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Robert Weiss

Professor of Medicine, University of Iowa
Verified email at uiowa.edu
Cited by 15833

[BOOK][B] Loneliness: The experience of emotional and social isolation

R Weiss - 1975 - books.google.com
… At the conclusion of this volume, Robert Weiss proffers some … Nor does Robert Weiss see
any prospect of turning the American motion picture into a still photograph. But it does seem …

[BOOK][B] Learning from strangers: The art and method of qualitative interview studies

RS Weiss - 1995 - books.google.com
Robert Weiss's thirty years of experience in interviewing and teaching others how to do it. The
most effective interviews, says Weiss… , and participant observation, Weiss walks the reader …

Effect of a monoclonal antibody to PCSK9, REGN727/SAR236553, to reduce low-density lipoprotein cholesterol in patients with heterozygous familial …

EA Stein, D Gipe, J Bergeron, D Gaudet, R Weiss… - The Lancet, 2012 - thelancet.com
Background Inhibition of proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 serine protease (PCSK9)
resulted in large reductions of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) in phase 1 …

Reflections on the present state of loneliness research

RS Weiss - Journal of social Behavior and Personality, 1987 - search.proquest.com
… made provisions not to be found in marriages (Weiss, 1974). Friendships, taken together, …
book has played a significant role Weiss - REFLECTIONS ON LONELINESS RESEARCH in …

Original Papers. Success and predictors of blood pressure control in diverse North American settings: the antihypertensive and lipid‐lowering treatment to prevent …

…, JI Wright Jr, MH Alderman, RJ Weiss… - The Journal of …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Context. Blood pressure control (<140/90 mm Hg) rates for hypertension fall far short of the
US national goal of 50% or more. Achievable control rates in varied practice settings and …

Prognostic value of urodynamic testing in myelodysplastic patients

EJ McGuire, JR Woodside, TA Borden, RM Weiss - The Journal of urology, 1981 - Elsevier
We herein describe the clinical progress of 42 myelodysplastic patients studied urodynamically
and followed for a mean of 7.1 years. Urodynamic evaluation included urethral pressure …

A major segment of the neurofibromatosis type 1 gene: cDNA sequence, genomic structure, and point mutations

RM Cawthon, R Weiss, G Xu, D Viskochil, M Culver… - Cell, 1990 - cell.com
Overlapping cDNA clones from the translocation breakpoint region (TBR) gene, recently
discovered at the neurofibromatosis type 1 locus and found to be interrupted by deletions and at …

The neurofibromatosis type 1 gene encodes a protein related to GAP

…, D Dunn, J Stevens, R Gesteland, R White, R Weiss - Cell, 1990 - cell.com
cDNA walking and sequencing have extended the open reading frame for the neurofibromatosis
type 1 gene (NFT). The new sequence now predicts 2485 amino acids of the NFI …

The helical hydrophobic moment: a measure of the amphiphilicity of a helix

D Eisenberg, RM Weiss, TC Terwilliger - Nature, 1982 - nature.com
The spatial distribution of the hydrophobic side chains in globular proteins is of considerable
interest. It was recognized previously 1 that most of the α-helices of myoglobin and …

The hydrophobic moment detects periodicity in protein hydrophobicity.

D Eisenberg, RM Weiss… - Proceedings of the …, 1984 - National Acad Sciences
Periodicities in the polar/apolar character of the amino acid sequence of a protein can be
examined by assigning to each residue a numerical hydrophobicity and searching for …