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Titles versus titles and abstracts for initial screening of articles for systematic reviews
... an initial screening of citations obtained from searches of commonly used medical bibliographic ...by screening of titles and abstracts of those not rejected by title alone (“titles ...traditional ...
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Use of ultrasound as the initial screening exam for hepatocellular carcinoma in high risk populations
... increased screening costs ...recommend initial screening with US alone at an interval of 6 months in populations at risk for developing HCC ...combined screening with AFP ...
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Prediction of congenital hypothyroidism based on initial screening thyroid-stimulating-hormone
... whose screening blood sample was collected later than 24 h of ...excluded. Screening blood samples were collected by heel stick bloodspot on filter paper, and analyzed using an automated Perkin-Elmer ...
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The effectiveness of creatine treatment for Parkinson’s disease: an updated meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
... the initial screening was retrieved, and the eligibility of these studies for this meta-analysis was determined after collecting the following information: last name of the first author, year of ...
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Genome-wide Screens Reveal Escherichia Coli Genes Required for Growth of T1-like Phage LL5 and rV5-like Phage LL12
... Table S4. Continued. Targeted re-screening. Based on the results of the initial screening, individual mutants were confirmed for gene deletions and obtained from other sources as necessary. The ...
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Vision rehabilitation services : what is the evidence? Final report.
... • High quality assessment and initial screening • Personalised support • Flexibility to match the duration and content of support to an individual’s abilities and priorities • Developing[r] ...
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History Reuse Architecture: Reuse of Historical Computations across Iterations of a Converging Algorithm.
... • For Run Time computation I had used only the distance between the Eigen vectors for initial screening, choosing the data set with smallest difference in Eigen vectors as initial Best M[r] ...
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Neonatal Screening for Phenylketonuria: II. Age Dependence of Initial Phenylalanine in Infants With PKU
... More than one fourth of all infants who attained maximum phenylalanine concentrations of greater than or equal to 20 mg/100 ml and who were treated for PKU had initial screening phenylal[r] ...
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Retrospective analysis of the clinical course of patients treated for polymyalgia
... symptoms were identified. Two patients were excluded because the final diagnosis included giant cell arteritis, leaving 135 patients (91 women and 44 men, mean age 70.7 ± 9.5 [44–89] years). Mean symptom duration prior ...
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Clinical Usefulness of Cervicogram as a Primary Screening Test for Cervical Neoplasia
... primary screening test for cervical ...the initial screening of cervical neoplasia showed a higher specificity and higher positive predictive value compared to the Pap test alone, con- sideration in ...
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A nonrandomized, open-label study to evaluate the effect of nasal stimulation on tear production in subjects with dry eye disease
... At each follow-up visit, tear production was assessed based on Schirmer test score results using Color Bar™ sterile test strips (Eagle Vision, Inc., Memphis, TN, USA). The test was performed under topical anesthesia with ...
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Evaluating reporting and process quality of publications on UNHS: a systematic review of programmes
... the screening processes in each study). Screening examinations were carried out with one or more of the following: transient evoked otoacoustic emission (TEOAE), and/or auditory brainstem response ...for ...
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Mutations in SPG7 as an important cause of spastic-ataxia in a large british cohort: Hybrid phenotype helps direct screening
... Direct genetic screening based on the phenotype Following the clinical characterisation of the initial 11 patients, we undertook direct testing for mutations in SPG7 the gene in patients[r] ...
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Finding qualitative research: an evaluation of search strategies
... We were able to use the judgements of relevance to assess precision, calculated as the proportion of actually relevant records ("diagnosed positive", in screening terms) divided by the number of records ...
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Finding qualitative research: an evaluation of search strategies
... We were able to use the judgements of relevance to assess precision, calculated as the proportion of actually relevant records ("diagnosed positive", in screening terms) divided by the number of records ...
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The AIMAR recommendations for early diagnosis of chronic obstructive respiratory disease based on the WHO/GARD model*
... useful screening tool for COPD, endowed with sufficient positive predictive value to be able to identify individuals at risk of having an undiagnosed COPD ...
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Enantioselective isothiourea catalysed Michael Michael lactonisation cascade; synthesis of δ lactones and 1,2,3,4 substituted cyclopentanes
... (25) For the initial postulate of 1,5-S•••O interactions as a control element in isothiourea catalysis see (a) V. B. Birman, X. Li and Z. Han, Org. Lett., 2007, 9, 37-40. For other manuscripts of interest see (b) ...
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Initial impact and cost of a nationwide population screening campaign for diabetes in Brazil: A follow up study
... the screening program at the national level, con- sidering costs for mobilization and mass media advertis- ing, purchase and distribution of screening test kits, training of healthcare workers, and overall ...
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Discovery of small molecules inhibitors of EphA4
... silico screening procedure led to the identification of a 6,7,8,9- tetrahydro-3H-pyrazolo[3,4-c]isoquinolin-1-amine ...the initial in silico work (PBD ID: ...
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Implementation of Critical Congenital Heart Disease Screening in Minnesota
... newborn screening for CCHD to the Recom- mended Uniform Screening ...this screening tool to the Recommended Uniform Screening Panel provides the opportunity to improve the outcomes of children ...
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