Daily Archives: Thursday October 5th, 2017

Latest news on the office situation at K2

k2nytt_2017_uke-38_julie-stavnes_portrett_170922The office situation at K2 is a challenge. A large project activity has contributed to an increased demand for office space and working places for phd-students. The administration needs your help in order to know of changes in demand and supply of working places in K2 areas in the lab building. Please remember that your need for office space is to be reported to Irene: Irene.Hjelmaas@uib.no

In the allocation of seats, we will follow the already decided ranking for allocation of office spaces: Professor, Associate Professor, researcher, postdoc, PhD student, research line student, master students. In addition, we will strive to have people sit near their labs and close to their partners. It is possible that we also need to utilize some lab areas as office spaces.

We have recently been given access to some great, new offices in the fifth floor in BUS. These offices are provided in order to relieve the pressure on office places in the Lab-building for researchers and post-docs. The offices are newly furnished with adjustable desks and room for 2-3 people per office. Anyone interested in the new offices can contact Irene or myself.

Now to something completely different; Horizon2020 is about to embark on the last three years of its’ existence with a bigger budget than ever. On that occasion, the Division of Research Management at UiB and the Research Council of Norway arrange a Kick-off meeting. Please see the separate post further down in this week’s news letter for details.

Best regards,

Julie

Open seminar: Educational competence building at the Norwegian Arctic University

The unit for education invites to an open seminar

Wednesday November 29, 2017 at. 13:15 – 14:00.
Location: Styrerommet, 4th floor. AHH

Pedagogical competence building at the Arctic University of Norway: The story of how Norway’s northernmost university received the country’s first center for health education by Anita Iversen, associate professor.

Anita Iversen leads the Center for Health Sciences Educational Development (HelPed) at the University of Tromsø. She will tell about the Center’s tasks, structure and working methods to support the academic staff in their educational work. What choices have they made and what are they going to succeed?

The lecture is open to all interested parties.

Registration form (in Norwegian): HERE

Ideas Competition 2017

Bergen Teknologioverføring (BTO), in cooperation with Sparebanken Vest, invites the research institutions in the Bergens region to participate in the 2017 Idea Competition.

The purpose of the idea contest is to stimulate the commercialization of research results, to highlight the environment of research and commercialization, and to draw attention to the need for research and innovation.

Researchers and employees, including Ph.D. and Postdoctoral Professors, from all our owner and partner institutions can participate.

The prize money has been raised to 500,000 kroner this year.

Professor Kamal Mustafa and his research group at the Department of Clinical Dentistry at the University of Bergen won the competition in 2016. Minister of Industry Monica Mæland handed over the award to Kamal Mustafa at the Bergen Nutrition Council’s “Annual Conference 2016”.

“The award gave attention to the importance of our research and the innovative potential of it. The award ceremony gave us a great opportunity to present research in front of academics, politicians and potential business partners from industry, “said Kamal Mustafa.

Read more about Professor Kamal Mustafa’s experience, about the competition and sign up here

Application deadline is set to 25 October. The winner will be published at the Bergen Food Council’s “Annual Conference 2017” November 17th.

I appreciate if you can spread the “2017 Idea Contest” information in the appropriate internal channels.

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Deadlines

Horizon2020 Kick-off event for MED researchers

Horizon2020 is about to embark on the last three years of it’s existence with a bigger budget than ever. On that occasion, the Division of Research Management at UiB and the Research Council of Norway arrange a Kick-off meeting where you will have the possibility to:

  • find relevant calls for your research area.
  • get advice on how to succeed with your application.
  • listen to experience from Professor Cecilie Svanes from the Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care with being a partner on EU projects, and listen to Professor Emmet McCormack from the Department of Clinical Science talk about his personal experience with evaluating EU proposals.Relevant program: 13.45-15.15
  • You can sign up here: https://skjemaker.app.uib.no/view.php?id=3821475

Date: 31 October

Venue: Scandic Ørnen Hotel, Bergen

 

Here, you find the rest of this week’s deadlines. Continue reading

New publications

1. Genetic analysis for cognitive flexibility in Trail Making Test in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder patients from SNP, gene to pathway.
Zhang K, Fan Z, Wang Y, Faraone SV, Yang L, Chang S.
World J Biol Psychiatry. 2017 Oct 3:1-29. doi: 10.1080/15622975.2017.1386324. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 28971736 [PubMed – as supplied by publisher]

 

2. Psychotic patients who used cannabis frequently before illness onset have higher genetic predisposition to schizophrenia than those who did not.
Aas M, Melle I, Bettella F, Djurovic S, Le Hellard S, Bjella T, Ringen PA, Lagerberg TV, Smeland OB, Agartz I, Andreassen OA, Tesli M.
Psychol Med. 2017 Oct 2:1-7. doi: 10.1017/S0033291717001209. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 28967348 [PubMed – as supplied by publisher]
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3. Congenital anomalies and the severity of impairments for cerebral palsy.
Jystad KP, Strand KM, Bjellmo S, Lydersen S, Klungsöyr K, Stoknes M, Skranes J, Andersen GL, Vik T.
Dev Med Child Neurol. 2017 Oct 2. doi: 10.1111/dmcn.13552. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 28967231 [PubMed – as supplied by publisher]
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4. Injury mechanisms and electromyographic changes after injury of the recurrent laryngeal nerve: Experiments in a porcine model.
Brauckhoff K, Svendsen ØS, Stangeland L, Biermann M, Aas T, Husby PJA.
Head Neck. 2017 Sep 30. doi: 10.1002/hed.24940. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 28963808 [PubMed – as supplied by publisher]
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5. Does an emotion-focused two-chair dialogue add to the therapeutic effect of the empathic attunement to affect?
Stiegler JR, Molde H, Schanche E.
Clin Psychol Psychother. 2017 Sep 27. doi: 10.1002/cpp.2144. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 28960601 [PubMed – as supplied by publisher]
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6. Amino acid profile and metabolic syndrome in a male Mediterranean population: A cross-sectional study.
Ntzouvani A, Nomikos T, Panagiotakos D, Fragopoulou E, Pitsavos C, McCann A, Ueland PM, Antonopoulou S.
Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis. 2017 Jul 25. pii: S0939-4753(17)30161-8. doi: 10.1016/j.numecd.2017.07.006. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 28958693 [PubMed – as supplied by publisher]
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7. Prolonged intestinal transit and diarrhea in patients with an activating GUCY2C mutation.
von Volkmann HL, Brønstad I, Gilja OH, R Tronstad R, Sangnes DA, Nortvedt R, Hausken T, Dimcevski G, Fiskerstrand T, Nylund K.
PLoS One. 2017 Sep 28;12(9):e0185496. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0185496. eCollection 2017.
PMID: 28957388 [PubMed – in process] Free Article 
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8. Validation and reliability of the Chichewa translation of the EQ-5D quality of life questionnaire in adults with orthopaedic injuries in Malawi.
Chokotho L, Mkandawire N, Conway D, Wu HH, Shearer DD, Hallan G, Gjertsen JE, Young S, Lau BC.
Malawi Med J. 2017 Jun;29(2):84-88.
PMID: 28955412 [PubMed – in process] Free PMC Article 
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9. Reply.
Messerli FH, Hofstetter L, Agabiti-Rosei E, Burnier M, Elliott WJ, Franklin SS, Grodzicki T, Kario K, Kjeldsen SE, Kostis JB, Laurent S, Leenen FH, de Leeuw PW, Lund-Johansen P, Mancia G, Narkiewicz K, Papademetriou V, Parati G, Poulter N, Redon J, Rimoldi SF, Ruilope LM, Schiffrin EL, Schmieder RE, Schwartz AB, Sever P, Sowers JR, Staessen JA, Wang J, Weber M, Williams B.
J Hypertens. 2017 Nov;35(11):2327-2328. doi: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000001526. No abstract available.
PMID: 28953595 [PubMed – in process]
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10. Erratum to: The presence of anaemia negatively influences survival in patients with POLG disease.
Hikmat O, Tzoulis C, Klingenberg C, Rasmussen M, Tallaksen CME, Brodtkorb E, Fiskerstrand T, McFarland R, Rahman S, Bindoff LA.
J Inherit Metab Dis. 2017 Sep 26. doi: 10.1007/s10545-017-0092-9. [Epub ahead of print] No abstract available.
PMID: 28952135 [PubMed – as supplied by publisher]
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11. Awareness and knowledge of radiation dose and associated risks among final year medical students in Norway.
Kada S.
Insights Imaging. 2017 Sep 26. doi: 10.1007/s13244-017-0569-y. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 28952058 [PubMed – as supplied by publisher]
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12. When is a randomised controlled trial health equity relevant? Development and validation of a conceptual framework.
Jull J, Whitehead M, Petticrew M, Kristjansson E, Gough D, Petkovic J, Volmink J, Weijer C, Taljaard M, Edwards S, Mbuagbaw L, Cookson R, McGowan J, Lyddiatt A, Boyer Y, Cuervo LG, Armstrong R, White H, Yoganathan M, Pantoja T, Shea B, Pottie K, Norheim O, Baird S, Robberstad B, Sommerfelt H, Asada Y, Wells G, Tugwell P, Welch V.
BMJ Open. 2017 Sep 25;7(9):e015815. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-015815.
PMID: 28951402 [PubMed – in process] Free Article 
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13. Aliskiren alone or in combination with enalapril vs. enalapril among patients with chronic heart failure with and without diabetes: a subgroup analysis from the ATMOSPHERE trial.
Kristensen SL, Mogensen UM, Tarnesby G, Gimpelewicz CR, Ali MA, Shao Q, Chiang Y, Jhund PS, Abraham WT, Dickstein K, McMurray JJV, Køber L.
Eur J Heart Fail. 2017 Sep 25. doi: 10.1002/ejhf.896. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 28948656 [PubMed – as supplied by publisher]
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14. Circulating Folate, Vitamin B6, and Methionine in Relation to Lung Cancer Risk in the Lung Cancer Cohort Consortium (LC3).
Fanidi A, Muller DC, Yuan JM, Stevens VL, Weinstein SJ, Albanes D, Prentice R, Thomsen CA, Pettinger M, Cai Q, Blot WJ, Wu J, Arslan AA, Zeleniuch-Jacquotte A, McCullough ML, Le Marchand L, Wilkens LR, Haiman CA, Zhang X, Han J, Stampfer MJ, Smith-Warner SA, Giovannucci E, Giles GG, Hodge AM, Severi G, Johansson M, Grankvist K, Langhammer A, Krokstad S, Næss M, Wang R, Gao YT, Butler LM, Koh WP, Shu XO, Xiang YB, Li H, Zheng W, Lan Q, Visvanathan K, Bolton JH, Ueland PM, Midttun Ø, Ulvik A, Caporaso NE, Purdue M, Ziegler RG, Freedman ND, Buring JE, Lee IM, Sesso HD, Gaziano JM, Manjer J, Ericson U, Relton C, Brennan P, Johansson M.
J Natl Cancer Inst. 2018 Jan 1;110(1). doi: 10.1093/jnci/djx119.
PMID: 28922778 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]
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15. The case for periodontitis in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis.
Potempa J, Mydel P, Koziel J.
Nat Rev Rheumatol. 2017 Oct;13(10):606-620. doi: 10.1038/nrrheum.2017.132. Epub 2017 Aug 24. Review.
PMID: 28835673 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]
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16. Tenecteplase versus alteplase for management of acute ischaemic stroke (NOR-TEST): a phase 3, randomised, open-label, blinded endpoint trial.
Logallo N, Novotny V, Assmus J, Kvistad CE, Alteheld L, Rønning OM, Thommessen B, Amthor KF, Ihle-Hansen H, Kurz M, Tobro H, Kaur K, Stankiewicz M, Carlsson M, Morsund Å, Idicula T, Aamodt AH, Lund C, Næss H, Waje-Andreassen U, Thomassen L.
Lancet Neurol. 2017 Oct;16(10):781-788. doi: 10.1016/S1474-4422(17)30253-3. Epub 2017 Aug 2.
PMID: 28780236 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]
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17. H1N1 vaccination in Sjögren’s syndrome triggers polyclonal B cell activation and promotes autoantibody production.
Brauner S, Folkersen L, Kvarnström M, Meisgen S, Petersen S, Franzén-Malmros M, Mofors J, Brokstad KA, Klareskog L, Jonsson R, Westerberg LS, Trollmo C, Malmström V, Ambrosi A, Kuchroo VK, Nordmark G, Wahren-Herlenius M.
Ann Rheum Dis. 2017 Oct;76(10):1755-1763. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2016-210509. Epub 2017 Jul 31.
PMID: 28760805 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE] Free Article 
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18. C77G in PTPRC (CD45) is no risk allele for ovarian cancer, but associated with less aggressive disease.
Landskron J, Kraggerud SM, Wik E, Dørum A, Bjørnslett M, Melum E, Helland Ø, Bjørge L, Lothe RA, Salvesen HB, Taskén K.
PLoS One. 2017 Jul 31;12(7):e0182030. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0182030. eCollection 2017.
PMID: 28759630 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE] Free PMC Article 
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19. A Population-Based Study of Effects of Genetic Loci on Orofacial Clefts.
Moreno Uribe LM, Fomina T, Munger RG, Romitti PA, Jenkins MM, Gjessing HK, Gjerdevik M, Christensen K, Wilcox AJ, Murray JC, Lie RT, Wehby GL.
J Dent Res. 2017 Oct;96(11):1322-1329. doi: 10.1177/0022034517716914. Epub 2017 Jun 29.
PMID: 28662356 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE] Free PMC Article 
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20. Microbiota-dependent metabolite and cardiovascular disease marker trimethylamine-N-oxide (TMAO) is associated with monocyte activation but not platelet function in untreated HIV infection.
Haissman JM, Haugaard AK, Ostrowski SR, Berge RK, Hov JR, Trøseid M, Nielsen SD.
BMC Infect Dis. 2017 Jun 23;17(1):445. doi: 10.1186/s12879-017-2547-x.
PMID: 28645263 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE] Free PMC Article 
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21. Clinicopathologic and molecular markers in cervical carcinoma: a prospective cohort study.
Halle MK, Ojesina AI, Engerud H, Woie K, Tangen IL, Holst F, Høivik E, Kusonmano K, Haldorsen IS, Vintermyr OK, Trovik J, Bertelsen BI, Salvesen HB, Krakstad C.
Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2017 Oct;217(4):432.e1-432.e17. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2017.05.068. Epub 2017 Jun 24.
PMID: 28599900 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]
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22. Changes in body mass index and hemoglobin concentration in breastfeeding women living with HIV with a CD4 count over 350: Results from 4 African countries (The ANRS 12174 trial).
Somé EN, Engebretsen IMS, Nagot N, Meda NY, Vallo R, Kankasa C, Tumwine JK, Singata M, Hofmeyr JG, Van de Perre P, Tylleskär T; ANRs 12174 Trial Group.
PLoS One. 2017 May 9;12(5):e0177259. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0177259. eCollection 2017.
PMID: 28486519 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE] Free PMC Article 
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23. Total synthesis and antileukemic evaluations of the phenazine 5,10-dioxide natural products iodinin, myxin and their derivatives.
Viktorsson EÖ, Melling Grøthe B, Aesoy R, Sabir M, Snellingen S, Prandina A, Høgmoen Åstrand OA, Bonge-Hansen T, Døskeland SO, Herfindal L, Rongved P.
Bioorg Med Chem. 2017 Apr 1;25(7):2285-2293. doi: 10.1016/j.bmc.2017.02.058. Epub 2017 Feb 28.
PMID: 28284865 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]
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24. Cytocompatibility of Wood-Derived Cellulose Nanofibril Hydrogels with Different Surface Chemistry.
Rashad A, Mustafa K, Heggset EB, Syverud K.
Biomacromolecules. 2017 Apr 10;18(4):1238-1248. doi: 10.1021/acs.biomac.6b01911. Epub 2017 Mar 16.
PMID: 28263573 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]
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25. GWAS meta-analysis reveals novel loci and genetic correlates for general cognitive function: a report from the COGENT consortium.
Trampush JW, Yang ML, Yu J, Knowles E, Davies G, Liewald DC, Starr JM, Djurovic S, Melle I, Sundet K, Christoforou A, Reinvang I, DeRosse P, Lundervold AJ, Steen VM, Espeseth T, Räikkönen K, Widen E, Palotie A, Eriksson JG, Giegling I, Konte B, Roussos P, Giakoumaki S, Burdick KE, Payton A, Ollier W, Horan M, Chiba-Falek O, Attix DK, Need AC, Cirulli ET, Voineskos AN, Stefanis NC, Avramopoulos D, Hatzimanolis A, Arking DE, Smyrnis N, Bilder RM, Freimer NA, Cannon TD, London E, Poldrack RA, Sabb FW, Congdon E, Conley ED, Scult MA, Dickinson D, Straub RE, Donohoe G, Morris D, Corvin A, Gill M, Hariri AR, Weinberger DR, Pendleton N, Bitsios P, Rujescu D, Lahti J, Le Hellard S, Keller MC, Andreassen OA, Deary IJ, Glahn DC, Malhotra AK, Lencz T.
Mol Psychiatry. 2017 Mar;22(3):336-345. doi: 10.1038/mp.2016.244. Epub 2017 Jan 17.
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26. A systematic comparison of copy number alterations in four types of female cancer.
Kaveh F, Baumbusch LO, Nebdal D, Børresen-Dale AL, Lingjærde OC, Edvardsen H, Kristensen VN, Solvang HK.
BMC Cancer. 2016 Nov 22;16(1):913.
PMID: 27876019 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE] Free PMC Article 
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27. Drug Dose Per Kilogram Lean Body Mass Predicts Hematologic Toxicity From Carboplatin-Doublet Chemotherapy in Advanced Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer.
Sjøblom B, Benth JŠ, Grønberg BH, Baracos VE, Sawyer MB, Fløtten Ø, Hjermstad MJ, Aass N, Jordhøy M.
Clin Lung Cancer. 2017 Mar;18(2):e129-e136. doi: 10.1016/j.cllc.2016.09.008. Epub 2016 Oct 5.
PMID: 27825639 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]
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28. Expression of circadian clock genes and proteins in urothelial cancer is related to cancer-associated genes.
Litlekalsoy J, Rostad K, Kalland KH, Hostmark JG, Laerum OD.
BMC Cancer. 2016 Jul 27;16:549. doi: 10.1186/s12885-016-2580-y.
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29. High throughput toxicity screening and intracellular detection of nanomaterials.
Collins AR, Annangi B, Rubio L, Marcos R, Dorn M, Merker C, Estrela-Lopis I, Cimpan MR, Ibrahim M, Cimpan E, Ostermann M, Sauter A, Yamani NE, Shaposhnikov S, Chevillard S, Paget V, Grall R, Delic J, de-Cerio FG, Suarez-Merino B, Fessard V, Hogeveen KN, Fjellsbø LM, Pran ER, Brzicova T, Topinka J, Silva MJ, Leite PE, Ribeiro AR, Granjeiro JM, Grafström R, Prina-Mello A, Dusinska M.
Wiley Interdiscip Rev Nanomed Nanobiotechnol. 2017 Jan;9(1). doi: 10.1002/wnan.1413. Epub 2016 Jun 7. Review.
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30. Modeling psychiatric disorders: from genomic findings to cellular phenotypes.
Falk A, Heine VM, Harwood AJ, Sullivan PF, Peitz M, Brüstle O, Shen S, Sun YM, Glover JC, Posthuma D, Djurovic S.
Mol Psychiatry. 2016 Sep;21(9):1167-79. doi: 10.1038/mp.2016.89. Epub 2016 May 31. Review. Erratum in: Mol Psychiatry. 2016 Sep;21(9):1321.
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31. Implementing Routine Head Circumference Measurements in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Means and Challenges.
Eriksen AA, Johnsen JS, Tennøe AH, Tirsit A, Laeke T, Amare EB, Wester K.
World Neurosurg. 2016 Jul;91:592-596.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2016.04.132. Epub 2016 May 9.
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32. PNKP Mutations Identified by Whole-Exome Sequencing in a Norwegian Patient with Sporadic Ataxia and Edema.
Tzoulis C, Sztromwasser P, Johansson S, Gjerde IO, Knappskog P, Bindoff LA.
Cerebellum. 2017 Feb;16(1):272-275. doi: 10.1007/s12311-016-0784-y.
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33. Psychiatric gene discoveries shape evidence on ADHD’s biology.
Thapar A, Martin J, Mick E, Arias Vásquez A, Langley K, Scherer SW, Schachar R, Crosbie J, Williams N, Franke B, Elia J, Glessner J, Hakonarson H, Owen MJ, Faraone SV, O’Donovan MC, Holmans P.
Mol Psychiatry. 2016 Sep;21(9):1202-7. doi: 10.1038/mp.2015.163. Epub 2015 Nov 17.
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