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Thus exposure data in this study were ascertained on all cases of cerebral palsy and a subset of all preterm infants enrolled in the longterm follow-up program.
The families used in this study were ascertained through the Kathleen Cuningham Foundation Consortium for Research into Familial Breast Cancer (kConFab).
Subjects in this study were ascertained as part of the Grady Trauma Project, which is an ongoing molecular genetic study with a primary focus on posttraumatic stress disorder.
The vital status of all EPIC-Norfolk participants for this study was ascertained up to 31 March 2010 through linkage with the UK Office for National Statistics.
Specificity of the antibodies used in this study was ascertained by nuclear immunostainings and by the appropriate size of a single-reactive band to the predicted molecular weight.
Sequence orientation of approximately 78% of the unigenes discovered in this study was ascertained, along with the annotation of their function by searching against public databases.
Prevalent ischaemic heart disease (IHD) and stroke in this study was ascertained through self-rated disease at baseline (between 1993 and 1997), subsequent health examinations and any recorded episodes of IHD or cardiovascular accident from hospital episodes statistics data accumulated from baseline until 2009.
Of the LFS families included in this study, 12 were ascertained through systematic studies of sequential childhood soft tissue sarcoma (7 families) and osteosarcoma (5 families) patients.
To be consistent with notation used throughout this work, from this point forward we label the Taiwanese samples as "controls" and the Caucasian samples as "cases", although individuals in this study were not ascertained for any particular disease phenotype.
The specific objectives of this study were to ascertain the feasibility of the study protocol, in particular the screening and adequate recruitment of 'nerve root' patients.
The aims of this study were to ascertain the coverage of HIV testing during prenatal care and estimate the prevalence of HIV infection during pregnancy in Brazil.
