Intercellular junctions are important mechanical couplers between cells in epithelial layers providing adhesion and intercellular communication. Regulation of the junctions occurs in cellular processes such as layer formation, epithelial-to-mesenchymal t
Deficiencies in vitamin D directly impact children’s health and place minority and obese youth at risk for a range of health issues. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) Committee to Review Dietary Reference Intakes for Vitamin D and Calcium has set both a r
The primary outcome of interest was all-cause unplanned readmission. Since planned readmissions are not considered signals of poor quality of care and/or discharge planning, we followed a claims-based algorithm from CMS in order to identify unplanned hospital readmissions after an...
There is no formal title such as MD awarded upon passing the third and final state examination, as practiced in the USA, for example. Instead, graduates have to submit a doc- toral thesis to be awarded the title Dr. med. Confusion sur- rounding the use of the different titles also has...
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