Serum procalcitonin and C-reactive protein levels as markers of bacterial infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis

…, DK Amre, P Saint-Louis, J Lacroix - Clinical infectious …, 2004 - academic.oup.com
A meta-analysis was performed to evaluate the accuracy of determination of procalcitonin (PCT)
and C-reactive protein (CRP) levels for the diagnosis of bacterial infection. The analysis …

Diagnosis and complications of Cushing's syndrome: a consensus statement

…, AB Grossman, B Kola, A Lacroix… - The Journal of …, 2003 - academic.oup.com
In October 2002, a workshop was held in Ancona, Italy, to reach a Consensus on the
management of Cushing’s syndrome. The workshop was organized by the University of Ancona …

Measurement and interpretation of the ankle-brachial index: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association

…, FGR Fowkes, WR Hiatt, B Jönsson, P Lacroix… - Circulation, 2012 - Am Heart Assoc
The ankle-brachial index (ABI) is the ratio of the systolic blood pressure (SBP) measured at
the ankle to that measured at the brachial artery. Originally described by Winsor1 in 1950, …

[BOOK][B] Spectral theory of random Schrödinger operators

R Carmona, J Lacroix - 2012 - books.google.com
Since the seminal work of P. Anderson in 1958, localization in disordered systems has been
the object of intense investigations. Mathematically speaking, the phenomenon can be …

Llama: Open and efficient foundation language models

…, G Izacard, X Martinet, MA Lachaux, T Lacroix… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
We introduce LLaMA, a collection of foundation language models ranging from 7B to 65B
parameters. We train our models on trillions of tokens, and show that it is possible to train state-…

Real-time DNA sequencing from single polymerase molecules

…, D Holden, G Kearns, X Kong, R Kuse, Y Lacroix… - Science, 2009 - science.org
We present single-molecule, real-time sequencing data obtained from a DNA polymerase
performing uninterrupted template-directed synthesis using four distinguishable fluorescently …

A multivariate analysis of 416 patients with glioblastoma multiforme: prognosis, extent of resection, and survival

M Lacroix, D Abi-Said, DR Fourney, ZL Gokaslan… - Journal of …, 2001 - thejns.org
Object. The extent of tumor resection that should be undertaken in patients with glioblastoma
multiforme (GBM) remains controversial. The purpose of this study was to identify …

Risks and benefits of estrogen plus progestin in healthy postmenopausal women: principal results From the Women's Health Initiative randomized controlled trial.

JE Rossouw, GL Anderson, RL Prentice, AZ LaCroix… - Jama, 2002 - escholarship.org
ContextDespite decades of accumulated observational evidence, the balance of risks and
benefits for hormone use in healthy postmenopausal women remains uncertain.ObjectiveTo …

Massive gene decay in the leprosy bacillus

…, N Hamlin, S Holroyd, T Hornsby, K Jagels, C Lacroix… - Nature, 2001 - nature.com
Leprosy, a chronic human neurological disease, results from infection with the obligate
intracellular pathogen Mycobacterium leprae, a close relative of the tubercle bacillus. …

[HTML][HTML] Estimating the population abundance of tissue-infiltrating immune and stromal cell populations using gene expression

E Becht, NA Giraldo, L Lacroix, B Buttard, N Elarouci… - Genome biology, 2016 - Springer
We introduce the Microenvironment Cell Populations-counter (MCP-counter) method, which
allows the robust quantification of the absolute abundance of eight immune and two stromal …