With the increase in computer power and promotion of electronic medical records, many clinicians now are collecting or soon will be collecting injury and illness surveillance data. Many clinicians envision being able to analyze these data in the future to address important clinical issues. However electronically stored data are only useful for analyses if they are collected and stored using appropriate methods.
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April 2012
An unknown bromhexine hydrochloride (BRH) degradation product in BRH oral solutions (finished products) was potentially related to the purity of this API. Several degradation experiments were conducted and its identity and formation were investigated using LC-DAD and LC-DAD-MS/MS. Using the LC method described in the Ph.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPsoriasis is an inflammatory skin disease driven by aberrant interactions between the epithelium and the immune system. Anti-psoriatic drugs can therefore target either the keratinocytes or the immunocytes. Here we sought to develop an in vitro reconstructed skin model that would display the molecular characteristics of psoriatic epidermis in a controlled manner, allowing the screening of anti-psoriatic drugs and providing a model in which to study the biology of this disease.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCleft palate repair leaves full-thickness mucosal defects on the palate. Healing might be improved by implantation of a mucosal substitute. However, the genetic and phenotypic deviations of cleft palate cells may hamper tissue engineering.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMissense mutations in the 3' end of the p63 gene are associated with either RHS (Rapp-Hodgkin syndrome) or AEC (Ankyloblepharon Ectodermal defects Cleft lip/palate) syndrome. These mutations give rise to mutant p63alpha protein isoforms with dominant effects towards their wild-type counterparts. Here we report four RHS/AEC-like patients with mutations (p.
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