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(University of Pretoria, 2001)The primal aim of this thesis was to establish whether kinetic aspects of vitamin B6 metabolism predispose to earlier observed racial differences found in plasma pyridoxal-5'-phosphate (PLP). The active forms of vitamin ...
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(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2003-07)The older 'traditional' lipid guidelines have placed undue emphasis on individually high-risk factors such as cholesterol. The aim of the TC cut-off points of 5.2 mmol/l and 6.2 mmol/l was to identify as many subjects as ...
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(Clinics Cardiv, 2004-09)Background: Homocyst(e)ine is reported to increase the binding of lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] to fibrin, which may increase the thrombogenic effects of Lp(a) in vivo. The aim of this study was to investigate whether there is a ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2005-08-02)Please read the abstract in the section 00front of this document
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(University of Pretoria, 2005-09-23)Please read the abstract in the section 00front of this document
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(Clinics Cardiv, 2006-01)
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(American Society for Microbiology, 2006-02)Our study aimed to evaluate the oral cavity as a reservoir from where Helicobacter pylori may be transmitted. Histology and PCR amplification were performed. Eighty-four percent of the stomach biopsies tested positive; ...
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(Clinics Cardiv, 2006-03)
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(University of Pretoria, 2006-03-13)The purpose of this study was to determine whether the methylation of nicotinamide to N-methylnicotinamide could discriminate between differences in methionine nutritional status, and by implication methylation capacity, ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2007)Please read the abstract in the section front of this document
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(Clinics Cardiv, 2007-05)Recent analyses of the composition of South African lamb have yielded more positive findings than those reported previously. Evidently the fat content is much less than previously reported, and more appropriate according ...
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(Medpharm Publishers, 2007-08)Hyperkalemia is a common finding in the hospital and outpatient setting. Often the cause can be identified easily. If the cause seems obscure, further investigation is warranted.
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(Blackwell, 2007-08)Many reports suggest that male reproductive health has deteriorated over the last decades, possibly due to environmental contaminants that act as endocrine disruptors. This hypothesis was tested in Sprague-Dawley rats ...
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(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2007-09)
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(Clinics Cardiv, 2007-11)BACKGROUND: B-type natriuretic peptide(BNP) and the inactive amino-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) have a prognostic value in heart failure and in myocardial infarction. There has been some evidence ...
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(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2008)OBJECTIVES. To assess the effectiveness and safety of a twice-daily regimen of a generic fixed-dose combination (FDC) of stavudine, lamivudine and nevirapine (Triviro) in a cohort of Zimbabwean HIV-1-positive adults. DESIGN: ...
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(American Association for Clinical Chemistry, 2008-01)
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(University of Pretoria, 2008-04-29)Tryptophan is metabolised along the kynurenine pathway under the influence of tryptophan 2,3 dioxygenase and indoleamine 2,3 dioxygenase. Quinolinic acid and kynurenine, two neuroactive metabolites of the kynurenine pathway ...
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(Clinics Cardiv, 2008-05)AIM: Ischaemia-modified albumin (IMA), as measured by the albumin-cobalt binding (ACB) test®, has been cleared by the US Food and Drug administration as a biomarker to exclude the presence of myocardial ischaemia in patients. ...
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(Clinics Cardiv, 2008-09)BACKROUND: Amino terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) is a sensitive marker of ventricular dysfunction. Exercise causes an increase in the secretion of NT-proBNP, and with myocardial ischaemia the increase ...
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