The first reviewer reviewed all the citations, and followed up reference lists, while the retrieved full reports were assessed by at least two reviewers (JW and BN) for inclusion in the review.
Following up reference lists from current original papers identified further literature relevant to the topic.
These results better define the 'physiological' MLV vector behaviour in GT patients treated with different gene-corrected cells in absence of adverse events, thus providing information of reference for the follow up of ongoing clinical trials based on the use of gammaretroviral vectors and for the future design of novel gene transfer approaches for genetic correction of hematopoietic cells.
Separately, we searched the same databases for specific reports of side effects of IV administered vitamin C and followed up references and cited papers.
We followed up references in published papers, contacted leading authors, and hand searched major relevant journals up to July 2007.
Mental health problems resulting in hospitalisation over the follow-up reference period were defined by the following codes from the International Classification of Diseases: ICD-9-CM, Chapter 5: Mental Disorders 290-319, and from July 1 , 1999onwards ICD-10-AM, F00-F99: Mentandand behavioural disorders.
In cases where there were no pre-hospitalisation values and the follow up SCr (lowest in the 12 months following discharge) was lower than the peak in the study admission, the follow up creatinine was used as the reference SCr.
Searches also included follow up of reference lists and key authors.
In the questionnaire, respondents were asked whether they wanted to participate in a follow up study, without reference to the character of this follow-up study.
Feinstein, chairman of the committee, followed up her reference to Mossad chief Tamir Pardo by saying that she thought the public deserves to know what inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency uncover in their examination of Iran's nuclear program.
In April 2008, Steven Lee Myers wrote a solid New York Times follow up titled "The Political General" referencing my earlier take.
