Background Corticosteroids and antiviral agents are widely used to treat the early stages of
idiopathic facial paralysis (ie, Bell's palsy), but their effectiveness is uncertain. Methods We …

We aimed to determine the surveillance performance of alpha‐fetoprotein (AFP), lectin‐
reactive AFP (AFP‐L3), des‐gamma‐carboxy prothrombin (DCP), and their combinations for …

Importance Poor adherence to recommended preventive asthma medications is common,
leading to preventable morbidity. We developed the School-Based Telemedicine Enhanced …

Missing data is a significant problem found in data mining projects and data analysis.
Despite being a common problem, the missing data is dealt in a simplistic way and may lead …

Repeated measures of various biomarkers provide opportunities for us to enhance
understanding of many important clinical aspects of CKD, including patterns of disease …

Background Nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) is common among adolescents and associated
with negative outcomes. However, treatments developed specifically for NSSI and the …

METHODOLOGY REPORT Page 1 Helsinki 2008 Kansanterveyslaitos Folkhälsoinstitutet
National Public Health Institute Kansanterveyslaitoksen julkaisuja B 26 / 2008 Health 2000 …

This book provides practical methods for analyzing missing data along with the heuristic
reasoning for understanding the theoretical underpinnings. The author presents both …

Psychological data are often clustered within organizational units, which violates the
independence assumption in standard regression models. Clustered errors, multilevel …

Background: Controversy exists about the relative effectiveness of injectable collagenase
(collagenase clostridium histolyticum) and limited fasciectomy in the treatment of …