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List of works by Víctor Abraira

A comparison of two short education programs for improving low back pain-related disability in the elderly: a cluster randomized controlled trial

scientific article published in May 2007

A predictive model for mortality of bloodstream infections. Bedside analysis with the Weibull function

scientific article published on 01 June 2002

A preliminary model to avoid the overestimation of sample size in bioequivalence studies.

scientific article published on 20 February 2013

Abnormal PcG protein expression in Hodgkin's lymphoma. Relation with E2F6 and NFkappaB transcription factors.

scientific article published in December 2004

Accuracy of B-type natriuretic peptide levels in the diagnosis of left ventricular dysfunction and heart failure: a systematic review

scientific article published on 21 November 2005

Accuracy of monoclonal stool antigen test for the diagnosis of H. pylori infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

scientific article published on 16 June 2006

Adverse clinical outcome in Hodgkin's disease is associated with loss of retinoblastoma protein expression, high Ki67 proliferation index, and absence of Epstein-Barr virus-latent membrane protein 1 expression.

scientific article published in September 1997

Advocating for Cost-Effective Placebos

scientific article published on 01 September 2011

Agreement in the interpretation of magnetic resonance images of the lumbar spine.

scientific article published on June 2009

Appropriateness of lumbar spine magnetic resonance imaging in Spain

scientific article published on 16 February 2013

Artificial anal sphincter: complications and functional results of a large personal series.

scientific article published in September 2002

Assessment of cardiac function by echocardiography in Paget's disease of bone

scientific article published on 01 January 2000

Autoperception and satisfaction with health: two medical care markers in elderly hospitalized patients. Quality of life as an outcome estimate of clinical practice.

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Basal and stimulated gastrin and pepsinogen levels after eradication of Helicobacter pylori: a 1-year follow-up study

scientific article published on 01 February 1999

Clinical audit of COPD patients requiring hospital admissions in Spain: AUDIPOC study

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Clinical results of lumbar total disc arthroplasty in accordance with Modic signs, with a 2-year-minimum follow-up.

Letters

Correlation between pain, disability, and quality of life in patients with common low back pain

scientific article published in January 2004

Disc degeneration and chronic low back pain: an association which becomes nonsignificant when endplate changes and disc contour are taken into account

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Effect of firmness of mattress on chronic non-specific low-back pain: randomised, double-blind, controlled, multicentre trial

scientific article published in November 2003

Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness analysis of neuroreflexotherapy for subacute and chronic low back pain in routine general practice: a cluster randomized, controlled trial.

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Epidemiological assessment of levodopa use in Spain, 1990-1995. Persistent, low consumption in the south

scientific article published in October 1999

Epstein-Barr virus-latent membrane protein 1 expression has a favorable influence in the outcome of patients with Hodgkin's Disease treated with chemotherapy

scientific article published in November 2000

Estimation of renal allograft half-life: fact or fiction?

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Evaluation of agreement among dermatologists in the assessment of the color of port wine stains and their clearance after treatment with the flashlamp-pumped dye laser

scientific article published in January 1997

Evaluation of the international index in the prognosis of high grade gastric malt lymphoma

scientific article published in December 1996

Evolution of mortality over time in patients receiving mechanical ventilation.

scientific article published in July 2013

Fear avoidance beliefs and low back pain: "practical reviews" from expert panel discussions versus comprehensive systematic reviews.

scientific article published in February 2012

Fear avoidance beliefs do not influence disability and quality of life in Spanish elderly subjects with low back pain.

scientific article published in September 2007

Gastric B-cell mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma. Clinicopathological study and evaluation of the prognostic factors in 143 patients

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Giant cell arteritis in Lugo, Spain, is associated with low longterm mortality.

scientific article published in November 1997

Herramientas bayesianas e independencia

scientific article published on 01 April 2003

Heterogeneous expression of Src tyrosine kinases Lyn, Fyn and Syk in classical Hodgkin lymphoma: prognostic implications

scientific article published on 13 July 2011

High virological failure rate in HIV patients after switching to a regimen with two nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors plus tenofovir.

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Higher virological effectiveness of NNRTI-based antiretroviral regimens containing nevirapine or efavirenz compared to a triple NRTI regimen as initial therapy in HIV-1-infected adults

scientific article published in November 2005

Hippocampal EEG theta power density is similar during slow-wave sleep and paradoxical sleep. A long-term study in rats

scientific article published in May 1994

Human papillomavirus genotype distribution in Madrid and correlation with cytological data

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Identification of possible areas of high prevalence of Paget's disease of bone in Spain.

scientific article published in September 2003

Influence of biologic markers on the outcome of Hodgkin's lymphoma: a study by the Spanish Hodgkin's Lymphoma Study Group

scientific article published in May 2004

Influence of nomenclature in the interpretation of lumbar disk contour on MR imaging: a comparison of the agreement using the combined task force and the nordic nomenclatures

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Intracellular analysis of excitatory-inhibitory synaptic interactions in crayfish stretch receptors

scientific article published on 01 September 1991

Iontophoresis for Anesthesia During Pulsed Dye Laser Treatment of Port‐Wine Stains

scientific article published on September 1, 1997

Is clinical expressiveness of Paget's disease of bone decreasing?

scientific article published in February 2002

Language bias in a systematic review of chronic pain: how to prevent the omission of non-English publications?

scientific article published in May 2004

Letters

scientific article published on 01 August 2013

Levodopa use in Denmark: high levels in Greenland and the Faroe Islands. Europarkinson Preparatory Activity Research Group.

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Long-term outcome of acute tubular necrosis: a contribution to its natural history

scientific article published on 31 January 2007

Long-term persistence of molecular disease after histological remission in low-grade gastric MALT lymphoma treated with H. pylori eradication. Lack of association with translocation t(11;18): a 10-year updated follow-up of a prospective study

scientific article published on 09 June 2005

Longitudinal observational studies and causality

scientific article published on 01 January 2012

Lumbar spine: agreement in the interpretation of 1.5-T MR images by using the Nordic Modic Consensus Group classification form

scientific article published on February 2010

Magnetic resonance imaging in the preoperative assessment of patients with primary breast cancer: systematic review of diagnostic accuracy and meta-analysis.

scientific article published on 17 August 2011

Meta-DiSc: a software for meta-analysis of test accuracy data.

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Minimal Clinically Important Change for Pain Intensity and Disability in Patients With Nonspecific Low Back Pain

scientific article published on 01 December 2007

Minimum detectable and minimal clinically important changes for pain in patients with nonspecific neck pain

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Modic changes and associated features in Southern European chronic low back pain patients

Neuro-reflexotherapy for the management of myofascial temporomandibular joint pain: a double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized clinical trial.

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Other cancers in patients with gastric MALT lymphoma

scientific article published on 01 March 1999

Overenthusiastic Interpretations of a Nonetheless Promising Study

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Persistent monoclonality after histological remission in gastric mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma treated with chemotherapy and/or surgery: influence of t(11;18)(q21;q21)

scientific article published on 01 August 2008

Phacoemulsification in previously vitrectomized patients: an analysis of the surgical results in 100 eyes as well as the factors contributing to the cataract formation.

scientific article published in January 2006

Phenotype or virtual phenotype for choosing antiretroviral therapy after failure: a prospective, randomized study.

scientific article published in December 2003

Predicting outcomes of neuroreflexotherapy in patients with subacute or chronic neck or low back pain.

scientific article published on 18 October 2013

Predicting the evolution of low back pain patients in routine clinical practice: results from a registry within the Spanish National Health Service

scientific article published on 7 November 2012

Presentation and prognosis of gastric cancer in patients aged 80 years and older

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Prevalence and factors associated with low back pain and pelvic girdle pain during pregnancy: a multicenter study conducted in the Spanish National Health Service

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Prognostic factors for neuroreflexotherapy in the treatment of subacute and chronic neck and back pain: a study of predictors of clinical outcome in routine practice of the Spanish National Health Service

scientific article published in July 2007

Prognostic value of stem cell quantification in stage II colon cancer

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Psychometric characteristics of the Spanish version of instruments to measure neck pain disability

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Psychometric characteristics of the Spanish version of the FAB questionnaire.

scientific article published in January 2006

Re: Correlation of size and type of modic types 1 and 2 lesions with clinical symptoms: a descriptive study in a subgroup of patients with chronic low back pain on the basis of a university hospital patient sample

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Re: ISSLS prize winner: lumbar vertebral endplate lesions associations with disc degeneration and back pain history. Spine 2012;37:1490-6.

scientific article published in January 2013

Recurrence of Helicobacter pylori Infection after Eradication: Incidence and Variables Influencing It

scientific article published on 01 November 1998

Renin–angiotensin system blockade and kidney transplantation: a longitudinal cohort study

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scientific article published on 01 January 2013

Reporting quality of survival analyses in medical journals still needs improvement. A minimal requirements proposal.

scientific article published on 07 September 2013

Risk factors for dementia of Alzheimer type and aging-associated cognitive decline in a Spanish population based sample, and in brains with pathology confirmed Alzheimer's disease.

scientific article published in June 2008

Risk stratification for Splenic Marginal Zone Lymphoma based on haemoglobin concentration, platelet count, high lactate dehydrogenase level and extrahilar lymphadenopathy: development and validation on 593 cases

scientific article published on 24 August 2012

Secular trends of candidemia in a large tertiary-care hospital from 1988 to 2000: emergence of Candida parapsilosis

scientific article published on 01 June 2005

Simplification of risk stratification for splenic marginal zone lymphoma: a point-based score for practical use.

scientific article published on 29 July 2013

Spectral estimation of temporal series at unequal intervals

scientific article published in June 1986

Stage IV and age over 45 years are the only prognostic factors of the International Prognostic Score for the outcome of advanced Hodgkin lymphoma in the Spanish Hodgkin Lymphoma Study Group series

scientific article published on 31 January 2012

The challenge of taking on board unexpected conclusions.

scientific article published in December 2012

The effect of the addition of adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells to a meniscal repair in the avascular zone: an experimental study in rabbits.

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The influence of psychological factors on low back pain-related disability in community dwelling older persons.

scientific article published in October 2008

The most often quoted journals in primary care

scientific article published on 01 July 1990

The perceptions of people with low back pain treated in the Spanish National Health, and their experience while undergoing a new evidence-based treatment. A focus group study

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The social tariff of EQ-5D is not adequate to assess quality of life in patients with low back pain

scientific article published on 17 November 2006

The transition from acute to subacute and chronic low back pain: a study based on determinants of quality of life and prediction of chronic disability

scientific article published in August 2005

Uncertainties in the Measurement of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis at MR Imaging: Are They Clinically Relevant?

article published in 2012

Unhealed duodenal ulcers despite Helicobacter pylori eradication

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Utility of diagnostic tests in the follow-up of egg-allergic children

scientific article published on 07 July 2009

Utility of oligoclonal IgG band detection for MS diagnosis in daily clinical practice.

scientific article published on 17 June 2011

Validation of the spanish version of the Roland-Morris questionnaire

scientific article published in March 2002

Variability in GPs' referral rates in Spain

scientific article published on 01 June 1995

Vertebral endplate changes are not associated with chronic low back pain among Southern European subjects: a case control study

scientific article published on 12 April 2012

Visual analogue scales for grading faecal incontinence and quality of life: their relationship with the Jorge-Wexner score and Rockwood scale

scientific article published on 31 August 2012

What is the impact of education on Huntington's disease?

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Whooping cough and Parkinson's disease. The Europarkinson Preparatory Activity Research Group

scientific article published on 01 December 1996

Yet another reason for improving approval and surveillance processes for health technologies

scientific article published on 20 July 2011

[Advanced gastric cancer: characteristics at presentation and therapeutic possibilities]

scientific article published on 01 December 2003

[Ambulatory medical care: statistical study of a general medicine service under Social Security]

scientific article published on 01 March 1984

[Analysis of the quality of studies assessing diagnostic tests]

scientific article published on 01 January 2008

[Cardiac rehabilitation in patients with myocardial infarction: a 10-year follow-up study]

scientific article published on 01 October 2005

[Clinical and echocardiographic impact of neonatal aortic valvuloplasty]

scientific article published on 01 February 1998

[Helicobacter pylori and digestive hemorrhage due to duodenal ulcer: the prevalence of the infection, the efficacy of 3 triple therapies and the role of eradication in preventing a hemorrhagic recurrence]

scientific article published on 01 February 1999

[Investigation methods in clinical cardiology. IV. Clinical measurements in cardiology: validity and errors of measurements]

scientific article published on 01 February 1997

[Left ventricular dynamics in complete transposition of the great arteries]

scientific article published on 01 July 1983

[One-week treatment with omeprazole, clarithromycin and amoxicillin: high efficacy in the eradication of Helicobacter pylori and cicatrization of duodenal ulcer]

scientific article published on 01 April 1997

[Physician-patient concordance in a general medical practice]

scientific article published on 01 March 1985

[Quantitative angiography of the left ventricle in children. II. Pathological values in congenital acyanotic cardiopathies]

scientific article published on 01 January 1982

[Quantitative angiography of the left ventricle in children. III. Cyanotic congenital cardiopathies]

scientific article published on 01 January 1982

[The clinical trial for only one patient. Justification, methodology and bioethical remarks]

scientific article published on 01 November 1997

[The economic cost of ambulatory medicine. Study of a general medicine practice under the Social Security System]

scientific article published on 01 January 1984

[Utilization of health services: patients and visits]

scientific article published on 01 May 1990

[new one-week triple therapies with metronidazole for the eradication of Helicobacter pylori: clarithromycin or amoxycillin as the second antibiotic]

scientific article published on 01 January 1998