Twins and the mystery of missing heritability: the contribution of gene-environment interactions.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the demographic, clinical, biochemical and genotypic features of patients with erythropoietic protoporphyria (EPP) in a Swedish cohort. DESIGN:Cross-sectional questionnaire, biochemical and genetic study. SETTING:Sweden. SUBJECTS:Fifty-one Swedish individuals known in 2008 to have EPP confir...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Wahlin S,Floderus Y,Stål P,Harper P

更新日期：2011-03-01 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：:It is now well recognized that cardiovascular events (CVE) occur quite commonly, both in the acute phase and in the long-term, in patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). CVE have been noted in up to 30% of patients hospitalized with all-cause CAP. One systematic review and meta-analysis of hospitalized patie...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Feldman C,Normark S,Henriques-Normark B,Anderson R

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare foreign- and Swedish-born diabetic subjects regarding health care utilization, complications, clinical and socio-economic characteristics. DESIGN:Cross-sectional study. SETTING:All known diabetic patients living in six defined primary health care districts. SUBJECTS:Of 1861 identified subjects ...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Hjelm K,Apelqvist J,Nyberg P,Sundquist J,Isacsson A

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary adrenal insufficiency (PAI), or Addison's disease, is a rare, potentially deadly, but treatable disease. Most cases of PAI are caused by autoimmune destruction of the adrenal cortex. Consequently, patients with PAI are at higher risk of developing other autoimmune diseases. The diagnosis of PAI is often delaye...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Husebye ES,Allolio B,Arlt W,Badenhoop K,Bensing S,Betterle C,Falorni A,Gan EH,Hulting AL,Kasperlik-Zaluska A,Kämpe O,Løvås K,Meyer G,Pearce SH

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Microbial translocation and chronic immune activation were previously shown to be associated with impairment of T cell functions and disease progression during infection with human immunodeficiency virus type-1 (HIV-1); however, their impact on B cell function and number remains unknown. By measuring markers...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Ruffin N,Lantto R,Pensieroso S,Sammicheli S,Hejdeman B,Rethi B,Chiodi F

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the coexistence of hypertension and diabetes, associations with cardiovascular risk factors and the achievement of current treatment goals. DESIGN:A community-based, cross-sectional, observational study. SETTING:Hypertension and diabetes outpatient clinics in primary health care, Skara, Sweden. ...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Bøg-Hansen E,Lindblad U,Bengtsson K,Ranstam J,Melander A,Råstam L

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The serum levels of the catabolic cytokine TNF-alpha are often raised in malnourished chronic heart failure patients as well as in chronic renal failure (CRF) patients. Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors are often used in these patients and may decrease TNF-alpha and IL-1beta levels in vitro and ...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Stenvinkel P,Andersson P,Wang T,Lindholm B,Bergström J,Palmblad J,Heimbürger O,Cederholm T

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a 24-week randomized multicentre single-blind study, including mild to moderate hypertensives free from other diseases, the effect on blood lipids of captopril (n = 51) was studied and compared with that of metoprolol (n = 53). In order to keep the diastolic pressure less than 95 mm Hg, bendroflumethiazide was adde...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Foss OP,Jensen EK

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relation between obesity, particularly abdominal obesity, and risk of stroke amongst women remains unclear. In 1991-1992, a prospective study was initiated in Sweden amongst women who returned a self-administered questionnaire. Through linkage with nation-wide registries, 45,449 women, free of stroke at entry, wer...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Lu M,Ye W,Adami HO,Weiderpass E

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dysbetalipoproteinaemia is a genetic disorder characterized by accumulation of lipoprotein remnant particles in the plasma, accelerated atherosclerosis, and the abnormal apoprotein E2. Uncontrolled diabetes mellitus can aggravate the hyperlipidaemia associated with this disorder, presumably by increasing triglyceride ...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Duell PB,Bierman EL

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Epidemiological and clinical features of patients with COVID-19 have been reported, but none of them focused on medical staff, and few predictors of the duration of viral shedding have been reported. It is urgent to help healthcare workers prevent and recover quickly from the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Liu W,Liu Y,Xu Z,Jiang T,Kang Y,Zhu G,Chen Z

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Excess body weight and a sedentary lifestyle are associated with the development of several diseases, including cardiovascular disease, diabetes and cancer in women. One proposed mechanism linking obesity to chronic diseases is an alteration in adipose-derived adiponectin and leptin levels. We investigated t...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Abbenhardt C,McTiernan A,Alfano CM,Wener MH,Campbell KL,Duggan C,Foster-Schubert KE,Kong A,Toriola AT,Potter JD,Mason C,Xiao L,Blackburn GL,Bain C,Ulrich CM

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on a 43-year-old male patient with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) type IV with acute myocardial infarction (MI) without organic coronary stenosis. The disease was complicated with pneumothorax, subcutaneous and mediastinal emphysema, and splenic artery rupture. Three of the patient's family members suffered su...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Nishiyama Y,Nejima J,Watanabe A,Kotani E,Sakai N,Hatamochi A,Shinkai H,Kiuchi K,Tamura K,Shimada T,Takano T,Katayama Y

更新日期：2001-01-01 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：:A 52-year-old white male subject with typical clinical and laboratory findings of Waldenström's macroglobulinaemia is described. Two paraprotein peaks of IgM lambda class, with different physical and chemical properties and different amino acid compositions, in both heavy and light chains, were found in the patient's ...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Ruiz-Palomo F,Revilla Y,Gonzales Porque P,Serrano Rios M

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to examine if an acute nicotine infusion alters insulin sensitivity to a similar degree in type 2 diabetic patients as in healthy control subjects. DESIGN:. Double-blind, cross-over, placebo-controlled, randomized experimental study. Nicotine 0.3 microg kg-1 min(-1) or NaCl was inf...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Axelsson T,Jansson PA,Smith U,Eliasson B

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The onset of human disease by infection with SARS-CoV-2 causing COVID-19 has revealed risk factors for disease severity. There are four identified factors that puts one at high-risk for infection and/or mortality creating a disparity: age, comorbidities, race/ethnicity, and gender. Data indicate that the older a perso...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Carethers JM

更新日期：2020-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the clinical course of a 58-year-old man who died from acute papillary muscle rupture as a complication of clostridial sepsis. There was no evidence for myocardial infarction, infective endocarditis, prior chest trauma or other known causes of papillary muscle rupture. Histological specimens taken at autop...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Schulz R,Andreas S,Weise B,Werner GS

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The success of antiretroviral therapy in treating HIV infection has greatly prolonged life expectancy in affected individuals, transforming the disease into a chronic condition. A number of HIV-associated non-AIDS comorbidities have emerged in the ageing HIV-infected population, including osteoporosis and increased ri...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Compston J

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We identified two cases of chronic active hepatitis with liver fibrosis induced by lipid lowering drugs of the statin and fibrate classes despite regular monitoring of transaminases. There are few reports of clinically significant hepatitis induced by these drugs and even fewer cases of fibrosis. Given the growing use...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Punthakee Z,Scully LJ,Guindi MM,Ooi TC

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Elevated plasma levels of bilirubin, an endogenous antioxidant, have been associated with reduced risk of ischaemic heart disease (IHD) and myocardial infarction (MI). Whether this is a causal relationship remains unclear. OBJECTIVE:We tested the hypothesis that elevated plasma bilirubin is causally related...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Stender S,Frikke-Schmidt R,Nordestgaard BG,Grande P,Tybjaerg-Hansen A

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test the hypothesis that normoalbuminuric type 1 diabetic patients segregate into groups with normal and elevated ambulatory blood pressure. To evaluate diurnal variation of blood pressure assessed by individual or fixed night-time periods. DESIGN:Cross-sectional study. SETTING:Tertiary referral centre. ...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Hansen KW,Pedersen MM,Christiansen JS,Mogensen CE

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the prognostic value of neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) in chronic heart failure (HF) of ischaemic aetiology. BACKGROUND:Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin is a marker of kidney injury as well as matrix degradation and inflammation and has previously been shown to be increa...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Nymo SH,Ueland T,Askevold ET,Flo TH,Kjekshus J,Hulthe J,Wikstrand J,McMurray J,Van Veldhuisen DJ,Gullestad L,Aukrust P,Yndestad A

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hypertension is an important risk factor for cardiovascular disease. The latest guidelines recommend regular physical exercise as initial step or adjunct in the treatment of hypertension. We investigated the association between physical activity and the degree of hypertension, as well as the relation to indi...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Felmeden DC,Spencer CG,Blann AD,Beevers DG,Lip GY

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prions represent a group of proteins with a unique capacity to fold into different conformations. One isoform is rich in beta-pleated sheets and can aggregate into amyloid that may be pathogenic. This abnormal form propagates itself by imposing its confirmation on the homologous normal host cell protein. Pathogenic pr...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Norrby E

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the long history of development of haemoglobin (Hb)-based O2 carriers (HBOCs), many side effects of Hb molecules have become apparent. They imply the physiological importance of the cellular structure of red blood cells. Hb-vesicles (HbV) are artificial O2 carriers that encapsulate concentrated Hb solution with...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Sakai H,Sou K,Horinouchi H,Kobayashi K,Tsuchida E

更新日期：2008-01-01 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：:Cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis (CTX) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder believed to be exclusively caused by mutations in the CYP27A1 gene coding for the enzyme sterol 27-hydroxylase. Common findings in CTX are tendon xanthomas, cataracts and progressive neurological dysfunction. Here, we characterize an adult fem...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Hansson M,Olin M,Floren CH,von Bahr S,van't Hooft F,Meaney S,Eggertsen G,Björkhem I

更新日期：2007-05-01 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