Increased rate of lumbar spondylolisthesis in rheumatoid arthritis: A case-control study.

abstract：:Renal extraction and renal plasma clearance of atrial natriuretic peptide from pigs with complete unilateral ureteral obstruction (UUO) and from intact anaesthetized pigs were determined from arteriovenous differences in plasma atrial natriuretic peptide and measured renal plasma flow. The effect of administration of ...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Frøkiaer J,Djurhuus JC,Pedersen EB

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the possible role of hepatitis C virus (HCV) in fulminant and subacute liver failure, we tested serum and liver of 13 patients undergoing orthotopic liver transplantation for the presence of HCV RNA. HCV RNA was detected in specimens from two out of eight patients negative for all viral markers with sus...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Theilmann L,Solbach C,Toex U,Müller HM,Pfaff E,Otto G,Goeser T

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelin-1 is a recently described endothelium-derived vasoconstricting peptide. Plasma concentrations of immunoreactive (IR-) endothelin were investigated in six healthy young men applying a radioimmunoassay after extraction of endothelin from plasma. In venous plasma a mean concentration of 1.3 +/- 0.4 pmol l-1 wa...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Wagner OF,Nowotny P,Vierhapper H,Waldhäusl W

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eur J Clin Invest 2012; 42 (6): 579-588 ABSTRACT: Glucose-based methods are currently gold standards for identifying individuals at risk of type 2 diabetes. Obviously, these methods only consider one of many pathologies of impaired glucose metabolism and they all suffer from a poor specificity as type 2 diabetes risk ...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Gjesing AP,Pedersen O

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Right ventricular (RV) dysfunction in heart failure (HF) with reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) is associated with a poorer prognosis. No studies to date have investigated the prognostic utility of RV isovolumic acceleration (IVA) measured at tissue Doppler imaging (TDI) in HF. RV strain inst...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Sciatti E,Vizzardi E,Bonadei I,Curnis A,D'Aloia A,Metra M

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The DALI low-density lipoprotein (LDL) apheresis system is the first whole-blood apheresis system in regular clinical use. DALI stands for direct adsorption of lipoproteins, which describes the basic principle of operation of this newly developed LDL apheresis procedure. METHODS:The selective removal of LDL...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Dräger LJ,Julius U,Kraenzle K,Schaper J,Toepfer M,Zygan K,Otto V,Steinhagen-Thiessen E

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate comprehensively the effects of 12 prophylaxis interventions for secondary prophylaxis of variceal bleeding using multiple-treatments meta-analysis. METHODS:PubMed, EMBASE and the Cochrane Library were searched prior to November 2011. Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) comparing the interventions...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Shi KQ,Liu WY,Pan ZZ,Ling XF,Chen SL,Chen YP,Fan YC,Zheng MH

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been shown that the detection of tuberculostearic acid (TBSA) with gas chromatography-mass-spectrometry provides a highly specific, sensitive and rapid method for the diagnosis of various forms of tuberculosis. However, the need for complex and expensive equipment prevented the more widespread use of this metho...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Herz A,Leichsenring M,Felten M,Oosthuizen OJ,Mayatepek E,Haas W,Bremer HJ

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Conflicting observations exist concerning the role of nuclear factor kappa B (NFjB) in alcoholic liver disease (ALD) in animal models. To date no studies have examined this aspect in human liver tissue. We here assessed cytokines and toll-like receptors (TLRs) expressions in conjunction with NFkappaB ac...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Stärkel P,De Saeger C,Strain AJ,Leclercq I,Horsmans Y

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Flow cytometry was used to study phagocytic function and release of reactive oxygen intermediates (ROI) following phagocytosis by granulocytes in 14 patients (six female, eight male) with gram-negative septicaemia prior to, during, and after therapy compared with a group of healthy controls. Phagocytic capacity was as...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Wenisch C,Parschalk P,Hasenhündl M,Griesmacher A,Graninger W

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hyperlipidemia is a common feature of the nephrotic syndrome (NS). From retrospective studies, it has been suggested that aggressive lipid-lowering with low-density lipoprotein apheresis (LDL-A) may not only improve dyslipidemia but also decrease urinary albumin excretion and increase serum levels of albumin...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Stenvinkel P,Alvestrand A,Angelin B,Eriksson M

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The release of PGI2-like activity into the circulation in response to cholinergic agonists and modification of this response by beta-adrenergic antagonists was investigated in anaesthetized cats and healthy humans. Antiaggregatory activity in the arterial blood was continuously assayed by measuring platelet aggregatio...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Swies J,Radomski M,Dembińska-Kieć A,Korbut R,Gryglewski RJ,Brandt R,Nowak J

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Diabetes mellitus is a progressive disease with cardiovascular complications. This study evaluated the effects of liraglutide, a glucagon-like peptide-1 analogue and the dipeptidyl peptidase 4 inhibitors sitagliptin and linagliptin on cardiac function in type 2 diabetes patients with renal impairment. MAT...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Hiramatsu T,Asano Y,Mabuchi M,Imai K,Iguchi D,Furuta S

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of percutaneous electrical stimulation (70 V, 300 microseconds pulses at 30 Hz) on muscle composition and rate of protein synthesis were studied in seven patients with quadriceps atrophy secondary to unilateral osteoarthritis of the knee (stimulated group). Quadriceps were stimulated on the affected side f...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Gibson JN,Morrison WL,Scrimgeour CM,Smith K,Stoward PJ,Rennie MJ

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to examine the effects of a large dose of slow-release carbohydrates (CHOs) at bedtime on the nocturnal glucose, insulin and free fatty acid (FFA) levels, and to assess the putative effects on morning fasting and post-prandial glucose levels in patients with moderately controlled non-i...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Axelsen M,Lönnroth P,Arvidsson Lenner R,Smith U

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies were designed to establish the acid inhibitory potency and plasma kinetics of somatostatin-28 (S-28) in humans and to determine whether the amount of S-28 released into the circulation after a meal is sufficient to regulate gastric acid secretion. A liquid meal induced a significant increase of S-28 (P < 0.01)...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Hildebrand P,Ensinck JW,Buettiker J,Drewe J,Burckhardt B,Gyr K,Beglinger C

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The oral dual endothelin (ET) antagonist bosentan has been established as a cornerstone in the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). ET is believed to be a key pathogenic mediator in systemic sclerosis (scleroderma, SSc), causing fibrotic, hypertrophic and inflammatory processes. PAH is one of ...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Ahmadi-Simab K,Hellmich B,Gross WL

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mutations in endoglin (ENG) and activin receptor-like kinase 1 (ALK-1 or ACVRL1) genes are the underlying basis of hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) types 1 and 2, respectively. Both genes belong to the transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) receptors superfamily and are expressed in endotheli...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Thomas B,Eyries M,Montagne K,Martin S,Agrapart M,Simerman-François R,Letarte M,Soubrier F

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased cardiovascular mortality is an unresolved problem in patients with chronic renal failure. Cardiac hypertrophy is observed in the majority of patients with chronic renal failure undergoing haemodialysis. However, the mechanisms, including signal transduction pathways, responsible for cardiac hypertrophy in re...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Takahashi H,Takeishi Y,Miyamoto T,Shishido T,Arimoto T,Konta T,Miyashita T,Ito M,Kubota I

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Gastrointestinal symptoms are common on acute exposure to high-altitude (HA). Underlying mechanisms are not understood, but vascular shunting away from the gut could be responsible. Therefore, blood flow in the superior mesenteric artery (SMA) and hepatic portal vein (HPV) was examined at sea level (SL) and ...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Kalson NS,Hext F,Davies AJ,Chan CW,Wright AD,Imray CH,Birmingham Medical Research Expeditionary Society.

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microdialysis was used to selectively assess the effect of the paracrine renin-angiotensin system (RAS) on interstitial glucose and lactate concentration profiles in skeletal muscle of healthy volunteers (n = 8) during basal and insulin-stimulated conditions. Paracrine RAS was selectively inhibited by local retrodialy...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Müller M,Fasching P,Schmid R,Burgdorff T,Waldhäusl W,Eichler HG

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The intestinal mucosa of patients with inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) characteristically shows a high degree of inflammation when compared to healthy subjects. This appears to be attributable to an imbalance in local reactivity of inflammatory cells. In the present study, we tested the hypothesis that imm...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Kovarik JJ,Tillinger W,Hofer J,Hölzl MA,Heinzl H,Saemann MD,Zlabinger GJ

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The oral absorption of magnesium, its myocardial uptake and exchangeable magnesium have been studied in patients with coronary heart disease and controls using the radioactive isotope magnesium-28. 2. No significant difference in oral absorption or myocardial uptake was found between patients and controls. 3. The e...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Boddy K,Robertson I,Mahaffy ME,Katoch DS,Murray RG,Dunn FG,Hutton I

更新日期：1978-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hepatocytes are polarized epithelial cells with three morphologically and functionally distinct membrane surfaces: the sinusoidal, lateral and canalicular surface domains. These domains differ from each other in the expression of integral proteins, which concur to their polarized functions. We hypothesize th...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Liquori GE,Mastrodonato M,Rossi R,Scillitani G,Gena P,Portincasa P,Calamita G,Ferri D

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Based on a report of a marked increase in the erythropoietin concentration ([EPO]) a few hours after the cessation of a single 2-h session of O(2) breathing, short periods of O(2) administration have been advocated as a therapy for anaemia. Accordingly, the purpose of the present study was to evaluate this t...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Keramidas ME,Norman B,Gustafsson T,Eiken O,Mekjavic IB

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Critical illness is an aetiologically and clinically heterogeneous syndrome that is characterised by organ failure and immune dysfunction. Mortality in critically ill patients is driven by inflammation-associated organ damage and a profound vulnerability to nosocomial infection. Both factors are influenced by the acti...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Wood AJT,Vassallo A,Summers C,Chilvers ER,Conway-Morris A

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Circulatory dysfunction in portal hypertension is characterized by increased cardiac output, decreased systemic vascular resistance, a fall in mean arterial pressure secondary to splanchnic and systemic vasodilation and hence renal hypoperfusion. Previous studies have disclosed that renal vasculatures of por...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Chuang CL,Huang HC,Chang CC,Lee FY,Wu JC,Lee SD

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased activity of the Na+/H+ antiport may be a major abnormality in essential hypertension. The activity of this transport system was investigated in lymphocytes from 13 patients with untreated essential hypertension (Ht) and 13 normotensive control subjects (Nt) on an ad libitum (130-170 mmol d-1) NaCl intake. Fu...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Göbel BO,Hoffmann G,Ruppert M,Stumpe KO,Vetter H,Siffert W,Düsing R

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have examined resting and thrombin (0.3 units ml-1) induced release of noradrenaline by washed platelets from 15 normal subjects and eight patients with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia. Platelets from both normal and hypercholesterolaemic subjects showed irreversible aggregation with 0.3 units ml-1 thro...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Smith CC,Wilson AP,Prichard BN,Betteridge DJ

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent evidence indicates that remnant lipoprotein particles (RLPs) may play a role in atherosclerosis. Remnant lipoprotein particles have been suggested to be the most atherogenic particles among the triglyceride-rich lipoproteins. In particular, these triglyceride-rich particles were identified as an indep...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Ossewaarde ME,Dallinga-Thie GM,Bots ML,van der Schouw YT,Rabelink TJ,Grobbee DE,Westerveld HT

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00