Published in BMJ on July 16, 2005
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Screening and prostate-cancer mortality in a randomized European study. N Engl J Med (2009) 35.94
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Prostate-cancer mortality at 11 years of follow-up. N Engl J Med (2012) 16.91
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Children born after assisted fertilization have an increased rate of major congenital anomalies. Fertil Steril (2005) 3.89
Microbial translocation is associated with increased monocyte activation and dementia in AIDS patients. PLoS One (2008) 3.85
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Calibration and discriminatory accuracy of prognosis calculation for breast cancer with the online Adjuvant! program: a hospital-based retrospective cohort study. Lancet Oncol (2009) 2.17
The effect of study arm on prostate cancer treatment in the large screening trial ERSPC. Int J Cancer (2010) 2.15
Impacts of climate change on indirect human exposure to pathogens and chemicals from agriculture. Environ Health Perspect (2008) 2.11
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Large-scale randomized prostate cancer screening trials: program performances in the European Randomized Screening for Prostate Cancer trial and the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal and Ovary cancer trial. Int J Cancer (2002) 1.89
The multiple sclerosis whole blood mRNA transcriptome and genetic associations indicate dysregulation of specific T cell pathways in pathogenesis. Hum Mol Genet (2010) 1.73
Congenital anomalies in children with cerebral palsy: a population-based record linkage study. Dev Med Child Neurol (2009) 1.63
Differential hippocampal expression of glutamic acid decarboxylase 65 and 67 messenger RNA in bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. Arch Gen Psychiatry (2002) 1.59
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Twenty-year trends in the prevalence of Down syndrome and other trisomies in Europe: impact of maternal age and prenatal screening. Eur J Hum Genet (2012) 1.51
Toward the effective surveillance of hypospadias. Environ Health Perspect (2004) 1.45
Intrauterine exposure to environmental pollutants and body mass index during the first 3 years of life. Environ Health Perspect (2008) 1.44
Paper 6: EUROCAT member registries: organization and activities. Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol (2011) 1.42
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International retrospective cohort study of neural tube defects in relation to folic acid recommendations: are the recommendations working? BMJ (2005) 1.39
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Preventing neural tube defects in Europe: population based study. BMJ (2005) 1.38
Conjoined twins: a worldwide collaborative epidemiological study of the International Clearinghouse for Birth Defects Surveillance and Research. Am J Med Genet C Semin Med Genet (2011) 1.37
Inturned localizes to the proximal side of wing cells under the instruction of upstream planar polarity proteins. Curr Biol (2004) 1.32
A job-exposure matrix for potential endocrine-disrupting chemicals developed for a study into the association between maternal occupational exposure and hypospadias. Ann Occup Hyg (2002) 1.31
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CD16+ monocytes exposed to HIV promote highly efficient viral replication upon differentiation into macrophages and interaction with T cells. Virology (2005) 1.22
Paper 2: EUROCAT public health indicators for congenital anomalies in Europe. Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol (2011) 1.22
Preventing neural tube defects in Europe: a missed opportunity. Reprod Toxicol (2005) 1.22
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Frequency of holoprosencephaly in the International Clearinghouse Birth Defects Surveillance Systems: searching for population variations. Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol (2008) 1.18
Pheromone-induced polarization is dependent on the Fus3p MAPK acting through the formin Bni1p. J Cell Biol (2004) 1.18
ELF5 suppresses estrogen sensitivity and underpins the acquisition of antiestrogen resistance in luminal breast cancer. PLoS Biol (2012) 1.16
Acceptance of HIV antibody testing among inpatients and outpatients at a public health hospital: a study of rapid versus standard testing. AIDS Patient Care STDS (2005) 1.15
CD16+ monocyte-derived macrophages activate resting T cells for HIV infection by producing CCR3 and CCR4 ligands. J Immunol (2006) 1.14
Lead-time in the European Randomised Study of Screening for Prostate Cancer. Eur J Cancer (2010) 1.13
Inflammatory response of human tendon fibroblasts to cyclic mechanical stretching. Am J Sports Med (2004) 1.12
Fourth WHO-coordinated survey of human milk for persistent organic pollutants (POPs): Belgian results. Chemosphere (2008) 1.09
Sex chromosome trisomies in Europe: prevalence, prenatal detection and outcome of pregnancy. Eur J Hum Genet (2010) 1.08
Maternal Antibodies to Herpes Virus Antigens and Risk of Gastroschisis in Offspring. Am J Epidemiol (2016) 1.08
Trends of selected malformations in relation to folic acid recommendations and fortification: an international assessment. Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol (2006) 1.06
Descriptive epidemiology of Cornelia de Lange syndrome in Europe. Am J Med Genet A (2008) 1.05
Local recurrence after breast-conserving therapy in relation to gene expression patterns in a large series of patients. Clin Cancer Res (2009) 1.05
Rare chromosome abnormalities, prevalence and prenatal diagnosis rates from population-based congenital anomaly registers in Europe. Eur J Hum Genet (2012) 1.04
Molecular markers predict outcome in squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck after concomitant cisplatin-based chemoradiation. Int J Cancer (2009) 1.04
Association of thyroid hormone concentrations with levels of organochlorine compounds in cord blood of neonates. Environ Health Perspect (2007) 1.04
Increasing prevalence of gastroschisis in Europe 1980-2002: a phenomenon restricted to younger mothers? Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol (2007) 1.04
Sleep disturbance and daytime symptoms in wheezing school-aged children. J Sleep Res (2005) 1.03
False-positive screening results in the European randomized study of screening for prostate cancer. Eur J Cancer (2011) 1.02
Early intestinal Bacteroides fragilis colonisation and development of asthma. BMC Pulm Med (2008) 1.02
Identification of biomarkers that predict response to treatment of lupus nephritis with mycophenolate mofetil or pulse cyclophosphamide. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) (2010) 1.02
Organochlorine and heavy metals in newborns: results from the Flemish Environment and Health Survey (FLEHS 2002-2006). Environ Int (2009) 1.01
Perinatal health monitoring in Europe: results from the EURO-PERISTAT project. Inform Health Soc Care (2010) 1.00
Congenital hydrocephalus--prevalence, prenatal diagnosis and outcome of pregnancy in four European regions. Eur J Paediatr Neurol (2009) 0.98
Internal exposure to pollutants and body size in Flemish adolescents and adults: associations and dose-response relationships. Environ Int (2010) 0.98
Sexual dimorphism in hepatic gene expression and the response to dietary carbohydrate manipulation in the zebrafish (Danio rerio). Comp Biochem Physiol Part D Genomics Proteomics (2008) 0.98
Apoptosis resistance in ulcerative colitis: high expression of decoy receptors by lamina propria T cells. Eur J Immunol (2006) 0.98
Internal exposure to pollutants and sexual maturation in Flemish adolescents. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol (2010) 0.98
Holt Oram syndrome: a registry-based study in Europe. Orphanet J Rare Dis (2014) 0.98
Local public health department accreditation: thoughts from North Carolina. J Public Health Manag Pract (2009) 0.97
Influence of ambient air pollution on global DNA methylation in healthy adults: a seasonal follow-up. Environ Int (2013) 0.97
Sirenomelia: an epidemiologic study in a large dataset from the International Clearinghouse of Birth Defects Surveillance and Research, and literature review. Am J Med Genet C Semin Med Genet (2011) 0.96
The shavenoid gene of Drosophila encodes a novel actin cytoskeleton interacting protein that promotes wing hair morphogenesis. Genetics (2005) 0.95
Late mortality among five-year survivors of cancer in childhood and adolescence. Acta Oncol (2004) 0.95
Dietary exposure to dioxin-like compounds in three age groups: results from the Flemish environment and health study. Chemosphere (2007) 0.95
Preferential associations between oral clefts and other major congenital anomalies. Cleft Palate Craniofac J (2008) 0.94
Pregnancy outcome after exposure to ranitidine and other H2-blockers. A collaborative study of the European Network of Teratology Information Services. Reprod Toxicol (2005) 0.94
Phocomelia: a worldwide descriptive epidemiologic study in a large series of cases from the International Clearinghouse for Birth Defects Surveillance and Research, and overview of the literature. Am J Med Genet C Semin Med Genet (2011) 0.93
Pulmonary contusion in football players. Clin J Sport Med (2006) 0.93
Outdoor air pollution and infant mortality: analysis of daily time-series data in 10 English cities. J Epidemiol Community Health (2007) 0.93
What is the "primary" prevention of congenital anomalies? Lancet (2009) 0.93
Epidemiology of cleft palate in Europe: implications for genetic research. Cleft Palate Craniofac J (2004) 0.93
Optimal data systems: the future of clinical predictions and decision support. Curr Opin Crit Care (2014) 0.92
Colocolonic intussusception of a giant pseudopolyp in a patient with ulcerative colitis: a case report and review of the literature. Inflamm Bowel Dis (2004) 0.92