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Long-Term Outcomes of Patients With Cardiovascular Abnormalities and Williams Syndrome by Collins, R. Thomas, MD, Kaplan, Paige, MBBCh, Somes, Grant W., PhD, Rome, Jonathan J., MD

“…Williams syndrome (WS) is a congenital disorder affecting the vascular, connective tissue, and central nervous systems of 1 in 8,000 live births. Previous…”
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Cardiovascular Abnormalities, Interventions, and Long-term Outcomes in Infantile Williams Syndrome by Collins, R. Thomas, MD, Kaplan, Paige, MBBCh, Somes, Grant W., PhD, Rome, Jonathan J., MD

“…Objective To determine the prevalence of cardiovascular abnormalities (CVA) and outcomes in patients with Williams syndrome presenting before 1 year of age…”
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Ambulatory Blood Pressure and Increased Left Ventricular Mass in Children at Risk for Hypertension by Richey, Phyllis A., PhD, DiSessa, Thomas G., MD, Hastings, Margaret C., MD, Somes, Grant W., PhD, Alpert, Bruce S., MD, Jones, Deborah P., MD

“…Objective To relate ambulatory blood pressure (ABP) to cardiac target organ measurement in children at risk for primary hypertension (HTN). Study design Left…”
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Surfactant Protein A2 Polymorphisms and Disease Severity in a Respiratory Syncytial Virus-Infected Population by El Saleeby, Chadi M., MD, Li, Rongling, PhD, Somes, Grant W., PhD, Dahmer, Mary K., PhD, Quasney, Michael W., MD, PhD, DeVincenzo, John P., MD

“…Objective To examine whether genetic variations within the surfactant protein A2 (SP-A2) gene are associated with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) disease…”
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Serum uric acid, diuretic treatment and risk of cardiovascular events in the Systolic Hypertension in the Elderly Program (SHEP) by Franse, Lonneke V, Pahor, Marco, Bari, Mauro Di, Shorr, Ronald I, Wan, Jim Y, Somes, Grant W, Applegate, William B

“…OBJECTIVETo assess longitudinally the association of serum uric acid and its change due to diuretic treatment with cardiovascular events in hypertensive…”
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Self-reported responsiveness to direct-to-consumer drug advertising and medication use: results of a national survey by Dieringer, Nicholas J, Kukkamma, Lisa, Somes, Grant W, Shorr, Ronald I

“…BACKGROUND: Direct-to-consumer (DTC) marketing of pharmaceuticals is controversial, yet effective. Little is known relating patterns of medication use to…”
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Timeliness and Access to Healthcare Services via Telemedicine for Adolescents in State Correctional Facilities by Fox, Karen C., Ph.D, Somes, Grant W., Ph.D, Waters, Teresa M., Ph.D

“…Purpose The aim of this study was to examine the effectiveness of a telemedicine program in improving timeliness of and access to healthcare services in…”
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Kinetics of Visual Field Loss in Usher Syndrome Type II by Iannaccone, Alessandro, Kritchevsky, Stephen B, Ciccarelli, Maria Laura, Tedesco, Salvatore A, Macaluso, Claudio, Kimberling, William J, Somes, Grant W

“…To characterize the kinetics of visual field decay in Usher syndrome type II. The area of 137 Goldmann visual fields (GVFs) delimited with the I4e and V4e…”
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Longitudinal Relationship of Parental Hypertension with Body Mass Index, Blood Pressure, and Cardiovascular Reactivity in Children by Li, Rongling, MD, PhD, MPH, Alpert, Bruce S., MD, Walker, Sammie S, Somes, Grant W., PhD

“…Objective To investigate whether parental hypertension (HTN) affects children’s body mass index (BMI) and cardiovascular reactivity (CVR) over time. Study…”
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White Race As a Risk Factor for Hypothyroidism After Treatment for Pediatric Hodgkin's Lymphoma by METZGER, Monika L, HUDSON, Melissa M, SOMES, Grant W, SHORR, Ron I, LI, Chin-Shang, KRASIN, Matthew J, SHELSO, John, PUI, Ching-Hon, HOWARD, Scott C

“…Hypothyroidism frequently occurs after treatment for pediatric Hodgkin's lymphoma, but race has not been investigated as a risk factor for this delayed…”
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Risk Factors for Severe Respiratory Syncytial Virus Disease in Children With Cancer: The Importance of Lymphopenia and Young Age by El Saleeby, Chadi M, Somes, Grant W, DeVincenzo, John P, Gaur, Aditya H

“…We sought to determine the epidemiologic features of respiratory syncytial virus infection in immunocompromised pediatric patients and to identify the risk…”
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Ambulatory blood pressure recordings in children and adolescents by HARSHFIELD, G. A, ALPERT, B. S, PULLIAM, D. A, SOMES, G. W, WILSON, D. K

“…To provide reference data for ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) and to determine the influence of age, sex, and race on these values. ABPM was…”
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Left Ventricular Geometry in Children and Adolescents With Primary Hypertension by Richey, Phyllis A., DiSessa, Thomas G., Somes, Grant W., Alpert, Bruce S., Jones, Deborah P.

“…Background Children with hypertension (HTN) are at increased risk for left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH). Increased left ventricular (LV) mass (LVM) by the…”
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Hypokalemia Associated With Diuretic Use and Cardiovascular Events in the Systolic Hypertension in the Elderly Program by Franse, Lonneke V, Pahor, Marco, Di Bari, Mauro, Somes, Grant W, Cushman, William C, Applegate, William B

“…The treatment of hypertension with high-dose thiazide diuretics results in potassium depletion and a limited benefit for preventing coronary events. The…”
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Strategies for retaining study participants in behavioral intervention trials: retention experiences of the NIH Behavior Change Consortium by Coday, Mace, Boutin-Foster, Carla, Goldman Sher, Tamara, Tennant, Jennifer, Greaney, Mary L, Saunders, Sandra D, Somes, Grant W

“…Failing to retain an adequate number of study participants in behavioral intervention trials poses a threat to interpretation of study results and its external…”
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Differences in Arterial Compliance Among Normotensive Adolescent Groups: Collins Arterial Compliance in Adolescents by Collins, R. Thomas, Somes, Grant W., Alpert, Bruce S.

“…Decreased arterial compliance is an important predictor of cardiovascular risk. Pulse wave velocity correlates well with arterial compliance. Gender and ethnic…”
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Get Fit With the Grizzlies: A Community-School-Home Initiative to Fight Childhood Obesity by Irwin, Carol C., Irwin, Richard L., Miller, Maureen E., Somes, Grant W., Richey, Phyllis A.

“…BACKGROUND: Professional sport organizations in the United States have notable celebrity status, and several teams have used this “star power” to collaborate…”
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Risk Factors for Traumatic and Bloody Lumbar Puncture in Children With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia by Howard, Scott C, Gajjar, Amar J, Cheng, Cheng, Kritchevsky, Stephen B, Somes, Grant W, Harrison, Patricia L, Ribeiro, Raul C, Rivera, Gaston K, Rubnitz, Jeffrey E, Sandlund, John T, de Armendi, Alberto J, Razzouk, Bassem I, Pui, Ching-Hon

“…CONTEXT Traumatic or bloody lumbar puncture (LP) reduces the diagnostic value of the procedure and may worsen the outcome of patients with acute lymphoblastic…”
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Dementia and disability outcomes in large Hypertension trials : Lessons learned from the systolic hypertension in the Elderly Program (SHEP) Trial by DI BARI, Mauro, PAHOR, Marco, FRANSE, Lonneke V, SHORR, Ronald I, WAN, Jim Y, FERRUCCI, Luigi, SOMES, Grant W, APPLEGATE, William B

“…In the Systolic Hypertension in the Elderly Program (SHEP) trial (1985-1990), active treatment reduced the incidence of cardiovascular events, but not that of…”
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Body mass index, weight change, and death in older adults: The Systolic Hypertension in the Elderly Program by SOMES, Grant W, KRITCHEVSKY, Stephen B, SHORR, Ronald I, PAHOR, Marco, APPLEGATE, William B

“…The relation between relative weight and health differs between young and old. In older populations, weight change may cloud the association between a single…”
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