But with 10 worms, we've ascertained a dose that does not cause symptoms.
In those studies, allodynia was retrospectively assessed by the use of simplified questionnaires, which allowed to ascertain that this symptom was present in a large number of migraine children [14].
In addition, although some volunteers who seroconverted for all 4 pathogens reported flu-like symptoms while deployed, we cannot ascertain whether these symptoms were a result of exposure to the pathogen of interest.
Finally, performance statistics were obtained from the official European Tour for each golfer (measured during the previous season) to ascertain whether symptoms correlated with selected performance characteristics driving distance (a measure of power), 'greens in regulation' (a measure of accuracy).
Our survey captured many of the participants approximately 3 months after return from deployment and likely represents the optimal time window to ascertain PTSD symptoms [ 21, 55].
Our study is not the first to attempt to ascertain the symptoms most likely to identify individuals with knee or hip OA [ 3, 9- 124]24].
First, our scale was designed to ascertain depressive symptoms rather than depressive disorders and was missing 3 items from the original, validated depression rating scale.
All women who report no symptoms of PAV at day 14, but whose swab B culture Candida species, are contacted at least one week after trial completion to ascertain whether symptoms of PAV developed.
The Cologne Early Recognition – CER study [4], ascertained an initial cohort of 385 patients with symptoms of initially prodromal schizophrenia.
All self-reported diabetes case subjects were sent a supplemental questionnaire to ascertain symptoms, diagnostic tests, and treatment; standard criteria were used to confirm type 2 diabetes.
The use of patient-administered questionnaires can thus help physicians ascertain the patients' symptoms more objectively and decide whether such symptoms are indeed troublesome.
