Browsing by Author "Claggett, Brian"
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Are All Placebo Effects Equal? Placebo Pills, Sham Acupuncture, Cue Conditioning and Their Association
Kong, Jian; Spaeth, Rosa; Cook, Amanda; Kirsch, Irving; Claggett, Brian; Vangel, Mark; Gollub, Randy L.; Smoller, Jordan W.; Kaptchuk, Ted J. (Public Library of Science, 2013)Placebo treatments and healing rituals have been used to treat pain throughout history. The present within-subject crossover study examines the variability in individual responses to placebo treatment with verbal suggestion ... -
Increased Epithelial Gaps in the Small Intestine Are Predictive of Hospitalization and Surgery in Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Turcotte, Jean-Francois; Wong, Karen; Mah, Stephanie J; Dieleman, Levinus A; Kao, Dina; Kroeker, Karen; Claggett, Brian Lee; Saltzman, John R.; Wine, Eytan; Fedorak, Richard N; Liu, Julia J (Nature Publishing Group, 2012)Objectives: Epithelial gaps resulting from intestinal cell extrusions can be visualized with confocal laser endomicroscopy (CLE) during colonoscopy and increased in normal-appearing terminal ileum of inflammatory bowel ... -
Racial Differences in Circulating Natriuretic Peptide Levels: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study
Gupta, Deepak K; Claggett, Brian; Wells, Quinn; Cheng, Susan; Li, Man; Maruthur, Nisa; Selvin, Elizabeth; Coresh, Josef; Konety, Suma; Butler, Kenneth R; Mosley, Thomas; Boerwinkle, Eric; Hoogeveen, Ron; Ballantyne, Christie M; Solomon, Scott D (John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2015)Background: Natriuretic peptides promote natriuresis, diuresis, and vasodilation. Experimental deficiency of natriuretic peptides leads to hypertension (HTN) and cardiac hypertrophy, conditions more common among African ... -
Statistical Methods for Clinical Trials with Multiple Outcomes, HIV Surveillance, and Nonparametric Meta-Analysis
Claggett, Brian Lee (2012-08-17)Central to the goals of public health are obtaining and interpreting timely and relevant information for the benefit of humanity. In this dissertation, we propose methods to monitor and assess the spread HIV in a more rapid ...