... proposed that small vessel disease (SVD), the umbrella term for these abnormalities, and CKD may be manifestations of a more systemic small vessel disorder [ 25 ]. In an analysis of the Oxford Vascular Study, CKD was only independently associated with total SVD burden in those aged less than 60 (OR = 3.11...

..., Hansen TN, et al: Is chronic lung disease in low birth weight infants preventable? A survey of eight centers. Pediatrics 1987;79:26–30. 22. Dunn MS, Kaempf J, de Klerk A, de Klerk R, Reilly M, Howard D, Ferrelli K, O’Conor J, Soll RF; Vermont Oxford Network DRM Study Group: Randomized trial comparing...

.... For the latter, the indications are not well defined and include failure of medical therapy, resistance to steroids or immunosuppressants, and some complications. The timing of operation and assessment criteria for surgery in Western countries are well defined and documented (i.e. Oxford index and Sweden index...

... = auditory cortex; INS/OP = insular cortex/frontal operculum; IT = inferior temporal visual cortex; PIR = piriform cortex; OB = olfactory bulb; OFC = orbitofrontal cortex. References References 1. Kringelbach ML, Berridge KC: Pleasures of the Brain New York, Oxford University Press, 2009; 2...

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... conditions and settings is required, and more standardized assays may need to become available before its potential can be realized. Acknowledgments My laboratory is supported by the Medical Research Council UK, NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation...

... Community Stroke Project (OCSP) and the Oxford Vascular (OXVASC) study, which were performed 20 years apart on the same community in Oxford, UK. In this community containing 87,861 patients, although the incidence of ICH did not change over two decades, the proportion of ICH cases associated with systemic...