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Red yeast rice for dyslipidemia in statin-intolerant patients: a randomized trial.

Becker DJ, Gordon RY, Halbert SC, French B, Morris PB, Rader DJ.

Ann Intern Med. 2009 Jun 16;150(12):830-9, W147-9.PMID: 19528562 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Health Care Expenditures Associated with Skeletal Fractures Among Medicare Beneficiaries, 1999-2005.

Kilgore ML, Morrisey MA, Becker DJ, Gary LC, Curtis JR, Saag KG, Yun H, Matthews R, Smith W, Taylor A, Arora T, Delzell E.

J Bone Miner Res. 2009 May 19. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 19453260 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

Reduced efficacy of rosuvastatin by St. John's Wort.

Gordon RY, Becker DJ, Rader DJ.

Am J Med. 2009 Feb;122(2):e1-2. No abstract available. PMID: 19185075 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

"Pathologic" fractures: should these be included in epidemiologic studies of osteoporotic fractures?

Curtis JR, Taylor AJ, Matthews RS, Ray MN, Becker DJ, Gary LC, Kilgore ML, Morrisey MA, Saag KG, Warriner A, Delzell E.

Osteoporos Int. 2009 Nov;20(11):1969-72. Epub 2009 Jan 29.PMID: 19184268 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

The geographic availability and associated utilization of dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) testing among older persons in the United States.

Curtis JR, Laster A, Becker DJ, Carbone L, Gary LC, Kilgore ML, Matthews RS, Morrisey MA, Saag KG, Tanner SB, Delzell E.

Osteoporos Int. 2009 Sep;20(9):1553-61. Epub 2008 Dec 24.PMID: 19107383 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Regional variation in the denial of reimbursement for bone mineral density testing among US Medicare beneficiaries.

Curtis JR, Laster AJ, Becker DJ, Carbone L, Gary LC, Kilgore ML, Matthews R, Morrisey MA, Saag KG, Tanner SB, Delzell E.

J Clin Densitom. 2008 Oct-Dec;11(4):568-74. Epub 2008 Sep 12.PMID: 18789740 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Simvastatin vs therapeutic lifestyle changes and supplements: randomized primary prevention trial.

Becker DJ, Gordon RY, Morris PB, Yorko J, Gordon YJ, Li M, Iqbal N.

Mayo Clin Proc. 2008 Jul;83(7):758-64.PMID: 18613992 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Thyroid autoimmunity in children with features of both type 1 and type 2 diabetes.

Libman IM, Sun K, Foley TP, Becker DJ.

Pediatr Diabetes. 2008 Jul 28;9(4 Pt 1):266-71. Epub 2008 May 7.PMID: 18466208 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Targeting of pancreatic glia in type 1 diabetes.

Tsui H, Chan Y, Tang L, Winer S, Cheung RK, Paltser G, Selvanantham T, Elford AR, Ellis JR, Becker DJ, Ohashi PS, Dosch HM.

Diabetes. 2008 Apr;57(4):918-28. Epub 2008 Jan 15.PMID: 18198358 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

A randomized trial comparing continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion of insulin aspart versus insulin lispro in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes.

Weinzimer SA, Ternand C, Howard C, Chang CT, Becker DJ, Laffel LM; Insulin Aspart Pediatric Pump Study Group.

Diabetes Care. 2008 Feb;31(2):210-5. Epub 2007 Nov 5.PMID: 17989308 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Abnormal T-cell reactivities in childhood inflammatory demyelinating disease and type 1 diabetes.

Banwell B, Bar-Or A, Cheung R, Kennedy J, Krupp LB, Becker DJ, Dosch HM; Wadsworth Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis Study Group.

Ann Neurol. 2008 Jan;63(1):98-111.PMID: 17932975 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Changes in glycaemic control and risk of coronary artery disease in type 1 diabetes mellitus: findings from the Pittsburgh Epidemiology of Diabetes Complications Study (EDC).

Prince CT, Becker DJ, Costacou T, Miller RG, Orchard TJ.

Diabetologia. 2007 Nov;50(11):2280-8. Epub 2007 Sep 2.PMID: 17768606 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Weekend admission for myocardial infarction.

Becker DJ.

N Engl J Med. 2007 Jul 5;357(1):87; author reply 87-8. No abstract available. PMID: 17615633 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Do hospitals provide lower quality care on weekends?

Becker DJ.

Health Serv Res. 2007 Aug;42(4):1589-612.PMID: 17610439 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Does emotional stress play a role in the initiation of autoimmune diabetes in infancy?

Becker DJ.

Nat Clin Pract Endocrinol Metab. 2006 Jun;2(6):312-3. No abstract available. PMID: 16932306 [PubMed]Related articles

The 30-year natural history of type 1 diabetes complications: the Pittsburgh Epidemiology of Diabetes Complications Study experience.

Pambianco G, Costacou T, Ellis D, Becker DJ, Klein R, Orchard TJ.

Diabetes. 2006 May;55(5):1463-9.PMID: 16644706 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Cytoplasmic islet cell antibodies remain valuable in defining risk of progression to type 1 diabetes in subjects with other islet autoantibodies.

Pietropaolo M, Yu S, Libman IM, Pietropaolo SL, Riley K, LaPorte RE, Drash AL, Mazumdar S, Trucco M, Becker DJ.

Pediatr Diabetes. 2005 Dec;6(4):184-92.PMID: 16390386 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Should she or shouldn't she?: the relationship between infant feeding practices and type 1 diabetes in the genetically at risk.

Rogers LM, Jovanovic L, Becker DJ.

Diabetes Care. 2005 Nov;28(11):2809. No abstract available. PMID: 16249566 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Impact of malpractice reforms on the supply of physician services.

Kessler DP, Sage WM, Becker DJ.

JAMA. 2005 Jun 1;293(21):2618-25.PMID: 15928283 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Biliary atresia associated with hypoplastic left heart syndrome: a case report and review of the literature.

Becker DJ, Islam S, Geiger JD.

J Pediatr Surg. 2004 Sep;39(9):1411-3. Review.PMID: 15359401 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Type 1 diabetes intervention trials.

Pietropaolo M, Becker DJ.

Pediatr Diabetes. 2001 Mar;2(1):2-11. No abstract available. PMID: 15016204 [PubMed]Related articles

Coexistence of type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus: "double" diabetes?

Libman IM, Becker DJ.

Pediatr Diabetes. 2003 Jun;4(2):110-3. No abstract available. PMID: 14655267 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Evidence for heterogeneous pathogenesis of insulin-treated diabetes in black and white children.

Libman IM, Pietropaolo M, Arslanian SA, LaPorte RE, Becker DJ.

Diabetes Care. 2003 Oct;26(10):2876-82.PMID: 14514595 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Changing prevalence of overweight children and adolescents at onset of insulin-treated diabetes.

Libman IM, Pietropaolo M, Arslanian SA, LaPorte RE, Becker DJ.

Diabetes Care. 2003 Oct;26(10):2871-5.PMID: 14514594 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Incidence of ESRD and survival after renal replacement therapy in patients with type 1 diabetes: a report from the Allegheny County Registry.

Nishimura R, Dorman JS, Bosnyak Z, Tajima N, Becker DJ, Orchard TJ; Diabetes Epidemiology Research International Mortality Study; Allegheny County Registry.

Am J Kidney Dis. 2003 Jul;42(1):117-24.PMID: 12830463 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Insulin resistance-related factors, but not glycemia, predict coronary artery disease in type 1 diabetes: 10-year follow-up data from the Pittsburgh Epidemiology of Diabetes Complications Study.

Orchard TJ, Olson JC, Erbey JR, Williams K, Forrest KY, Smithline Kinder L, Ellis D, Becker DJ.

Diabetes Care. 2003 May;26(5):1374-9.PMID: 12716791 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Fucose: biosynthesis and biological function in mammals.

Becker DJ, Lowe JB.

Glycobiology. 2003 Jul;13(7):41R-53R. Epub 2003 Mar 19. Review.PMID: 12651883 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Strain-specific modification of lethality in fucose-deficient mice.

Becker DJ, Myers JT, Ruff MM, Smith PL, Gillespie BW, Ginsburg DW, Lowe JB.

Mamm Genome. 2003 Feb;14(2):130-9. Erratum in: Mamm Genome. 2003 Jun;14(6):427. PMID: 12584608 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Autoimmune islet destruction in spontaneous type 1 diabetes is not beta-cell exclusive.

Winer S, Tsui H, Lau A, Song A, Li X, Cheung RK, Sampson A, Afifiyan F, Elford A, Jackowski G, Becker DJ, Santamaria P, Ohashi P, Dosch HM.

Nat Med. 2003 Feb;9(2):198-205. Epub 2003 Jan 21.PMID: 12539039 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Conditional control of selectin ligand expression and global fucosylation events in mice with a targeted mutation at the FX locus.

Smith PL, Myers JT, Rogers CE, Zhou L, Petryniak B, Becker DJ, Homeister JW, Lowe JB.

J Cell Biol. 2002 Aug 19;158(4):801-15. Epub 2002 Aug 19.PMID: 12186857 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Subclinical atherosclerosis and estimated glucose disposal rate as predictors of mortality in type 1 diabetes.

Olson JC, Erbey JR, Williams KV, Becker DJ, Edmundowicz D, Kelsey SF, Tyrrell KS, Orchard TJ.

Ann Epidemiol. 2002 Jul;12(5):331-7.PMID: 12062921 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Infant feeding and autoimmune diabetes.

Dosch HM, Becker DJ.

Adv Exp Med Biol. 2002;503:133-40. Review. No abstract available. PMID: 12026012 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Detection of symptoms by adolescents and young adults with type 1 diabetes during experimental induction of mild hypoglycemia: role of hormonal and psychological variables.

Ryan CM, Dulay D, Suprasongsin C, Becker DJ.

Diabetes Care. 2002 May;25(5):852-8.PMID: 11978680 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Progression to insulin-requiring diabetes in seronegative prediabetic subjects: the role of two HLA-DQ high-risk haplotypes.

Pietropaolo M, Becker DJ, LaPorte RE, Dorman JS, Riboni S, Rudert WA, Mazumdar S, Trucco M.

Diabetologia. 2002 Jan;45(1):66-76.PMID: 11845225 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Glycemia (or, in women, estimated glucose disposal rate) predict lower extremity arterial disease events in type 1 diabetes.

Olson JC, Erbey JR, Forrest KY, Williams K, Becker DJ, Orchard TJ.

Metabolism. 2002 Feb;51(2):248-54.PMID: 11833057 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Lipid and blood pressure treatment goals for type 1 diabetes: 10-year incidence data from the Pittsburgh Epidemiology of Diabetes Complications Study.

Orchard TJ, Forrest KY, Kuller LH, Becker DJ; Pittsburgh Epidemiology of Diabetes Complications Study.

Diabetes Care. 2001 Jun;24(6):1053-9.PMID: 11375370 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

T cells of multiple sclerosis patients target a common environmental peptide that causes encephalitis in mice.

Winer S, Astsaturov I, Cheung RK, Schrade K, Gunaratnam L, Wood DD, Moscarello MA, O'Connor P, McKerlie C, Becker DJ, Dosch HM.

J Immunol. 2001 Apr 1;166(7):4751-6.PMID: 11254737 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Type I diabetes and multiple sclerosis patients target islet plus central nervous system autoantigens; nonimmunized nonobese diabetic mice can develop autoimmune encephalitis.

Winer S, Astsaturov I, Cheung R, Gunaratnam L, Kubiak V, Cortez MA, Moscarello M, O'Connor PW, McKerlie C, Becker DJ, Dosch HM.

J Immunol. 2001 Feb 15;166(4):2831-41.PMID: 11160351 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Peptide dose, MHC affinity, and target self-antigen expression are critical for effective immunotherapy of nonobese diabetic mouse prediabetes.

Winer S, Gunaratnam L, Astsatourov I, Cheung RK, Kubiak V, Karges W, Hammond-McKibben D, Gaedigk R, Graziano D, Trucco M, Becker DJ, Dosch HM.

J Immunol. 2000 Oct 1;165(7):4086-94.PMID: 11034420 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Coronary calcium in adults with type 1 diabetes: a stronger correlate of clinical coronary artery disease in men than in women.

Olson JC, Edmundowicz D, Becker DJ, Kuller LH, Orchard TJ.

Diabetes. 2000 Sep;49(9):1571-8.PMID: 10969842 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Hypoglycemia: a complication of diabetes therapy in children.

Becker DJ, Ryan CM.

Trends Endocrinol Metab. 2000 Jul;11(5):198-202. Review.PMID: 10856923 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

A nonlinear analytical model of the autonomic basis of heart rate variability (HRV).

Becker DJ, Mihran RT.

Biomed Sci Instrum. 2000;36:81-6.PMID: 10834213 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Measurement of T-cell autoreactivity in autoimmune diabetes.

Dosch HM, Becker DJ.

Diabetologia. 2000 Mar;43(3):386-7. No abstract available. PMID: 10768103 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Therapeutic controversy: prevention and treatment of diabetes in children.

Rosenbloom AL, Schatz DA, Krischer JP, Skyler JS, Becker DJ, Laporte RE, Libman I, Pietropaolo M, Dosch HM, Finberg L, Muir A, Tamborlane WV, Grey M, Silverstein JH, Malone JI.

J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2000 Feb;85(2):494-522. Review. No abstract available. PMID: 10690847 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Hypoglycemia in children with type 1 diabetes mellitus. Risk factors, cognitive function, and management.

Ryan CM, Becker DJ.

Endocrinol Metab Clin North Am. 1999 Dec;28(4):883-900. Review.PMID: 10609125 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Persistent T cell anergy in human type 1 diabetes.

Dosch H, Cheung RK, Karges W, Pietropaolo M, Becker DJ.

J Immunol. 1999 Dec 15;163(12):6933-40.PMID: 10586096 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Are predictors of coronary heart disease and lower-extremity arterial disease in type 1 diabetes the same? A prospective study.

Forrest KY, Becker DJ, Kuller LH, Wolfson SK, Orchard TJ.

Atherosclerosis. 2000 Jan;148(1):159-69.PMID: 10580182 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Leukocyte adhesion deficiency type II.

Becker DJ, Lowe JB.

Biochim Biophys Acta. 1999 Oct 8;1455(2-3):193-204. Review.PMID: 10571012 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Antibodies to oxidized LDL predict coronary artery disease in type 1 diabetes: a nested case-control study from the Pittsburgh Epidemiology of Diabetes Complications Study.

Orchard TJ, Virella G, Forrest KY, Evans RW, Becker DJ, Lopes-Virella MF.

Diabetes. 1999 Jul;48(7):1454-8.PMID: 10389853 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Gastroduodenal lesions in children with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis.

Len C, Hilario MO, Kawakami E, Terreri MT, Becker DJ, Goldenberg J, Fagundes Neto U.

Hepatogastroenterology. 1999 Mar-Apr;46(26):991-6.PMID: 10370653 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles