"Jamaica" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An island in the Greater Antilles in the West Indies. Its capital is Kingston. It was discovered in 1494 by Columbus and was a Spanish colony 1509-1655 until captured by the English. Its flourishing slave trade was abolished in the 19th century. It was a British colony 1655-1958 and a territory of the West Indies Federation 1958-62. It achieved full independence in 1962. The name is from the Arawak Xaymaca, rich in springs or land of springs. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p564 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p267)
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D007563
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| MeSH Number(s) |
Z01.107.084.900.525 Z01.639.880.525
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| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Jamaica" by people in Profiles.
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Hydroxycarbamide treatment reduces transcranial Doppler velocity in the absence of transfusion support in children with sickle cell anaemia, elevated transcranial Doppler velocity, and cerebral vasculopathy: the EXTEND trial. Br J Haematol. 2021 11; 195(4):612-620.
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Transcranial Doppler velocity among Jamaican children with sickle cell anaemia: determining the significance of haematological values and nutrition. Br J Haematol. 2018 04; 181(2):242-251.
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Cyclic heptapeptides from the Jamaican sponge Stylissa caribica. J Nat Prod. 2006 Dec; 69(12):1739-44.
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Microbial metabolism studies of cyanthiwigin B and synergetic antibiotic effects. J Nat Prod. 2006 May; 69(5):727-30.
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Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplotypes reveal maternal population genetic affinities of Sea Island Gullah-speaking African Americans. Am J Phys Anthropol. 2005 Aug; 127(4):427-38.
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Cyanthiwigin AC and AD, two novel diterpene skeletons from the Jamaican sponge Myrmekioderma styx. Org Lett. 2003 Nov 27; 5(24):4575-8.
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Marine natural products as novel antioxidant prototypes. J Nat Prod. 2003 May; 66(5):605-8.
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Three novel mtDNA restriction site polymorphisms allow exploration of population affinities of African Americans. Hum Biol. 2003 Apr; 75(2):147-61.
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26-Nor-25-isopropyl-ergosta-5,7,22E-trien-3beta-ol: a new C(29) sterol from the sponge Agelas sceptrum from Jamaica. Steroids. 2002 Aug; 67(9):743-7.
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Isolation and biological evaluation of filiformin, plakortide F, and plakortone G from the Caribbean sponge Plakortis sp. J Nat Prod. 2001 Nov; 64(11):1477-9.