Total serum haemolytic complement activity, erythrocyte sedimentation rate and plasma fibrinogen as indicators of the stage in Hodgkin's disease.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to compare the prevalence of lumbar spondylolisthesis (SPL) in patients suffering from low back pain (LBP) with or without rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and to identify potential factors associated with SPL in patients with RA. METHODS:We performed a case-control study. Cases and contro...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Hagege B,Tubach F,Alfaiate T,Forien M,Dieudé P,Ottaviani S

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The investigation of the human follicle fluid proteome has gained much interest in the search of new markers as predictors for in vitro fertilization and intracytoplasmic sperm injection (IVF/ICSI) treatment outcome. Follicular fluid folate, as substrate of one carbon (1-C) metabolism, affects follicular met...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Twigt JM,Bezstarosti K,Demmers J,Lindemans J,Laven JS,Steegers-Theunissen RP

更新日期：2015-08-01 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：BACKGROUND:Many chronic diseases are adversely affected by elevated iron levels. It has been speculated that this relationship is mediated by increased oxidative stress, due to the ability of iron to generate reactive oxygen species. The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between elevated iron levels and ...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Aranda N,Fernandez-Cao JC,Tous M,Arija V

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bombesin was originally isolated from amphibian skin, whereas its mammalian counterpart, gastrin-releasing peptide (GRP), was first identified in the nervous system of the gastrointestinal tract. Whether GRP is present in the human skin is not known. Bombesin-like peptides are also known to modulate growth. We therefo...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Pansky A,Peng F,Eberhard M,Baselgia L,Siegrist W,Baumann JB,Eberle AN,Beglinger C,Hildebrand P

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Investigations were carried out to analyse the interactions of alpha 2-antagonists (yohimbine, idazoxan, SK & F-86,466) with human fat cell alpha 2-adrenoceptors. All the alpha 2-antagonists enhanced the lipolytic potencies of epinephrine with an order of potency: yohimbine greater than idazoxan greater than SK & F-86...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Galitzky J,Taouis M,Berlan M,Rivière D,Garrigues M,Lafontan M

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although the association between chronic Helicobacter pylori infection and type 2 diabetes has been suggested, findings have been inconsistent. This study evaluated the association between chronic H. pylori infection and glucose regulation. MATERIALS AND METHODS:We evaluated H. pylori infection status of pa...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Hsieh MC,Wang SS,Hsieh YT,Kuo FC,Soon MS,Wu DC

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Vitamin E supplementation is associated with a reduced risk of developing atherosclerotic events; probably because it inhibits low-density lipoprotein (LDL) oxidation, an initial step in atherosclerosis. Metal ion-dependent LDL oxidation is a commonly used method to estimate oxidizability of LDL, but the eff...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Wen Y,Killalea S,Norris LA,Cooke T,Feely J

更新日期：1999-12-01 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：:Fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD) is an idiopathic, segmental, non-atherosclerotic and non-inflammatory disease of the musculature of arterial walls, leading to stenosis of small and medium-sized arteries, mostly involving renal and cervical arteries. As a result of better and more systematic screening, it appears that in...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Van der Niepen P,van Tussenbroek F,Devos H,Debing E,Di Monaco S,Goffette P,Astarci P,Persu A

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to study the mechanisms by which nutrients influence post-trauma metabolism, Sprague-Dawley rats received a 25% full-thickness burn and were randomly assigned to receive 12.5 g kg-1 bodyweight (BW) per day amino acids (AA) only, AA and 14.7 g hydrous glucose kg-1 BW per day or AA and 14.7 g hydrous xylitol kg...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Georgieff M,Pscheidl E,Moldawer LL,Bistrian BR,Blackburn GL

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The intestinal handling of dextran, an alpha-1,6-linked glucose polymer, is poor compared with starch, and some ingested dextran might therefore reach the lower small intestine. As luminal sugar up-regulates SGLT1 (sodium-dependent glucose transporter) locally, we report the effects of a dextran-enriched die...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Debnam ES,Denholm EE,Grimble GK

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:• The rapid and continuing progress in gene discovery for complex diseases is fuelling interest in the potential application of genetic risk models for clinical and public health practice. • The number of studies assessing the predictive ability is steadily increasing, but they vary widely in completeness of reporting...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Janssens AC,Ioannidis JP,Bedrosian S,Boffetta P,Dolan SM,Dowling N,Fortier I,Freedman AN,Grimshaw JM,Gulcher J,Gwinn M,Hlatky MA,Janes H,Kraft P,Melillo S,O'Donnell CJ,Pencina MJ,Ransohoff D,Schully SD,Seminara D,

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The mechanisms responsible for the progressive failure of hypoglycaemia counterregulation in long-standing type 1 diabetes are poorly understood. Increased brain glucose uptake during hypoglycaemia or alterations of brain energy metabolism could effect glucose sensing by the brain and thus contribute to hypo...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Bischof MG,Brehm A,Bernroider E,Krssák M,Mlynárik V,Krebs M,Roden M

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Graves' disease (GD) is an autoimmune disorder characterized by hyperthyroidism, which can relapse in many patients after antithyroid drug treatment withdrawal. Several studies have been performed to predict the clinical course of GD in patients treated with antithyroid drugs, without conclusive results. The...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Orunesu E,Bagnasco M,Salmaso C,Altrinetti V,Bernasconi D,Del Monte P,Pesce G,Marugo M,Mela GS

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As in women receiving oestrogens the administration of 17beta-oestradiol to ovariectomized female rats caused a rise in fasting plasma triglycerides and a fall in plasma glucose. Progesterone, on the other hand, had no significant effects. In the oestradiol treated rats, the portal vein basal insulin levels were sligh...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Mandour T,Kissebah AH,Wynn V

更新日期：1977-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent data suggest that the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) is involved in the regulation of growth of neoplastic cells in chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML). PATIENTS AND METHODS:We treated six patients with imatinib-resistant CML in haematological relapse (leukocytes > 20,000 microL(-1)) with rapamycin...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Sillaber C,Mayerhofer M,Böhm A,Vales A,Gruze A,Aichberger KJ,Esterbauer H,Pfeilstöcker M,Sperr WR,Pickl WF,Haas OA,Valent P

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Arterial stiffness is an important determinant of cardiovascular risk. It is associated with several cardiovascular risk factors, including hypertension, diabetes and cigarette smoking. However, there are conflicting data about the relationship between arterial stiffness and hypercholesterolemia. Furthermore...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Riggio S,Mandraffino G,Sardo MA,Iudicello R,Camarda N,Imbalzano E,Alibrandi A,Saitta C,Carerj S,Arrigo T,Saitta A

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Analytical statistics revealed a variety of risk factors for hypertension, but the complex interplay between different factors remains to be determined by more powerful statistical techniques. METHODS:Analytical as well as new, explorative statistical methods such as natural segmentation (k-means) and predi...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Lukas A,Kumbein F,Temml C,Mayer B,Oberbauer R

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The biocompatibility of two commercially available charcoal columns, one containing coated and the other uncoated but immobilized charcoal, was compared during four haemoperfusions with each in eight healthy greyhounds. Reductions in arterial levels of platelets (49% and 42% respectively) and leucocytes (both 21%) wer...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Weston MJ,Hanid A,Rubin MH,Langley PG,Mellon PJ,Williams R

更新日期：1977-10-01 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：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：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：:Adequate pregnancy care of women with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) rests on three pillars: a coordinated medical-obstetrical care, an agreed and well-defined management protocol and a good neonatal unit. Pregnancy should be planned following a preconceptional visit for counselling. Women with severe active disea...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Ruiz-Irastorza G,Khamashta MA

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic hyponatremia is common and associated with increased morbidity and mortality. However, whether treatment improves outcome in patients without significant symptoms is unclear. We here assessed the therapeutic outcome on clinical symptoms, neurocognitive and neuromuscular function in patients with chro...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Refardt J,Kling B,Krausert K,Fassnacht M,von Felten S,Christ-Crain M,Fenske W

更新日期：2018-11-01 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:Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is followed by post AMI cardiac remodelling, often leading to congestive heart failure. Homing of c-kit+ endothelial progenitor cells (EPC) has been thought to be the optimal source for regenerating infarcted myocardium. METHODS:Immune function of viable peripheral blood mo...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Ankersmit HJ,Hoetzenecker K,Dietl W,Soleiman A,Horvat R,Wolfsberger M,Gerner C,Hacker S,Mildner M,Moser B,Lichtenauer M,Podesser BK

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the influence of sodium fluoride on polymorphonuclear leukocyte (PMN) adhesiveness in a healthy subject with low serum levels of fluoride. The PMN were separated from venous blood, and the percentages of adhered and unadhered cells were determined in vitro in plastic culture plates. The cells were cult...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Gómez-Ubric JL,Liébana J,Gutiérrez J,Castillo A

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Efficient fragmentation is the most important prerequisite for successful treatment of gallstones by extracorporeally induced shock waves. No data are available on the amount of energy necessary for stone disintegration and on the threshold energy below which no further fragmentation occurs. We therefore performed an ...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Neubrand M,Greinwald I,Lobentanzer H,Paumgartner G,Hermeking H,Sauerbruch T

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Combined 47Calcium kinetic and calcium balance studies with correction for dermal calcium loss were performed in thirteen patients with primary hyperparathyroidism (PHP), in whom serum bone-Gla-protein (S-BGP) was measured, and in ten matched controls. Dietary calcium was normal in PHP but both net (7.9 +/- 1.4 mmol C...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Charles P,Mosekilde L,Jensen FT

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00