Background: Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has a typical onset during the peak
reproductive years. Evidence of the risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes in IBD is important …

Supervision is a domain of professional practice conducted by many psychologists but for
which formal training and standards have been largely neglected. In this article, supervision …

Background The COVID-19 global pandemic has resulted in a plethora of guidance and
opinion from surgical societies. A controversial area concerns the safety of surgically created …

In order to compare the outcomes of unrelated umbilical cord blood transplants (UCBTs) or
bone marrow transplants, 541 children with acute leukemia (AL) transplanted with umbilical …

To identify populations with the ability to accumulate heavy metals, approximately 300
accessions pertaining to 30 plant species were grown for 4 wk in a hydroponic media that …

Fat mass is an important determinant of bone density, but the mechanism of this relationship
is uncertain. Leptin, as a circulating peptide of adipocyte origin, is a potential contributor to …

Elevated dopamine transmission in the nucleus accumbens is thought to be a primary
mediator of addiction to cocaine. However, repeated exposure to cocaine is associated with …

Altered expression of the TGF-β system is recognized to play a central role in various fibrotic
disorders, including leiomyoma. In this study we performed microarray analysis to …

OBJECTIVES Several environmental and genetic factors have been implicated to date in the
development of Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC). The aim of this study was …

Background The incidence of incisional hernias (IHs) following midline abdominal incisions
is difficult to estimate. Furthermore recent analyses have reported inconsistent findings on …