2006
Safety and efficacy of steroid withdrawal two days after kidney transplantation: analysis of results at three years., Mysore S Anil Kumar, Michael Heifets, Michael J. Moritz MD, Muhammad I Saeed, Shahid M Khan, Billie Fyfe, Nedjema Sustento-Riodeca, Joshua N Daniel, and Aparna Kumar (Article)
Labial adhesions in pubertal girls., Roy Kallol Kumar, Agarwal Sonika, Chanana Charu, Kumar Sunesh, and Malhotra Neena (Article)
Complications of sequential keratorefractive and vitreoretinal surgery., Irene C Kuo, Terrence P O'Brien, Julia A Haller, and Nada S Jabbur (Article)
2006 Otto Aufranc Award Paper: significance of in vivo degradation for polyethylene in total hip arthroplasty., Steven M Kurtz, William J Hozack, James J Purtill, Michele Marcolongo, Matthew J Kraay, Victor M Goldberg, Peter F Sharkey, Javad Parvizi, Clare M Rimnac, and Avram A Edidin (Article)
Initial experience with laparoscopic transvesical ureteral reimplantation at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia., Alexander Kutikov, Thomas J Guzzo, Daniel J Canter, and Pasquale Casale (Article)
Clinical predictors for hearing loss in children with bacterial meningitis., J Walter Kutz, Lawrence Mariano Simon, Sri Kiran Chennupati MD, Carla Marie Giannoni, and Spiros Manolidis (Article)
Subaxial cervical spine trauma., Brian K Kwon, Alexander R Vaccaro, Jonathan N Grauer, Charles G Fisher, and Marcel F Dvorak (Article)
von Willebrand disease and coronary artery disease: a contemporary review., Bonnie Ky, Margaret Kasner, and Joseph R Carver (Article)
Morphologic examination of sequential bone marrow biopsies after nonmyeloablative stem cell transplantation complements molecular studies of donor engraftment., Anand S Lagoo, Jerald Z Gong, Timothy T Stenzel, Barbara K Goodman, Patrick J Buckley, Nelson J Chao, Cristina Gasparetto, Gwynn D Long, and David A Rizzieri (Article)
Spontaneous resolution of macular microhole., Michael M Lai, Susan B Bressler, and Julia A Haller (Article)
Hand port use for extraction during laparoscopic donor nephrectomy., Costas D Lallas, Erik P Castle, and Paul E Andrews (Article)
The development of a laparoscopic donor nephrectomy program in a de novo renal transplant program: Evolution of technique and results in over 200 cases., Costas D Lallas, Erik P Castle, Richard T Schlinkert, and Paul E Andrews (Article)
DECAY ACCELERATING FACTOR (DAF) CONTROLS THE STRENGTH AND EFFECTOR FUNCTION OF TRANSPLANT REACTIVE T CELLS., Peter N Lalli PhD (Article)
Identification of genes associated with ovarian cancer metastasis using microarray expression analysis., Johnathan M. Lancaster MD, PhD; Holly K. Dressman; Jennifer P. Clarke; Robyn A. Sayer; Martin A. Martino MD; Janiel M. Cragun; Amy H. Henriott; Joe W. Gray; Rebecca Sutphen MD; A Elahi; Regina S. Whitaker; Mike West; J R Marks; Joseph R. Nevins; and Andrew Berchuck (Article)
Validity and responsiveness of generic preference-based HRQOL instruments in chronic epilepsy., J T Langfitt, B G Vickrey, M P McDermott, S Messing, A T Berg, S S Spencer, M R Sperling, C W Bazil, and S Shinnar (Article)
The treatment of progressive pigmented purpura with ascorbic acid and a bioflavonoid rutoside., Fred Laufer MD (Article)
LONG-TERM FOLLOW-UP IN THE OFFSPRING OF SANDIMMUNE TREATED FEMALE KIDNEY RECIPIENTS, A Lavelanet, L Coscia, Michael J. Moritz MD, and V Armenti (Article)
Cold defect on bone scan in a vertebral body after percutaneous vertebroplasty., William C Lavely, Amit Malhotra MD, Harvey A Ziessman, and Kieran P J Murphy (Article)
A multisite telemammography system for remote management of screening mammography: an assessment of technical, operational, and clinical issues., Joseph K Leader, Christiane M Hakim, Marie A Ganott, Denise M Chough, Luisa P Wallace, Ronald J Clearfield, Ronald L Perrin, John M Drescher, Glenn S Maitz, Jules H Sumkin, and David Gur (Article)
The Duffy antigen modifies systemic and local tissue chemokine responses following lipopolysaccharide stimulation., Janet S Lee, Mark M Wurfel, Gustavo Matute-Bello, Charles W Frevert, Matthew R Rosengart, Mrunalini Ranganathan, Venus W Wong, Tarah Holden, Steve Sutlief, Ann Richmond, Stephen Peiper, and Thomas R Martin (Article)
Characterization of neurophysiologic alerts during anterior cervical spine surgery., Joon Y Lee, Alan S Hilibrand, Moe R Lim, Joseph Zavatsky, Steven Zeiller, Daniel M Schwartz, Alexander R Vaccaro, D Greg Anderson, and Todd J Albert (Article)
Epidural hematoma causing dense paralysis after anterior cervical corpectomy. A report of two cases., Joon Y Lee, Daniel M Schwartz, D Greg Anderson, and Alan S Hilibrand (Article)
Quantitative prediction of spinal cord drift after cervical laminectomy and arthrodesis., Joon Y Lee, Ashwini Sharan, Eli M Baron, Moe R Lim, Eric Grossman, Todd J Albert, Alexander R Vaccaro, and Alan S Hilibrand (Article)
Spitz nevus versus melanoma: limitation of the diagnostic methodology exposed., Jason B. Lee, MD (Article)
Evidence-Based Practice Newsletter, Lehigh Valley Health Network (Article)
LVHN Medical Residents 2006-2007, Lehigh Valley Health Network (Book)
Experience with wound VAC and delayed primary closure of contaminated soft tissue injuries in Iraq., Brian E Leininger, Todd E Rasmussen, David L Smith, Donald H Jenkins, and Christopher Coppola MD (Article)
Endoscopic resection of hypothalamic hamartoma using a novel variable aspiration tissue resector., Gregory P Lekovic, L Fernando Gonzalez, Iman Feiz-Erfan, and Harold L Rekate (Article)
Intraoperative rupture of brainstem cavernous malformation. Case report., Gregory P Lekovic, L Fernando Gonzalez, Vini G Khurana, and Robert F Spetzler (Article)
Distraction injury to thoracic spine treated with thoracoscopic dual-rod fixation., Gregory P Lekovic, Eric M Horn, and Curtis A Dickman (Article)
Skeletal dysplasia involving the subaxial cervical spine. Report of two cases and review of the literature., Gregory P Lekovic, Nitin R Mariwalla, Eric M Horn, Steven Chang, Harold L Rekate, and Nicholas Theodore (Article)
Congenital cervical instability in a patient with camptomelic dysplasia., Gregory P Lekovic, Harold L Rekate, Curtis A Dickman, and Margaret Pearson (Article)
Pressure gradients in experimental hydrocephalus model., Gregory Lekovic and Harold L Rekate (Article)
Role of acetaminophen in acute myocardial infarction., Bradley G Leshnower, Hiroaki Sakamoto, Ahmad Zeeshan, Landi M Parish, Robin Hinmon, Theodore Plappert, Benjamin M Jackson MD, Joseph H Gorman, and Robert C Gorman (Article)
A novel mutation in intron 11 of the COL2A1 gene in a patient with type 1 Stickler syndrome., L Leung, J C Hyland, A Young, M F Goldberg, and J T Handa (Article)
The Autonomic and Somatic Effect of Hypertonic Saline Administration in Spinal Cord Injury in a Murine Model as a Function of Administration Time, Howard B. Levene MD, PhD (Article)
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia cell CD38 expression and inducible nitric oxide synthase expression are associated with serum IL-4 levels., Marc C Levesque, Youwei Chen, Bethany E Beasley, Charles W O'Loughlin, Jon P Gockerman, Joseph O Moore, and J Brice Weinberg (Article)
Sepsis-induced lung injury in rats increases alveolar epithelial vulnerability to stretch., Glenn K Levine, Clifford S Deutschman, Mark A Helfaer, and Susan S Margulies (Article)
Soluble endoglin and other circulating antiangiogenic factors in preeclampsia., Richard J Levine, Chun Lam, Cong Qian, Kai F Yu, Sharon E. Maynard MD, Benjamin P Sachs, Baha M Sibai, Franklin H Epstein, Roberto Romero, Ravi Thadhani, and S Ananth Karumanchi (Article)
Serum sFlt1 concentration during preeclampsia and mid trimester blood pressure in healthy nulliparous women., Richard J Levine, Cong Qian, Sharon E. Maynard MD, Kai F Yu, Franklin H Epstein, and S Ananth Karumanchi (Article)
Suture granuloma following surgical neck rejuvenation procedure., Joshua M. Levin MD, Jeremy A Brauer, Karla Draft, Jacqueline M Junkins-Hopkins, and William D James (Article)
Skin disorders with arthritis., Joshua M. Levin MD and Victoria P Werth (Article)
Virtual autopsy: preliminary experience in high-velocity gunshot wound victims., Angela D Levy, Robert M Abbott, Craig T Mallak, John M Getz, H Theodore Harcke, Howard R Champion, and Lisa A Pearse (Article)
Costs for heart failure with normal vs reduced ejection fraction., Lawrence Liao, James G Jollis, Kevin J Anstrom, David J Whellan, Dalane W Kitzman, Gerard P Aurigemma, Daniel B Mark, Kevin A Schulman, and John S Gottdiener (Article)
Role of ERK1/2 in the anti-apoptotic and cardioprotective effects of nitric oxide after myocardial ischemia and reperfusion., D-Y Li, L Tao, H Liu, T A Christopher, B L Lopez, and X L Ma (Article)
Trachoma research: it takes more than a village., Thomas M Lietman, Melissa D Neuwelt, Nandini G Gandhi, Cyril A Dalmon, and Nicole Benitah (Article)
A single immunization with a recombinant canine adenovirus expressing the rabies virus G protein confers protective immunity against rabies in mice., Jianwei Li, Milosz Faber, Amy Papaneri, Marie-Luise Faber, James P McGettigan, Matthias J Schnell, and Bernhard Dietzschold (Article)
Surgical infections in the traumatized spine., Moe R Lim, Joon Y Lee, and Alexander R Vaccaro (Article)
Occurrence of cerebral venous sinus thrombosis in patients with presumed idiopathic intracranial hypertension., Albert Lin, Rod Foroozan, Helen V Danesh-Meyer, Gabriella De Salvo, Peter J Savino, and Robert C Sergott (Article)
The Internet Tracking Registry of Acute Coronary Syndromes (i*trACS): a multicenter registry of patients with suspicion of acute coronary syndromes reported using the standardized reporting guidelines for emergency department chest pain studies., Christopher J Lindsell, Venkataraman Anantharaman, Deborah Diercks, Jin Ho Han, James W Hoekstra, Judd E Hollander, J Douglas Kirk, Swee-Han Lim, W Frank Peacock, Brian Tiffany, Eric K Wilke, W Brian Gibler, and Charles V Pollack (Article)
Treatment of elderly breast cancer patients in a community hospital setting., David A Litvak and Rajeev Arora (Article)
Follicular variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma: a clinicopathologic study of a problematic entity., Jeffrey Liu, Bhuvanesh Singh, Giovanni Tallini, Diane L Carlson, Nora Katabi, Ashok Shaha, R Michael Tuttle, and Ronald A Ghossein (Article)
Dicer-2 and R2D2 coordinately bind siRNA to promote assembly of the siRISC complexes., Xiang Liu; Feng Jiang MD, PhD; Savitha Kalidas; Dean Smith; and Qinghua Liu (Article)
Dendritic cells transduced with SOCS-3 exhibit a tolerogenic/DC2 phenotype that directs type 2 Th cell differentiation in vitro and in vivo., Yonghai Li, Niansheng Chu, Abdolmohamad Rostami, and Guang-Xian Zhang (Article)
Adult and in utero exposure to cocaine alters sensitivity to the Parkinsonian toxin 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine., S A Lloyd, C J Faherty, and R J Smeyne (Article)
Should symptomatic menopausal women be offered hormone therapy?, Rogerio A Lobo, Serge Bélisle, William T Creasman, Nancy R Frankel, Neil E Goodman, Janet E Hall, Susan Lee Ivey, Sheryl Kingsberg, Robert Langer, Rebecca Lehman, Donna Behler McArthur, Valerie Montgomery-Rice, Morris Notelovitz, Gary S Packin, Robert W Rebar, MaryEllen Rousseau, Robert S Schenken, Diane L Schneider, Katherine Sherif, and Susan Wysocki (Article)
Should symptomatic menopausal women be offered hormone therapy?, Rogerio A Lobo, Serge Bélisle, William T Creasman, Nancy R Frankel, Neil F Goodman, Janet E Hall, Susan Lee Ivey, Sheryl Kingsberg, Robert Langer, Rebecca Lehman, Donna Behler McArthur, Valerie Montgomery-Rice, Morris Notelovitz, Gary S Packin, Robert W Rebar, MaryEllen Rousseau, Robert S Schenken, Diane L Schneider, Katherine Sherif, and Susan Wysocki (Article)
Interventional therapy for carotid artery disease using angioplasty and stenting with embolic protection., M L Loftus, H C Schumacher, and P M Meyers (Article)
A linguistic model for the rational design of antimicrobial peptides., Christopher Loose, Kyle Jensen, Isidore Rigoutsos, and Gregory Stephanopoulos (Article)
Improving medical student intensive care unit communication skills: a novel educational initiative using standardized family members., Scott Lorin, Lisa Rho, Juan P Wisnivesky, and David M Nierman (Article)
Tolevamer, a novel nonantibiotic polymer, compared with vancomycin in the treatment of mild to moderately severe Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea., Thomas J Louie, Jennifer Peppe, C Kevin Watt, David Johnson, Rasheed Mohammed, Gordon Dow, Karl Weiss, Stuart Simon, Joseph F John, Gary Garber, Scott Chasan-Taber, David M Davidson, Tolevamer Study Investigator Group, and Marcelo Gareca MD (Article)
Cutaneous metastatic chordoma with concomitant tuberous sclerosis., Nektarios I. Lountzis MD, Michael D Hogarty, Ho J Kim, and Jacqueline M Junkins-Hopkins (Article)
Prophylactic bilateral salpingo-oopherectomy in a 17-year-old with Frasier syndrome reveals gonadoblastoma and seminoma: a case report., Joseph D Love, Steven D DeMartini, and Christopher Coppola MD (Article)
Beta-agonists modulate T-cell functions via direct actions on type 1 and type 2 cells., Matthew J Loza, Susan Foster, Stephen P Peters, and Raymond B Penn (Article)
The effect of a fibroblast derived skin substitute on keratinocyte proliferation, Daniel D. Lozano MD (Article)
Tumor epithelial cell matrix metalloproteinase 9 is a target for antimetastatic therapy in colorectal cancer., Wilhelm J Lubbe, Zengyi Y Zhou, Weili Fu, David Zuzga, Stephanie Schulz, Rafael Fridman, Ruth J Muschel, Scott A Waldman, and Giovanni M Pitari (Article)
Cardiac arrest on the links: are we up to par? Availability of automated external defibrillators on golf courses in southeastern Pennsylvania., John Lucas, A Alex Davila, Kevin N. Waninger MD, and Michael Heller (Article)
10th ANNIVERSARY OF THE BDORT’S INTRODUCTARY PROGRAM FOR HEALTH SCIENCES AT 2 MAJOR AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES, Dominic Lu (Article)
MY EXPERIENCE OF EMERGENCY BDORT EVALUATION OF URGENT MEDICAL PROBLEMS WITH DR.OMURA THROUGH THE USE OF LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE LINE : A CASE REPORT, Dominic Lu (Article)
TAKING MEDICATION IN CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE CORRECT TIMING OF QI CURCULATION IN MERIDIAN SYSTEM: AS VERIFIED BY BDORT COMPATIBILITY TEST, Dominic Lu and Gabriel Lu (Article)
10th Anniversity of the BDORT'S Introductory Program for Health Science Students at Two American Universities, Japanese, Dominic P. Lu DDS, FAGD (Article)
Clinical Application of Hypnosis for Management of Needle Phobia Patients, Dominic P. Lu DDS, FAGD and Gabriel P. Lu MD, PhD (Article)
Experimentation with & Acceptance of Acupuncture Therapy in Europe & America: An Historical Overview, Dominic P. Lu DDS, FAGD and Gabriel P. Lu MD, PhD (Article)
For a Better Therapeutic Result: Taking Medication in Correspondence With Correct Timing of Qi Circulation in Acupuncture Meridian System, Dominic P. Lu DDS, FAGD and Gabriel P. Lu MD, PhD (Article)
For a Better Therapeutic Result: Taking Medication in Correspondence with the Timing of Qi Circulation in the Acupuncture Meridian System, Dominic P. Lu DDS, FAGD and Gabriel P. Lu MD. PhD (Article)
Practical oral sedation., Dominic P Lu and Winston I Lu (Article)
Oral Sedation Revisted, Dominic P. Lu DDS, FAGD and Winston I. Lu PharmD (Article)
Practical Oral Sedation in Dentistry. Part II--Clinical Application of Various Oral Sedatives and Discussion, Dominic P. Lu DDS, FAGD and Winston I. Lu PharmD (Article)
Practical Oral Sedation in Dentistry, Part I: Pre-Sedation Consideration and Preparation, Dominic P. Lu DDS, FAGD and Winston I. Lu PharmD (Article)
The Americanization of Traditional Chinese Medicine & Some Issues of Major Concern, Dominic P. Lu DDS, FAGD; Winston I. Lu PharmD; Gabriel P. Lu MD, PhD; and Po-kuang Lu C.Acup (Article)
LAPAROSCOPIC TREATMENT OF A URACHAL CARCINOMA, L Ludwig, R Bergamaschi, and S Uranues (Article)
Left Atrial and Ventricular Remodeling are Early Predictors of Outcome in Chronic Organic Mitral Regurgitation, Christopher Lupcho MD (Article)
Deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease: surgical technique and perioperative management., Andre Machado, Ali R Rezai, Brian H Kopell, Robert E Gross, Ashwini D Sharan, and Alim-Louis Benabid (Article)
Systemic polyethylene glycol-modified (PEGylated) superoxide dismutase and catalase mixture attenuates radiation pulmonary fibrosis in the C57/bl6 mouse., Mitchell Machtay, Arnaud Scherpereel, José Santiago, James Lee, Jim McDonough, Paul Kinniry, Evguenia Arguiri, Vladimir V Shuvaev, Jing Sun, Keith Cengel, Charalambos C Solomides, and Melpo Christofidou-Solomidou (Article)
Interleukin-13 receptor-targeted nanovesicles are a potential therapy for glioblastoma multiforme., A B Madhankumar, Becky Slagle-Webb, Akiva Mintz, Jonas M Sheehan, and James R Connor (Article)
Anxiety in medically ill patients., Rajnish Mago, John-Paul Gomez MD, Namita Gupta, and Elisabeth J S Kunhel (Article)
Anxiety in medically III patients, R Mago, John-Paul Gomez MD, N Gupta, and E Kunkel (Article)
How to manage the patient with a high defibrillation threshold., Sumeet K Mainigi and David J Callans (Article)
Elevated defibrillation thresholds in patients undergoing biventricular defibrillator implantation: incidence and predictors., Sumeet K Mainigi, Joshua M Cooper, Andrea M Russo, Hemal M Nayak, David Lin, Sanjay Dixit, Edward P Gerstenfeld, Henry H Hsia, David J Callans, Francis E Marchlinski, and Ralph J Verdino (Article)
Potentially inappropriate prescribing for elderly patients in 2 outpatient settings., Vittorio Maio, Christine W Hartmann, Sara Poston, Xinyue Liu-Chen, James Diamond, and Christine Arenson (Article)
Potentially inappropriate medication prescribing for elderly outpatients in Emilia Romagna, Italy: a population-based cohort study., Vittorio Maio, Elaine J Yuen, Karen Novielli, Kenneth D Smith, and Daniel Z Louis (Article)
Pharmacokinetics of aprepitant after single and multiple oral doses in healthy volunteers., Anup K Majumdar, Laura Howard, Michael R Goldberg, Lisa Hickey, Marvin Constanzer, Paul L Rothenberg, Tami M Crumley, Deborah Panebianco, Thomas E Bradstreet, Arthur J Bergman, Scott A Waldman, Howard E Greenberg, Kathleen Butler, A Knops, Inge De Lepeleire, Nicole Michiels, and Kevin J Petty (Article)
Pancreaticoduodenectomy in the very elderly., Martin A Makary, Jordan M Winter, John L Cameron, Kurtis A Campbell, David Chang, Steven C Cunningham, Taylor S Riall, and Charles J Yeo (Article)
ACQUIRED VISCERAL ANGIOEDEMA AS A CAUSE OF CHRONIC ABDOMINAL PAIN, Edgar Maldonado MD (Article)
A cancer-associated PCNA expressed in breast cancer has implications as a potential biomarker., Linda H Malkas; Brittney Shea Herbert; Waleed Abdel-Aziz; Lacey E Dobrolecki; Yang Liu; Beamon Agarwal MD, PhD; Derek Hoelz; Sunil Badve; Lauren Schnaper; Randy J Arnold; Yehia Mechref; Milos V Novotny; Patrick Loehrer; Robert J Goulet; and Robert J Hickey (Article)
Hyperoxia increases hepatic arginase expression and ornithine production in mice., Daniel T Malleske MD, MS; Lynette K Rogers; Sean M Velluci; Tamara L Young; Min S Park; Donald W Long; Stephen E Welty; Charles V Smith; and Leif D Nelin (Article)
Zolpidem tartrate use as contributory factor in sinus disease., Kelly M Malloy, Julie Ketrick, and Edmund A Pribitkin (Article)
Impersistence of depression in youth: Implications for drug study design., Richard P Malone, David S Bennett, Mary Anne Delaney, Muniya S Choudhury, James F Luebbert, and Jacqueline Cater (Article)
Report of the Task Force on National Fourth Year Medical Student Emergency Medicine Curriculum Guide., David E Manthey, Wendy C Coates, Douglas S Ander, Felix K Ankel, Howard Blumstein, Theodore A Christopher, James M Courtney, Glenn C Hamilton, Eve K Kaiyala, Kevin Rodgers, Aaron B Schneir, and Stephen H Thomas (Article)
Regulation of C/EBPbeta isoforms by MAPK pathways in HL60 cells induced to differentiate by 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3., Ewa Marcinkowska; Edward Garay MD, PhD; Elzbieta Gocek; Agnieszka Chrobak; Xuening Wang; and George P Studzinski (Article)