The Swedish Twin Registry: a unique resource for clinical, epidemiological and genetic studies.

abstract：:During the period 1974-1983, Yersinia enterocolitica infection was diagnosed in 458 hospitalized patients by antibody response or isolation of the micro-organism. Eight (1.75%) patients showed signs of acute pancreatitis with elevated serum or urine levels of amylase; two patients had acute insulin-dependent diabetes....

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Saebø A,Lassen J

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current orthodoxy states that coronary heart disease results from the unhealthy lifestyles of westernized adults together with a contribution from genetic inheritance. This does not provide a secure basis for prevention of the disease. Geographical studies gave the first clue that the disease originates during intra-u...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Barker DJ

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 64-year-old lady with a personal and family history of autoimmune disease developed chronic myelomonocytic leukaemia and multiple myeloma simultaneously. Her sister died of acute myelomonocytic leukaemia, but showed no evidence of autoimmune disease. It is possible that chronic immunological stimulation, perhaps by ...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Habashi HM,Sharp RA,Pippard MJ

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although numerous multicentre studies have estimated the association between ozone exposure and mortality, there are currently no nationally representative multicentre studies of the ozone-mortality relationship in China. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the effect on total (nonaccidental) and cause-specific mortal...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Sun Q,Wang W,Chen C,Ban J,Xu D,Zhu P,He MZ,Li T

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-associated dementia complex is characterized by difficulties in concentration and memory followed by apathy, social withdrawal and motor dysfunction. Decreased serum vitamin B12 levels occur in up to 20% of patients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and may adversel...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Herzlich BC,Schiano TD

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hypothesis that asymptomatic visual field defects can be found in patients with carotid transient ischaemic attacks (TIA) or minor strokes was tested. Twenty-two consecutive male patients with TIA and 18 patients with minor strokes from the carotid artery territory were examined by perimetry, cerebral computerised...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Falke P,Abela BM Jr,Krakau CE,Lilja B,Lindgärde F,Maly P,Stavenow L

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 41 patients with hypertension were identified in a survey of 732 healthy factory workers. Twenty-three of these individuals were receiving antihypertensive medication, whereas 18 cases were newly discovered. Plasma glucose and insulin responses to oral glucose and fasting plasma triglyceride (TG), cholester...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Zavaroni I,Mazza S,Dall'Aglio E,Gasparini P,Passeri M,Reaven GM

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ten adult patients with a severe nephrotic syndrome resistant to conventional immunosuppression were treated with cyclosporin A (CyA) for a mean period of 11 months. CyA was effective in all but two patients, as evaluated by 24-h urine protein excretion and clinical appearance. In general the best effect of CyA was se...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Nyrop M,Olgaard K

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the impact of the cost of pharmaceuticals on physicians' decisions about drug prescription. DESIGN:A simulation protocol for the treatment of two patients, one with mild and the other with a severe form of urinary tract infection (UTI), was designed. Thirty family physicians in outpatient clinics an...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Hart J,Salman H,Bergman M,Neuman V,Rudniki C,Gilenberg D,Matalon A,Djaldetti M

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Structural remodelling of left ventricle is a common feature in the progression of congestive heart failure (CHF). Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) have been directly implicated as they degrade extracellular proteins. To test the hypothesis that MMP-and its inhibitor, tissue type inhibitor of matrix metallop...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Jordán A,Roldán V,García M,Monmeneu J,de Burgos FG,Lip GY,Marín F

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the concordance of anti-hepatitis C virus (anti-HCV) reactivity by a second-generation enzyme immunoassay (EIA-2) and by a four-antigen recombinant immunoblot assay (4-RIBA) in homosexual men, in comparison with that found in other sexually active groups and blood donors. DESIGN:Prospective s...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Andreu J,Abad MA,Sanchez-Quijano A,Torronteras R,Luque F,Garcia de las Heras J,Soto B,Pineda JA,Leal M,Lissen E

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The association between dental infections and cerebral infarction was investigated in a case-control study involving 40 patients with ischaemic cerebral infarction under the age of 50, and 40 randomly selected community controls matched for sex and age. Poor oral health, as assessed by two indices measuring the severi...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Syrjänen J,Peltola J,Valtonen V,Iivanainen M,Kaste M,Huttunen JK

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the developed world the majority of disease results from common, but complex disorders such as diabetes, obesity and cancer. Genetic variation explains a large proportion of an individual's risk of developing these diseases; however, success in identifying the particular gene variants involved has been limited. Rec...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Lango H,Weedon MN

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulsatile, intravenous insulin infusion designed to mimic the portal insulin concentrations that emerge physiologically after a meal, has been postulated to improve glucose tolerance in Type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetic patients. We studied the effects of insulin pulsing (10 i.v. pulses of human insulin of 0.035 U k...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Heinemann L,Sonnenberg GE,Hohmann A,Ritzenhoff A,Berger M,Benn J,Sönksen P,Kelley D,Gerich J,Aoki T

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Platelet-activating factor (PAF) is a phospholipid inflammatory mediator which is synthesized by a variety of cells, including monocytes and endothelial cells, and PAF can be retained in activated endothelial cell membranes. Furthermore, PAF-like lipids are produced in other phospholipid membranes as in oxidi...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Wu R,Lemne C,De Faire U,Frostegârd J

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Findings from preclinical and clinical studies show that vascular normalization represents a novel strategy to enhance the efficacy of and overcome the acquired resistance to anti-angiogenic therapies in cancer. Several mechanisms of tumour vessel normalization have been revealed. Amongst them, secreted class 3 semaph...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Serini G,Bussolino F,Maione F,Giraudo E

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A female patient developed warfarin resistance after 2 years of satisfactory therapy. Only a third of orally administered warfarin was absorbed, the clearance of warfarin was normal. The patient was also resistant for dicoumarol, while phenandione had satisfactory effect on the prothrombin time (PT). ...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Talstad I,Gamst ON

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cigarette smoking has been identified as a major modifiable risk factor for coronary heart disease and mortality. However, findings on the relationship between smoking and atrial fibrillation (AF) have been inconsistent. Furthermore, findings from previous studies were based on self-reported smoking. OBJECT...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Zuo H,Nygård O,Vollset SE,Ueland PM,Ulvik A,Midttun Ø,Meyer K,Igland J,Sulo G,Tell GS

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies of zinc status in insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) have shown contradictory results. Zinc is essential for many enzymes involved in the human metabolism and may play a role in the biosynthesis and storage of insulin in the B-cell. We therefore prospectively followed 26 patients (14 males and 12 femal...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Melchior T,Simonsen KW,Johannessen AC,Binder C

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the prognostic value of exercise testing performed soon after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in patients treated with thrombolytic therapy. DESIGN:A 1-year prospective follow-up of 185 subjects treated with thrombolytic therapy who survived AMI, and who performed exercise testing 3 weeks afte...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Abboud L,Hir J,Eisen I,Markiewicz W

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pathological deviations in bodyweight is a major increasing health problem in industrialized societies. It is currently unclear what genetic mechanisms are involved in the long-term control of human body-weight and to what extent these genes are involved in pathological deviations of bodyweight control such as anorexi...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Schalling M,Johansen J,Nordfors L,Lönnqvist F

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:the results of experimental studies suggest that vitamin D deficiency activates the renin-angiotensin system and predisposes to hypertension. Results of previous epidemiological studies investigating the association between 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] status and hypertension have not been consistent, perha...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Burgaz A,Byberg L,Rautiainen S,Orsini N,Håkansson N,Arnlöv J,Sundström J,Lind L,Melhus H,Michaëlsson K,Wolk A

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a prospective study, the clinicopathological effect of prednisolone was evaluated in six patients with collagenous colitis. Prednisolone was associated with a significant decrease in stool frequency. However, the effect was transitory, since the diarrhoea recurred when prednisolone treatment was discontinued. There...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Sloth H,Bisgaard C,Grove A

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Protease inhibitors are efficient drugs as part of highly active antiretroviral therapy. They have been shown to cause hyper- and dyslipoproteinemia. Since antiretroviral therapy is able to delay disease progression and possibly extend life expectancy in HIV-infected individuals, the precise nature of serum ...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Berthold HK,Parhofer KG,Ritter MM,Addo M,Wasmuth JC,Schliefer K,Spengler U,Rockstroh JK

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two hundred consecutive patients with femoral neck fractures (FNF) and 200 controls matched by age, sex, nursing home residency and number of admissions within the last 2 years, were interviewed about recent drug use. The matching criteria were chosen to achieve case and control groups that were comparable with regard...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Jensen J,Nielsen LH,Lyhne N,Hallas J,Brøsen K,Gram LF

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Studies have shown that lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)], an important carrier of oxidized phospholipids, is causally related to calcific aortic valve stenosis (CAVS). Recently, we found that Lp(a) mediates the development of CAVS through autotaxin (ATX). OBJECTIVE:To determine the predictive value of circulating ATX...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Nsaibia MJ,Mahmut A,Boulanger MC,Arsenault BJ,Bouchareb R,Simard S,Witztum JL,Clavel MA,Pibarot P,Bossé Y,Tsimikas S,Mathieu P

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA) is an endogenous inhibitor of nitric oxide (NO) synthesis causing endothelial dysfunction, an early sign of atherogenesis. Symmetric dimethylarginine (SDMA) does not inhibit NO synthases. Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is a systemic indication of atherosclerosis. METHOD...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Böger RH,Endres HG,Schwedhelm E,Darius H,Atzler D,Lüneburg N,von Stritzky B,Maas R,Thiem U,Benndorf RA,Diehm C

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple sclerosis (MS), a chronic inflammatory demyelinating and neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system, is today a leading cause of unpredictable lifelong disability in young adults. The treatment of patients in progressive stages remains highly challenging, alluding to our limited understanding of ...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Kular L,Jagodic M

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human nervous system is a vast network carrying not only sensory and movement information, but also information to and from our organs, intimately linking it to our overall health. Scientists and engineers have been working for decades to tap into this network and 'crack the neural code' by decoding neural signals...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Bouton C

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate influence of whole-body cooling on cyclic GMP (cGMP) in women with Raynaud's phenomenon and in healthy women. DESIGN:The study was performed as an open, parallel-group comparison between women with Raynaud's phenomenon and healthy women during the winter month of February. SETTING:The municip...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Leppert J,Ringqvist A,Ahlner J,Myrdal U,Sørensen S,Ringqvist I

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00