C D Higgins
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Patrick E, Higgins C, Crawford D, McAulay K
Epidemiol Infect
. 2013 Oct;
142(9):1990-5.
PMID: 24160893
Little is known about the main routes of human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) transmission in young adult populations. This study investigated risk factors for HCMV transmission in young adults attending university over...
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Swerdlow A, Schoemaker M, Higgins C, Wright A, Jacobs P
Br J Cancer
. 2008 May;
98(12):1929-33.
PMID: 18506147
The finding of increased risks of specific cancers in individuals with constitutional deletions of chromosomes 11p and 13q led to the discovery of cancer predisposition genes at these locations, but...
3.
Swerdlow A, Higgins C, Adlard P, Jones M, Preece M
Neurology
. 2003 Sep;
61(6):783-91.
PMID: 14504321
Objective: To investigate risk factors for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) in patients in the United Kingdom treated with human pituitary growth hormone (hGH). Methods: Incidence rates of CJD, based on person-year...
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Swerdlow A, Higgins C, Adlard P, Preece M
Lancet
. 2002 Jul;
360(9329):273-7.
PMID: 12147369
Background: Growth hormone raises serum concentrations of insulin-like growth factor IGF-I, which is mitogenic and antiapoptotic. There is evidence that raised endogenous levels of growth hormone and IGF-I might be...
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Higgins C, dos-Santos-Silva I, Stiller C, Swerdlow A
Br J Cancer
. 2001 Feb;
84(3):406-12.
PMID: 11161408
If infections are involved in the aetiology of childhood leukaemia then seasonal variation in the birth or onset dates of the malignancy may be apparent. Previous studies that have examined...
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Swerdlow A, Higgins C, Hunt B, Thomas J, Burke M, Crawford D, et al.
Transplantation
. 2001 Feb;
69(5):897-904.
PMID: 10755547
Background: Organ transplantation is associated with a greatly increased risk of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-associated lymphoproliferative disease (LPD), which is often fatal. There has been little epidemiological analysis, however, of the...
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Swerdlow A, Reddingius R, Higgins C, Spoudeas H, Phipps K, Qiao Z, et al.
J Clin Endocrinol Metab
. 2001 Jan;
85(12):4444-9.
PMID: 11134091
GH is increasingly used for treatment of children and adults. It is mitogenic, however, and there is therefore concern about its safety, especially when used to treat cancer patients who...
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Schoemaker M, Barreto S, Swerdlow A, Higgins C, Carpenter R
Occup Environ Med
. 2000 Jul;
57(8):555-62.
PMID: 10896963
Objectives: Workers in the steel industry are exposed to various severe hazards. This study investigated risk factors for non-fatal injury occurring in the workplace and during travel to and from...
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Carpenter L, Higgins C, Douglas A, Maconochie N, Omar R, Fraser P, et al.
Br J Cancer
. 1998 Nov;
78(9):1224-32.
PMID: 9820185
Cancer mortality in 40,761 employees of three UK nuclear industry facilities who had been monitored for external radiation exposure was examined according to whether they had also been monitored for...
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Swerdlow A, Higgins C, Brook C, Dunger D, Hindmarsh P, Price D, et al.
J Pediatr
. 1998 Oct;
133(4):516-20.
PMID: 9787690
Objective: To determine mortality in patients with congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) compared with that in the general population. Design: We identified 333 children with CAH, treated at several pediatric endocrinology...