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    Quantifying the utility of taking pills for preventing adverse health outcomes: a cross-sectional survey. 

    Hutchins, Robert Preston; Pignone, MP; Sheridan, SL; Viera, Anthony Joseph (BMJ Open, 2015-05-11)
    OBJECTIVES: The utility value attributed to taking pills for prevention can have a major effect on the cost-effectiveness of interventions, but few published studies have systematically quantified this value. We sought to ...
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    The TALKS study to improve communication, logistical, and financial barriers to live donor kidney transplantation in African Americans: protocol of a randomized clinical trial. 

    Boulware, Ebony; Darrell, L; Ellis, M; Ephraim, Patti L; Falkovic, Margaret; Hill-Briggs, F; Kaiser, M; ... (14 authors) (BMC Nephrol, 2015-10-09)
    BACKGROUND: Live donor kidney transplantation (LDKT), an optimal therapy for many patients with end-stage kidney disease, is underutilized, particularly by African Americans. Potential recipient difficulties initiating and ...
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    Schistosome-induced cholangiocyte proliferation and osteopontin secretion correlate with fibrosis and portal hypertension in human and murine schistosomiasis mansoni. 

    Andrade, ZA; Chan, IS; Choi, SS; Diehl, Anna Mae; Lambertucci, JR; Machado, MV; Otoni, A; ... (19 authors) (Clin Sci (Lond), 2015-11)
    Schistosomiasis is a major cause of portal hypertension worldwide. It associates with portal fibrosis that develops during chronic infection. The mechanisms by which the pathogen evokes these host responses remain unclear. ...
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    Initiation of antiretroviral therapy in HIV-infected adults with skin complaints in northern Tanzania. 

    Bartlett, John A; Crump, John Andrew; Grossmann, H; Masenga, EJ; Mavura, DR; Minja, E (Int J Dermatol, 2015-01)
    Abnormal skin findings are identified in over 90% of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected persons globally. A prospective cohort study of HIV-infected patients with skin complaints commencing antiretroviral therapy ...
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    Lopinavir/Ritonavir Monotherapy as Second-line Antiretroviral Treatment in Resource-Limited Settings: Week 104 Analysis of AIDS Clinical Trials Group (ACTG) A5230. 

    Aga, E; Badal-Faesen, S; Bartlett, John A; Crump, John Andrew; Hosseinipour, MC; Katzenstein, DA; Klingman, KL; ... (13 authors) (Clin Infect Dis, 2015-05-15)
    BACKGROUND: The AIDS Clinical Trials Group (ACTG) A5230 study evaluated lopinavir/ritonavir (LPV/r) monotherapy following virologic failure (VF) on first-line human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) regimens in Africa and Asia. ...
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    Traditional medicine practices among community members with chronic kidney disease in northern Tanzania: an ethnomedical survey. 

    Boyd, David Lorenzo; Karia, Francis; Lunyera, Joseph; Maro, Venance P; Omolo, J; Patel, Uptal Dinesh; Stanifer, John W (BMC Nephrol, 2015-10-23)
    BACKGROUND: In sub-Saharan Africa, chronic kidney disease (CKD) is being recognized as a non-communicable disease (NCD) with high morbidity and mortality. In countries like Tanzania, people access many sources, including ...
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    Polymorphisms in Fibronectin Binding Proteins A and B among Staphylococcus aureus Bloodstream Isolates Are Not Associated with Arthroplasty Infection. 

    Eichenberger, EM; Fowler, Vance Garrison Jr; Hos, NJ; Kaasch, AJ; Kern, WV; Lower, SK; Park, Lawrence P; ... (13 authors) (PLoS One, 2015)
    BACKGROUND: Nonsynonymous single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in fibronectin binding protein A (fnbA) of Staphylococcus aureus are associated with cardiac device infections. However, the role of fnbA SNPs in S. aureus ...
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    Cost-effectiveness analysis of the diagnosis of meniscus tears. 

    Bolognesi, Michael Paul; Cole, BJ; Garrett, WE; Hussey, K; Lassiter, T; Mather, Richard Charles III; Orlando, Lori Ann (Am J Sports Med, 2015-01)
    BACKGROUND: Diagnostic imaging represents the fastest growing segment of costs in the US health system. This study investigated the cost-effectiveness of alternative diagnostic approaches to meniscus tears of the knee, a ...
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    Poor Positive Predictive Value of Lyme Disease Serologic Testing in an Area of Low Disease Incidence. 

    Auwaerter, PG; Boggan, Joel; Branda, JA; Chudgar, Saumil; Fowler, Vance Garrison Jr; Lantos, Paul; Nigrovic, LE; ... (9 authors) (Clin Infect Dis, 2015-11-01)
    BACKGROUND: Lyme disease is diagnosed by 2-tiered serologic testing in patients with a compatible clinical illness, but the significance of positive test results in low-prevalence regions has not been investigated. METHODS: ...
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    Functional Variants in Notch Pathway Genes NCOR2, NCSTN, and MAML2 Predict Survival of Patients with Cutaneous Melanoma. 

    Zhang, W; Liu, H; Liu, Z; Zhu, D; Amos, CI; Fang, S; Lee, JE; ... (8 authors) (Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev, 2015-07)
    BACKGROUND: The Notch signaling pathway is constitutively activated in human cutaneous melanoma to promote growth and aggressive metastatic potential of primary melanoma cells. Therefore, genetic variants in Notch pathway ...
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