Virtual slides now available in Diagnostic Pathology Diagnostic Pathology, in an exciting new development, is the first of BioMed Central’s journals to provide virtual glass slides as an valuable addition for readers to its articles. Authors can choose to include virtual versions of their glass slides in their articles for free and these will be linked to the main article. For an example of a virtual slide please see here and for more information please see here.
User testing of participant information sheets provided to potential volunteers for clinical trials is an effective way of improving their layout and readability, which have been criticized as being obscure and difficult to understand, ensuring that "informed consent" is just that.
Clinical predictors of a more favorable longitudinal outcome in Alzheimer's disease include male gender, older age, absence of the apolipoprotein E e4 allele, treatment with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs or a higher mean dose of cholinesterase inhibitor.
The spread of infectious diseases can be modeled by face-to-face interactions among conference attendees obtained using radiofrequency identification devices, but model design should be considered carefully to properly inform the study and management of real epidemics.
Understanding the development of the diverse dopamine-secreting neurons that populate the ventral midbrain may help in the treatment of disorders such as Parkinson's disease and schizophrenia. Lia Panman and Thomas Perlmann comment on a paper in Neural Development which elucidates the early life history of these cells.
Systemic inflammation induced in female mice at the time of conception has consequences for the behavior, adiposity and innate immune responses of their adult offspring.
Corrections by a corresponding author
(Ichizo Kobayashi, 22Jul2011)
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Does the benifit last for one year only?
(Prince James, 22Jul2011)
I read with interest the results of 5 year follow up of Bronchial thermoplasty (BT) cases of AIR1 trial1. Health care utilization events, Oral corticosteroid use, Maintenance...
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Diagnostic tools in kidney damage
(Heikki Savolainen, 21Jul2011)
Dear Editor, The elegant study by Prowle et al (1) shows that diminished diuresis is a good prognostic predictor. The kidney concentration capacity has been used as one...
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