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studying the line bisecting performance and Zucker-
man’s sensation seeking scales in Drake and Ulrich’s
study...
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mycophenolate sodium (MPS) in patients with primary Sjögren
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leukin-1β, interleukin-12 and the interleukin-1 receptor
antagonist in patients with ... inflammation,
resulting in fibrosis. MMP-9 can trigger inflammation
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an inflammatory signal or recruitment of inflammatory...
... determination of
synovial autoantibody and immunoglobulin enrichment in
biopsy materials obtained in clinical trials. Immunoglobulin
mRNA correlated with synovial protein levels, consistent with
local ... immunoglobulin synthesis. Both anti-CCP and RF-IgM
were significantly enriched in synovial tissues containing lym-
phoid aggregates. However, in an 8-week study, autoantibody
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... standard
concentration of insulin (Humulin R, Eli Lilly and Company,
Indianapolis, IN, USA) was 100 units in 100 ml of 0.9% saline
solution. In the standard insulin group, insulin infusion was
started ... diabetes. J Clin Endocrinol
Metab 2002, 87:978-982.
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year-old male with CML in CP, who showed a resistance against imatinib therapy for 2.5 years,
began to be treated with ... administration of WT1 peptides, are still present in the blood on 14th
month post cessation of the peptides. An in vitro study as to the cytotoxicity of lymphocytes
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initially assigned group for the analy-
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analysis. All analyses were repeated with-
out these 159 patients, and the results
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pany, New York, NY (Dr Friedewald); and The Mount
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any adverse events in patients undergoing skin testing
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