEHRY, Marilyn, ATKINSON, James B, MILLER, Geraldine G

“…CD154 mediates key facets of humoral and cellular immunity to alloantigens, and is tolerogenic to influenza antigens in primates. Barriers to CD154-based…”
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Calcium Supplementation Suppresses Bone Turnover During Weight Reduction in Postmenopausal Women by Ricci, Trina A., Chowdhury, Hasina A., Heymsfield, Steven B., Stahl, Theodore, Pierson, Richard N., Shapses, Sue A.

“…Bone mobilization, lowering of bone mineral density (BMD), and osteoporotic fractures are recognized in postmenopausal women with weight loss. Because a…”
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Successful management of an abo-mismatched lung allograft using antigen-specific immunoadsorption, complement inhibition, and immunomodulatory therapy by PIERSON, Richard N, LOYD, James E, JOHNSON, Joyce, RIEBEN, Robert, AZIMZADEH, Agnes, GOODWIN, Andrea, MAJORS, Dan, DUMMER, J. Stephen, MOHACSI, Paul, WHEELER, Alistair, BOVIN, Nicolai, MILLER, Geraldine G, OLSON, Sandy

“…Successful management of an ABO-mismatched lung allograft recipient has not previously been described. Because of a clerical error, a 67-year-old blood type B…”
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Simian Parvovirus Infection in Cynomolgus Monkey Heart Transplant Recipients Causes Death Related to Severe Anemia by SCHRÖDER, Carsten, PFEIFLER, Steffen, GUOSHENG WU, AZIMZADEH, Agnes M, ABER, Amanda, PIERSON, Richard N, O'SULLIVAN, M. Gerard

“…Simian parvovirus (SPV) was first isolated from cynomolgus monkeys. Like human parvovirus B19, this virus has a predilection for erythroid cells. During acute…”
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Hyperacute lung rejection in the pig-to-human model 4: evidence for complement and antibody independent mechanisms by Pfeiffer, Steffen, Zorn, 3rd, George L, Blair, Kelly S A, Farley, Steve M, Wu, Guosheng, Schuurman, Henk-Jan, White, David J G, Azimzadeh, Agnes M, Pierson, 3rd, Richard N

“…We assessed whether the combination of complement regulation and depletion of xenoreactive antibodies improves the outcome of pulmonary xenografts compared…”
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Scedosporium apiospermum pneumonia and sternal wound infection in a heart transplant recipient by TALBOT, Thomas R, HATCHER, Jeffery, DAVIS, Stacy F, PIERSON, Richard N, BARTON, Ronald, DUMMER, Stephen

“…The most common fungi that cause invasive infection in transplant recipients are the spp, spp, and the endemic fungi such as and. Recently, however, other…”
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Prolongation of primate cardiac allograft survival by treatment with anti-CD40 ligand (CD154) antibody by PIERSON, R. N, CHANG, A. C, MILLER, G. G, BLUM, M. G, BLAIR, K. S. A, SCOTT, M. A, ATKINSON, J. B, COLLINS, B. J, ZHANG, J.-P, THOMAS, D. W, BURKLY, L. C

“…We evaluated whether a humanized anti-CD154 antibody (hu5c8) prolongs primate cardiac allograft survival. Heterotopic cardiac allografts were performed between…”
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Hyperacute lung rejection in the pig-to-human model. III. Platelet receptor inhibitors synergistically modulate complement activation and lung injury by PFEIFFER, Steffen, ZORN, George L, ZHANG, Jian-Ping, GIORGIO, Todd D, ROBSON, Simon C, AZIMZADEH, Agnes M, PIERSON, Richard N

“…The influence of platelet von Willebrand factor (vWF)-glycoprotein (GP)Ib-V-IX and GPIIb-IIIa receptor interactions in the context of hyperacute rejection…”
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CD154 Regulates Primate Humoral Immunity to Influenza by Crowe, James E., Sannella, Edith C., Pfeiffer, Steffen, Zorn, George L., Azimzadeh, Agnes, Newman, Roland, Miller, Geraldine G., Pierson, Richard N.

“…Current methods of immunosuppression for the purposes of allowing solid organ transplantation in humans are broadly inhibitory and thus are associated with an…”
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Hyperacute lung rejection in a pig-to-human transplant model : The role of anti-pig antibody and complement by PIERSON, R. N, KASPER-KONIG, W, TEW, D. N, YOUNG, V. K, DUNNING, J. J, HORSLEY, J, CAREY, N. R. B, WALLWORK, J, WHITE, D. J. G

“…The physiology of hyperacute rejection of pig lung by human blood and the role of antispecies antibody and complement in this phenomenon have not previously…”
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Asians have lower body mass index (BMI) but higher percent body fat than do whites: comparisons of anthropometric measurements by Wang, J, Thornton, JC, Russell, M, Burastero, S, Heymsfield, S, Pierson, RN

“…We studied the correlations between body mass index (BMI) and percent body fat (fat%) measured by dual-photon absorptiometry (DPA) in 445 white and 242 Asian…”
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