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Pleural Glucose and Adenosine Deaminase: Surrogate MarkersPredicting Requirement for Surgery Following Intrapleural Fibrinolysis 胸膜葡萄糖和腺苷脱氨酶:预测胸膜内纤溶后手术需求的替代标志物

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West Indian Medical Journal Pub Date : 2017-12-22 DOI: 10.7727/wimj.2017.011

E. Cetinoglu, A. Dilektaşlı, H. Melek, Funda Çoşkun, A. Ursavaş, M. Karadağ, Ercüment Ege

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Medical Laboratory Preparedness and Knowledge, Attitude and Practices of Lab Staffs towards Vector Borne Diseases Outbreak in Guyana 圭亚那医学实验室准备和实验室工作人员对媒介传播疾病暴发的知识、态度和做法

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West Indian Medical Journal Pub Date : 2017-12-22 DOI: 10.7727/WIMJ.2017.116

C. Boston, R. Kurup

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An Investigation of the Effects of Gross Motor Function Levels on the Nutrition and Growth Status of Children with Spastic Quadriparetic Cerebral Palsy 大运动功能水平对痉挛性四肢瘫脑瘫儿童营养和生长状况影响的研究

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West Indian Medical Journal Pub Date : 2017-12-22 DOI: 10.7727/wimj.2017.109

S. Taş, T. Çankaya

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Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome in an East Indian: The Case for Genetic Susceptibility 大麻素呕吐综合征在东印度:遗传易感性的情况

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West Indian Medical Journal Pub Date : 2017-12-22 DOI: 10.7727/wimj.2017.229

As Hosein, K. Ramcharan, Sl Giddings

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Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome in Routine Check-up Program in Cyprus 塞浦路斯常规体检中代谢综合征的患病率

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West Indian Medical Journal Pub Date : 2017-12-22 DOI: 10.7727/WIMJ.2017.111

M. Tınazlı, E. Becer, Nuriye Sancar, Yesim Ozgol, L. Cerit

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Chronic Kidney Disease in the Caribbean Island of Antigua: Causes, Morbidity and Mortality Factors 加勒比安提瓜岛慢性肾病:病因、发病率和死亡因素

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West Indian Medical Journal Pub Date : 2017-12-22 DOI: 10.7727/wimj.2017.238

G. Meade, A. Soyibo, M. Lawrence-Wright, T. Ferguson, I. Thomas

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Assessing for Risk of Chronic Kidney Disease in the Jamaican Community of North West St. Ann 牙买加西北圣安社区慢性肾脏疾病风险评估

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West Indian Medical Journal Pub Date : 2017-12-22 DOI: 10.7727/wimj.2017.239

R. Benjamin, A. Soyibo, N. Younger, R. Raymonde-Moving, E. Barton

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Historical Perspectives on Medical Professionalism in the Caribbean 从历史角度看加勒比地区的医疗专业精神

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West Indian Medical Journal Pub Date : 2017-12-22 DOI: 10.7727/wimj.2017.106

D. Peters, F. Youssef

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Anti-Doping Knowledge in Barbadian Polyclinic Medical Staff 巴巴多斯综合诊所医务人员的反兴奋剂知识

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West Indian Medical Journal Pub Date : 2017-12-22 DOI: 10.7727/WIMJ.2017.149

C. Ward, P. Singh, A. Mansingh, N. Wade, A. Facey, S. Roopchand-Martin

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Prevalence of Chronic Kidney Disease among Patients Attending an HIV Outpatient Clinic in Kingston, Jamaica 在牙买加金斯敦参加HIV门诊的患者中慢性肾脏疾病的患病率

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West Indian Medical Journal Pub Date : 2017-12-22 DOI: 10.7727/WIMJ.2017.240

C. Price, A. Soyibo, G. Barrow, T. Clarke, E. Barton

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