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In their letter, Unocc et al. make a nice comment on the important influence of bone mineral density (BMD) on physical performance in older women. Unfortunately, we did not assess BMD very thoroughly in our trial (1) because we used dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry only to measure appendicular muscle mass and other variables relating to body composition. However, because this method does provid...

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We thank Dr Schachner for his interest and comments on our recent experimental findings [1]. The first facet of our study was that although initially (at 1 month), neointima formation in vein grafts was inhibited by perivenous application of fibrin glue at the time of implantation, at 4 months neointimal formation was not significantly different from controls [1]. Dr Schachner has implied that ...

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We appreciate the comments of Drs von Oppell and Rammohan on our article. The definition in our paper relates specifically to deep sternal wound infections and we appreciate that perhaps this is not made abundantly clear in the methodology. Superficial wound infections were defined as those that do not penetrate the subcutaneous tissue layer. The wound may exhibit erythema and a small amount of...