1. Macdougall IC. Once-weekly erythropoietic therapy: is there difference between the available preparations? Nephrol Dial Transplant 2002; 17: 2047–2051 2. Locatelli F, Olivares J, Walker R et al. on behalf of the European/Australian NESP 980202 Study Group. Novel erythropoiesis stimulating protein for treatment of anemia in chronic renal insufficiency. Kidney Int 2001; 60: 741–747 3. Nissenso...

OBJECTIVE To compare the clinical effectiveness of doctors and nurses in undertaking upper and lower gastrointestinal endoscopy. DESIGN Pragmatic trial with Zelen's randomisation before consent to minimise distortion of existing practice. SETTING 23 hospitals in the United Kingdom. In six hospitals, nurses undertook both upper and lower gastrointestinal endoscopy, yielding a total of 29 cen...

The study aims to analyse the weather conditions and upper elements associated with wet year 2002/2003, dry 2007/2008 in Jordan for months from November March, by using amounts of precipitation rainy days each year, analyzing synoptic maps at a pressure level (500hpa) determine direction axes cold troughs warm ridges extent their correlation prevalence humidity drought conditions. Tephigram cha...

Acknowledgments: This report describes research conducted at the Eastern Oregon Agriculture Research Center in Burns, OR. The Eastern Oregon Agriculture Research Center is jointly funded by the Oregon Agricultural Experiment Station and USDA-ARS. Results from Trial 1 can be found in the Journal of Animal Science, 2002, 80:1629-1637. Results from Trial 2 are pending publication in the Journal of...

4. ALLHAT Officers and Coordinators for the ALLHAT Collaborative Research Group. The Antihypertensive and Lipid-Lowering Treatment to Prevent Heart Attack Trial. Major outcomes in high-risk hypertensive patients randomized to angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor or calcium channel blocker vs diuretic: The Antihypertensive and Lipid-Lowering Treatment to Prevent Heart Attack Trial (ALLHAT). J...

The crude incidence of lung cancer in the European Union in 2002 was 55.5/100 000/year, mortality rate being 50.6/100 000/ year. Rates among men were 87.7 and 80.1/100 000/year, and among women 24.8 and 22.4/100 000/year, respectively (GLOBOCAN 2002, http://www-dep.iarc.fr). Small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) accounts for 15–18% of all cases. In recent years the incidence of SCLC has decreased. SCLC...