Department of Medicine Publications

 

As the largest department within the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, the Department of Medicine hosts a vast range of research in its divisions. Research areas include cardiology, clinical immunology and allergy, clinical pharmacology, dermatology, critical care and emergency medicine, endocrinology and metabolism, gastroenterology, hematology, molecular toxicology, nephrology, respirology, and rheumatology.

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Submissions from 2005

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Vitamin intervention for stroke prevention trial: An efficacy analysis, J. David Spence, Heejung Bang, Lloyd E. Chambless, and Meir J. Stampfer

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Absence of microemboli on transcranial Doppler identifies low-risk patients with asymptomatic carotid stenosis who do not warrant endarterectomy or stenting, J. David Spence, Arturo Tamayo, Stephen P. Lownie, Wai P. Ng, and Gary G. Ferguson

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Treatment of Dyslipidemia with Lovastatin and Ezetimibe in an Adolescent with Cholesterol Ester Storage Disease, Venu T. Tadiboyina, Dora M. Liu, Brooke A. Miskie, Jian Wang, and Robert A. Hegele

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Variation in the carotid bifurcation geometry of young versus older adults: Implications for geometric risk of atherosclerosis, Jonathan B. Thomas, Luca Antiga, Susan L. Che, Jaques S. Milner, Dolores A.Hangan Steinman, J. David Spence, Brian K. Rutt, and David A. Steinman

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A Qualitative Study of Interphysician Telephone Consultations: Extending the Opinion Leader Theory, Anupma Wadhwa, Elizabeth Lee Ford-Jones, and Lorelei Lingard

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A Death in the Family: Reflections on the Terri Schiavo Case, Charles Weijer

Clinical Trials, Charles Weijer

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Is Clinical Research and Ethics a Zero-sum Game?, Charles Weijer

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Meaningful Work as Due Inducement, Charles Weijer

Submissions from 2004

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Genetic variation in PPARG encoding peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ associated with carotid atherosclerosis, Khalid Z. Al-Shali, Andrew A. House, Anthony J.G. Hanley, Hafiz M.R. Khan, Stewart B. Harris, Bernard Zinman, Mary Mamakeesick, Aaron Fenster, J. David Spence, and Robert A. Hegele

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Mechanism of Modulation of T Cell Responses by N-palmitoylated Peptides, Clara Bueno, Kenneth K. Lee, Luan A. Chau, Edwin Lee-Chan, Bhagirath Singh, Gill H. Strejan, and Joaquín Madrenas

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Superantigen Stimulation Reveals the Contribution of Lck to Negative Regulation of T Cell Activation, Gabriel Criado and Joaquín Madrenas

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Erratum: Design and baseline characteristics of the stroke prevention by aggressive reduction in cholesterol levels (SPARCL) study (Cerebrovascular Diseases (2003) 16 (389-395)), Denis Crimmins, Stephen Davis, Simon Dimmitt, Geoffrey Donnan, Judith Frayne, David Freilich, David Gillies, Johannes Mikocki, Christoph Schmidauer, Reinhold Schmidt, Jan De Bleecker, Frans Deceuninck, Phillippe Tack, Vincent Thijs, Wim Robberecht, Jefferson Gomes Fernandes, Michael Beaudry, Robert Cote, Keith Hoyte, Louise Helene Lebrun, Demetrios J. Sahlas, John Norris, Daniel Selchen, Ashfaq Shuaib, Denis Simard, David Spence, Philip Teal, Michael Winger, and Gonzalo Matamala

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Considerations and Costs of Disclosing Study Findings to Research Participants, Conrad V. Fernandez, Chris Skedgel, and Charles Weijer

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Insertion of Host-derived Costimulatory Molecules CD80 (B7.1) and CD86 (B7.2) into Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 affects the Virus Life Cycle, Jean-François Giguère, Salim Bounou, Jean-Sébastien Paquette, Joaquín Madrenas, and Michel J. Tremblay

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Basing the Evaluation of Professionalism on Observable Behaviors: A Cautionary Tale, Shiphra Ginsburg, Glenn Regehr, and Lorelei Lingard

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Sex Differences in Carotid Plaque and Stenosis, Francesco Iemolo, Alexandra Martiniuk, David A. Steinman, and J. David Spence

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Exploring the Gap between Knowledge and Behavior: A Qualitative Study of Clinician Action Following an Educational Intervention, Tara Kennedy, Glenn Regehr, Jay Rosenfield, S. Wendy Roberts, and Lorelei Lingard

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Measurement of Carotid Plaque Volume by 3-Dimensional Ultrasound, Anthony Landry, J. David Spence, and Aaron Fenster

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Human Embryonic Stem Cells Possess Immune-privileged Properties, Li Li, Miren L. Baroja, Anish Majumdar, Kristin Chadwick, Anne Rouleau, Lisa Gallacher, Iris Ferber, Jane Lebkowski, Tanya Martin, Joaquin Madrenas, and Mickie Bhatia

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The Rules of the Game: Interprofessional Collaboration on the Intensive Care Unit Team, Lorelei Lingard, Sherry Espin, Cathy Evans, and Laura Hawryluck

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Communication Failures in the Operating Room: An Observational Classification of Recurrent Types and Effects, Lorelei Lingard, S. Espin, S. Whyte, G. Regehr, G. R. Baker, R. Reznick, J. Bohnen, B. Orser, D. Doran, and E. Grober

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Tensions Influencing Operating Room Team Function: Does Institutional Context Make a Difference?, Lorelei Lingard, Stacey Garwood, and Dan Poenaru

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Expert and Trainee Determinations of Rhetorical Relevance in Referral and Consultation Letters, Lorelei Lingard, Brian Hodges, Helen MacRae, and Risa Freeman

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Conversion of CTLA-4 from Inhibitor to Activator of T cells with a Bispecific Tandem Single-chain Fv Ligand, Joaquín Madrenas, Luan A. Chau, Wendy A. Teft, Paul W. Wu, Jason Jussif, Marion Kasaian, Beatriz M. Carreno, and Vincent Ling