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The Color of COVID-19: Structural Racism and the Disproportionate Impact of the Pandemic on Older Black and Latinx Adults.
(The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences, 2021-02)
<h4>Objectives</h4>The aim of this evidence-based theoretically informed article was
to provide an overview of how and why the COVID-19 outbreak is particularly detrimental
for the health of older Black and Latinx ...
Rare hereditary COL4A3/COL4A4 variants may be mistaken for familial focal segmental glomerulosclerosis.
(Kidney Int, 2014-12)
Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) is a histological lesion with many causes,
including inherited genetic defects, with significant proteinuria being the predominant
clinical finding at presentation. Mutations in ...
Dysferlin, annexin A1, and mitsugumin 53 are upregulated in muscular dystrophy and localize to longitudinal tubules of the T-system with stretch.
(Journal of neuropathology and experimental neurology, 2011-04)
Mutations in dysferlin cause an inherited muscular dystrophy because of defective
membrane repair. Three interacting partners of dysferlin are also implicated in membrane
resealing: caveolin-3 (in limb girdle muscular dystrophy ...
Child welfare agency ties to providers and schools and substance abuse treatment use by adolescents.
(Journal of substance abuse treatment, 2011-01)
Policy makers and advocates are increasingly encouraging child-serving organizations
to work together. This study examined how child welfare agency ties with substance
abuse treatment providers and schools correlated with ...
Antibiotic overuse for acute respiratory tract infections in Sri Lanka: a qualitative study of outpatients and their physicians.
(BMC Fam Pract, 2018-03-01)
BACKGROUND: Acute respiratory tract infections (ARTIs) are a common reason for antibiotic
overuse worldwide. We previously showed that over 80% of outpatients presenting to
a tertiary care hospital in Sri Lanka ...
Chikungunya as a cause of acute febrile illness in southern Sri Lanka.
(PLoS One, 2013)
BACKGROUND: Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) re-emerged in Sri Lanka in late 2006 after a
40-year hiatus. We sought to identify and characterize acute chikungunya infection
(CHIK) in patients presenting with acute undifferentiated ...
Cardiometabolic Risk Factors among Severely Obese Children and Adolescents in the United States, 1999-2012.
(Childhood obesity (Print), 2016-02)
<h4>Background</h4>Severely obese children and adolescents are at high risk of suffering
obesity-related comorbidities. This article is to examine the dose-response relationship
between weight status and cardiometabolic ...
Host gene expression classifiers diagnose acute respiratory illness etiology.
(Sci Transl Med, 2016-01-20)
Acute respiratory infections caused by bacterial or viral pathogens are among the
most common reasons for seeking medical care. Despite improvements in pathogen-based
diagnostics, most patients receive inappropriate antibiotics. ...
STAR 3 randomized controlled trial to compare sensor-augmented insulin pump therapy with multiple daily injections in the treatment of type 1 diabetes: research design, methods, and baseline characteristics of enrolled subjects.
(Diabetes Technol Ther, 2010-04)
BACKGROUND: Sensor-augmented pump therapy (SAPT) integrates real-time continuous glucose
monitoring (RT-CGM) with continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion (CSII) and offers
an alternative to multiple daily injections (MDI). ...