Hypertriglyceridaemia due to genetic defects in lipoprotein lipase and apolipoprotein C-II.

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：:This review focuses on the determinants of longevity in the industrialized world, with emphasis on results from recently established data bases. Strong evidence is now available that demonstrates that in developed countries the maximum lifespan as well as the mean lifespan have increased substantially over the past ce...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Christensen K,Vaupel JW

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate if exercise-induced ST-segment depression without typical angina pectoris is related to increases in sympatho-adrenal activity or beta-adrenoceptor sensitivity. PATIENTS:Thirteen patients (four men) aged 35-62 years with ST-segment depression during exercise but atypical symptoms and normal myoca...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Sundkvist GM,Hjemdahl P,Kahan T,Melcher A

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hypovitaminosis D, a condition that is highly prevalent in older adults aged 65 years and above, is associated with brain changes and dementia. Given the rapidly accumulating and complex contribution of the literature in the field of vitamin D and cognition, clear guidance is needed for researchers and clini...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Annweiler C,Dursun E,Féron F,Gezen-Ak D,Kalueff AV,Littlejohns T,Llewellyn DJ,Millet P,Scott T,Tucker KL,Yilmazer S,Beauchet O

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Combinations of inhaled corticosteroids (ICSs) and long-acting β2 -agonists (LABAs) are recommended for patients with moderate and severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). However, it is not known whether different fixed combinations are equally effective. The aim of this study was to investigate...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Larsson K,Janson C,Lisspers K,Jørgensen L,Stratelis G,Telg G,Ställberg B,Johansson G

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coronary heart disease (CHD) has its origin in childhood. High cholesterol levels measured in children and adolescents are indicative of concurrent atherosclerotic changes and probably predict adult coronary heart disease. We review here the relevance of screening children, adolescents or young adults for serum lipid ...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Porkka KV,Viikari JS

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyhaemoglobins (PolyHb) and perfluorochemicals are in advanced phase III clinical trials and conjugated haemoglobins in phase II clinical trial. New recombinant human haemoglobin with no vasoactivity is being developed. A soluble macromolecule of PolyHb-catalase-superoxide dismutase is being studied as an oxygen car...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Chang TM

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although a variety of factors, inherited or environmental, can influence expression of ion channel proteins to impact on repolarization, that environment can affect genetic determinants of repolarization for intervals of varying duration is a concept that is not as generally appreciated as it should be. In the followi...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Rosen MR,Cohen IS

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To ascertain whether patients with Crohn's disease treated with azathioprine maintained bone mineral mass better than patients treated with steroids alone. DESIGN:Retrospective study. SETTING:University Hospital of Malmö, Sweden. SUBJECTS:A total of 59 patients with ileocolonic, ileocaecal or colonic Croh...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Florén CH,Ahrén B,Bengtsson M,Bartosik J,Obrant K

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preliminary experience of the efficacy and safety of a new regenerating system for selective extracorporeal removal of apolipoprotein B-containing lipoproteins is described. Four patients with familial hyperlipoproteinaemia were studied on 10 occasions. A system of two, parallel, dextran sulphate cellulose columns was...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Eriksson M,Berg B,Berglund L,Lantz B,Angelin B

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Personalized medicine involves the selection of the safest and most effective pharmacological treatment based on the molecular characteristics of the patient. In the case of anticancer drugs, tumour cell alterations can have a great impact on drug activity and, in fact, most biomarkers predicting response originate fr...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Rodríguez-Antona C,Taron M

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the frequency of the common Finnish and Norwegian mutations in the low density lipoprotein (LDL) receptor gene in Swedish patients with familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH), and to start screening for other mutations in these patients. In contrast to the situation in Norway and Finland, where the f...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Lind S,Eriksson M,Rystedt E,Wiklund O,Angelin B,Eggertsen G

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bupropion sustained release (bupropion SR) has been shown to increase smoking cessation success rates in the US studies. OBJECTIVE:To determine whether bupropion SR, in combination with counselling, is effective for smoking cessation in a multi-country study. METHODS:This randomized, double-blind, placebo-...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Tønnesen P,Tonstad S,Hjalmarson A,Lebargy F,Van Spiegel PI,Hider A,Sweet R,Townsend J

更新日期：2003-08-01 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：AIM:Prevalence, optimal diagnostic approach and consequences of clinically unsuspected osteomyelitis in diabetic foot ulcers are unclear. Early diagnosis of this infection may be crucial to ensure correct management. METHODS:We conducted a prospective study in 20 diabetic patients with a chronic foot ulcer (>8 weeks) ...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Schwegler B,Stumpe KD,Weishaupt D,Strobel K,Spinas GA,von Schulthess GK,Hodler J,Böni T,Donath MY

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 61-year-old female patient, treated for hyperthyroidism with thiamazole, developed a severe maturation arrest in the granulocytic lineage and a total agranulocytosis. Subcutaneous GM-CSF was started immediately and given for 6 days. Bone marrow samples were taken before GM-CSF therapy and on days 3 and 8. An increas...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Björkholm M,Pisa P,Arver S,Beran M

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The association of sex, age, relative weight, smoking and drinking habits, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and economic and marital status, with benign oesophageal disease (BOD) was investigated by means of a point-prevalence study of BOD in a Danish population. A total of 346 individuals, representing su...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Andersen LI,Jensen G

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The B lymphocyte-associated antigen CD20 is becoming an important immunotherapy target for autoimmune diseases, although its biological function has not been defined. Besides rheumatoid arthritis, growing experience with B cell-depleting therapy indicates that it may be effective in Sjögren's syndrome, dermatomyositis...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Perosa F,Prete M,Racanelli V,Dammacco F

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The contribution of plasma lipids to cardiovascular risk is usually evaluated by measuring plasma concentrations of total cholesterol, triglycerides and HDL cholesterol, and calculating LDL cholesterol concentration. We investigated plasma concentrations of apolipoproteins and lipoprotein particles in women ...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Nielsen NE,Olsson AG,Swahn E

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review describes global patterns of tobacco use and the mechanisms by which tobacco use is involved in carcinogenesis. A second part will discuss the association between tobacco use and risk of specific cancer types. Tobacco use has traditionally been a practice of high-income countries, but it has recently been ...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Kuper H,Adami HO,Boffetta P

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A five-year follow-up, by means of a personal interview, was performed on patients below the age of 40 years with acute chest pain without obvious organic cause (n = 64). They had been consecutively admitted to the emergency unit over a period of 8 weeks, and had all been subjected to a thorough medical and psychosoci...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Roll M,Kollind M,Theorell T

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Studies on extracranial carotid atherosclerosis have predominately been undertaken on middle-aged subjects. This study examines the prevalence of extracranial carotid atherosclerosis, its relation to vascular risk factors and its significance for survival in elderly subjects. DESIGN:Population-based cross-s...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Hillen T,Nieczaj R,Münzberg H,Schaub R,Borchelt M,Steinhagen-Thiessen E

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Swedish Twin Registry (STR), which today has developed into a unique resource, was first established in the late 1950s to study the importance of smoking and alcohol consumption on cancer and cardiovascular diseases whilst controlling for genetic propensity to disease. Since that time, the Registry has been expand...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Lichtenstein P,De Faire U,Floderus B,Svartengren M,Svedberg P,Pedersen NL

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Peroxidation of lipoproteins may be of critical importance in the development of atherosclerosis. Tocopherol is considered to be the most effective lipid-soluble antioxidant. The main aim of this study was to measure the serum tocopherol concentrations in a Swedish reference population and to relate them to ...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Ohrvall M,Tengblad S,Vessby B

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Chronic Chlamydia pneumoniae infection is considered as a cardiovascular risk factor and antibodies are commonly analysed by the subjective microimmunofluorescence (MIF) test. We wanted to investigate the C. pneumoniae IgA- and IgG seroprevalence in young survivors of myocardial infarction and matched contro...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Halvorsen DS,Børvik T,Njølstad I,Gutteberg TJ,Vorland LH,Hansen JB

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To explore the relationships between vitamin D intake, serum parathyroid hormone (PTH) and 25-hydroxyvitamin D (250HD) concentrations, and bone mineral density (BMD) in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). SETTING:A university hospital clinic in Finland. SUBJECTS:One hundred and fifty randomly selected patien...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Silvennoinen J

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Renewed interest in triglyceride-rich lipoproteins as causative agents in cardiovascular disease mandates further exploration of the integrated metabolism of chylomicrons and very low-density lipoproteins (VLDL). METHODS:Novel tracer techniques and an integrated multi-compartmental model were used to determ...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Björnson E,Packard CJ,Adiels M,Andersson L,Matikainen N,Söderlund S,Kahri J,Hakkarainen A,Lundbom N,Lundbom J,Sihlbom C,Thorsell A,Zhou H,Taskinen MR,Borén J

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The original definition of microalbuminuria (20-200 microg min-1 or 15-150 microg min-1 overnight) is based on studies of patients with diabetes, in whom microalbuminuria was associated with increased risk of chronic renal failure. In a recent report an overnight urinary albumin excretion (UAE) above only 5 ...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Klausen KP,Scharling H,Jensen JS

更新日期：2006-09-01 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：:Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major cause of acquired disability globally, and effective treatment methods are scarce. Lately, there has been increasing recognition of the devastating impact of TBI resulting from sports and other recreational activities, ranging from primarily sport-related concussions (SRC) but a...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Marklund N,Bellander BM,Godbolt AK,Levin H,McCrory P,Thelin EP

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00