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Background: Rybp (Ring1 and YY1 binding protein) is a zinc finger protein which interacts with the members of the mammalian polycomb complexes. Previously we have shown that Rybp is critical for early embryogenesis and that haploinsufficiency of Rybp in a subset of embryos causes failure of neural tube closure. Here we investigated the requirement for Rybp in ocular development using four in vi...

OBJECTIVE To estimate, after correction for patient factors, to what extent blood loss, operative time, and adverse events are decisive factors for the successful outcome of laparoscopic hysterectomy. A secondary objective was to estimate to what extent a successful outcome can be predicted from surgical experience or other measures of surgical skill. METHODS A nationwide multivariate 1-year ...