Publications by authors named "L Medcalf"

Objective: To gain an understanding of the effectiveness of golimumab in a 'real-world' setting.

Design: Retrospective cohort study using prospectively maintained clinical records.

Setting: Two UK tertiary IBD centres.

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Equine herpesvirus 1 (EHV-1) causes respiratory disease, abortion, neonatal death and neurological disease in equines and is endemic in most countries. The viral factors that influence EHV-1 disease severity are poorly understood, and this has hampered vaccine development. However, the N752D substitution in the viral DNA polymerase catalytic subunit has been shown statistically to be associated with neurological disease.

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Objective: To gain an understanding of the efficacy of vedolizumab in a 'real-world' setting.

Design: Retrospective cohort study using prospectively maintained clinical records.

Setting: Two UK tertiary inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) centres.

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Critical interpretive synthesis is a particular form of systematic review that critically examines the decisions made by authors while conducting and publishing about their research and practices. It differs from empirical syntheses of qualitative research by emphasizing the interpreted and constructed nature of this form of secondary analysis. In this article, we extend previous literature on critical interpretive syntheses by highlighting the integration of emotional responses when developing critical questions for interrogating the literature and interpreting results.

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Equine influenza viruses are a major cause of respiratory disease in horses worldwide and undergo antigenic drift. Several outbreaks of equine influenza occurred worldwide during 2010-2012, including in vaccinated animals, highlighting the importance of surveillance and virus characterisation. Virus isolates were characterised from more than 20 outbreaks over a 3-year period, including strains from the UK, Dubai, Germany and the USA.

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