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  1. Qualitative longitudinal research is an evolving methodology, particularly within health care research. It facilitates a nuanced understanding of how phenomena change over time and is ripe for innovative appro...

    Authors: Emma Carduff, Scott A Murray and Marilyn Kendall
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2015 8:142
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  3. Classic Kaposi Sarcoma (KS) is vascular sarcoma, known to be more common in Mediterranean elderly men and characterized by an indolent clinical behavior. To our knowledge, this is the first evidence in literat...

    Authors: Bruno Vincenzi, Loretta D’Onofrio, Anna Maria Frezza, Rosario Francesco Grasso, Valentina Fausti, Daniele Santini, Angelo Paolo Dei Tos and Giuseppe Tonini
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2015 8:138
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  4. Extraintestinal pathogenic E. coli (ExPEC) are common causative agents of urinary tract infections in humans. Dogs have been found to harbor ExPEC. This study tested stool samples from dogs (n = 16), the shoes of...

    Authors: Lubna N Ahmed, Lance B Price and Jay P Graham
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2015 8:137
    Content type: Project Note Published on:

  5. Pre-existing antibodies to influenza virus neuraminidase may provide protection against infection influenza viruses containing novel hemagglutinin (HA). The aim of our study was to evaluate serum neuraminidase...

    Authors: Yulia A Desheva, Tatiana A Smolonogina, Svetlana A Donina and Larisa G Rudenko
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2015 8:136
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  7. To analyze the organization of multidisciplinary care pathways such as colorectal cancer care, an instrument was developed based on a recently published framework that was earlier used in analyzing (monodiscip...

    Authors: Dorine J Pluimers, Ellen J van Vliet, Anne GH Niezink, Martijn S van Mourik, Eric H Eddes, Michel W Wouters, Rob AEM Tollenaar and Wim H van Harten
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2015 8:134
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  8. We report on Japanese patients who showed neurological deterioration induced by sitting after cervicothoracic posterior decompression with instrumented fusion, but showed immediate neurological recovery after ...

    Authors: Masao Koda, Chikato Mannoji, Taigo Inada, Koshiro Kamiya, Mitsutoshi Ota, Satoshi Maki, Kazuhisa Takahashi, Masashi Yamazaki, Masaaki Aramomi, Osamu Ikeda and Takeo Furuya
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2015 8:133
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  10. Osteochondroma is the most common benign bone tumor of the upper limbs that occurs during the developmental phase of children. Solitary epiphyseal enchondromas can be usually found in the humeral capitellum, a...

    Authors: Xiao-feng Niu, Jian-hua Yi, Jun Hu and Liang-bao Xiao
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2015 8:131
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  11. Meticulous fluid management is the mainstay of treatment in dengue fever that is currently governed by consensus guidelines rather than by strong research evidence. To examine this issue we audited the fluid r...

    Authors: Senanayake AM Kularatne, Kosala GAD Weerakoon, Ruwan Munasinghe, Udaya K Ralapanawa and Manoji Pathirage
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2015 8:130
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  12. The most common pediatric renal neoplasm is Wilms tumor, but clear cell sarcoma of the kidney or synovial sarcoma of the kidney are also sometimes encountered. Accurate pathological diagnosis is important, bec...

    Authors: Masahito Hirose, Kentaro Mizuno, Hideyuki Kamisawa, Hidenori Nishio, Yoshinobu Moritoki, Kenjiro Kohri and Yutaro Hayashi
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2015 8:129
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  13. An important risk for atherosclerosis is a low level of HDL cholesterol. Baseline HDL cholesterol is under complex genetic and environmental control. Here we report on results of male mice from a consomic stra...

    Authors: Hein A van Lith, Marijke C Laarakker, José G Lozeman-van’t Klooster and Frauke Ohl
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2015 8:128
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  14. Long genomic R-loops in eukaryotes were first described at the immunoglobulin heavy chain locus switch regions using bisulfite sequencing and functional studies. A mouse monoclonal antibody called S9.6 has bee...

    Authors: Zheng Z Zhang, Nicholas R Pannunzio, Chih-Lin Hsieh, Kefei Yu and Michael R Lieber
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2015 8:127
    Content type: Short Report Published on:

  15. Corrective surgery for kyphoscoliosis patients tend to be highly invasive due to osteotomy. The present case introduce less invasive corrective surgery using anterior oblique lateral interbody fusion (OLIF) te...

    Authors: Hiromasa Wakita, Yasuhiro Shiga, Seiji Ohtori, Go Kubota, Kazuhide Inage, Takeshi Sainoh, Jun Sato, Kazuki Fujimoto, Kazuyo Yamauchi, Junichi Nakamura, Kazuhisa Takahashi, Tomoaki Toyone, Yasuchika Aoki, Gen Inoue, Masayuki Miyagi and Sumihisa Orita
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2015 8:126
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  17. Integration of RNA-seq expression data with knowledge on chromatin accessibility, histone modifications, DNA methylation, and transcription factor binding has been instrumental for the unveiling of cell-specif...

    Authors: Maria Tsompana, Sujith Valiyaparambil, Jonathan Bard, Brandon Marzullo, Norma Nowak and Michael Joseph Buck
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2015 8:124
    Content type: Technical Note Published on:

  19. New antimalarial drugs need to be developed because over time resistance against the existing drugs develops. Furthermore, some of the drugs have severe side effects. Here we describe a behavioral small-fish m...

    Authors: Hans Maaswinkel, Liqun Zhu and Wei Weng
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2015 8:122
    Content type: Short Report Published on:

  20. Habitual exercise and dietary restriction are commonly recommended to prevent or ameliorate obesity and lifestyle-related diseases, including fatty liver. This study investigated the effects of habitual exerci...

    Authors: Yuka Kurosaka, Yoko Shiroya, Hideki Yamauchi, Takehiko Kaneko, Yoichiro Okubo, Kazutoshi Shibuya and Kumiko Minato
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2015 8:121
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  21. Texting is associated with adverse health effects including musculoskeletal disorders, sleep disturbances, and traffic crashes. Many studies have relied on self-reported texting frequency, yet the validity of ...

    Authors: Judith E Gold, Kimberly J Rauscher and Motao Zhu
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2015 8:120
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  23. Herpes simplex virus (HSV) encephalitis is the most common sporadic cause of encephalitis with significant morbidity and mortality that is drastically reduced by early antiviral treatment.

    Authors: Katherine C Dodd, Benedict D Michael, Besa Ziso, Bode Williams, Ray Borrow, Anita Krishnan and Tom Solomon
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2015 8:118
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  24. Natural latex rubber products have been known to cause severe anaphylactic reactions during surgery. Even 25 years after the first description of anaphylactic reactions in the literature, natural latex rubber ...

    Authors: Manuela Malsy, Richard Leberle, Katharina Ehehalt, Barbara Sinner and Jonny Hobbhahn
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2015 8:117
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  25. Information about recruitment and retention factors and quality of work life (QWL) in rural emergency departments (EDs) is limited. A pilot study was used to determine the feasibility of a large-scale study of...

    Authors: Isabelle Bragard, Richard Fleet, Anne-Marie Etienne, Patrick Archambault, France Légaré, Jean-Marc Chauny, Jean-Frédéric Lévesque, Mathieu Ouimet, Julien Poitras and Gilles Dupuis
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2015 8:116
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  26. Neurofibroma is a rare benign tumor. The isolated presence of such lesions in the preperitoneal space with no evidence of systemic disease has never been reported in the literature.

    Authors: Noureddine Njoumi, Mohamed Elabsi, Gilles Attolou, Hafsa Elouazzani, Faricha Hassan Elalami and Mohamed Rachid Chkoff
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2015 8:115
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  27. High quality routine health system data is essential for tracking progress towards attainment of the Millennium Development Goals 4 & 5. This study aimed to determine the completeness and accuracy of transfer ...

    Authors: Mary Amoakoh-Coleman, Gbenga A Kayode, Charles Brown-Davies, Irene Akua Agyepong, Diederick E Grobbee, Kerstin Klipstein-Grobusch and Evelyn K Ansah
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2015 8:114
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  28. Older adults have higher risk of developing cardiovascular disease, diabetes and falls, leading to costly emergency medical service (EMS) calls and emergency room visits. We developed the Community Health Asse...

    Authors: Gina Agarwal, Ricardo N Angeles, Beatrice McDonough, Brent McLeod, Francine Marzanek, Melissa Pirrie and Lisa Dolovich
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2015 8:113
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  29. Although unintended pregnancy rate is declining in both developed and developing countries, it remains higher in developing countries. Ethiopia is one country with a high prevalence of unintended pregnancy. In...

    Authors: Tewodros Getachew Hailemariam, Tamene Tesfaye, Tedla Melese, Wondimu Alemayehu, Yeshialem Kenore, Yosef Lelamo, Tilahun Saul and Canaan Negash Seifu
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2015 8:112
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  30. Post-partum depression is a common complication of women after childbirth. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of and factors associated with depressive symptoms among post-partum mothe...

    Authors: Rajendra Kumar Giri, Resham Bahadur Khatri, Shiva Raj Mishra, Vishnu Khanal, Vidya Dev Sharma and Ritu Prasad Gartoula
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2015 8:111
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  31. Anemia during pregnancy is a well known medical condition most of the time under-recognized as it is overshadowed by the normal physiological condition during pregnancy. This study aimed at determining the pre...

    Authors: Desalegn Nega, Daniel Dana, Tamirat Tefera and Teferi Eshetu
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2015 8:110
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  32. Disclosure of human immune deficiency virus (HIV) positive status has a key role in the prevention and control of HIV/AIDS. The failure of people infected with HIV to disclose their positive status can expose ...

    Authors: Minichil Genet, Girum Sebsibie and Teklemariam Gultie
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2015 8:109
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  34. Toxoplasma gondii is an obligate intracellular protozoan organism that infects both birds and mammals. Human infections are particularly serious if they occur during pregnancy and may result in...

    Authors: Birhan Agmas, Reta Tesfaye and Digsu Negese Koye
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2015 8:107
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  36. Addressing the social determinants of health (SDH) is identified as a role for local public health units (PHUs) in the province of Ontario. Despite this authorization to do so there is wide variation in PHU pr...

    Authors: Dennis Raphael and Julia Brassolotto
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2015 8:105
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  37. Endometrial cancer (EC) is the most frequently diagnosed gynecological malignancy and the fourth most common cancer diagnosis overall among women. As with many other forms of cancer, it has been shown that cer...

    Authors: Benjamin Ulfenborg, Sanja Jurcevic, Angelica Lindlöf, Karin Klinga-Levan and Björn Olsson
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2015 8:104
    Content type: Data Note Published on:

  38. Hypoxic and hypobaric conditions may augment the beneficial influence of training on cardiovascular risk factors. This pilot study aimed to explore for effects of a two-week hiking vacation at moderate versus ...

    Authors: Ivana Gutwenger, Georg Hofer, Anna K Gutwenger, Marco Sandri and Christian J Wiedermann
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2015 8:103
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  40. Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) is a cytodiagnostic method based on morphologic findings of individual and small group of cells aspirated using a fine needle. The aim of the present study is to evaluate...

    Authors: Samreen Naz, Atif Ali Hashmi, Amna khurshid, Naveen Faridi, Muhammad Muzzammil Edhi, Anwar Kamal and Mehmood Khan
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2015 8:101
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  41. Trastuzumab + chemotherapy is considered the standard therapy for advanced human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-positive gastric cancer with mild manageable toxicity, on the basis of the results of ...

    Authors: Takayuki Takahama, Masayuki Takeda, Shinichi Nishina and Kazuhiko Nakagawa
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2015 8:100
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  42. Chemotherapy-induced liver injury is a well-known phenomenon after neoadjuvant therapy of liver metastasis and contributes to postoperative morbidity and mortality. Still there is no suitable test available to...

    Authors: Jan Bednarsch, Maximilian Jara, Johan Friso Lock, Maciej Malinowski, Johann Pratschke and Martin Stockmann
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2015 8:99
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  43. In developed nations, taller children exhibit a greater propensity to overweight/obesity. This study investigates whether this height-adiposity relationship holds true for Cameroon children using two parameter...

    Authors: Lifoter K Navti, Uta Ferrari, Emmanuel Tange, Klaus G Parhofer and Susanne Bechtold-Dalla Pozza
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2015 8:98
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  44. Kounis syndrome is the concurrence of acute coronary syndromes with mast cells activation induced by hypersensitivity and anaphylactoid insults and is increasingly encountered in clinical practice. The main pa...

    Authors: Dissanayake Mudiyanselage Priyantha Udaya Kumara Ralapanawa and Senanayake Abeysinghe Mudiyanselage Kularatne
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2015 8:97
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  45. Psychiatrists in clinical practice face a number of stressors related to patient care, such as overwork. On the other hand, they gain satisfaction from their work. We quantified and assessed the potential rela...

    Authors: Akihiro Koreki, Atsuo Nakagawa, Akiko Abe, Hidetsugu Ikeuchi, Jo Okubo, Atsushi Oguri, Keisuke Orimo, Nariko Katayama, Hiroyo Sato, Ryo Shikimoto, Go Nishiyama, Waka Nogami, Kazuma Haki, Tetsuro Hayashi, Yuko Fukagawa, Kei Funaki…
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2015 8:96
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  47. The use of cardiac implantable electrical devices continues to increase with the validation of new beneficial indications. While the risks of device implantation decreased significantly over time, significant ...

    Authors: Jacques Rizkallah, William Kent, Vikas Kuriachan, John Burgess and Derek Exner
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2015 8:94
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  49. Although much research effort has been devoted to elucidating lung cancer, the molecular mechanism of tumorigenesis still remains unclear. A major challenge to improve the understanding of lung cancer is the d...

    Authors: Tzu-Pin Lu, Chuhsing K Hsiao, Liang-Chuan Lai, Mong-Hsun Tsai, Chung-Ping Hsu, Jang-Ming Lee and Eric Y Chuang
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2015 8:92
    Content type: Research article Published on:
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