Electrophysiological markers and predictors of the disease course in primary progressive multiple sclerosis (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Currently no valid surrogate marker exists for primary progressive multiple sclerosis (PPMS). OBJECTIVE: Our aim was to prospectively investigate multimodal evoked potentials (EPs) as mark
Child mortality patterns in rural Tanzania: an observational study on the impact of malaria control interventions (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Between 1997 and 2009, a number of key malaria control interventions were implemented in the Kilombero and Ulanga Districts in south central Tanzania to increase insecticide-treated nets (
Glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferases gat1p and gat2p are microsomal phosphoproteins with differential contributions to polarized cell growth (Publications)
Glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase (GPAT) catalyzes the initial step in the synthesis of all glycerolipids. It is the committed and rate-limiting step and is redundant in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, m
Pseudilins: halogenated, allosteric inhibitors of the non-mevalonate pathway enzyme IspD (Publications)
The enzymes of the non-mevalonate pathway for isoprenoid biosynthesis have been identified as attractive targets with novel modes of action for the development of herbicides for crop protection and ag
Luftverschmutzung und Gesundheit - Optionen in der klinischen Beratung (Publications)
While air quality is usually an environmental condition patients can little do about, there are a few options and decisions that modify the personal exposure and risk. Location - in particular the res
Self-rated health: small area large area comparisons amongst older adults at the state, district and sub-district level in India (Publications)
We compared prevalence estimates of self-rated health (SRH) derived indirectly using four different small area estimation methods for the Vadu (small) area from the national Study on Global AGEing (SA
Drugs for treating <em>Schistosoma mansoni</em> infection (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Schistosoma mansoni is a parasitic infection common in the tropics and sub-tropics. Chronic and advanced disease includes abdominal pain, diarrhoea, blood in the stool, liver cirrhosis, po
Patterns of exposure to infectious diseases and social contacts in early life and risk of brain tumours in children and adolescents: an International... (Publications)
Background:Infectious diseases and social contacts in early life have been proposed to modulate brain tumour risk during late childhood and adolescence.Methods:CEFALO is an interview-based case-contro