Susceptibility to multiple sclerosis (MS) has been linked mainly to the HLA-DRB1 locus, with the HLA-DR15 haplotype (DRB1*1501-DQA1*0102-DQB1*0602-DRB5*0101) dominating MS risk in Caucasians. Although genes in the HLA-II region, particularly DRB1*1501, DQA1*0102-DQB1*0602, are in tight linkage disequilibrium, genome-wide-association, and gene candidate studies identified the DRB1*15:01 allele a...

Methods We examined 400 consecutive patients presenting to the endocrinology/dermatology department of a tertiary care referral hospital in Bangalore who were diagnosed with AITD between the periods from 06/07 – 06/10 on an outpatient basis. Detailed history and physical examination including cutaneous examination was done. Mean follow up was done for the period of 6 months for the cutaneous ma...

BACKGROUND Data on allele frequencies (AFs) and haplotype frequencies (HFs) of HLA-C and -DQB1 are limited in Koreans. We investigated AFs and HFs of HLA-A, -B, -C, -DRB1, and -DQB1 in Koreans by high-resolution sequence-based typing (SBT). METHODS Hematopoietic stem cells were obtained from 613 healthy, unrelated donors to analyze HLA-A, -B, -C, -DRB1, and -DQB1 genotypes by using AlleleSEQR...

Domenico Maisto 1, Francesco Donnarumma 2 and Giovanni Pezzulo 2,* 1 Institute for High Performance Computing and Networking, National Research Council, Via Pietro Castellino 111, 80131 Naples, Italy; [email protected] 2 Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies, National Research Council, Via S. Martino della Battaglia 44, 00185 Rome, Italy; [email protected]...

A COMPARISON OF TORSIONAL STRESS PROPERTIES OF THREE DIFFERENT NICKEL-TITANIUM FILES WITH SIMILAR CROSS-SECTIONAL DESIGN Reid C. Wycoff D.D.S. Marquette University, 2012 The purpose of this study was to compare the in vitro torsional stress characteristics of Twisted Files (SybronEndo, Orange, CA) with two milled files of similar cross section, EndoSequence (Brasseler USA, Savannah, GA) and Pro...

Mailing Adrress: Protásio Lemos da Luz • Incor FMUSP Avenida Dr. Enéas de Carvalho Aguiar, n° 44, 5 andar BlocoII sala 08. Postal Code 05403-000, São Paulo, SP Brazil E-mail: [email protected] Manuscript received April 29, 2015; revised manuscript May 06, 2015; accepted May 06, 2015.

∗MINES ParisTech, Centre Automatique et Systèmes, Unité Mathématiques et Systèmes, 60 Bd St-Michel, 75272 Paris, Cedex 06, France (e-mail : [email protected]) ∗∗ IFP Energies Nouvelles, Département Contrôle, Signal et Système, 1 et 4 avenue du Bois-Préau, 92852 Rueil-Malmaison, France ∗∗∗MINES ParisTech, Centre Automatique et Systèmes, Unité Mathématiques et Systèmes, 60...

A standard correction for random guessing on multiple-choice examinations was implemented prospectively in an Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology course for second-year dental students. The correction was a weighted scoring formula for points awarded for correct answers, incorrect answers, and unanswered questions such that the expected gain in the multiple-choice examination score due to random g...

1Princess Iman Research and Laboratory Sciences Centre, King Hussein Medical Centre, Amman, Jordan (Correspondence to N.F. Jumaian: [email protected]). Received: 12/06/02; accepted: 20/10/03 ABSTRACT To determine the seroprevalence and risk factors for toxoplasmosis among pregnant women in Jordan, sera from 280 pregnant women were tested during the period January 2000–May 2001. Blood sa...

1 Biochemical Laboratory. Centre of Physiological Sciences. Slovak Academy of Sciences. Vlárska 5. 833 06 Bratislava. Czechoslovakia 2 Institute of Chemistry. Centre of Chemical Research. Slovak Academy of Sciences. Dúbravská cesta. 842 38 Bratislava. Czechoslovakia 3 Institute of Experimental Endocrinology. Centre of Physiological Sciences. Slovak Academy of Sciences. Vlárska 5, 833 06 Bratisl...