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Eight years after an international workshop on myotonic dystrophy patient registries: case study of a global collaboration for a rare disease.

agreed in 2009. These registries represent over 10,000 myotonic dystrophy patients worldwide (Europe, North America, Asia and Oceania). RESULTS: The registries use a variety of data collection methods ...

Application of whole genome data for in silico evaluation of primers and probes routinely employed for the detection of viral species by RT-qPCR using dengue virus as a case study.

targeted nucleic acid regions. Whole genome sequencing allows to characterize and track such changes, which in turn enables to evaluate, optimize, and (re-)design novel and existing RT-qPCR methods. The ...

Relationship between mold exposure, specific IgE sensitization, and clinical asthma: A case-control study.

indoor mold contamination among mold-sensitized patients with asthma and nonsensitized patients with asthma. METHODS: A case-control study was conducted and several asthma severity markers were compared ...

Very Long Persistence of Botulinum Toxin B in a Patient’s Serum

method. Botulinum toxin was still detected in the serum up to 29 days after food consumption while it was not detected anymore in the faeces. Conclusion: The described case highlights i) prolonged presence ...

Utilization of gabapentin by people in treatment for substance use disorders in Belgium (2011-2014): a cross-sectional study.

bought gabapentin in a time span that could indicate consumption at a dose that exceeded the maximum approved dose of 3600 mg/day. Methods: This analysis is the result of an observational cross-sectional ...

Longitudinal pharmacoepidemiological and health services research for substance users in treatment: protocol of the Belgian TDI-IMA linkage.

disorders and for a group of comparators. Methods: The TDI-database was linked to the IMA-database for the period between 01/0½008 and 31/12/2017, based on the national identification number of patients who ...

Haemolytic uremic syndrome surveillance in children less than 15 years in Belgium, 2009-2015.

the main findings of this surveillance from 2009 to 2015 and we describe an annual incidence of HUS. Methods: For each case of HUS  <  15 years notified by the paediatricians, clinical, ...

Measuring disability: a systematic review of the validity and reliability of the Global Activity Limitations Indicator (GALI).

a substantial policy use within the EU and its Member States. The objective of current paper is to bring together what is known from published manuscripts on the validity and the reliability of GALI. Methods ...

The use of the global activity limitation Indicator and healthy life years by member states and the European Commission.

use in EU Member States and the European Commission. Methods: In March 2017, a questionnaire was sent to 28 Member states and the European Commission. The questionnaire inquired how the GALI and HLY are ...

Welfare-Adjusted Life Years (WALY): A novel metric of animal welfare that combines the impacts of impaired welfare and abbreviated lifespan.

veterinarians (n = 61) was conducted to elicit impaired welfare weights for 35 welfare impediments. Paired comparison was the primary method to elicit weights, whereas visual analogue scale and time trade-off ...

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