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Neurobehavioral function and low-level exposure to brominated flame retardants in adolescents: a cross-sectional study
Author(s) :
Kicinski, Michal
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Viaene, Mineke K.
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Den Hond, Elly
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Schoeters, Greet
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Covaci, Adrian
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Dirtu, Alin C.
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Nelen, Vera
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Background: Animal and in vitro studies demonstrated a neurotoxic potential of brominated flame retardants, a group of chemicals used in many household and commercial products to prevent fire. Although the first reports of detrimental neurobehavioral effects in rodents appeared more than ten years a...
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Genome and proteome analysis of 7-7-1, a flagellotropic phage infecting Agrobacterium sp H13-3
Author(s) :
Kropinski, Andrew M.
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Van den Bossche, An
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Lavigne, Rob
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Noben, Jean-Paul
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Babinger, Patrick
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Schmitt, Ruediger
Description :
Background: The flagellotropic phage 7-7-1 infects motile cells of Agrobacterium sp H13-3 by attaching to and traveling along the rotating flagellar filament to the secondary receptor at the base, where it injects its DNA into the host cell. Here we describe the complete genomic sequence of 69,391 b...
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Peripheral blood but not synovial fluid natural killer T cells are biased towards a Th1-like phenotype in rheumatoid arthritis
Author(s) :
LINSEN, Loes
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THEWISSEN, Marielle
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BAETEN, Kurt
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SOMERS, Veerle
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GEUSENS, Piet
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RAUS, Jef
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STINISSEN, Piet
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Natural killer T (NKT) cells have been implicated in the regulatory immune mechanisms that control autoimmunity. However, their precise role in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) remains unclear. The frequency, cytokine profile and heterogeneity of NKT cells were studied in peripheral blo...
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Gene expression profiling to identify parity-induced changes in the human mammary gland
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Risk of falling in patients with a recent fracture
Author(s) :
van Helden, Svenhjalmar
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Wyers, Caroline E.
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Dagnelie, Pieter C.
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van Dongen, Martien C.
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Willems, Gittie
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Brink, Peter R. G.
Description :
Background: Patients with a history of a fracture have an increased risk for future fractures, even in short term. The aim of this study was to assess the number of patients with falls and to identify fall risk factors that predict the risk of falling in the first three months after a clinical fract...
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Pollutant effects on genotoxic parameters and tumor-associated protein levels in adults: a cross sectional study
Author(s) :
De Coster, S
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Koppen, G
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Bracke, M
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Schroijen, C
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Den Hond, E
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Nelen, V
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de Mieroop, EV
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BRUCKERS, Liesbeth
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Bilau, M.
Description :
Background: This study intended to investigate whether residence in areas polluted by heavy industry, waste incineration, a high density of traffic and housing or intensive use of pesticides, could contribute to the high incidence of cancer observed in Flanders. Methods: Subjects were 1583 residents...
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Evaluation of patients with a recent clinical fracture and osteoporosis, a multidisciplinary approach
Author(s) :
Dumitrescu, Bianca
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van Helden, Svenjhalmar
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ten Broeke, Rene
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Nieuwenhuijzen-Kruseman, Arie
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Wyers, Caroline
Description :
The aetiology of osteoporotic fractures is multifactorial, but little is known about the way to evaluate patients with a recent clinical fracture for the presence of secondary osteoporosis. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of contributors to secondary osteoporosis in patient...
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English
Mining social mixing patterns for infectious disease models based on a two-day population survey in Belgium
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Background: Until recently, mathematical models of person to person infectious diseases transmission had to make assumptions on transmissions enabled by personal contacts by estimating the so-called WAIFW-matrix. In order to better inform such estimates, a population based contact survey has been ca...
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Screening for inter-hospital differences in cesarean section rates in low-risk deliveries using administrative data: An initiative to improve the quality of care
Author(s) :
Aelvoet, Willem
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Windey, Francis
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MOLENBERGHS, Geert
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Verstraelen, Hans
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Van Reempts, Patrick
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Foidart, Jean-Michel
Description :
Background: Rising national cesarean section rates (CSRs) and unexplained inter-hospital differences in CSRs, led national and international bodies to select CSR as a quality indicator. Using hospital discharge abstracts, we aimed to document in Belgium (1) inter-hospital differences in CSRs among l...
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English