CYTOMEGALOVIRUS IMMUNOGLOBULIN SEROLOGY PREVALENCE IN PATIENTS WITH NEWLY DIAGNOSED MULTIPLE MYELOMA TREATED WITHIN THE GMMG-MM5 PHASE III TRIAL

Cytomegalovirus immunoglobulin serology prevalence in patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma treated within the GMMG-MM5 phase III trial

Objectives The seroprevalence of antibodies against Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is an established poor prognostic factor for patients receiving an allogeneic stem cell transplantation.However, the impact of CMV serology on outcome after autologous stem cell transplantation remains unknown.Methods Here, we analyzed the CMV immunoglobulin (Ig) serology of

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Perceived threat and fear responses to e-cigarette warning label messages: Results from 16 focus groups with U.S. youth and adults.

AimsA warning on e-cigarette packaging is one way the U.S.government can inform the public of known harms of e-cigarette use.Currently, the only required warning on these products is: "WARNING: This product contains nicotine.Nicotine is an addictive chemical." This exploratory study aims to inform potential future investigations and FDA decisions r

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Report on emerging technologies for translational bioinformatics: a symposium on gene expression profiling for archival tissues

Abstract Background With over 20 million formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissue samples hookah parts archived each year in the United States alone, archival tissues remain a vast and under-utilized resource in the genomic study of cancer.Technologies have recently been introduced for whole-transcriptome amplification and microarray analysi

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ECONOMIC REFORMS IN YUGOSLAVIA: HOW TO AVOID ERRORS OF THE OTHERS

After September 2000 elections, Yugoslavia is now, when it is very late in comparison to other postocialistic countries, at the very beginning of the essential economic reforms and a real including into international economic flows.Delay of one decade is a big disadventage but also a big chance to avoid mistakes, misleads through which other econom

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