Thyroid hormone levels predict the change in body weight: a prospective study.

abstract：:Diabetes Mellitus in its early stages, is associated with kidney enlargement and increased glomerular filtration rate in humans and in rats. The present study was designed to clarify the direct effect of diabetes on serum and tissue angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) activity in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats. ...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Erman A,van Dyk DJ,Chen-Gal B,Giler ID,Rosenfeld JB,Boner G

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary plasma kinetics of endogenous noradrenaline (NA) and tritium labelled L-noradrenaline (3H-NA) was studied in fifteen subjects during pulmonary arterial catheterization. Plasma NA concentration in femoral artery ranged from 0.5 to 8.2 nmol l-1, mean 2.3 nmol l-1, which was not significantly different from tha...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Henriksen JH,Christensen NJ,Ring-Larsen H

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Testosterone levels are decreased in obese men but increased in obese women. The interplay between gonadal steroids and leptin is, at present, far from being elucidated. This study was carried out to investigate the relationship between serum leptin, plasma insulin, insulin sensitivity and free testosterone in 46 men ...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Vettor R,De Pergola G,Pagano C,Englaro P,Laudadio E,Giorgino F,Blum WF,Giorgino R,Federspil G

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Data regarding the effect of vitamin C (VC) and vitamin E (VE) supplementation on insulin resistance in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) are controversial. We aimed to systematically review the current data on this topic. MATERIALS AND METHODS:All randomized controlled trials (RCTs) conducted to assess the e...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Khodaeian M,Tabatabaei-Malazy O,Qorbani M,Farzadfar F,Amini P,Larijani B

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Smoking remains the most important avoidable cause of global mortality. Even though the number of cigarette smokers declines in first world countries, the uses of alternative nicotine delivery products increase and may even surpass the sells of cigarettes. In this light, the explicit role of nicotine in the ...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Babic M,Schuchardt M,Tölle M,van der Giet M

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Urodilatin (ANF(95-126)) is an analogue of the atrial natriuretic factor (ANF(99-126)), which has been isolated from human urine. Recently we have shown in healthy volunteers, that intravenous bolus injections of synthetic urodilatin produce more pronounced reductions of pulmonary arterial pressure than ANF(99-126). T...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Kentsch M,Ludwig D,Drummer C,Gerzer R,Müller-Esch G

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Augmentation index (AIx) is a measure of arterial wave reflection, providing information on the workload of the heart. and is a possible marker for cardiovascular disease risk. The relation of alcohol consumption with cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk is U-shaped with a protective effect of moderate alcohol ...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： van Trijp MJ,Bos WJ,van der Schouw YT,Muller M,Grobbee DE,Bots ML

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Both inflammation and oxidative stress may contribute to pathogenesis of metabolic syndrome (MetS). The C242T polymorphism (rs4673) in the CYBA gene, as the main components of NAD (P) H oxidase, causes inter-individual variability in the enzyme activity. We aimed to investigate the association between this p...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Pourgholi L,Pourgholi F,Ziaee S,Goodarzynejad H,Hosseindokht M,Boroumand M,Mandegary A

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the 13C-octanoate breath test, the shape of the 13CO2 excretion curve in the ascending portion reflects a pattern of gastric emptying (GE). Recent scintigraphic studies have revealed an overall delay in solid GE in fertile women compared with men. However, it remains unknown whether women have a different...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Sanaka M,Yamamoto T,Anjiki H,Osaki Y,Kuyama Y

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We recently reported that chloride-depletion metabolic alkalosis (CDMA) results in renal losses of Na, K, and water. In these studies we investigated whether CDMA (induced using a new model that avoids external changes in Na and water balance) was also associated with internal Na and water shifts out of the ECF. CDMA ...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Garella S,Cohen JJ,Northrup TE

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In a previous study, we demonstrated the presence of receptors for somatostatin, a neuropeptide with immunoregulatory properties, in the inflammatory lesions of patients suffering from sarcoidosis and other granulomatous diseases by in vivo somatostatin receptor scintigraphy and in vitro autoradiography. How...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： ten Bokum AM,Hofland LJ,de Jong G,Bouma J,Melief MJ,Kwekkeboom DJ,Schonbrunn A,Mooy CM,Laman JD,Lamberts SW,van Hagen PM

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Early menopause, whether it be natural or surgical, is one of the established risk factors for osteoporosis. Surgical menopause, however, differs from natural menopause owing to the abrupt cessation of estrogen secretion. This study attempts to investigate the influence of menopause type on bone mineral dens...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Hadjidakis D,Kokkinakis E,Sfakianakis M,Raptis SA

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Coronary artery disease (CAD) represents the most relevant cause of death and morbidity in the adult population of developed and developing countries. During the last decades, a strong research effort has been performed to identify more selective markers and better assess the cardiovascular risk in both prim...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Quercioli A,Montecucco F,Bertolotto M,Ottonello L,Pende A,Mach F,Dallegri F

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study further the role of hepatic cholesterol synthesis in patients with gallstones, the activity of the rate-limiting step in cholesterogenesis, hydroxymethyl glutaryl co-enzyme A reductase (HMGCoAR), was measured in operative wedge liver biopsies from ten patients with untreated cholesterol gallstones, six with p...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Maton PN,Ellis HJ,Higgins MJ,Dowling RH

更新日期：1980-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ten men with Klinefelter's syndrome were studied to assess the effect of testosterone replacement on plasma lipids and apolipoproteins. Measurements taken before the insertion of a testosterone ester implant were compared with those obtained 1 week and 4 weeks later. Mean plasma testosterone, androstenedione, total ch...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Jones DB,Higgins B,Billet JS,Price WH,Edwards CR,Beastall GH,Shepherd J,Sweeting VM,Horn DB,Wenham PR

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Carotid ultrasound is a noninvasive tool for risk assessment of coronary artery disease (CAD). There is no consensus on which carotid ultrasound parameter constitutes the best measurement of atherosclerosis. We investigated which model of carotid ultrasound parameters and clinical risk factors (CRF) has the ...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Wu N,Chen X,Li M,Qu X,Li Y,Xie W,Wu L,Xiang Y,Li Y,Zhong L

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pepsinogen A (PGA) and pepsinogen C (PGC) are negatively charged, low molecular weight (LMW) proteins with a striking difference in renal handling: PGA (molecular weight 43,500 daltons) shows a high fractional excretion while the fractional excretion of PGC (molecular weight 40,500 daltons) is low, presumably due to t...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： ten Kate RW,Pals G,Res JC,van Kamp GJ,Verheugt FW,Pronk JC,Donker AJ,Eriksson AW,Meuwissen SG

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To diagnose hypolactasia, determination of lactase enzyme activity in small intestinal biopsy material is considered to be the golden standard. Because of its strongly invasive character and the sampling problems, alternative methods have been looked for. We analysed the 13C-glucose response in serum after consumption...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Vonk RJ,Stellaard F,Priebe MG,Koetse HA,Hagedoorn RE,De Bruijn S,Elzinga H,Lenoir-Wijnkoop I,Antoine JM

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test the effect of long-term pegfilgrastim on collateral function and myocardial ischaemia in patients with chronic stable coronary artery disease (CAD). METHODS:This was a prospective clinical trial with randomized 2:1 allocation to pegfilgrastim or placebo for 6 months. The primary study endpoint was co...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Traupe T,Stoller M,Gloekler S,Meier P,Seiler C

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infusion of ethanol (0.6 g/kg body wt) caused marked hypoglycaemia in subjects fasted for 36 h. Previous administration of the alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) inhibitor 4-methylpyrazole (4-MP, 7 mg/kg body wt i.v.) strongly suppressed the ethanol-induced hypoglycaemia. The rate of ethanol elimination was 84.6 mg/kg per ho...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Salaspuro MP,Pikkarainen P,Lindros K

更新日期：1977-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Skeletal muscle glycogen deposition, and the activation of muscle glycogen synthase and pyruvate dehydrogenase during a hyerinsulinaemic euglycaemic clamp have been measured in six young and six elderly males matched for body mass index, physical activity and diet. Clamp glucose requirement (insulin, 0.1 U kg-1 h-1) w...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Kruszynska YT,Petranyi G,Alberti KG

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Kinetic abnormalities of apolipoprotein B (apoB)-containing lipoproteins in noninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) remain poorly understood. To get further insight into these abnormalities we performed a stable isotope kinetic experiment comparing the metabolism of apoB-containing lipoproteins in mod...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Duvillard L,Pont F,Florentin E,Galland-Jos C,Gambert P,Vergès B

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Buerger's disease (BD) is a segmental occlusive vascular disease. The aim of this study was to detect functional changes in brachial artery and asymptomatic morphological changes in extra-cranial carotid arteries not affected by the disease process and to assess markers of inflammation and endothelial damage...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Joras M,Poredos P,Fras Z

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We recently reported high high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol as a predictor of recurrent risk in a subgroup of postinfarction patients defined by hypercholesterolemia and high C-reactive protein (CRP) levels. We investigated whether a similar high-risk subgroup might exist for incident cardiovascular...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Corsetti JP,Gansevoort RT,Sparks CE,Dullaart RP

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We measured plasma sulphur amino acids in twenty-two patients with chronic renal failure and compared the findings with those obtained in twenty-two normal subjects. In fasting blood (08.00 hours) cysteine-homocysteine mixed disulphide was significantly increased in the renal patients, mean values (+/- SD) being 8.2 +...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Wilcken DE,Gupta VJ

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exogenous intravenous infusions of control saline, somatostatin, motilin and somatostatin and motilin together were compared in normal volunteers for their effects on the rise of blood glucose following 50 g oral glucose and for their effects on gastric emptying and plasma hormone concentrations. All regulatory peptid...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Long RG,Christofides ND,Fitzpatrick ML,O'Shaughnessy DJ,Bloom SR

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitrogen load can be reduced by substituting dietary protein intake with keto or hydroxy analogues of amino acids. To investigate their intestinal absorption, human jejunal brush border membrane vesicles were used to measure uptake of L-leucine hydroxy analogue (L-LHA) and L-lactate. Uptake assays were performed under...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Friedrich M,Murer H,Sterchi E,Berger EG

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), including erosive reflux disease and non-erosive reflux disease (NERD), is a chronic disease with a significant negative effect on quality of life. State-of-the-art treatment involves proton pump inhibitors (PPIs). However, relapse of symptoms occurs in the majority of...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Compare D,Pica L,Rocco A,De Giorgi F,Cuomo R,Sarnelli G,Romano M,Nardone G

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:D-dimers are generated during endogenous fibrinolysis of a blood clot and have a central role in diagnostic algorithms to rule out venous thromboembolism. HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors, more commonly called statins, are known to have effects independent of LDL-cholesterol lowering, including antithrombotic pr...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Schol-Gelok S,Morelli F,Arends LR,Boersma E,Kruip MJHA,Versmissen J,van Gelder T

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many haemodialysis patients treated with recombinant human erythropoietin (r-HuEPO) receive intravenous iron supplementation on a regular basis. It has been shown previously that this may result in a transient "oversaturation" of transferrin. METHODS:Ten stable haemodialysis patients on r-HuEPO treatment re...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Kooistra MP,Kersting S,Gosriwatana I,Lu S,Nijhoff-Schutte J,Hider RC,Marx JJ

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00