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Vitamin D deficiency causes airway hyperresponsiveness and increases airway smooth muscle mass in the lungs of female BALB/c miceWe tested whether there is a causal association between vitamin D deficiency, airway smooth muscle (ASM) mass, and the development of airway hyperresponsiveness
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Disease prevention in the age of convergence - The need for a wider, long ranging and collaborative visionOur global health crisis and the pandemic of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) is clearly rooted in complex modern societal and environmental changes, many of...
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Update of the WHO/IUIS Allergen Nomenclature Database based on analysis of allergen sequencesThis paper summarizes updates of allergen names approved at the meetings of the IUIS Allergen Nomenclature Sub-Committee in 2011 through 2013.
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Public-private collaboration in clinical research during pregnancy, lactation, and childhoodThis position statement summarises a view of academia regarding standards for clinical research in collaboration with commercial enterprises, focussing on...
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Comparison of monochromatic aberrations in young adults with different visual acuity and refractive errorsMonochromatic aberrations were measured using a Zywave II wavefront aberrometer with natural pupils in a dark room.
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Transition to secondary school: Expectation versus experienceThis study investigated what young people in primary school reported being worried about with their impending move to secondary school, and how their...
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The case for global investment in rheumatic heart-disease controlThe review built a case for extending simple and cost–effective measures to all countries. Had these recommendations been put into action, significant...
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Epigenetics in infectious diseasesViruses, bacteria, and parasites have developed strategies to invade and establish long-term infections in their hosts.
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Child Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder Co morbidities on Family Stress: Effect of MedicationWe examined the degree of parental and child mental health in a community sample of children diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder and the...
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Children with chronic suppurative lung disease have a reduced capacity to synthesize interferon-gamma in vitro in response to non-typeable Haemophilus influenzaeThe aim of this study was to identify features of innate, cell-mediated and humoral immunity that may increase susceptibility to respiratory infections in...