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  1. Headache is one of the most common symptoms in primary care. To improve the quality of headache diagnosis and management with the largest possible benefit for the general population, headache and pain societie...

    Authors: Andreas R Gantenbein, Christian Jäggi, Mathias Sturzenegger, Claudio Gobbi, Gabriele S Merki-Feld, Mark J Emmenegger, Ethan Taub and Peter S Sándor
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2013 6:118
  2. The preventive effects of histamine 2 receptor antagonists vs. proton pump inhibitors on low-dose aspirin (LDA)-related gastroduodenal mucosal injury have not been fully investigated. We conducted a cross-sect...

    Authors: Akira Tamura, Kazunari Murakami and Junichi Kadota
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2013 6:116
  3. The aim of this paper was to provide an overview of the current knowledge and understanding of the potential beneficial physiological effects of glucosamine (GlcN) on joint health. The objective was to reach a...

    Authors: Yves Henrotin, Xavier Chevalier, Gabriel Herrero-Beaumont, Timothy McAlindon, Ali Mobasheri, Karel Pavelka, Christiane Schön, Harrie Weinans and Hans Biesalski
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2013 6:115
  4. An early and accurate diagnosis of chronic heart failure is a big challenge for a general practitioner. Assessment of left ventricular function is essential for the diagnosis of heart failure and the prognosis...

    Authors: Elzbieta Kaszuba, Sergej Scheel, HÃ¥kan Odeberg and Anders Halling
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2013 6:114
  5. One of the key questions in developmental biology is how, from a relatively small number of conserved signaling pathways, is it possible to generate organs displaying a wide range of shapes, tissue organizatio...

    Authors: Virginie Laugel-Haushalter, Marie Paschaki, Christelle Thibault-Carpentier, Doulaye Dembelé, Pascal Dollé and Agnès Bloch-Zupan
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2013 6:113
  6. Rhodococcus equi is associated with pyogranulomatous infections, especially in foals, and this bacterium has also emerged as a pathogen for humans, particularly immunocompromised patients. R. equi infections in p...

    Authors: Agueda Castagna de Vargas, Fernanda Monego, Letícia Trevisan Gressler, Sônia de Avila Botton, Andrea Maria Lazzari, Mateus Matiuzzi da Costa, Roselene Ecco, Márcio Garcia Ribeiro, Gustavo Henrique Batista Lara and Shinji Takai
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2013 6:111
  7. Community Acquired Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) is a strain of MRSA that can cause infections in patients in the community, in which these patients had no previous risk factors for MRSA i...

    Authors: Latre Buntaran, Mochammad Hatta, Andi R Sultan, Ressy Dwiyanti and Muhammad Sabir
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2013 6:110
  8. Mass spectrometry (MS) has evolved to become the primary high throughput tool for proteomics based biomarker discovery. Until now, multiple challenges in protein MS data analysis remain: large-scale and comple...

    Authors: Jun Ji, Jeffrey Ling, Helen Jiang, Qiaojun Wen, John C Whitin, Lu Tian, Harvey J Cohen and Xuefeng B Ling
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2013 6:109
  9. Many cases of choledocholiths formed around sutures and clips used during cholecystectomy have been reported. We describe a case of gallstone formation around a nylon suture after non-biliary surgery. To the b...

    Authors: Chiyo Maeda, Naoyuki Yokoyama, Tetsuya Otani, Tomohiro Katada, Natsuru Sudo, Yoshinobu Ikeno, Fumiaki Matsuura, Akira Iwaya, Toshiyuki Yamazaki, Shirou Kuwabara and Norio Katayanagi
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2013 6:108
  10. Incorporation of information technology advancements in healthcare has gained wide acceptance in the last two decades. Developed countries have successfully incorporated information technology advancements in ...

    Authors: Ebrahim Mohammed, Gashaw Andargie, Solomon Meseret and Eshetu Girma
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2013 6:106
  11. Coronary collateral circulation plays an important role in protecting myocardium from ischemia and reducing cardiovascular events. Low High-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) level is a strong risk factor...

    Authors: Po-Chao Hsu, Ho-Ming Su, Suh-Hang Juo, Hsueh-Wei Yen, Wen-Chol Voon, Wen-Ter Lai, Sheng-Hsiung Sheu and Tsung-Hsien Lin
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2013 6:105
  12. Understanding reasons for non-participation in health studies can help guide recruitment strategies and inform researchers about potential sources of bias in their study sample. Whilst there is a paucity of li...

    Authors: Shikha Markanday, Sharon L Brennan, Haslinda Gould and Julie A Pasco
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2013 6:104
  13. The involvement of VSX1 gene for the genetic basis of keratoconus is unclear and controversial. The genetic screening of VSX1 from different ethnic populations can enlighten this subject. The aim of the present s...

    Authors: Anshuman Verma, Manoranjan Das, Muthiah Srinivasan, Namperumalsamy V Prajna and Periasamy Sundaresan
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2013 6:103
  14. As academic workload seems to be increasing, many studies examined factors that contribute to the mental workload of academics. Age-related differences in work motives and intellectual ability may lead to diff...

    Authors: Judith T Bos, Nathalie CGM Donders, Koos van der Velden and Joost WJ van der Gulden
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2013 6:102
  15. Cold chain monitoring is a precondition to ensure immunization quality, efficacy and safety. In Cameroon, the Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) has National Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) that describ...

    Authors: Jérôme Ateudjieu, Bruno Kenfack, Blaise Wakam Nkontchou and Maurice Demanou
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2013 6:101
  16. The Cameroon health system is divided into central, intermediate and peripheral levels. Of the 43 health districts with a measles outbreak in Cameroon in 2011, only the Nylon Health District organized a docume...

    Authors: Gerald Etapelong Sume, André Arsène Bita Fouda, Marie Kobela, Salomé Nguelé, Irène Emah and Peter Atem
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2013 6:100
  17. The melanocortin-3-receptor (MC3R) is a member of the G-protein coupled receptor family that mediate cellular response through the cyclic adenosine monophosphate signalling pathway. In the promoter region of MC3R

    Authors: Marlene Eggert, Martina Pfob and Ortrud K Steinlein
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2013 6:99
  18. Infections caused by bacteria such as multidrug resistant (MDR) Acinetobacter spp. and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) constitute a worldwide pandemic. Without gathering information about these...

    Authors: Shyam Kumar Mishra, Basista Prasad Rijal and Bharat Mani Pokhrel
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2013 6:98
  19. Castleman’s disease is a rare lymphoproliferative disorder. It typically presents as mediastinal masses and causes a wide range of clinical symptoms. Histologically, Castleman’s disease is classified as either...

    Authors: Norbert Wagner and Zerrin Maden
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2013 6:97
  20. All violence against women has serious consequences for their mental, physical wellbeing, reproductive and sexual health including HIV infection and no study was conducted in this regard in Ethiopia and partic...

    Authors: Marelign Tilahun Malaju and Getu Degu Alene
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2013 6:96
  21. L. decemlineata is an exotic invasive insect pest, and invaded in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region in China in the 1990s from Kazakhstan. It is a notorious defoliator of potato throughout most of the northern Xin...

    Authors: Xiao-Qin Shi, Wen-Chao Guo, Pin-Jun Wan, Li-Tao Zhou, Xiang-Liang Ren, Tursun Ahmat, Kai-Yun Fu and Guo-Qing Li
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2013 6:93
  22. The composition of the microbiota of the equine intestinal tract is complex. Determining whether the microbial composition of fecal samples is representative of proximal compartments of the digestive tract cou...

    Authors: Angelika Schoster, Luis Guillermo Arroyo, Henry Rolf Staempfli and Jeffrey Scott Weese
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2013 6:91
  23. Fragile X Syndrome (FXS) and its associated disorders are caused by the expansion of the CGG repeat in the 5’ untranslated region of the fragile X mental retardation 1 (FMR1) gene, with disease classification bas...

    Authors: Huichun Xu, Mónica A Rosales-Reynoso, Patricio Barros-Núñez and Emmanuel Peprah
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2013 6:90
  24. Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) related to obesity has been rising in the last decades, though the morphological and metabolic determinants are remain unclear in children. The aim of this study was to...

    Authors: Paula A Monteiro, Jorge Mota, Loreana S Silveira, Suziane U Cayres, Bárbara de Moura M Antunes, Romulo Araujo Fernandes and Ismael F Freitas Jr
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2013 6:89
  25. Female patients who present with ascites, adnexal masses and elevated CA125 levels are typically presumed to have advanced ovarian carcinoma. This can lead to radical surgery with its associated morbidity. An ...

    Authors: Maria A Gosein, Dylan Narinesingh, Gordon V Narayansingh, Nazreen A Bhim and Pearse A Sylvester
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2013 6:88
  26. Previous studies from our group have shown that "pure" eccentric exercise performed on an isokinetic dynamometer can induce health-promoting effects that may improve quality of life. In order to investigate wh...

    Authors: Anastasios A Theodorou, George Panayiotou, Vassilis Paschalis, Michalis G Nikolaidis, Antonios Kyparos, Lida Mademli, Gerasimos V Grivas and Ioannis S Vrabas
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2013 6:87
  27. School-based injuries account for one in five unintentional childhood injuries. Little is known about the epidemiology of school-based injuries in low-income settings. The objective of our study was to compare...

    Authors: Uzma Rahim Khan, Junaid A Bhatti, Nukhba Zia and Umar Farooq
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2013 6:86
  28. The cloning of gene sequences forms the basis for many molecular biological studies. One important step in the cloning process is the isolation of bacterial transformants carrying vector DNA. This involves a v...

    Authors: Sam Manna, Ashley Harman, Jessica Accari and Christian Barth
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2013 6:85
  29. Natural accessions of Arabidopsis thaliana are a well-known system to measure levels of intraspecific genetic variation. Leaf starch content correlates negatively with biomass. Starch is synthesized by the coordi...

    Authors: Sandra Schwarte, Henrike Brust, Martin Steup and Ralph Tiedemann
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2013 6:84
  30. Although high-molecular-weight (HMW) adiponectin is believed to protect against atherosclerosis, the association between HMW adiponectin and the composition of coronary plaques is unknown. We evaluated whether...

    Authors: Masao Moroi, Shamima Akter, Ryo Nakazato, Taeko Kunimasa, Hirofumi Masai, Tatsuhiko Furuhashi, Hiroshi Fukuda, Eiichi Koda, Kaoru Sugi and Subrina Jesmin
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2013 6:83
  31. Low temperature is required for the competence of winter wheat to flowering (vernalization), and several key components in the vernalization-mediated flowering pathway have been isolated. A Y2H library is a ve...

    Authors: Shuanghe Cao and Liuling Yan
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2013 6:81
  32. This study investigated the correlation between the operation time using two different power settings of a Ho: YAG laser.

    Authors: Takashi Kawahara, Hiroki Ito, Hideyuki Terao, Yoshitake Kato, Katsuyuki Tanaka, Takehiko Ogawa, Hiroji Uemura, Yoshinobu Kubota and Junichi Matsuzaki
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2013 6:80
  33. Facial cosmetic procedures are commonplace nowadays, especially techniques that aim to increase lip volume. Full lips provide a youthful, healthy, feminine and sensual appearance. There are many techniques and...

    Authors: Estela Kaminagakura, Jucely Aparecida Rosa, Yasmin Rodarte Carvalho and Janete Dias Almeida
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2013 6:79
  34. Occupational burnout is associated with severe negative health effects. While stress management programs proved to have a positive influence on the well-being of patients suffering from burnout, it remains unc...

    Authors: Markus Gerber, Serge Brand, Catherine Elliot, Edith Holsboer-Trachsler, Uwe Pühse and Johannes Beck
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2013 6:78
  35. Invasive fungal infections caused by uncommon fungi have increased in recent years. Hospitalized low-birth-weight infants are at high risk for neonatal fungal infections. Pichia fabianii is a rare pathogen causin...

    Authors: Yuan Wu, Jing Wang, Wenge Li, Hongbin Jia, Jie Che, Jinxing Lu, Lanzheng Liu and Ying Cheng
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2013 6:77
  36. Reverse transcription quantitative PCR has become a powerful technique to monitor mRNA transcription in response to different environmental conditions in many bacterial species. However, correct evaluation of ...

    Authors: Espen Brudal, Hanne Cecilie Winther-Larsen, Duncan John Colquhoun and Samuel Duodu
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2013 6:76
  37. The shrimp Nematocarcinus lanceopes Bate, 1888 is found in the deep sea around Antarctica and sub-Antarctic islands. Previous studies on mitochondrial data and species distribution models provided evidence for a ...

    Authors: Johannes Dambach, Michael J Raupach, Christoph Mayer, Julia Schwarzer and Florian Leese
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2013 6:75
  38. Cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) is regarded as an effective treatment for social anxiety disorder (SAD) in Europe and North America. Individual CBT might be acceptable and effective for patients with SAD even...

    Authors: Naoki Yoshinaga, Fumiyo Ohshima, Satoshi Matsuki, Mari Tanaka, Tomomi Kobayashi, Hanae Ibuki, Kenichi Asano, Osamu Kobori, Tetsuya Shiraishi, Emi Ito, Michiko Nakazato, Akiko Nakagawa, Masaomi Iyo and Eiji Shimizu
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2013 6:74
  39. This study aimed at enhancing the transcriptomic resources for two sibling species of moths, Ostrinia scapulalis (Adzuki bean borer) and Ostrinia nubilalis (European corn borer), as a foundation for future resear...

    Authors: Bernhard Gschloessl, Emmanuelle Beyne, Philippe Audiot, Denis Bourguet and Réjane Streiff
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2013 6:73
  40. Hybridization based assays and capture systems depend on the specificity of hybridization between a probe and its intended target. A common guideline in the construction of DNA microarrays, for instance, is th...

    Authors: Jaishree Garhyan, Raad Z Gharaibeh, Stephen McGee and Cynthia J Gibas
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2013 6:72
  41. The aim of this study was to develop liver tissue preparation suitable for investigating toxins. Hepatocyte respiration, ATP content, urea synthesis, caspase activity and morphology were measured as a function...

    Authors: Ali S Alfazari, Bayan Al-Dabbagh, Saeeda Almarzooqi, Alia Albawardi and Abdul-Kader Souid
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2013 6:70
  42. The reporting and interpretation of data from clinical trials of proximal humeral fractures are hampered by the use of two partly incommensurable fracture classification systems: the Neer classification and th...

    Authors: Stig Brorson, Henrik Eckardt, Laurent Audigé, Bernd Rolauffs and Christian Bahrs
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2013 6:69
  43. Vancomycin is the primary treatment for infections caused by methicilin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). The association of vancomycin treatment failures with increased vancomycin minimum inhibitory con...

    Authors: Silvestre Joana, Póvoa Pedro, Gonçalves Elsa and Martins Filomena
    Citation: BMC Research Notes 2013 6:65

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