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Mengel C, Lee XW, Betts J, Ingram R, Haqqani HM. P1909Cryobaloon pulmonary vein isolation without pulmonary venography. Eur Heart J 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehz748.0656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
Abstract
Abstract
Introduction
Cryoballoon pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) has been shown to be non-inferior to radiofrequency PVI and have several advantages including shorter procedure times. Cryoballoon PVI traditionally requires the use of occlusive pulmonary venography to assess for balloon position and contact however, some patients have contraindications to the use of iodinated radiocontrast.
Purpose
We assessed the feasibility of performing cryoballoon PVI without pulmonary venography.
Methods
Thirty-five initial consecutive patients with paroxysmal or persistent atrial fibrillation underwent cryoballoon PVI as a primary procedure under conscious sedation by a single operator. None had a contraindication to radiocontrast administration. Left atrial CT was obtained the day prior in all patients to assess pulmonary vein anatomy. Transeptal puncture was performed using 1–5 ml of contrast given the non-routine availability of intracardiac echocardiography. CT images obviated the requirement for pre-balloon deployment venography and pulmonary vein balloon occlusion was assessed by tactile feedback as well as the fluoroscopic appearance of balloon deformation (Fig 1.). If adequate temperature was not obtained with initial cooling during ablation, application was discontinued and the balloon repositioned. If repeated ablation did not result in sufficient cooling and vein isolation, pulmonary venography was utilised to assess adequacy of vein occlusion and sites of leak.
Results
The median age was 57 yrs with 69% male and 63% having paroxysmal AF. 137/138 pulmonary veins were successfully isolated with mean 1.77 ablations per vein. Median nadir ablation temperature was −45°C (range −62 to −30°C) with a median time to isolation of 36.5 seconds. 120/138 (87%) of veins were isolated without the use of contrast, however 18/138 required venography. Overall, 63% of patients had successful PVI without requiring any pulmonary venography. Average procedure time was 104 minutes. One patient sustained a mediastinal hematoma that resolved with conservative management. Median follow up was 3.6 months, with 74% of patients being free from atrial fibrillation at last follow up.
Conclusion
This study demonstrates that it is feasible to perform cryoballoon PVI without pulmonary venography in 87% of targeted veins. In this series, 63% of patients had successful 4 vein isolation without pulmonary vein contrast administration. This technique combined with imaging guided transeptal puncture can allow for truly contrast-less PVI in patients with severe contrast allergy or severe renal dysfunction.
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- C Mengel
- University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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- University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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- The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, Australia
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- University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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Lee A, Betts J, Wright D, Davison O, Denman R, Haqqani H. Ablation of Ventricular Arrhythmias from the Left Ventricular Summit: A Single Centre Experience. Heart Lung Circ 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2016.06.327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Parfitt M, Wright D, Betts J, Denman R, Lee A. Transmission Rates of Implantable Loop Recorders with Remote Monitoring Follow-Up. Heart Lung Circ 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2016.06.374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Lee A, Wright D, Betts J, Davison O, Denman R, H H. VT Ablation in Non-Ischaemic Cardiomyopathy: A Single Centre Experience. Heart Lung Circ 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2016.06.378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Lee A, Betts J, Gluer R, Haqqani H. The Left Atrial Roof - A Rare Cause of Incessant Focal Atrial Tachycardia. Heart Lung Circ 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2016.06.370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Howard L, Flach C, Leese M, Byford S, Killaspy H, Cole L, Lawlor C, Betts J, Sharac J, Cutting P, McNicholas S, Johnson S. Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of admissions to women's crisis houses compared with traditional psychiatric wards: pilot patient-preference randomised controlled trial. Br J Psychiatry 2014; 53:s32-40. [PMID: 20679277 DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.110.081083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND Women's crisis houses have been developed in the UK as a less stigmatising and less institutional alternative to traditional psychiatric wards. AIMS To examine the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of women's crisis houses by first examining the feasibility of a pilot patient-preference randomised controlled trial (PP-RCT) design (ISRCTN20804014). METHOD We used a PP-RCT study design to investigate women presenting in crisis needing informal admission. The four study arms were the patient preference arms of women's crisis house or hospital admission, and randomised arms of women's crisis house or hospital admission. RESULTS Forty-one women entered the randomised arms of the trial (crisis house n = 19, wards n = 22) and 61 entered the patient-preference arms (crisis house n = 37, ward n = 24). There was no significant difference in outcomes (symptoms, functioning, perceived coercion, stigma, unmet needs or quality of life) or costs for any of the groups (randomised or preference arms), but women who obtained their preferred intervention were more satisfied with treatment. CONCLUSIONS Although the sample sizes were too small to allow definite conclusions, the results suggest that when services are able to provide interventions preferred by patients, those patients are more likely to be satisfied with treatment. This pilot study provides some evidence that women's crisis houses are as effective as traditional psychiatric wards, and may be more cost-effective.
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- L Howard
- Health Service and Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, Box PO29, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF, UK.
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French J, Ghoussaini M, Edwards S, Meyer K, Michailidou K, Ahmed S, Khan S, Maranian M, O’Reilly M, Hillman K, Betts J, Carroll T, Bailey P, Dicks E, Beesley J, Tyrer J, Maia AT, Beck A, Knoblauch N, Chen C, Kraft P, Barnes D, González-Neira A, Alonso M, Herrero D, Tessier D, Vincent D, Bacot F, Luccarini C, Baynes C, Conroy D, Dennis J, Bolla M, Wang Q, Hopper J, Southey M, Schmidt M, Broeks A, Verhoef S, Cornelissen S, Muir K, Lophatananon A, Stewart-Brown S, Siriwanarangsan P, Fasching P, Loehberg C, Ekici A, Beckmann M, Peto J, dos Santos Silva I, Johnson N, Aitken Z, Sawyer E, Tomlinson I, Kerin M, Miller N, Marme F, Schneeweiss A, Sohn C, Burwinkel B, Guénel P, Truong T, Laurent-Puig P, Menegaux F, Bojesen S, Nordestgaard B, Nielsen S, Flyger H, Milne R, Zamora M, Arias Perez J, Benitez J, Anton-Culver H, Brenner H, Müller H, Arndt V, Stegmaier C, Meindl A, Lichtner P, Schmutzler R, Engel C, Brauch H, Hamann U, Justenhoven C, Aaltonen K, Heikkilä P, Aittomäki K, Blomqvist C, Matsuo K, Ito H, Iwata H, Sueta A, Bogdanova N, Antonenkova N, Dörk T, Lindblom A, Margolin S, Mannermaa A, Kataja V, Kosma VM, Hartikainen J, Wu A, Tseng CC, Van Den Berg D, Stram D, Lambrechts D, Peeters S, Smeets A, Floris G, Chang-Claude J, Rudolph A, Nickels S, Flesch-Janys D, Radice P, Peterlongo P, Bonanni B, Sardella D, Couch F, Wang X, Pankratz V, Lee A, Giles G, Severi G, Baglietto L, Haiman C, Henderson B, Schumacher F, Le Marchand L, Simard J, Goldberg M, Labrèche F, Dumont M, Teo S, Yip C, Ng CH, Vithana E, Kristensen V, Zheng W, Deming-Halverson S, Shrubsole M, Long J, Winqvist R, Pylkäs K, Jukkola-Vuorinen A, Grip M, Andrulis I, Knight J, Glendon G, Mulligan A, Devilee P, Seynaeve C, García-Closas M, Figueroa J, Chanock S, Lissowska J, Czene K, Klevebring D, Schoof N, Hooning M, Martens J, Collée J, Tilanus-Linthorst M, Hall P, Li J, Liu J, Humphreys K, Shu XO, Lu W, Gao YT, Cai H, Cox A, Balasubramanian S, Blot W, Signorello L, Cai Q, Pharoah P, Healey C, Shah M, Pooley K, Kang D, Yoo KY, Noh DY, Hartman M, Miao H, Sng JH, Sim X, Jakubowska A, Lubinski J, Jaworska-Bieniek K, Durda K, Sangrajrang S, Gaborieau V, McKay J, Toland A, Ambrosone C, Yannoukakos D, Godwin A, Shen CY, Hsiung CN, Wu PE, Chen ST, Swerdlow A, Ashworth A, Orr N, Schoemaker M, Ponder B, Nevanlinna H, Brown M, Chenevix-Trench G, Easton D, Dunning A. Functional variants at the 11q13 risk locus for breast cancer regulate cyclin D1 expression through long-range enhancers. Am J Hum Genet 2013; 92:489-503. [PMID: 23540573 PMCID: PMC3617380 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2013.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 154] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2012] [Revised: 12/21/2012] [Accepted: 01/03/2013] [Indexed: 10/27/2022] Open
Abstract
Analysis of 4,405 variants in 89,050 European subjects from 41 case-control studies identified three independent association signals for estrogen-receptor-positive tumors at 11q13. The strongest signal maps to a transcriptional enhancer element in which the G allele of the best candidate causative variant rs554219 increases risk of breast cancer, reduces both binding of ELK4 transcription factor and luciferase activity in reporter assays, and may be associated with low cyclin D1 protein levels in tumors. Another candidate variant, rs78540526, lies in the same enhancer element. Risk association signal 2, rs75915166, creates a GATA3 binding site within a silencer element. Chromatin conformation studies demonstrate that these enhancer and silencer elements interact with each other and with their likely target gene, CCND1.
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MESH Headings
- Binding Sites
- Breast Neoplasms/genetics
- Case-Control Studies
- Cell Line, Tumor
- Chromatin/chemistry
- Chromatin/genetics
- Chromatin Immunoprecipitation
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11/genetics
- Cyclin D1/genetics
- Cyclin D1/metabolism
- Electrophoretic Mobility Shift Assay
- Enhancer Elements, Genetic/genetics
- Female
- GATA3 Transcription Factor/antagonists & inhibitors
- GATA3 Transcription Factor/genetics
- GATA3 Transcription Factor/metabolism
- Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
- Humans
- Luciferases/metabolism
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide/genetics
- Promoter Regions, Genetic/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Small Interfering/genetics
- Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Silencer Elements, Transcriptional/genetics
- ets-Domain Protein Elk-4/antagonists & inhibitors
- ets-Domain Protein Elk-4/genetics
- ets-Domain Protein Elk-4/metabolism
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- Juliet D. French
- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- Department of Oncology, Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB1 8RN, UK
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- Cancer Research UK Cambridge Research Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre, Cambridge CB2 0RE, UK
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- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB1 8RN, UK
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- Department of Oncology, Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB1 8RN, UK
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki 00029, Finland
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- Department of Oncology, Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB1 8RN, UK
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- Cancer Research UK Cambridge Research Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre, Cambridge CB2 0RE, UK
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- Cancer Research UK Cambridge Research Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre, Cambridge CB2 0RE, UK
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- Department of Oncology, Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB1 8RN, UK
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- Department of Genetics, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Queensland 4029, Australia
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- Department of Oncology, Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB1 8RN, UK
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- Cancer Research UK Cambridge Research Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre, Cambridge CB2 0RE, UK
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- Harvard Medical School and Department of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Harvard Medical School and Department of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02215, USA
- Department of Biostatistics, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB1 8RN, UK
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- Human Genotyping-CEGEN Unit, Human Cancer Genetics Program, Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), Madrid 28029, Spain
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- Human Genotyping-CEGEN Unit, Human Cancer Genetics Program, Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), Madrid 28029, Spain
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- Human Genotyping-CEGEN Unit, Human Cancer Genetics Program, Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), Madrid 28029, Spain
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- Centre d’innovation Génome Québec et Université McGill, Montréal, QC H3A 0G1, Canada
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- Centre d’innovation Génome Québec et Université McGill, Montréal, QC H3A 0G1, Canada
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- Centre d’innovation Génome Québec et Université McGill, Montréal, QC H3A 0G1, Canada
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- Department of Oncology, Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB1 8RN, UK
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- Department of Oncology, Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB1 8RN, UK
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- Department of Oncology, Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB1 8RN, UK
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- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB1 8RN, UK
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- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB1 8RN, UK
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- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB1 8RN, UK
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- Centre for Molecular, Environmental, Genetic, and Analytic Epidemiology, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
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- Genetic Epidemiology Laboratory, Department of Pathology, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
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- Division of Psychosocial Research and Epidemiology, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, 1066 CX Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Division of Molecular Pathology, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, 1066 CX Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Division of Molecular Pathology, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, 1066 CX Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Family Cancer Clinic, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, 1066 CX Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Division of Molecular Pathology, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, 1066 CX Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
- University Breast Center Franconia, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital Erlangen, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
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- University Breast Center Franconia, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital Erlangen, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
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- Institute of Human Genetics, Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
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- University Breast Center Franconia, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital Erlangen, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
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- Non-communicable Disease Epidemiology Department, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London WC1E 7HT, UK
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- Non-communicable Disease Epidemiology Department, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London WC1E 7HT, UK
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- Breakthrough Breast Cancer Research Centre, The Institute of Cancer Research, London SW3 6JB, UK
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- Non-communicable Disease Epidemiology Department, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London WC1E 7HT, UK
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- Division of Cancer Studies, NIHR Comprehensive Biomedical Research Centre, Guy’s & St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust in partnership with King’s College London, London SE1 9RT, UK
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- Welcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics and Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7BN, UK
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- Surgery, Clinical Science Institute, Galway University Hospital and National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
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- Surgery, Clinical Science Institute, Galway University Hospital and National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Heidelberg, 69115 Heidelberg, Germany
- National Center for Tumor Diseases, University of Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Heidelberg, 69115 Heidelberg, Germany
- National Center for Tumor Diseases, University of Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Heidelberg, 69115 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Heidelberg, 69115 Heidelberg, Germany
- Molecular Epidemiology Group, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- INSERM (National Institute of Health and Medical Research), CESP (Center for Research in Epidemiology and Population Health), U1018, Environmental Epidemiology of Cancer Team, 94807 Villejuif, France
- University Paris-Sud, UMRS 1018, 94807 Villejuif, France
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- INSERM (National Institute of Health and Medical Research), CESP (Center for Research in Epidemiology and Population Health), U1018, Environmental Epidemiology of Cancer Team, 94807 Villejuif, France
- University Paris-Sud, UMRS 1018, 94807 Villejuif, France
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- Université Paris Sorbonne Cité, UMR-S775 INSERM, 75270 Paris Cedex 06, France
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- INSERM (National Institute of Health and Medical Research), CESP (Center for Research in Epidemiology and Population Health), U1018, Environmental Epidemiology of Cancer Team, 94807 Villejuif, France
- University Paris-Sud, UMRS 1018, 94807 Villejuif, France
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- Copenhagen General Population Study, Herlev Hospital, Copenhagen University Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, 2730 Herlev, Denmark
- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Herlev Hospital, Copenhagen University Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, 2730 Herlev, Denmark
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- Copenhagen General Population Study, Herlev Hospital, Copenhagen University Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, 2730 Herlev, Denmark
- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Herlev Hospital, Copenhagen University Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, 2730 Herlev, Denmark
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- Copenhagen General Population Study, Herlev Hospital, Copenhagen University Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, 2730 Herlev, Denmark
- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Herlev Hospital, Copenhagen University Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, 2730 Herlev, Denmark
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- Department of Breast Surgery, Herlev Hospital, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, 2730 Herlev, Denmark
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- Genetic & Molecular Epidemiology Group, Human Cancer Genetics Program, Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), Madrid 28029, Spain
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- Servicio de Oncología Médica, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid 28046, Spain
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- Human Genotyping-CEGEN Unit, Human Cancer Genetics Program, Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), Madrid 28029, Spain
- Centro de Investigación en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER), Madrid 28029, Spain
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- Department of Epidemiology, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
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- Division of Clinical Epidemiology and Aging Research, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Division of Clinical Epidemiology and Aging Research, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Division of Clinical Epidemiology and Aging Research, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Division of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Technische Universität München, 81675 Munich, Germany
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- Institute of Human Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Division of Molecular Gyneco-Oncology, Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, University Cologne, 50931 Cologne, Germany
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- Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Epidemiology, University of Leipzig, 04107 Leipzig, Germany
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- Dr. Margarete Fischer-Bosch Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, 70376 Stuttgart, Germany
- University of Tübingen, 72074 Tübingen, Germany
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- Molecular Genetics of Breast Cancer, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Dr. Margarete Fischer-Bosch Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, 70376 Stuttgart, Germany
- University of Tübingen, 72074 Tübingen, Germany
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- Dr. Margarete Fischer-Bosch Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, 70376 Stuttgart, Germany
- University of Tübingen, 72074 Tübingen, Germany
- Molecular Genetics of Breast Cancer, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
- Department of Internal Medicine, Evangelische Kliniken Bonn gGmbH, Johanniter Krankenhaus, 53113 Bonn, Germany
- Institute and Outpatient Clinic of Occupational Medicine, Saarland University Medical Center and Saarland University Faculty of Medicine, 66421 Homburg, Germany
- Institute for Prevention and Occupational Medicine of the German Social Accident Insurance (IPA), 44789 Bochum, Germany
- Institute of Pathology, Medical Faculty of the University of Bonn, 53123 Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki 00029, Finland
- Department of Clinical Genetics, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, 00029, Finland
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- Department of Pathology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, 00029, Finland
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, 00029, Finland
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- Department of Oncology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, 00029, Finland
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- Division of Epidemiology and Prevention, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute, Nagoya 464-8681, Japan
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- Division of Epidemiology and Prevention, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute, Nagoya 464-8681, Japan
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- Department of Breast Oncology, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, Nagoya 464-8681, Japan
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- Division of Epidemiology and Prevention, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute, Nagoya 464-8681, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Hannover Medical School, 30625 Hannover, Germany
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Hannover Medical School, 30625 Hannover, Germany
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- N.N. Alexandrov Research Institute of Oncology and Medical Radiology, 223040 Minsk, Belarus
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Hannover Medical School, 30625 Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Imaging Center, Department of Clinical Pathology, Kuopio University Hospital, 70211 Kuopio, Finland
- School of Medicine, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Biocenter Kuopio, Cancer Center of Eastern Finland, University of Eastern Finland, 70211 Kuopio, Finland
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- School of Medicine, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Biocenter Kuopio, Cancer Center of Eastern Finland, University of Eastern Finland, 70211 Kuopio, Finland
- Cancer Center, Kuopio University Hospital, 70211 Kuopio, Finland
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- Imaging Center, Department of Clinical Pathology, Kuopio University Hospital, 70211 Kuopio, Finland
- School of Medicine, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Biocenter Kuopio, Cancer Center of Eastern Finland, University of Eastern Finland, 70211 Kuopio, Finland
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- Imaging Center, Department of Clinical Pathology, Kuopio University Hospital, 70211 Kuopio, Finland
- School of Medicine, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Biocenter Kuopio, Cancer Center of Eastern Finland, University of Eastern Finland, 70211 Kuopio, Finland
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
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- Laboratory for Translational Genetics, Department of Oncology, University of Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
- Vesalius Research Center (VRC), VIB, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- Multidisciplinary Breast Center, University Hospital Leuven and KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- Multidisciplinary Breast Center, University Hospital Leuven and KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- Multidisciplinary Breast Center, University Hospital Leuven and KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
- Department of Cancer Epidemiology/Clinical Cancer Registry and Institute for Medical Biometrics and Epidemiology, University Clinic Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
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- Unit of Molecular Bases of Genetic Risk and Genetic Testing, Department of Preventive and Predictive Medicine, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori (INT), 20133 Milan, Italy
- IFOM, Fondazione Istituto FIRC di Oncologia Molecolare, 20139 Milan, Italy
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- Unit of Molecular Bases of Genetic Risk and Genetic Testing, Department of Preventive and Predictive Medicine, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori (INT), 20133 Milan, Italy
- IFOM, Fondazione Istituto FIRC di Oncologia Molecolare, 20139 Milan, Italy
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- Division of Cancer Prevention and Genetics, Istituto Europeo di Oncologia, 20141 Milan, Italy
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- IFOM, Fondazione Istituto FIRC di Oncologia Molecolare, 20139 Milan, Italy
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
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- Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
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- Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
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- Centre for Molecular, Environmental, Genetic, and Analytic Epidemiology, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
- Cancer Epidemiology Centre, The Cancer Council Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria 3053, Australia
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- Centre for Molecular, Environmental, Genetic, and Analytic Epidemiology, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
- Cancer Epidemiology Centre, The Cancer Council Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria 3053, Australia
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- Centre for Molecular, Environmental, Genetic, and Analytic Epidemiology, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
- Cancer Epidemiology Centre, The Cancer Council Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria 3053, Australia
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
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- Epidemiology Program, Cancer Research Center, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA
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- Cancer Genomics Laboratory, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec and Laval University, Québec City, QC G1V 4G2, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 1A1, Canada
- Division of Clinical Epidemiology, McGill University Health Centre, Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal, QC H3A 1A1, Canada
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- Département de médecine sociale et préventive, Département de santé environnementale et santé au travail, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC H3A 3C2, Canada
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- Cancer Genomics Laboratory, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec and Laval University, Québec City, QC G1V 4G2, Canada
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- Cancer Research Initiatives Foundation, Sime Darby Medical Centre, Subang Jaya, 47500 Selangor, Malaysia
- Breast Cancer Research Unit, University Malaya Cancer Research Institute, Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Breast Cancer Research Unit, University Malaya Cancer Research Institute, Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Breast Cancer Research Unit, University Malaya Cancer Research Institute, Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Genetics, Institute for Cancer Research, Oslo University Hospital, Radiumhospitalet, 0310 Oslo, Norway
- Faculty of Medicine (Faculty Division Ahus), University of Oslo, 0318 Oslo, Norway
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- Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37203, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37203, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37203, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37203, USA
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- Laboratory of Cancer Genetics and Tumor Biology, Department of Clinical Genetics and Biocenter Oulu, University of Oulu, Oulu University Hospital, 90014 Oulu, Finland
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- Laboratory of Cancer Genetics and Tumor Biology, Department of Clinical Genetics and Biocenter Oulu, University of Oulu, Oulu University Hospital, 90014 Oulu, Finland
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- Department of Oncology, Oulu University Hospital, University of Oulu, 90014 Oulu, Finland
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- Department of Surgery, Oulu University Hospital, University of Oulu, 90014 Oulu, Finland
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 1A8, Canada
- Ontario Cancer Genetics Network, Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON M5G 1X5, Canada
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- Division of Epidemiology, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5T 3M7, Canada
- Prosserman Centre for Health Research, Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON M5T 3L9, Canada
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- Ontario Cancer Genetics Network, Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON M5G 1X5, Canada
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 1A8, Canada
- Laboratory Medicine Program, University Health Network, 200 Elizabeth Street, Toronto, ON M5G 2C4, Canada
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- Department of Human Genetics & Department of Pathology, Leiden University Medical Center, 2300 RC Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Family Cancer Clinic, Department of Medical Oncology, Erasmus MC-Daniel den Hoed Cancer Center, 3075 EA Rotterdam, the Netherlands
- Department of Medical Oncology, Erasmus University Medical Center, 3075 EA Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Breakthrough Breast Cancer Research Centre, The Institute of Cancer Research, London SW3 6JB, UK
- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, Institute of Cancer Research and Breakthrough Breast Cancer Research Centre, London SM2 5NG, UK
- Division of Breast Cancer Research, The Institute of Cancer Research, London SW3 6JB, UK
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD 20892, USA
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD 20892, USA
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- Department of Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention, M. Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center & Institute of Oncology, 02-781 Warsaw, Poland
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- Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm 17 177, Sweden
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- Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm 17 177, Sweden
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- Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm 17 177, Sweden
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Erasmus University Medical Center, 3075 EA Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Erasmus University Medical Center, 3075 EA Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Erasmus University Medical Center, 3008 AE Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm 17 177, Sweden
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- Human Genetics Division, Genome Institute of Singapore, Singapore 138672, Singapore
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- Human Genetics Division, Genome Institute of Singapore, Singapore 138672, Singapore
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- Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm 17 177, Sweden
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- Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37203, USA
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- Shanghai Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shanghai 200336, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, Shanghai Cancer Institute, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37203, USA
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- CRUK/YCR Sheffield Cancer Research Centre, Department of Oncology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2RX, UK
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- CRUK/YCR Sheffield Cancer Research Centre, Department of Oncology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2RX, UK
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- Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37203, USA
- International Epidemiology Institute, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37203, USA
- International Epidemiology Institute, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37203, USA
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- Department of Oncology, Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB1 8RN, UK
- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB1 8RN, UK
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- Department of Oncology, Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB1 8RN, UK
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- Department of Oncology, Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB1 8RN, UK
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- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB1 8RN, UK
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- Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 110-799, Korea
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- Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 110-799, Korea
| | - Dong-Young Noh
- Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 110-799, Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore 119228, Singapore
- Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117597, Singapore
| | - Hui Miao
- Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117597, Singapore
| | - Jen-Hwei Sng
- Department of Surgery, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore 119228, Singapore
| | - Xueling Sim
- Centre for Molecular Epidemiology, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117597, Singapore
| | - Anna Jakubowska
- Department of Genetics and Pathology, Pomeranian Medical University, u. Polabska 4, 70-115 Szczecin, Poland
| | - Jan Lubinski
- Department of Genetics and Pathology, Pomeranian Medical University, u. Polabska 4, 70-115 Szczecin, Poland
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- Department of Genetics and Pathology, Pomeranian Medical University, u. Polabska 4, 70-115 Szczecin, Poland
- Postgraduate School of Molecular Medicine, Warsaw Medical University, ul. Żwirki i Wigury 61, 02-091 Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Genetics and Pathology, Pomeranian Medical University, u. Polabska 4, 70-115 Szczecin, Poland
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer, 69372 Lyon Cedex 08, France
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer, 69372 Lyon Cedex 08, France
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- Department of Molecular Virology, Immunology and Medical Genetics, Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Department of Cancer Prevention and Control, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY 14263, USA
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- Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory, IRRP, National Centre for Scientific Research “Demokritos,” Athens 15310, Greece
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA
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- Colleague of Public Health, China Medical University, Taichong 40402, Taiwan, ROC
- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115, Taiwan, ROC
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- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115, Taiwan, ROC
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- Taiwan Biobank, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115, Taiwan, ROC
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- Department of Surgery, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua City, Changhua county 500, Taiwan, ROC
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, Institute of Cancer Research and Breakthrough Breast Cancer Research Centre, London SM2 5NG, UK
- Division of Breast Cancer Research, The Institute of Cancer Research, London SW3 6JB, UK
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- Breakthrough Breast Cancer Research Centre, The Institute of Cancer Research, London SW3 6JB, UK
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- Breakthrough Breast Cancer Research Centre, The Institute of Cancer Research, London SW3 6JB, UK
- Division of Breast Cancer Research, The Institute of Cancer Research, London SW3 6JB, UK
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, Institute of Cancer Research and Breakthrough Breast Cancer Research Centre, London SM2 5NG, UK
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- Cancer Research UK Cambridge Research Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre, Cambridge CB2 0RE, UK
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki 00029, Finland
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- Department of Genetics, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Queensland 4029, Australia
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- Department of Oncology, Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB1 8RN, UK
- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB1 8RN, UK
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- Department of Oncology, Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB1 8RN, UK
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Samardhi H, Taylor C, Lindemann J, Wright D, Betts J, Denman R, Haqqani H. Systemic Effect of Intrapericardial Triamcinolone Acetate Following Epicardial Mapping and Ablation. Heart Lung Circ 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2013.05.291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Betts J, Lindemann J, Wright D, Taylor C, Davison O, Denbesten J, Samardhi H, Haqqani H, Denman R. Trends in Cardiac Radiofrequency Ablation: A Single Centre Experience. Heart Lung Circ 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2013.05.296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Luis S, Wright D, Betts J, Lindermann J, Taylor C, Wright J, Haqqani H, Denman R. Are Laser Powered Sheaths Really Required to Extract Pacemaker and Defibrillator Leads Safely? Heart Lung Circ 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2012.05.281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Wright J, Lindermann J, Betts J, Taylor C, Betts J, Haqqani H, Denman R. Varying Modes of Presentation of Lead Failure in the 8F Silicone Riata ICD Lead. Heart Lung Circ 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2012.05.359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Murdoch D, Betts J, Wright D, Lindemann J, Taylor C, Wright J, Haqqani H, Denman R. Pacemaker and Catheter Ablation Procedures can be Performed Safely Without Interrupting Dabigatran Therapy: A Case Series. Heart Lung Circ 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2012.05.264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Denman R, Lindermann J, Betts J, Wright D, Taylor C, Wright J, Haqqani H. The Time to Elective Replacement of BV Implantable Defibrillators: Manufacturers are not Created Equal? Heart Lung Circ 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2012.05.356] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Herranz AI, De Dios Perez S, Revishvili AS, Dishekov M, Tembotova Z, Barsamyan S, Vaccari D, Alvarenga C, Jesus I, Layher J, Takahashi A, Singh N, Siot P, Elkaim JP, Savelieva I, Mcclelland L, Lovegrove A, Jones S, Camm J, Folino AF, Breda R, Calzavara P, Comisso J, Borghetti F, Iliceto S, Buja G, Mlynarski R, Mlynarska A, Sosnowski M, Wilczek J, Mabo P, Carrault G, Bordachar P, Makdissi A, Duchemin L, Alonso C, Neri G, Masaro G, Vittadello S, Vaccari D, Gardin A, Barbetta A, Di Gregorio F, Sciaraffia E, Ginks MR, Gustafsson JS, Hollmark MC, Rinaldi CA, Blomstrom Lundqvist C, Brusich S, Tomasic D, Ferek-Petric B, Mavric Z, Kutarski A, Malecka B, Kolodzinska A, Grabowski M, Dovellini EV, Giurlani L, Cerisano G, Carrabba N, Valenti R, Antoniucci D, Kolodzinska A, Kutarski A, Grabowski M, Malecka B, Opolski G, Tomassoni G, Baker J, Corbisiero R, Martin D, Niazi I, Sheppard R, Sperzel J, Gutleben K, Petru J, Sediva L, Skoda J, Neuzil P, Mazzone P, Ciconte G, Vergara P, Marzi A, Paglino G, Sora N, Gulletta S, Della Bella P, Kutarski A, Pietura R, Czajkowski M, Cabanelas N, Martins VP, Alves M, Valente FX, Marta L, Francisco A, Silva R, Ferreira Da Silva G, Huo Y, Holmqvist F, Carlson J, Arya A, Wetzel U, Hindricks G, Bollmann A, Platonov P, Nof E, Abu Shama R, Kuperstein R, Feinberg MS, Eldar M, Glikson M, Luria D, Kubus P, Materna O, Gebauer RA, Matejka T, Gebauer R, Tlaskal T, Janousek J, Muessigbrodt A, Arya A, Wetzel U, Hindricks G, Richter S, Stockburger M, Boveda S, Defaye P, Stancak Branislav P, Kaliska G, Rolando M, Moreno J, Ohlow MAG, Lauer B, Buchter B, Schreiber M, Geller JC, Val-Mejias JE, Ouali S, Azzez S, Kacem S, Ben Salem H, Hammas S, Neffeti E, Remedi F, Boughzela E, Miyazaki H, Miyanaga S, Shibayama K, Tokuda M, Narui R, Kudo T, Yamane T, Yoshimura M, Coppola B, Shehada REN, Costandi P, Healey J, Hohnloser SH, Gold MR, Capucci A, Van Gelder IC, Carlson M, Lau CP, Connolly SJ, Bogaard MD, Leenders GE, Maskara B, Tuinenburg AE, Loh P, Hauer RN, Doevendans PA, Meine M, Thibault B, Dubuc M, Karst E, Ryu K, Paiement P, Farazi T, Puetz V, Berndt C, Buchholz J, Dorszewski A, Mornos C, Cozma D, Ionac A, Petrescu L, Mornos A, Pescariu S, Puetz V, Berndt C, Buchholz J, Dorszewski A, Benser M, Roscoe G, De Jong S, Roberts G, Boileau P, Rec A, Ryu K, Folman C, Morttada A, Abd El Kader M, Samir R, Roushdy R, Khaled S, Abo El Maaty M, Van Gelder B, Houthuizen P, Bracke FA, Osca Asensi J, Tejada D, Sanchez JM, Munoz B, Cano O, Rodriguez M, Sancho-Tello MJ, Olague J, Hou W, Rosenberg S, Koh S, Poore J, Snell J, Yang M, Nirav D, Bornzin G, Deering T, Dan D, Wickliffe AC, Cazeau S, Karimzadeh K, Mukerji S, Loghin C, Kantharia B, Bogaard MD, Leenders GE, Maskara B, Tuinenburg AE, Loh P, Hauer RN, Doevendans PA, Meine M, Betts TR, Jones MA, Wong KCK, Qureshi N, Rajappan K, Bashir Y, Lamba J, Simpson CS, Redfearn DP, Michael KA, Fitzpatrick M, Baranchuk A, Heinke M, Ismer B, Kuehnert H, Surber R, Haltenberger AM, Prochnau D, Figulla HR, Delarche N, Bizeau O, Couderc P, Chapelet A, Amara W, Lazarus A, Kubus P, Krupickova S, Gebauer RA, Janousek J, Van Deursen CJM, Strik M, Vernooy K, Van Hunnik A, Kuiper M, Crijns HJGM, Prinzen FW, Islam N, Gras D, Abraham W, Calo L, Birgersdotter-Green U, Clyne C, Herre J, Sheppard R, Abraham W, Gras D, Birgersdotter-Green U, Calo L, Clyne C, Klein N, Herre J, Sheppard R, Kowalski O, Lenarczyk R, Pruszkowska P, Sokal A, Kukulski T, Zielinska T, Pluta S, Kalarus Z, Schwab JO, Gasparini M, Anselme F, Clementy J, Santini M, Martinez Ferrer J, Burrone V, Santi E, Nevzorov R, Porter A, Kusniec J, Golovchiner G, Ben-Gal T, Strasberg B, Haim M, Rordorf R, Savastano S, Sanzo A, Vicentini A, Petracci B, De Amici M, Striuli L, Landolina M, Tolosana JM, Martin AM, Hernandez-Madrid A, Macias A, Fernandez-Lozano I, Osca J, Quesada A, Mont L, Igarashi M, Tada H, Yamasaki H, Sekiguchi Y, Kuroki K, Yoshida K, Noguchi Y, Aonuma K, Shahrzad S, Karim Soleiman N, Tavoosi A, Taban S, Emkanjoo Z, Fukunaga M, Goya M, Hiroshima K, Ohe M, Hayashi K, Iwabuchi M, Nosaka H, Nobuyoshi M, Doiny D, Perez-Silva A, Castrejon Castrejon S, Estrada A, Ortega M, Lopez-Sendon JL, Merino JL, Garcia Fernandez FJ, Gallardo R, Pachon M, Almendral J, Gonzalez Torrecilla E, Martin J, Yahya D, Al-Mogheer B, Gouda S, Eweis E, El Ramly M, Abdelwahab A, Kassenberg W, Wittkampf FHM, Hof IE, Heijden JH, Neven KGEJ, Meine M, Hauer RNW, Loh P, Baratto F, Bignami E, Pappalardo F, Maccabelli G, Nicolotti D, Zangrillo A, Della Bella P, Hayashi K, Goya M, Hiroshima K, Nagashima M, An Y, Fukunaga M, Okreglicki A, Russouw C, Tilz R, Yoshiga Y, Mathew S, Fuernkranz A, Rillig A, Wissner E, Kuck KH, Ouyang F, De Sisti A, Tonet J, Gueffaf F, Amara W, Touil F, Aouate P, Hidden-Lucet F, Doiny D, Castrejon Castrejon S, Estrada A, Ortega M, Perez-Silva A, Lopez-Sendon JL, Merino JL, Makimoto H, Satomi K, Yamada Y, Okamura H, Noda T, Shimizu W, Aihara N, Kamakura S, Estrada A, Perez Silva A, Doiny D, Castrejon S, Gonzalez Vasserot M, Merino JL, Tilz R, Senges J, Brachmann J, Andresen D, Hoffmann E, Schumacher B, Willems S, Kuck KH, Reents T, Deisenhofer I, Ammar S, Springer B, Fichtner S, Jilek C, Kolb C, Hessling G, Akca F, Bauernfeind T, De Groot NMS, Schwagten B, Witsenburg M, Jordaens L, Szili-Torok T, Hata Y, Nakagami R, Watanabe T, Sato A, Watanabe H, Kabutoya T, Mituhashi T, Theuns DAMJ, Smith T, Pedersen SS, Dabiri-Abkenari L, Jordaens L, Prull MW, Unverricht S, Bittlinsky A, Wirdemann H, Sasko B, Wirdeier S, Trappe HJ, Zorio Grima E, Rueda J, Medina P, Jaijo T, Sevilla T, Osca J, Arnau MA, Salvador A, Starrenburg AH, Kraaier K, Pedersen SS, Scholten MF, Van Der Palen J, De Haan S, Commandeur J, De Boer K, Beek AM, Van Rossum AC, Allaart CP, Berne P, Porres JM, Fernandez-Lozano I, Arnaiz JA, Mont L, Berruezo A, Brugada R, Brugada J, Man S, Maan AC, Thijssen J, Van Der Wall EE, Schalij MJ, Burattini L, Burattini R, Swenne CA, Bonny A, Hidden-Lucet F, Ditah I, Larrazet F, Frank R, Fontaine G, Van Den Broek KC, Pedersen SS, Theuns DAMJ, Jordaens L, Van Der Voort PH, Alings M, Denollet J, Shimane A, Okajima K, Kanda G, Yokoi K, Yamada S, Taniguchi Y, Hayashi T, Kajiya T, Santos MC, Wright J, Betts J, Denman R, Dominguez-Perez L, Arias Palomares MA, Toquero J, Jimenez-Candil J, Olague J, Diaz-Infante E, Tercedor L, Valverde I, Miracle Blanco AL, Datino Romaniega T, Arenal Maiz A, Atienza Fernandez F, Gonzalez Torrecilla E, Eidelman G, Hernandez Hernandez J, Fernandez Aviles F, Napp A, Joosten S, Stunder D, Zink M, Marx N, Schauerte P, Silny J, Trucco ME, Arce M, Palazzolo J, Femenia F, Glad JM, Szymkiewicz SJ, Glad JM, Szymkiewicz SJ, Fernandez-Armenta J, Camara O, Mont LL, Andreu D, Diaz E, Silva E, Frangi A, Berruezo A, Brembilla-Perrot B, Laporte F, Jimenez-Candil J, Martin A, Gallego M, Morinigo J, Ledesma C, Martin-Luengo C, Hadid C, Almendral J, Ortiz M, Quesada A, Wolpert C, Cobo E, Navarro X, Arribas F, Miki Y, Naitoh S, Kumagai K, Goto K, Kaseno K, Oshima S, Taniguchi K, Rivera S, Scazzuso F, Albina G, Klein A, Laino R, Sammartino V, Giniger A, Fukumoto K, Takatsuki S, Kimura T, Nishiyama N, Aizawa Y, Sato T, Miyoshi S, Fukuda K, Muggenthaler M, Raju H, Papadakis M, Chandra N, Bastiaenen R, Behr ER, Sharma S, Samniah N, Radezishvsky Y, Omari H, Rosenschein U, Perez Riera AR, Ferreira M, Hopman WM, Mcintyre WF, Baranchuk AR, Wongcharoen W, Keanprasit K, Phrommintikul A, Chaiwarith R, Yagishita A, Hachiya H, Nakamura T, Tanaka Y, Higuchi K, Kawabata M, Hirao K, Isobe M, Havranek S, Simek J, Wichterle D, Stoickov V, Ilic S, Deljanin Ilic M, Aagaard P, Sahlen A, Bergfeldt L, Braunschweig F, Sousa A, Lebreiro A, Sousa C, Oliveira S, Correia AS, Rangel I, Freitas J, Maciel MJ, Asensio Lafuente E, Aguilera AAC, Corral MACC, Mendoza KLMC, Nava PEND, Rendon ALRC, Villegas LVC, Castillo LCM, Schaerf R, Develle R, Brembilla-Perrot B, Oliver C, Zinzius PY, Providencia RA, Botelho A, Trigo J, Nascimento J, Quintal N, Mota P, Leitao-Marques AM, Borbola J, Abraham P, Foldesi CS, Kardos A, Miranda R, Almeida S, Santos MB, Cavaco D, Quaresma R, Morgado FB, Adragao P, Fatemi M, Didier R, Le Gal G, Etienne Y, Jobic Y, Gilard M, Boschat J, Mansourati J, Zubaid M, Rashed W, Alsheikh-Ali A, Almahmeed W, Shehab A, Sulaiman K, Asaad N, Amin H, Boersma LVA, Swaans M, Post M, Rensing B, Jarverud K, Broome M, Noren K, Svensson T, Hjelm S, Hollmark M, Bjorling A, Providencia RA, Botelho A, Trigo J, Nascimento J, Quintal N, Mota P, Leitao-Marques AM, Maeda K, Takagi M, Suzuki K, Tatsumi H, Yoshiyama M, Simeonidou E, Michalakeas C, Kastellanos S, Varounis C, Nikolopoulou A, Koniari C, Anastasiou-Nana M, Furukawa T, Maggi R, Bertolone C, Fontana D, Brignole M, Pietrucha AZ, Wnuk M, Bzukala I, Mroczek-Czernecka D, Konduracka E, Kruszelnicka O. 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Betts J, England R, Wright J, Wright D, Lindemann J, Taylor C, Santos M, Denman R. How Long Implantable Cardiac Defibrillators Last to Minimise the Number of Replacements. Heart Lung Circ 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2010.06.500] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Betts J, Barron MJ, Needham SJ, Schaefer AM, Taylor RW, Turnbull DM. Gastrointestinal tract involvement associated with the 3243A>G mitochondrial DNA mutation. Neurology 2008; 70:1290-2. [PMID: 18391161 DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000308940.38092.74] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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- J Betts
- Mitochondrial Research Group, The Medical School, Framlington Place, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4HH, UK
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Betts J, Jaros E, Perry RH, Schaefer AM, Taylor RW, Abdel-All Z, Lightowlers RN, Turnbull DM. Molecular neuropathology of MELAS: level of heteroplasmy in individual neurones and evidence of extensive vascular involvement. Neuropathol Appl Neurobiol 2006; 32:359-73. [PMID: 16866982 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2990.2006.00731.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) disease is an important genetic cause of neurological disability. A variety of different clinical features are observed and one of the most common phenotypes is MELAS (Mitochondrial Myopathy, Encephalopathy, Lactic Acidosis and Stroke-like episodes). The majority of patients with MELAS have the 3243A>G mtDNA mutation. The neuropathology is dominated by multifocal infarct-like lesions in the posterior cortex, thought to underlie the stroke-like episodes seen in patients. To investigate the relationship between mtDNA mutation load, mitochondrial dysfunction and neuropathological features in MELAS, we studied individual neurones from several brain regions of two individuals with the 3243A>G mutation using dual cytochrome c oxidase (COX) and succinate dehydrogenase (SDH) histochemistry, and Polymerase Chain Reaction Restriction Fragment Lenght Polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) analysis. We found a low number of COX-deficient neurones in all brain regions. There appeared to be no correlation between the threshold level for the 3243A>G mutation to cause COX deficiency within single neurones and the degree of pathology in affected brain regions. The most severe COX deficiency associated with the highest proportion of mutated mtDNA was present in the walls of the leptomeningeal and cortical blood vessels in all brain regions. We conclude that vascular mitochondrial dysfunction is important in the pathogenesis of the stroke-like episodes in MELAS patients. As migraine is a commonly encountered feature in MELAS, we propose that coupling of the vascular mitochondrial dysfunction with cortical spreading depression (CSD) might underlie the selective distribution of ischaemic lesions in the posterior cortex in these patients.
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- J Betts
- Mitochondrial Research Group, The Medical School, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) damage, predominantly encompassing point mutations, has been reported in a variety of cancers. Here we present in human skin, the first detailed study of the distribution of multiple forms of mtDNA damage in nonmelanoma skin cancer (NMSC) compared to histologically normal perilesional dermis and epidermis. We present the first entire spectrum of deletions found between different types of skin tumours and perilesional skin. In addition, we provide the first quantitative data for the incidence of the common deletion as well as the first report of specific tandem duplications in tumours from any tissue. Importantly, this work shows that there are clear differences in the distribution of deletions between the tumour and the histologically normal perilesional skin. Furthermore, DNA sequencing of four mutation 'hotspot' regions of the mitochondrial genome identified a previously unreported somatic heteroplasmic mutation in an SCC patient. In addition, 81 unreported and reported homoplasmic single base changes were identified in the other NMSC patients. Unlike the distribution of deletions and the heteroplasmic mutation, these homoplasmic mutations were present in both tumour and perilesional skin, which suggests that for some genetic studies the traditional use of histologically normal perilesional skin from NMSC patients may be limited. Currently, it is unclear whether mtDNA damage has a direct link to skin cancer or it may simply reflect an underlying nuclear DNA instability.
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- S E Durham
- Department of Dermatology, School of Clinical and Laboratory Sciences, University of Newcastle, Leech Building, Medical School, Framlington Place, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4HH, UK
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- Department of Dermatology, School of Clinical and Laboratory Sciences, University of Newcastle, Leech Building, Medical School, Framlington Place, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4HH, UK
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- Department of Dermatology, School of Clinical and Laboratory Sciences, University of Newcastle, Leech Building, Medical School, Framlington Place, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4HH, UK
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- Department of Dermatology, School of Clinical and Laboratory Sciences, University of Newcastle, Leech Building, Medical School, Framlington Place, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4HH, UK
- Department of Dermatology, School of Clinical and Laboratory Sciences, University of Newcastle, Leech Building, Medical School, Framlington Place, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4HH, UK. E-mail:
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Anderton BH, Betts J, Blackstock WP, Brion JP, Chapman S, Connell J, Dayanandan R, Gallo JM, Gibb G, Hanger DP, Hutton M, Kardalinou E, Leroy K, Lovestone S, Mack T, Reynolds CH, Van Slegtenhorst M. Sites of phosphorylation in tau and factors affecting their regulation. Biochem Soc Symp 2002:73-80. [PMID: 11447841 DOI: 10.1042/bss0670073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The microtubule-associated protein, tau, is the principal component of paired helical filaments (PHFs) in Alzheimer's disease. PHF-tau is highly phosphorylated and a total of 25 sites of phosphorylation have so far been identified. Many of these sites are serine or threonine residues that are immediately followed in the sequence by proline residues, and hence are candidate phosphorylation sites for proline-directed kinases. In vitro, glycogen synthase kinase-3 (GSK-3), extracellular signal-related kinase-1 and -2, and mitogen-activated protein kinases, p38 kinase and c-jun N-terminal kinase, all phosphorylate many of these sites, although with different efficiencies for particular sites. Phosphorylation studies in transfected cells and neurons show that GSK-3 phosphorylates tau more extensively than do these other proline-directed kinases. Mutations in tau have been shown to affect in vitro phosphorylation of tau by GSK-3. The Arg406-->Trp (R406W) tau mutation also affects tau phosphorylation in cells.
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- B H Anderton
- Department of Neuroscience, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF, U.K
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Lovestone S, Anderton B, Betts J, Dayanandan R, Gibb G, Ljungberg C, Pearce J. Apolipoprotein E gene and Alzheimer's disease: is tau the link? Biochem Soc Symp 2002:111-20. [PMID: 11447827 DOI: 10.1042/bss0670111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The finding that APOE (the gene encoding apolipoprotein E) polymorphic variation was associated with an altered risk of developing Alzheimer's disease (AD) was a significant advance and immediately prompted a search for the mechanisms responsible for this alteration. Some 6 years later, a number of different hypotheses remain that might account for this influence on pathogenesis with no single mechanism being unequivocally accepted. The different approaches to understanding these mechanisms can be broadly categorized as: those suggesting a remote effect, such as different rates of vascular risk factors in those with the different APOE alleles; those proposing altered neuronal vulnerability, perhaps due to apolipoprotein E (ApoE)-isoform-specific differences in local cholesterol transport; and those hypotheses postulating an ApoE interaction with the two key lesions of AD, plaques and tangles. In this chapter we will review the evidence for and against an interaction between ApoE and the neuronal cytoskeleton, in particular with the microtubule-associated protein tau.
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- S Lovestone
- Department of Neuroscience, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF, U.K
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Ntolosi BA, Betts J, Zappe H, Powles R, Steyn LM. Growth phase-associated changes in protein expression in Mycobacterium smegmatis identify a new low molecular weight heat shock protein. Tuberculosis (Edinb) 2001; 81:279-89. [PMID: 11584596 DOI: 10.1054/tube.2001.0302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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De novo protein synthesis and the heat-shock response during different stages of bacterial culture of Mycobacterium smegmatis LR222 were investigated. A discontinuance in the increase in number of colony forming units occurred at mid-exponential phase of growth. This coincided with a plateau in the ATP content of the culture, a reduction in the synthesis of exponential phase proteins (58, 30.5, and 20 kDa), a transitory synthesis of a 32 kDa protein and the induction of stationary-phase proteins (48, 46, 31, 25, and 20 kDa). The response to heat shock showed a growth-phase dependency, with the highest fold-induction of the 75 kDa (DnaK) protein occurring during the transitory cessation in the increase in CFU, while the greatest increase of the 95 kDa, 66 kDa (GroEL), and approximately 17 kDa (a doublet) proteins occurred during stationary phase. The approximately 17 kDa doublet was resolved into four polypeptides by two-dimensional electrophoresis. Mass spectrometric analysis of the sequence of one polypeptide (named Hsp17-2, 16.8 kDa) revealed significant homology to a conserved, 16.2 kDa, hypothetical protein of unknown function in Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv. The increased synthesis of Hsp17-2 in response to heat shock suggests that it may represent a new low molecular weight heat shock protein.
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- B A Ntolosi
- Medical Microbiology Department, University of Cape Town, Observatory, Cape Town, South Africa
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Hogan DB, MacDonald FA, Betts J, Bricker S, Ebly EM, Delarue B, Fung TS, Harbidge C, Hunter M, Maxwell CJ, Metcalf B. A randomized controlled trial of a community-based consultation service to prevent falls. CMAJ 2001; 165:537-43. [PMID: 11563205 PMCID: PMC81411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/21/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Multifaceted programs that combine assessment with interventions have been shown to reduce subsequent falls in some clinical trials. We tested this approach to see whether it would be effective if offered as a consultation service using existing health care resources. METHODS The subjects of this randomized controlled trial had to be aged 65 years or more and had to have fallen within the previous 3 months. They were randomly assigned to receive either usual care or the intervention, which consisted of in-home assessment in conjunction with the development of an individualized treatment plan, including an exercise program for those deemed likely to benefit. The primary outcomes were the proportion of participants who fell and the rate of falling during the following year. Visits to the emergency department and admissions to hospital were secondary outcomes. RESULTS One hundred and sixty-three subjects were randomly assigned to either the control or the intervention group, and 152 provided data about their falls. There were no significant differences between the control and intervention groups in the cumulative number of falls (311 v. 241, p = 0.34), having one or more falls (79.2% v. 72.0%, p = 0.30) or in the mean number of falls (4.0 v. 3.2, p = 0.43). Analysis of secondary outcomes (health care use) also showed no significant differences between the intervention group and the control group. In the Cox regression analysis, there was no significant difference between the groups in the proportion of subjects having one or more falls (p = 0.55), but there was a significantly (p < 0.001) longer time between falls in the intervention group. In a post hoc subgroup analysis, subjects with more than 2 falls in the 3 months preceding study entry who had been assigned to the intervention group were less likely to fall (p = 0.046) and had a significantly longer time between falls (p < 0.001), when compared with the group who received usual care. INTERPRETATION The intervention did not decrease significantly the cumulative number of falls, the likelihood of participants having at least one fall over the next year or the mean number of falls. It did increase significantly the time between falls in a survival analysis when age, sex and history of falling were used as covariates.
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- D B Hogan
- Specialized Geriatric Services, Calgary Regional Health Authority, Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.
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Stewart GR, Snewin VA, Walzl G, Hussell T, Tormay P, O'Gaora P, Goyal M, Betts J, Brown IN, Young DB. Overexpression of heat-shock proteins reduces survival of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the chronic phase of infection. Nat Med 2001; 7:732-7. [PMID: 11385512 DOI: 10.1038/89113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 125] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Elevated expression of heat-shock proteins (HSPs) can benefit a microbial pathogen struggling to penetrate host defenses during infection, but at the same time might provide a crucial signal alerting the host immune system to its presence. To determine which of these effects predominate, we constructed a mutant strain of Mycobacterium tuberculosis that constitutively overexpresses Hsp70 proteins. Although the mutant was fully virulent in the initial stage of infection, it was significantly impaired in its ability to persist during the subsequent chronic phase. Induction of microbial genes encoding HSPs might provide a novel strategy to boost the immune response of individuals with latent tuberculosis infection.
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- G R Stewart
- Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Centre for Molecular Microbiology and Infection, Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine, London, UK
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Kremer L, Nampoothiri KM, Lesjean S, Dover LG, Graham S, Betts J, Brennan PJ, Minnikin DE, Locht C, Besra GS. Biochemical characterization of acyl carrier protein (AcpM) and malonyl-CoA:AcpM transacylase (mtFabD), two major components of Mycobacterium tuberculosis fatty acid synthase II. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:27967-74. [PMID: 11373295 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m103687200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Malonyl coenzyme A (CoA)-acyl carrier protein (ACP) transacylase (MCAT) is an essential enzyme in the biosynthesis of fatty acids in all bacteria, including Mycobacterium tuberculosis. MCAT catalyzes the transacylation of malonate from malonyl-CoA to activated holo-ACP, to generate malonyl-ACP, which is an elongation substrate in fatty acid biosynthesis. To clarify the roles of the mycobacterial acyl carrier protein (AcpM) and MCAT in fatty acid and mycolic acid biosynthesis, we have cloned, expressed, and purified acpM and mtfabD (malonyl-CoA:AcpM transacylase) from M. tuberculosis. According to the culture conditions used, AcpM was produced in Escherichia coli in two or three different forms: apo-AcpM, holo-AcpM, and palmitoylated-AcpM, as revealed by electrospray mass spectrometry. The mtfabD gene encoding a putative MCAT was used to complement a thermosensitive E. coli fabD mutant. Expression and purification of mtFabD resulted in an active enzyme displaying strong MCAT activity in vitro. Enzymatic studies using different ACP substrates established that holo-AcpM constitutes the preferred substrate for mtFabD. In order to provide further insight into the structure-function relationship of mtFabD, different mutant proteins were generated. All mutations (Q9A, R116A, H194A, Q243A, S91T, and S91A) completely abrogated MCAT activity in vitro, thus underlining the importance of these residues in transacylation. The generation and characterization of the AcpM forms and mtFabD opens the way for further studies relating to fatty acid and mycolic acid biosynthesis to be explored in M. tuberculosis. Since a specific type of FabD is found in mycobacterial species, it represents an attractive new drug target waiting to be exploited.
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- L Kremer
- INSERM U447, Institut Pasteur de Lille, 1 rue du Pr. Calmette, BP245-59019 Lille Cedex, France
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Molan P, Betts J. Using honey dressings: the practical considerations. Nurs Times 2000; 96:36-7. [PMID: 11965957] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/24/2023]
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- P Molan
- Honey Research Unit, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
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Betts J, deSchoolmeester ML, Else KJ. Trichuris muris: CD4+ T cell-mediated protection in reconstituted SCID mice. Parasitology 2000; 121 Pt 6:631-7. [PMID: 11155934] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/18/2023]
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Resistance to the murine intestinal nematode Trichuris muris requires the development of a strong Th2 response. In a reconstituted SCID mouse model, CD4+ Th2 cells can mediate resistance to infection in the absence of antibody (Else & Grencis, 1996). The data presented here address the issue of how CD4+ T cells mediate this protective immunity within the SCID host. These studies demonstrate that timing and cell dose are critical if transfer is to result in resistance, with a minimum of 5 x 10(6) immune donor cells required to confer immunity. Furthermore, this CD4-mediated protective immunity only operates against the larval stages of the parasite. When the molecules necessary for activated CD4+ T cell migration to the GALT are inhibited with a cocktail of anti-integrin/addressin antibodies (anti-beta7, anti-MAdCAM-1 and anti-alphaE), the resistance conferred by immune donor cells is completely abrogated. This implies that the effector mechanism acts locally at the level of the gut. CD4+ mediated cytotoxicity, directed against the epithelial cells inhabited by the parasite, could represent a novel, locally acting effector mechanism. However, Fas and Fas ligand-deficient mice, which are unable to mount CD4-mediated cytotoxic responses, readily expel T. muris indicating that the mechanism by which CD4-T cells mediate protective immunity is unlikely to involve killing of infected gut epithelial cells.
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- J Betts
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester, UK.
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Betts J. Catalyst for courage. Interview by David Payne. Nurs Times 1995; 91:16. [PMID: 8552492] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Betts J. European regulatory issues. Blood Coagul Fibrinolysis 1994; 5 Suppl 4:S57-61. [PMID: 7795141 DOI: 10.1097/00001721-199412004-00016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Current EU regulations do not cover all aspects of the manufacture and control of blood products. Recent legislation coming into force on 1 January 1995 has established the European Medicines Evaluation Agency and introduced revised systems for approving pharmaceutical products, including blood products. There remains a need for comprehensive harmonized legislation covering plasma collection and screening, virus validation studies, and batch release.
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- J Betts
- Alpha Therapeutic UK Ltd, Thetford, Norfolk
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Salmonella typhimurium is capable of entering into (invading) nonphagocytic host cells. To systematically identify the bacterial genes necessary for this process, 15,000 Tn10dCm random transposon mutants of S. typhimurium were individually screened for invasiveness, using the human colonic epithelial Caco-2 cell line. Four hundred and eighty-eight mutants had decreased levels of invasiveness; most were nonmotile. However, five mutants, representing four loci, were completely motile. Further characterization of these five mutants showed that they were also unable to enter the dog kidney epithelial cell line MDCK and the mouse macrophage line J774.A1. In contrast to the parental strain, they were unable to disrupt the transepithelial resistance of polarized epithelial monolayers, nor were they able to penetrate across these epithelial barriers. Three of the four classes of mutants remained virulent in mice. The results confirm several aspects of S. typhimurium invasiveness: (i) intact motility enhances invasiveness of cultured cells; (ii) S. typhimurium invasiveness is multifactorial, and at least six distinct genetic loci are involved; and (iii) invasion loci involved in uptake into epithelial cells are also needed for uptake into cultured phagocytic cells. The results also emphasize that decreased levels of invasiveness eliminate bacterial penetration of polarized epithelial barriers and invasiveness loci mutants are not necessarily avirulent.
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- J Betts
- Department of Biochemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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Cumulative conception and livebirth rates related to age and cause of infertility provide the most useful estimate of success after in-vitro fertilisation (IVF), but limited data are available. It is also uncertain whether the probability of pregnancy, livebirth, and pregnancy failure changes with repeated treatment cycles. To assess the effects of patients' age and cause of infertility on these outcomes, we studied the results of 5055 consecutive IVF cycles (773 clinical pregnancies, 518 livebirths) undertaken on 2735 patients in a single IVF unit. Cumulative conception and livebirth rates were analysed by the life-table approach and differences in rates between age-groups and between causes of infertility were measured by the log-rank test and logistic regression modelling. Both conception and livebirth rates per cycle declined with age (p less than 0.001), and cumulative conception and livebirth rates after five treatment cycles were about 54% and 45%, respectively, at 20-34 years, compared with 38.7% and 28.9% at 35-39 years and 20.2% and 14.4% at greater than or equal to 40 years. The two rates were significantly different between causal groups (p less than 0.001 and p = 0.02, respectively) and were lowest in patients with male infertility or multiple infertility factors. The pregnancy failure rate was higher (p = 0.006) in women over the age of 34 years and there was a significant decline in the chances of pregnancy and livebirth per cycle with successive treatment cycles.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- S L Tan
- Hallam Medical Centre, London, UK
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Patrick D, Betts J, Frey EA, Prameya R, Dorovini-Zis K, Finlay BB. Haemophilus influenzae lipopolysaccharide disrupts confluent monolayers of bovine brain endothelial cells via a serum-dependent cytotoxic pathway. J Infect Dis 1992; 165:865-72. [PMID: 1373754 DOI: 10.1093/infdis/165.5.865] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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An in vitro blood-brain barrier (BBB) model consisting of primary cultures of bovine brain microvascular endothelial cells was used to examine the effect of Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) on the BBB. Whole bacteria and purified lipopolysaccharide (LPS; greater than 10 ng/ml) caused marked cytotoxicity on the bovine brain endothelial cells. This effect could be completely blocked by polymyxin B. Similar cytotoxic effects were observed with a cultured bovine pulmonary endothelial cell line. Serum was essential for the LPS-mediated cytotoxic effect, and human, horse, bovine, or fetal calf serum all had similar effects. The serum factor was not a complement component. A monoclonal antibody against CD14, a receptor involved in mediating the effect of LPS in monocytes, completely blocked the cytotoxic effect in both brain and pulmonary endothelial cells. These results suggest that Hib LPS disrupts an in vitro BBB model via a serum- and CD14-dependent pathway and that LPS has cytotoxic effects on bovine endothelial cells without the involvement of monocytic cells, an effect that may be important in gram-negative meningitis and in endotoxic shock.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antibodies, Monoclonal/immunology
- Antigens, CD/immunology
- Antigens, Differentiation, Myelomonocytic/immunology
- Blood-Brain Barrier/drug effects
- Cattle
- Cell Line
- Cells, Cultured
- Cerebral Cortex/blood supply
- Cytotoxicity, Immunologic
- Endothelium, Vascular/cytology
- Endothelium, Vascular/microbiology
- Endothelium, Vascular/ultrastructure
- Fluorescent Antibody Technique
- Haemophilus influenzae
- Immune Sera/immunology
- Intercellular Junctions/ultrastructure
- Lipopolysaccharide Receptors
- Lipopolysaccharides/immunology
- Microcirculation
- Microscopy, Electron
- Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
- Microscopy, Phase-Contrast
- Polymyxin B/pharmacology
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- D Patrick
- Department of Biochemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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An independent assessment was performed of the results of woven carbon implants of mesh or rods into articular cartilage defects performed by two surgeons in the knees of 96 patients. Eight had symptomatic osteochondritis, 31 had chondromalacia patellae and 57 had early osteoarthritis. They were reviewed up to 5 yr after operation. Seventy-six patients (79%) experienced an improvement in analogue pain score and similar improvements occurred in a range of functional activities (P = 0.002). No evidence of inflammatory change or deterioration in joint damage was found. It is concluded that this relatively minor procedure is valuable in younger patients with troublesome symptoms due to early articular cartilage damage and does not prejudice further operative treatment.
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- R W Rowe
- Department of Anesthesiology, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Oakland, CA 94609
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Rizk B, Doyle P, Tan SL, Rainsbury P, Betts J, Brinsden P, Edwards R. Perinatal outcome and congenital malformations in in-vitro fertilization babies from the Bourn-Hallam group. Hum Reprod 1991; 6:1259-64. [PMID: 1752928 DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a137523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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The perinatal outcome and congenital malformations in children born between 1978 and 1987 in Great Britain after in-vitro fertilization (IVF) at Bourn Hall Clinic and the Hallam Medical Centre are presented. The average maternal age was 34.2 years. Multiple births were frequent, constituting 23% of all deliveries; 19% were twins and 4% triplets. There were no quadruplet or higher order multiple births during that period. Twenty-five per cent of all deliveries were preterm. The mean birth weight was 2793 g and was strongly related to multiplicity of pregnancy and gestational age. Overall, 32% of babies had a low birthweight (less than 2500 g) with 6% having a very low birthweight (less than 1500 g). The overall stillbirth and infant mortality rates were two to three times higher than those of infants born after natural conception in England and Wales; this is attributed to the high incidence of multiple births. The stillbirth rates were 5.07, 20.8 and 24.7 per thousand total births in singletons, twins and triplets respectively. The corresponding figures for perinatal mortality were 13.5, 38.2 and 37 per thousand. Overall, 2.5% of the babies had one or more major congenital malformations diagnosed within one week of life. This was within the range of expected values in the United Kingdom and there was no significant increase in any specific malformation.
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- B Rizk
- Bourn Hallam Medical Centre, London, UK
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Craig BW, Martin G, Betts J, Lungren M, Lambret V, Kaiserauer S. The influence of training-detraining upon the heart, muscle and adipose tissue of female rats. Mech Ageing Dev 1991; 57:49-61. [PMID: 1825861 DOI: 10.1016/0047-6374(91)90023-s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The purpose of this study was to measure the effects of a 10 week training, 3 week detraining cycle upon heart, muscle and adipose tissue of the rat. Specific pathogen-free female Wistar rats, 175 g at the onset of the experiments, were separated into three treatment groups; Sedentary Control (SC), Trained (T) and Detrained (DT). Animals from the T group were killed at 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10 weeks and animals from the DT group were killed at 7, 14 and 21 days after the last day of training. Unweighted swimming--6 h/day, 5 day/week, was the form of training employed. The animals, after being sacrificed, were anesthetized with nembutal (45 mg/kg body wt.) and muscle samples and heart removed. These tissues were frozen and analyzed at a later date for succinate dehydrogenase (SDH) activity (muscles), total protein (TP), total hydroxylprotein (TH) and wet and dry weight (heart). Adipose tissue was removed last, digested in collagenase (5 mg/ml) and the isolated cells used to measured 2-[3H]deoxyglucose uptake (DOG) and the conversion of D-[1-14C]glucose (C-1) and D-[6-14C]glucose (C-6) to CO2. The results of this study show that 10 weeks of endurance training induced myocardial hypertrophy (P less than 0.05) which involved increases in both TP and TH, the heart of the trained animals having 20.8% more protein and a 28.5% more hydroxlprotein than the sedentary controls. With detraining hypertrophy was lost within 21 days. Training maintained fat cell size at its pre-trained diameter, while inactivity allowed growth in the adipocytes of the control animals. The uptake of DOG and the conversion of glucose C-1 and glucose C-6 to CO2, were significantly (P less than 0.05) higher in the adipocytes of trained animals indicating that they were more responsive to insulin than the sedentary controls, which corresponded to increases in the respiratory enzyme levels of the muscles. During the first 7 days of detraining DOG uptake and both C-1 and C-6 glucose oxidation remained elevated. In conclusion the results of this study clearly demonstrate that there is a direct relationship between adiposity and training that can be related to the insulin responsiveness of the adipose tissue.
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- B W Craig
- Human Performance Laboratory, Ball State University, Muncie, IN 47306
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Wilson DR, Chatfield S, Betts J, Griffiths A, Leung KY, Dougan G, Finlay BB. Alternative methods of attenuating Salmonella species for potential vaccine use. Res Microbiol 1990; 141:827-30. [PMID: 1966254 DOI: 10.1016/0923-2508(90)90117-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Because of their invasive properties, Salmonella species are uniquely suited for use as live oral vaccines, and mutants attenuated in general metabolic functions show promise as vaccine strains. We have identified a Salmonella choleraesuis transposon mutant which is deficient in abilities to attach to, invade or penetrate through animal cells. This mutant is avirulent in mice, yet is able to persist within the liver, spleen and gut-associated lymphoid tissue for periods which may be adequate for induction of secretory, humoral and cell-mediated immunity. This and other strains attenuated in factors specifically required for Salmonella pathogenesis may have potential as vaccine strains.
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- D R Wilson
- Biotechnology Laboratory, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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Betts G, Betts J. Establishing a child health clinic in a deprived area. Health Visit 1990; 63:122-4. [PMID: 2332342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Betts J, Belhoul D. Classification Reliability of Company Financial Performance Models. International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management 1988. [DOI: 10.1108/eb002919] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Many models are in existence that use publicly available company accounting data to construct and weight financial ratios that when aggregated comprise a “z‐score”. This score is used to classify companies as going concerns or bankrupt concerns. These models have generally been very successful in their classification performance. However, ratios can be inherently ill‐conditioned, because dominators can be small relative to particular numerators. Also numerators and denominators can have the wrong sign. When any of these events occur the z‐score is distorted, and therefore the model's classifications unreliable. Examples are given of companies where these phenomena have arisen. It is argued that it is quite common in extant companies. The authors suggest that in such circumstances different models are required to analyse company performance. They suggest that z‐score models ought to be developed where the ratios that comprise the z‐score are naturally bounded, and therefore incapable of displaying such ill conditions.
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Simonsen J, Sherman M, Allen W, Thompson S, Betts J. 178. Med Sci Sports Exerc 1987. [DOI: 10.1249/00005768-198704001-00178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Betts J. Pros and cons of day case surgery. Br J Hosp Med (Lond) 1985; 33:57. [PMID: 3971082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Betts J, Cundy JM, Binning R. A woman's right to choose. Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) 1984; 289:1619-20. [PMID: 11652436 PMCID: PMC1443913 DOI: 10.1136/bmj.289.6458.1619-a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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The etiology of gastroesophageal reflux (GER) in infancy is related to developmental factors, and there is a high incidence of associated conditions such as neurologic syndromes and esophageal atresia (60%). This is different from the situation in adults. Experience with 18 consecutive children with peptic esophageal strictures is reviewed to determine if conservative surgical management is effective. Eighteen children 14 months to 13 years (mean 6.3 years) of age took an average of 3.5 years from the time of onset of symptoms of GER to develop tight strictures diagnosed by esophagography and esophagoscopy. The incidence of stricture in patients with GER was approximately 15%. Preoperative dilation or direct surgical management prior to correction of reflux is ineffective. All 18 children were managed by intraoperative dilatation, Nissen fundoplication, and guided dilatation after operation. More aggressive surgical procedures were not required nor were associated operations such as pyloroplasty; they are rarely necessary. An average three-year follow-up indicates that this conservative surgical approach is effective in the management of peptic esophageal strictures in childhood with relief of symptoms and gratifying improvement in growth.
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Rosenberg HK, Udassin R, Howell C, Betts J, Schnauffer L. Duplication of the uterus and vagina, unilateral hydrometrocolpos, and ipsilateral renal agenesis: sonographic aid to diagnosis. J Ultrasound Med 1982; 1:289-291. [PMID: 7169656 DOI: 10.7863/jum.1982.1.7.289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Betts J. Sports medicine (2). Common medical problems in sub-aqua sport. Practitioner 1981; 225:1169-74. [PMID: 7323012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Betts J, Moore SL, Reynolds P. A checklist for selecting board-and-care homes for chronic patients. Hosp Community Psychiatry 1981; 32:498-500. [PMID: 7239476 DOI: 10.1176/ps.32.7.498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Plato P, Sherman WM, Betts J, Lash JM. ECCENTRIC & CONCENTRIC EXERCISE AND INSULIN ACTION. Med Sci Sports Exerc 1980. [DOI: 10.1249/00005768-198004001-00175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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