OBJECTIVE: Our aim was to evaluate the perioperative morbidity after hysterectomy and
lymphadenectomy as primary treatment of endometrial cancer and to analyze the recurrence …

Excerpt Opportunistic infections have become a major cause of morbidity in the
immunocompromised host. In patients with neutropenia, such infections often arise from their own …

The present study determined whether a pattern of functional single-nucleotide polymorphisms
(SNPs) was present that could predispose a Dené cohort to a suboptimal response to …

purpose: Bacteriuria is common among institutionalized elderly populations, but the
contribution of urinary infection to febrile morbidity is unknown because of difficulties in clinical …

Objectives. Housing conditions were assessed in 2 Canadian First Nations communities.
Possible associations with tuberculosis (TB) were explored. Study design. Participatory …

Surgical staging documented extrauterine disease in 27.9% of 168 patients with apparent
early-clinical-stage uterine cancer. An analysis of operative time (78 ± 21 min), blood loss (…

The current gold standard for Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) genotyping is
insertion sequence (IS) 6110 restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) as it provides …

Changes in both zooplankton community structure and zooplanktivorous predators often
accompany the anthropogenic acidification of lakes. While changes in pH can account for many …

The wide spectrum of vitamin D activity has focused attention on its potential role in the
elevated burden of disease in a northern Canadian First Nations (Dené) cohort. Vitamin D …

OBJECTIVES: Many North American arctic communities are characterized by risk markers
associated with Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection, including overcrowded housing and …