1 Division of Medical Microbiology, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, 2 Centre for Evidence-based Health Care, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa, 3 Cochrane South Africa, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa, 4 Vaccines for Africa Initiative, In...

the aim of the study was to assess regional differences in selenium content in the environment based on analysis of the se concentrations in liver and kidney of red deer from central, northern, south-eastern and south-western poland. the level of selenium in organs was determined using spectrofluorometric methods. the mean concentration of selenium in the liver and kidney of red deer was 0.084 ...

Pyelonephritis: Clinical Characteristics, Risk Factors and Clinical Response according to Fluoroquinolone MIC of Uropathogens Yeonjae Kim, MD; Seong-Heon Wie, MD; Jieun Kim, MD; Moran Ki, MD; Yong Kyun Cho, MD; Seoung-Kwan Lim, MD; Jin Seo Lee, MD; Ki Tae Kwon, MD, PhD; Hyuck Lee, MD; Hee Jin Cheong, MD; Seong Yeol Ryu; Moon-Hyun Chung, MD; Hyunjoo Pai, MD; Infectious Disease, College of Medici...

Background: The consumption of low quality foods is common in low socioeconomic areas; and according to epidemiological studies, the density of nutrients often proves the quality of diet. This study aimed to compare the density of macronutrients and micronutrients in various parts of Tehran.   Methods: This was a cross-sectional study performed from September to December 2007 in all the...

1 Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Materia Medica, Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100050, P R China 2 Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina 29425 Research Center of Life Science, University of South China, Hengyang, Hunan 421001, P R China 4 Department of Medicine,...

J. M. Zumer, S. V. Shinkareva, V. Gudkov, M. J. Brookes, P. S. Morgan, and P. G. Morris Sir Peter Mansfield Magnetic Resonance Centre, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom, Psychology, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, United States, Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, United States, Radiology and ...

1 Department of Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa, 2 South African Environmental Observation Network, Elwandle Coastal Node, Port Elizabeth, South Africa, 3 Biological Sciences Department and Marine Research Institute, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa, 4 Seaweed Unit, Fisheries Branch, Department of Agriculture, Fores...

peter b. best, james p. glass, peter g. ryan and merel l. dalebout Mammal Research Institute, University of Pretoria, South Africa, Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Tristan da Cunha, South Atlantic, Percy FitzPatrick Institute, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Ne...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE South Asians in the United Kingdom suffer from an increased mortality from cerebrovascular disease compared with whites. Evidence suggests that the relatives of white stroke patients are at increased risk of vascular disease. The aim of this study was to investigate atherothrombotic risk factors in the first-degree relatives of South Asian patients suffering from ischemic...

BACKGROUND UK-born infants of South Asian ethnic origin are known to have lower birthweights than their White British counterparts. When plotted on currently used birthweight charts they can be misclassified as small for gestational age. Similarly, large for gestational age infants can be missed. This has important clinical implications in their management. OBJECTIVE To create birthweight cen...