Prognostic value of stress testing in patients over 75 years of age with chronic angina (Publications)
STUDY OBJECTIVES: To define the prognostic value of stress testing (STRT) in patients > or= 75 years of age. DESIGN: Multicenter prospective randomized trial. SETTING: Tertiary care centers. PATIENTS:
[90Yttrium-DOTA]-TOC response is associated with survival benefit in iodine-refractory thyroid cancer: long-term results of a phase 2 clinical trial (Publications)
BACKGROUND:: The authors aimed to explore the efficacy of (90)Yttrium-1,4,7,10-tetra-azacyclododecane N,N',N'',N'''-tetraacetic acid [(90)Y-DOTA]-Tyr(3)-octreotide (TOC) in advanced iodine-refractory
Traffic-related air pollution and asthma onset in children: a prospective cohort study with individual exposure measurement (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The question of whether air pollution contributes to asthma onset remains unresolved. OBJECTIVES: In this study, we assessed the association between asthma onset in children and traffic-re
Exploring prospects of novel drugs for tuberculosis (Publications)
Tuberculosis remains a disease with an enormous impact on public health worldwide. With the continuously increasing epidemic of drug-resistant tuberculosis, new drugs are desperately needed. However,
Antitrypanosomal sesquiterpene lactones from <em>Saussurea costus</em> (Publications)
In the course of a larger screen of 1800 plant and fungal extracts, the ethyl acetate extract of Saussurea costus roots potently inhibited the growth of Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense. Subsequent HPLC
Disparities in parasitic infections, perceived ill health and access to health care among poorer and less poor schoolchildren of rural Côte... (Publications)
Differences in the state of health between rural and urban populations living in Africa have been described, yet only few studies analysed inequities within poor rural communities. We investigated dis