Monthly Archives: June 2011

Changing End Points in Breast-Cancer Drug Approval – The Avastin Story

http://healthpolicyandreform.nejm.org/?p=14796&query=OF (excerpt follows) http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp1106984?ssource=hcrc Ralph B. D???Agostino, Sr., Ph.D NEJM | June 27, 2011 Observers speculated that the agency might be changing its… Continue reading

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Central nervous system mast cells in peripheral inflammatory nociception

http://www.molecularpain.com/content/7/1/42 Dimitris N Xanthos1, Simon Gaderer1, Ruth Drdla1, Erin Nuro1, Anastasia Abramova2, Wilfried Ellmeier2 and J??rgen Sandk??hler1* Corresponding author: J??rgen Sandk??hler juergen.sandkuehler@meduniwien.ac.atContinue reading

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Intestinal mast cells in gut inflammation and motility disturbances

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0925443911000718 Benedicte Y. De Winter a, Rene M. van den Wijngaard b and Wouter J. de Jonge b, , a Laboratory of Experimental Medicine and Pediatrics, Department of Gastroenterology, University o… Continue reading

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Mast cell-nerve axis with a focus on the human gut

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S092544391100130X Sabine Buhner a and Michael Schemann, a, a Human Biology, Technische Universit??t M??nchen, Germany Abstract This paper summarizes the current knowledge on the interactions between i… Continue reading

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Resolution of cyclic vomiting after appendectomy in a girl

http://www.em-consulte.com/en/article/297700 (excerpts follow) Clin Res Hepatol Gastroenterol. 2011 Jun 22, Kumagai H, Matsumoto S, Kimura T, Hirota N, Dept of Pediatrics, Hitachiomiya Saiseikai Hospital, Japan a 10-year-old Japanese girl with a c… Continue reading

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Tyrosine kinase syk non-enzymatic inhibitors and potential anti-allergic drug-like compounds discovered by virtual and in vitro screening

http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0021117 PLoS One. 2011;6(6):e21117, Villoutreix BO, Laconde G, Lagorce D, Martineau P, Miteva MA, Dariavach P, INSERM (MTi Unit), Universit?? Paris Diderot, France Continue reading

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Eosinophilic responses to stent implantation and the risk of Kounis hypersensitivity associated coronary syndrome

http://caocao.myipcn.org/science/article/pii/S0167527311005638 Int J Cardiol. 2011 Jun 21, Kounis NG, Giannopoulos S, Tsigkas GG, Goudevenos J, Dept of Medical Sciences, Patras Highest Institute of Education and Technology, Greece Continue reading

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Long-term benefits of omalizumab in a patient with severe non-allergic asthma

http://www.aacijournal.com/content/7/1/9 Francesco Menzella, Roberto Piro, Nicola Facciolongo, Claudia Castagnetti, Anna Simonazzi and Luigi Zucchi Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology 2011, 7:9doi:10.1186/1710-1492-7-9 Published: 24 May 2011 Abs… Continue reading

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Anaphylaxis pathogenesis and treatment

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1398-9995.2011.02629.x/abstract (excerpts follow) Allergy. 2011 Jul;66 Suppl 95:31-4, Simons FE, U of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada Diagnosis of anaphylaxis is currently based on established clinical crite… Continue reading

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Symptomatic dermatographism: current concepts in clinical practice with an emphasis on the pediatric population

http://www.cutis.com/asp/archive/article.asp?ArticleID=3257&filetype=abs Cutis. 2011 May;87(5):221-5, Mecoli CA, Morgan AJ, Schwartz RA, Dept of Dermatology, NJ Medical School, Newark, USA Continue reading

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