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Morbidity associated with coeliac disease
Published 2011“…Dietetic, histopathology, immunology, clinical coding and outpatient records were used to retrospectively identify incident cases of coeliac disease at Nottingham University Hospital and Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield. …”
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Incentive device improves spacer technique but not clinical outcome in preschool children with asthma
Published 2012“…Results: There was no difference between Funhaler and Aerochamber groups in wheeze free days, cough free days, bronchodilator free days or quality of life (P = 0.90, 0.87, 0.74 and 0.11 respectively). …”
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The acute phase response in children with mild and severe malaria in Papua New Guinea
Published 2009“…By contrast, C-reactive protein concentration was markedly increased in 153 children with uncomplicated malaria [median 203 (interquartile range 51-365) µg/ml] but, surprisingly, was only moderately increased in 135 children with one or more severe manifestations of malaria [47 (17-97) µg/ml; P < 0.001] and in 6 children who died [41 (22-280) µg/ml]. Excessive free-radical damage resulting from a combination of iron-induced oxidant stress and reduced levels of C-reactive protein may be an important pathological mechanism in severe malaria and amenable to therapeutic intervention. © 2009 Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.…”
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