Publications by authors named "D DiCesare"

Introduction: Research indicates that sexual and gender minority youth [SGMY] may engage more with information communication technologies [ICTs] more than their non-SGMY counterparts Craig SL et al. 2020. While scholarship generally explores youth's use of ICTs, there are gaps in scholarship that connect SGMY, their ICT engagement and influences to mental health.

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Context: Hospitals and physicians are required to submit case reports with confirmatory diagnosis information to the New York State Congenital Malformations Registry (CMR) on children who are born or reside in New York State and are diagnosed with major birth defects. However, the majority of the cases with chromosomal anomalies indicated in the hospital discharge files are reported to the CMR without confirmatory testing data, which are usually not available at the time of reporting.

Objective: To link the cytogenetic test reports, submitted by cytogenetic testing laboratories via Electronic Clinical Laboratory Reporting System (ECLRS), to the CMR cases in order to obtain confirmatory diagnoses and identify unreported cases with chromosomal anomalies.

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Objective: The study was designed to evaluate the effectiveness of SP-303 (Provir), a plant-derived product with novel antisecretory properties, in the treatment of travelers' diarrhea.

Methods: A total of 184 persons from the United States who acquired diarrhea in Jamaica or Mexico were enrolled in a double-blind, placebo-controlled study examining the effectiveness of three doses of SP-303 in reducing illness. Subjects were treated with 125 mg, 250 mg, or 500 mg SP-303 or a matching placebo four times a day for 2 days.

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The purpose of this study was to determine the role of enteroaggregative Escherichia coli (EAEC) in the development of traveler's diarrhea and the clinical response of patients with EAEC diarrhea following treatment with ciprofloxacin. Sixty-four travelers with diarrhea and no other recognized enteropathogen were enrolled in treatment studies in Jamaica and Mexico from July 1997 to July 1998. EAEC was isolated from 29 travelers (45.

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