User profiles for "author:A. Pollak"

Andrew Pollak

- Verified email at umoa.umm.edu - Cited by 7069

Agnieszka Pollak

- Verified email at wum.edu.pl - Cited by 2535

Statin safety and associated adverse events: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association

…, PB Duell, EA Brinton, A Pollak… - … , and vascular biology, 2019 - Am Heart Assoc
One in 4 Americans> 40 years of age takes a statin to reduce the risk of myocardial
infarction, ischemic stroke, and other complications of atherosclerotic disease. The most …

[HTML][HTML] The poly (I: C)-induced maternal immune activation model in preclinical neuropsychiatric drug discovery

S Reisinger, D Khan, E Kong, A Berger, A Pollak… - Pharmacology & …, 2015 - Elsevier
Increasing epidemiological and experimental evidence implicates gestational infections as
one important factor involved in the pathogenesis of several neuropsychiatric disorders …

Health literacy and cardiovascular disease: fundamental relevance to primary and secondary prevention: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association

…, LB Morgenstern, MK Paasche-Orlow, A Pollak… - Circulation, 2018 - Am Heart Assoc
Health literacy is the degree to which individuals are able to access and process basic
health information and services and thereby participate in health-related decisions. Limited …

[PDF][PDF] GJB2 mutations and degree of hearing loss: a multicenter study

…, J Waligora, M Mueller-Malesinska, A Pollak… - The American Journal of …, 2005 - cell.com
Hearing impairment (HI) affects 1 in 650 newborns, which makes it the most common
congenital sensory impairment. Despite extraordinary genetic heterogeneity, mutations in …

External fixation as a bridge to intramedullary nailing for patients with multiple injuries and with femur fractures: damage control orthopedics

TM Scalea, SA Boswell, JD Scott… - Journal of Trauma …, 2000 - journals.lww.com
Background: The advantages of early fracture fixation in patients with multiple injuries have
been challenged recently, particularly in patients with head injury. External fixation (EF) has …

Vitamin D3 down‐regulates monocyte TLR expression and triggers hyporesponsiveness to pathogen‐associated molecular patterns

…, U Zügel, A Steinmeyer, A Pollak… - European journal of …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Toll‐like receptors (TLR) represent an ancient front‐line defence system that enables the
host organism to sense the presence of microbial components within minutes. As inducers of …

Long-term persistence of disability following severe lower-limb trauma: results of a seven-year follow-up

EJ MacKenzie, MJ Bosse, AN Pollak, LX Webb… - JBJS, 2005 - journals.lww.com
Background: A recent study demonstrated that patients treated with amputation and those
treated with reconstruction had comparable functional outcomes at two years following limb …

Recombinant human BMP-2 and allograft compared with autogenous bone graft for reconstruction of diaphyseal tibial fractures with cortical defects: a randomized …

AL Jones, RW Bucholz, MJ Bosse, SK Mirza, TR Lyon… - JBJS, 2006 - journals.lww.com
Background: Currently, the treatment of diaphyseal tibial fractures associated with
substantial bone loss often involves autogenous bone-grafting as part of a staged …

Enzyme immobilization by condensation copolymerization into crosslinked polyacrylamide gels

A Pollak, H Blumenfeld, M Wax… - Journal of the …, 1980 - ACS Publications
This paper describes a convenient procedure for immobilization of enzymes based on
condensation copolymerization of a water-soluble, functionalized prepolymer (PAN, poly …

Health-care costs associated with amputation or reconstruction of a limb-threatening injury

EJ MacKenzie, RC Castillo, AS Jones, MJ Bosse… - JBJS, 2007 - journals.lww.com
Background: Recent reports have suggested that functional outcomes are similar following
either amputation or reconstruction of a severely injured lower extremity. The goal of this …