Low-cost, fully integrated liquid handling platform for protein assays (2008)
Nestler, J., Hiller, K., Morschhauser, A., Bigot, S., Griffiths, C., Auerswald, J., ...
Wild, S.H., Fischbacher, C., Brock, A., Griffiths, C., Bhopal, R.
Background Differences in mortality by country of birth in England and Wales in people under 70 years of age have been demonstrated previously. Changes in age distribution of migrants and in...
Griffiths, C., Miles, K., Penny, N., George, B., Stephenson, J., Power, R., ...
In-house audit demonstrated that 49% (173/352) of patients attending routine HIV outpatient care are asymptomatic and have needs that could potentially be met by other health care professionals. We...
Is screening for tuberculosis acceptable to immigrants? A qualitative study (2006)
Brewin, P., Jones, A., Kelly, M., McDonald, M., Beasley, E., Sturdy, P., ...
Background Screening of immigrants has been a widespread response to the global resurgence of tuberculosis but has been criticized as discriminatory and stigmatising. Acceptability is an essential...
Is screening for tuberculosis acceptable to immigrants? A qualitative study (2006)
Brewin, P., Jones, A., Kelly, M., McDonald, M., Beasley, E., Sturdy, P., ...
Background Screening of immigrants has been a widespread response to the global resurgence of tuberculosis but has been criticized as discriminatory and stigmatising. Acceptability is an essential...
Changes to the daily pattern of methadone-related deaths in England and Wales, 1993-2003 (2006)
Morgan, O. W., Johnson, H., Rooney, C., Seagroatt, V., Griffiths, C.
Previous studies suggest that fatal poisoning deaths involving methadone occur more frequently on the weekends. We assessed changes in the daily pattern of mortality because of methadone poisoning...
Changes to the daily pattern of methadone-related deaths in England and Wales, 1993-2003 (2006)
Morgan, O. W., Johnson, H., Rooney, C., Seagroatt, V., Griffiths, C.
Previous studies suggest that fatal poisoning deaths involving methadone occur more frequently on the weekends. We assessed changes in the daily pattern of mortality because of methadone poisoning...
Is screening for tuberculosis acceptable to immigrants? A qualitative study (2006)
Brewin, P., Jones, A., Kelly, M., McDonald, M., Beasley, E., Sturdy, P., ...
Background Screening of immigrants has been a widespread response to the global resurgence of tuberculosis but has been criticized as discriminatory and stigmatising. Acceptability is an essential...
Changes to the daily pattern of methadone-related deaths in England and Wales, 1993-2003 (2006)
Morgan, O. W., Johnson, H., Rooney, C., Seagroatt, V., Griffiths, C.
Previous studies suggest that fatal poisoning deaths involving methadone occur more frequently on the weekends. We assessed changes in the daily pattern of mortality because of methadone poisoning...
DNA sequence and analysis of human chromosome 9 (2004)
Humphray, S.J., Oliver, K., Hunt, A.R., Plumb, R.W., Loveland, J.E., Howe, K.L., ...
Chromosome 9 is highly structurally polymorphic. It contains the largest autosomal block of heterochromatin, which is heteromorphic in 6–8% of humans, whereas pericentric inversions occur in more...
The DNA sequence and analysis of human chromosome 13 (2004)
Dunham, A., Matthews, L.H., Burton, J., Ashurst, J.L., Howe, K.L., Ashcroft, K.J., ...
Chromosome 13 is the largest acrocentric human chromosome. It carries genes involved in cancer including the breast cancer type 2 (BRCA2) and retinoblastoma (RB1) genes, is frequently rearranged in...
Bellamy, T.C., Griffiths, C., Garthwaite, J.
Nitric oxide (NO) signal transduction may involve at least two targets: the guanylyl cyclase-coupled NO receptor (NOGCR), which catalyzes cGMP formation, and cytochrome c oxidase, which is...
Language-learning strategies: theory and perception (2001)
This article looks at how the theory of language-learning strategies (LLS), as used by speakers of other languages (SOL), has developed alongside other theories of language teaching and learning, and...
Precision of digitized M-mode echocardiograms for clinical practice (1984)
BULLOCK, R. E., APPLETON, D., GRIFFITHS, C., ALBERS, C. J., AMER, H., HALL, R. J. C.
Computer digitization of M-Mode echocardiograms has proved a valuable research tool in the study of left ventricular function. It can be applied in clinical practice if the reproducibility of the...
Sun, waves, seaweed anfd lobsters: The dynamics of a west-coast kelp bed (1977)
Field, J, Jarman, N, Dieckmann, G, Griffiths, C, Velimirov, B, Zoutendyk, P
Registration health checks: inverse care in the inner city?
Griffiths, C, Cooke, S, Toon, P
BACKGROUND. Attendance at health checks of patients already registered with a general practitioner is known to be poor, with those in need least likely to attend. Little is known of the efficacy of...
Registration health checks: inverse care in the inner city?
Griffiths, C, Cooke, S, Toon, P
BACKGROUND. Attendance at health checks of patients already registered with a general practitioner is known to be poor, with those in need least likely to attend. Little is known of the efficacy of...
Griffiths, C., Sturdy, P., Naish, J., Omar, R., Dolan, S., Feder, G.
OBJECTIVE: To determine the relative importance of appropriate prescribing for asthma in explaining high rates of hospital admission for asthma among east London general practices. DESIGN: Poisson...
Griffiths, C., Sturdy, P., Naish, J., Feder, G., Omar, R., Dolan, S., ...
Psoriasis: epidemiology, clinical features, and quality of life
Langley, R, Krueger, G, Griffiths, C
Psoriasis is a common chronic, recurrent, immune mediated disease of the skin and joints. It can have a significant negative impact on the physical, emotional, and, psychosocial wellbeing of affected...
Cutaneous adverse reactions to acyclovir: case reports.
Robinson, G E, Weber, J, Griffiths, C, Underhill, G S, Jeffries, D J, Goldmeir, D
Intravenous, oral, and topical formulations of acyclovir have been successful in treating genital herpes. We report on two patients who developed skin reactions while taking acyclovir, which resolved...
Bothamley, G, Rowan, J, Griffiths, C, Beeks, M, McDonald, M, Beasley, E, ...
Background: Tuberculosis is increasing in London, especially in those recently entering the UK from an area of high incidence. Screening through the port of arrival scheme has a poor yield and has...
Barbanel, D, Eldridge, S, Griffiths, C
Background: No randomised studies have addressed whether self-management for asthma can be successfully delivered by community pharmacists. Most randomised trials of asthma self-management have...
Acute colonic pseudo-obstruction: a pharmacological approach.
Acute colonic pseudo-obstruction is a functional disorder that closely mimics mechanical large bowel obstruction, and in which inadvertent laparotomy carries a high mortality. Eleven such patients...
Feder, G., Griffiths, C., Highton, C., Eldridge, S., Spence, M., Southgate, L.
OBJECTIVE--To determine whether locally developed guidelines on asthma and diabetes disseminated through practice based education improve quality of care in non-training, inner city general...
Characteristics of general practices that prescribe appropriately for asthma.
Sturdy, P., Naish, J., Pereira, F., Griffiths, C., Dolan, S., Toon, P., ...
Wild, S H, Fischbacher, C M, Brock, A, Griffiths, C, Bhopal, R
Mortality from all cancers combined and major cancers among men and women aged 20 years and over was compared by country of birth with that of the whole of England and Wales as the reference group....