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A controlled investigation of the cause of chronic idiopathic axonal polyneuropathy by Hughes, R. A. C., Umapathi, T., Gray, I. A., Gregson, N. A., Noori, M., Pannala, A. S., Proteggente, A., Swan, A. V.

“…To investigate the aetiology of chronic idiopathic axonal polyneuropathy (CIAP), 50 consecutive patients were compared with 50 control subjects from the same…”
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The rate and cost of hospital-acquired infections occurring in patients admitted to selected specialties of a district general hospital in England and the national burden imposed by Plowman, R., Graves, N., Griffin, M.A.S., Roberts, J.A., Swan, A.V., Cookson, B., Taylor, L.

“…Between April 1994 and May 1995 4000 adult patients admitted to selected specialties of a district general hospital were recruited to this study…”
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Preceding infections, immune factors, and outcome in Guillain-Barré syndrome by HADDEN, R. D. M, KARCH, H, TOYKA, K. V, HARTUNG, H.-P, ZIELASEK, J, WEISSBRICH, B, SCHUBERT, J, WEISHAUPT, A, CORNBLATH, D. R, SWAN, A. V, HUGHES, R. A. C

“…To test the hypothesis that different preceding infections influence the neurophysiologic classification and clinical features of Guillain-Barré syndrome…”
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Intravenous immunoglobulin for Guillain-Barré syndrome by Hughes, R A C, Raphaël, J C, Swan, A V, van Doorn, P A

“…Guillain-Barré syndrome is an acute, paralysing, inflammatory peripheral nerve disease. Intravenous immunoglobulin is beneficial in other autoimmune diseases…”
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Factors influencing PCR detection of viruses in cerebrospinal fluid of patients with suspected CNS infections by Davies, N W S, Brown, L J, Gonde, J, Irish, D, Robinson, R O, Swan, A V, Banatvala, J, Howard, R S, Sharief, M K, Muir, P

“…Background: Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is used to detect viruses in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of patients with neurological disease. However, data to…”
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Effects on coronary artery disease of lipid-lowering diet, or diet plus cholestyramine, in the St Thomas' Atherosclerosis Regression Study (STARS) by Watts, G F, Lewis, B, Brunt, J N, Lewis, E S, Coltart, D J, Smith, L D, Mann, J I, Swan, A V

“…To assess the effect of dietary reduction of plasma cholesterol concentrations on coronary atherosclerosis, we set up a randomised, controlled,…”
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Immunotherapy for Guillain-Barré syndrome: a systematic review by Hughes, Richard A. C., Swan, Anthony V., Raphaël, Jean-Claude, Annane, Djillali, van Koningsveld, Rinske, van Doorn, Pieter A.

“…Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is an acute inflammatory disorder of the peripheral nervous system thought to be due to autoimmunity for which immunotherapy is…”
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A randomized controlled trial of recombinant interferon-beta 1a in Guillain-Barré syndrome by Pritchard, J, Gray, I A, Idrissova, Z R, Lecky, B R F, Sutton, I J, Swan, A V, Willison, H J, Winer, J B, Hughes, R A C

“…The authors recruited 19 nonambulant patients with Guillain-Barré syndrome into a pilot, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled safety trial of…”
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Reliability of the Hammersmith functional motor scale for spinal muscular atrophy in a multicentric study by Mercuri, E., Messina, S., Battini, R., Berardinelli, A., Boffi, P., Bono, R., Bruno, C., Carboni, N., Cini, C., Colitto, F., D'Amico, A., Minetti, C., Mirabella, M., Mongini, T., Morandi, L., Dlamini, N., Orcesi, S., Pelliccioni, M., Pane, M., Pini, A., Swan, A.V., Villanova, M., Vita, G., Main, M., Muntoni, F., Bertini, E

“…The aim of this study was to validate the Hammersmith functional motor scale for children with spinal muscular atrophy in a large cohort of 90 non-ambulant…”
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Delivery of the posterior arm reduces shoulder dimensions in shoulder dystocia by Kung, J., Swan, A.V., Arulkumaran, S.

“…Objective: To evaluate a possible reduction in shoulder diameter and circumference by extending the posterior arm during delivery, for an easier birth in cases…”
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Asymptomatic urethritis and detection of HIV-1 RNA in seminal plasma by Winter, A J, Taylor, S, Workman, J, White, D, Ross, J D, Swan, A V, Pillay, D

“…OBJECTIVE: To define risk factors for detection of HIV-1 RNA in semen in men attending the two largest HIV clinics in the West Midlands. METHODS: 94 HIV-1…”
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Study of the effectiveness of influenza vaccination in the elderly in the epidemic of 1989–90 using a general practice database by Fleming, D. M., Watson, J. M., Nicholas, S., Smith, G. E., Swan, A. V.

“…The effectiveness of influenza vaccination in preventing serious illness and death was determined in an elderly population during the influenza epidemic of…”
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Are routine sensitivity test data suitable for the surveillance of resistance? Resistance rates amongst Escherichia coli from blood and CSF from 1991-1997, as assessed by routine and centralized testing by LIVERMORE, D. M, THRELFALL, E. J, GRAHAM, A, SPELLER, D. C. E, REACHER, M. H, JOHNSON, A. P, JAMES, D, CHEASTY, T, SHAH, A, WARBURTON, F, SWAN, A. V, SKINNER, J

“…Surveillance of antibiotic resistance can be undertaken by compilation of routine data or by central testing of isolates. Routine results can be obtained…”
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Corticosteroids for Guillain-Barré syndrome by Hughes, R A C, Swan, A V, van Koningsveld, R, van Doorn, P A

“…The cause of Guillain-Barré syndrome is inflammation of the peripheral nerves, which corticosteroids would be expected to benefit. To examine the ability of…”
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Cytotoxic drugs and interferons for chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy by Hughes, R A C, Swan, A V, van Doorn, P A

“…Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy is a disease causing progressive or relapsing and remitting weakness and numbness. It is probably due…”
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Effect of human immunodeficiency virus-1 protease inhibitors on the clearance of human herpesvirus 8 from blood of human Immunodeficiency virus-1-infected patients by Leao, J.C., Kumar, N., McLean, K.A., Porter, S.R., Scully, C.M., Swan, A.V., Teo, C.G.

“…The effect of human immunodeficiency virus‐1 protease inhibitors on the frequency of human herpesvirus 8 DNA detection from peripheral blood of human…”
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Intravenous immunoglobulin for Guillain-Barré syndrome by Hughes, R A C, Raphaël, J C, Swan, A V, Doorn, P A

“…Guillain-Barré syndrome is an acute, paralysing, inflammatory peripheral nerve disease. Intravenous immunoglobulin purified from donated blood is beneficial in…”
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Neonatal 5HT activity antagonizes the masculinizing effect of testosterone on the luteinizing hormone release response to gonadal steroids and on brain structures in rats by Murray, J. F., Dakin, C. L., Siddiqui, A., Pellatt, L. J., Ahmed, S., Ormerod, L. J. A., Swan, A. V., Davies, D. C., Wilson, C. A.

“…Hypothalamic 5HT concentrations are transiently lower in male compared to female Wistar rats in the second week post partum (pp) and our previous findings have…”
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When and why children first start to smoke by Swan, A V, Creeser, R, Murray, M

“…Most investigations of smoking in children focus on prevalence in which uptake and maintenance are confounded. This paper reports an analysis of pure incidence…”
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Intravenous immunoglobulin for Guillain-Barré syndrome by Hughes, R A, Raphaël, J C, Swan, A V, van Doorn, P A

“…Guillain-Barré syndrome is a potentially serious, acute, paralysing, probably autoimmune disease caused by inflammation of the peripheral nerves. Recovery has…”
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