Treatment patterns, health‐related quality of life and adherence to prophylaxis among haemophilia A patients in the United States

N Duncan, A Shapiro, X Ye, J Epstein, MP Luo - Haemophilia, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Prophylaxis and adherence to prophylaxis are increasingly recognized as important factors
for the health‐related quality of life (HRQOL) of haemophilia patients. This study aims to …

Health‐related quality of life outcomes in patients with active ankylosing spondylitis treated with adalimumab: Results from a randomized controlled study

…, AM Rentz, RL Wong, H Kupper, MP Luo - Arthritis Care & …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To evaluate the impact of adalimumab on health‐related quality of life (HRQOL) in
patients with active ankylosing spondylitis (AS). Methods Patients ≥18 years enrolled in the …

The use of midazolam and small-dose ketamine for sedation and analgesia during local anesthesia

XM Deng, WJ Xiao, MP Luo, GZ Tang… - Anesthesia & …, 2001 - journals.lww.com
Small-dose ketamine in combination with sedative drugs has increasingly been used for
sedation and analgesia in local anesthesia. We compared the clinical efficacy of midazolam …

The minimum local anesthetic concentration of ropivacaine for caudal analgesia in children

XM Deng, WJ Xiao, GZ Tang, MP Luo… - Anesthesia & …, 2002 - journals.lww.com
Ropivacaine is a new long-acting amino-amide local anesthetic. The concentrations of
ropivacaine used in caudal analgesia range from 0.1% to 0.5%. The purpose of this study was to …

[HTML][HTML] Psychometric characteristics of the short form 36 health survey and functional assessment of chronic illness Therapy-Fatigue subscale for patients with …

DA Revicki, AM Rentz, MP Luo, RL Wong - Health and Quality of Life …, 2011 - Springer
Background We evaluated the psychometric characteristics of the Short Form 36 (SF-36)
Health Survey and the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy (FACIT)-Fatigue …

Cost-effectiveness of lopinavir/ritonavir versus nelfinavir as the first-line highly active antiretroviral therapy regimen for HIV infection

KN Simpson, MP Luo, E Chumney, E Sun, S Brun… - HIV clinical …, 2004 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose: Selecting the optimal treatment regimen for antiviral-naïve patients may be difficult,
given the concern about the antiviral activity, the development of drug resistance, and the …

Imbalanced expression of inhibin and activin subunits in primary epithelial ovarian cancer

W Zheng, MP Luo, C Welt, G Lambert-Messerlian… - Gynecologic …, 1998 - Elsevier
Objectives.Inhibins and activins are related gonadal peptides with opposing biologic actions
on gonadotropin regulation, cell differentiation, and proliferation. The previous study of …

[HTML][HTML] Translation and validation of non-English versions of the Ankylosing Spondylitis Quality of Life (ASQOL) questionnaire

…, J Twiss, D Revicki, RL Wong, MP Luo - Health and Quality of …, 2007 - Springer
Background The Ankylosing Spondylitis Quality of Life (ASQOL) questionnaire is a
unidimensional, disease-specific measure developed in the UK and the Netherlands. This study …

Evaluation of the patient acceptable symptom state as an outcome measure in patients with ankylosing spondylitis: data from a randomized controlled trial

M Dougados, MP Luo, WP Maksymowych… - Arthritis Care & …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To evaluate the feasibility/acceptability, reliability, external validity, and discriminant
capacity of the Patient Acceptable Symptom State (PASS) concept in patients with active …

Cost effectiveness of adalimumab for the treatment of ankylosing spondylitis in the United Kingdom

MF Botteman, JW Hay, MP Luo, AS Curry… - …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Objectives. This study evaluated the cost effectiveness of adalimumab vs conventional therapy
in patients with active ankylosing spondylitis (AS). Methods. The analysis was based on …