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Results From the Periodontitis and Vascular Events (PAVE) Study: A Pilot Multicentered, Randomized, Controlled Trial to Study Effects of Periodontal Therapy in a Secondary Prevention Model of Cardiovascular Disease
(East Carolina University, 2009-02)Background- In the Periodontitis and Vascular Events (PAVE) pilot study, periodontal therapy was provided as an intervention in a secondary cardiac event prevention model through five coordinated cardiac-dental centers. ... -
Association of pneumothorax and hypotension with intraventricular haemorrhage
(East Carolina University, 1991-01)To test the hypothesis that acute hyotension resulting from pneumothorax would be associated with severe brain injury (grade 3 or 4 intraventricular haemorrhage), 67 very low birthweight (VLBW) infants of 32 weeks' gestation ... -
Patterns of Distress in African American Mothers of Preterm Infants
(East Carolina University, 2009-06)Objective: To examine inter-relationships among stress due to infant appearance and behavior in the NICU, parental role alteration stress in the NICU, depressive symptoms, state anxiety, posttraumatic stress symptoms, and ... -
Familial cryptic translocation resulting in Angelman syndrome:implications for imprinting or location of the Angelman gene?
(East Carolina University, 1996-04)Angelman syndrome (AS) is associated with a loss of maternal genetic information, which typically occurs as a result of a deletion at 15ql1-q13 or paternal uniparental disomy of chromosome 15. We report a patient with AS ... -
The agony of agonal respiration: is the last gasp necessary?
(East Carolina University, 2002-06)Gasping respiration in the dying patient is the last respiratory pattern prior to terminal apnoea. The duration of the gasping respiration phase varies; it may be as brief as one or two breaths to a prolonged period of ... -
Response to Kuhse
(East Carolina University, 2002-08)In this short paper, we respond to critics of our original paper, The agony of agonal respiration: is the last gasp necessary?. A common thread in both Hawryluckâ s and Kuhseâ s responses is the difficulties encountered ... -
LLL-3 inhibits STAT3 activity, suppresses glioblastoma cell growth and prolongs survival in a mouse glioblastoma model
(East Carolina University, 2009-01-13)Persistent activation of the signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) signalling has been linked to oncogenesis and the development of chemotherapy resistance in glioblastoma and other cancers. Inhibition ... -
Traces of embryogenesis are the same in monozygotic and dizygotic twins: not compatible with double ovulation
(East Carolina University, 2009-06)Common knowledge of over a century has it that monozygotic and dizygotic twinning events occur by unrelated mechanisms: monozygotic twinning ‘splits’ embryos, producing anomalously re-arranged embryogenic asymmetries; ... -
Effect of gender on auditory brainstem response latencies and thresholds to air-and bone-conducted clicks in newborn infants
(East Carolina University, 2001)Objective: An examination of gender differences in auditory brainstem response (ABR) wave V latencies and thresholds to air-and bone- conducted clicks was undertaken with newborn infants. Design: Two hundred and two full-term ...