Optimization of insulin treatment in children.

abstract：:Due to its varied and variable phenotypes, Andersen-Tawil syndrome (ATS) holds a unique place in the field of channelopathies. Patients with ATS typically present with the triad of periodic paralysis, cardiac arrhythmias, and developmental dysmorphisms. Although penetrance of ATS is high, disease expression and severi...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Donaldson MR,Yoon G,Fu YH,Ptacek LJ

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abstract The limits of traditional anticoagulants, such as heparin and warfarin, have prompted the search for new agents for prophylaxis and treatment of arterial and venous thromboembolism, including factor Xa and thrombin inhibitors. These agents can be given orally, and their most significant advantage is that no l...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Mannucci PM,Franchini M

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Human Genome Project (HGP), as the primary sequencing of the human genome, lasted more than one decade to be completed using the traditional Sanger's method. At present, next-generation sequencing (NGS) technology could provide the genome sequence data in hours. NGS has also decreased the expense of sequencing; th...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Kalayinia S,Goodarzynejad H,Maleki M,Mahdieh N

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac arrhythmias cause more than 300,000 sudden deaths each year in the USA alone. Long QT syndrome (LQT) is a cardiac disorder that causes sudden death from ventricular tachyarrhythmias, specifically torsade de pointes. Four LQT genes have been identified: KVLQT1 (LQT1) on chromosome 11p15.5, HERG (LQT2) on chromo...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Wang Q,Chen Q,Towbin JA

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mortality from coronary heart disease (CHD) has been constantly higher in eastern late settlement regions compared to western early settlements in Finland, unrelated to classical risk factors. In line with this, eastern birthplace was an age-dependent predictor of severe coronary atherosclerosis and pre-hosp...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Tyynelä P,Goebeler S,Ilveskoski E,Mikkelsson J,Perola M,Lehtimäki T,Karhunen PJ

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Evidence on the association between depression, antidepressant use and venous thromboembolism (VTE) risk is conflicting. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of published observational studies evaluating the associations of depression and antidepressant use with VTE risk. DESIGN:Eligible studies ...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Kunutsor SK,Seidu S,Khunti K

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leukotriene-forming enzymes are expressed within atherosclerotic lesions and locally produced leukotrienes exert pro-inflammatory actions within the vascular wall by means of cell surface receptors of the BLT and CysLT receptor subtypes. The migration and accumulation of inflammatory cells that follow leukotriene rece...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Bäck M,Hansson GK

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent results from controlled trials of adjuvant tamoxifen and oophorectomy in early breast cancer are reviewed. The results of the statistical overview performed by the Early Breast Cancer Trialists Collaborative Group are summarised, and some important questions left open by this overview are discussed. These inclu...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Blomqvist CP,Elomaa I,Rissanen P

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atherosclerosis is a multifactorial pathological process. In recent years, the immune factors associated with its initiation and progression have been investigated intensively. Several autoantigens and their respective autoantibodies have been suggested as factors in atherogenesis. This manuscript provides a review of...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Shoenfeld Y,Sherer Y,George J,Harats D

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Teriparatide is a potent anabolic agent for severe osteoporosis. OBJECTIVES:A primary objective of this retrospective study was to define the efficacy of teriparatide in terms of bone mineral density (BMD) changes and relief of back pain in clinical practice. METHODS:The patient population comprises 119 os...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Koski AM,Löyttyniemi E,Väänänen H,Laine H,Niskanen L,Nevalainen PI,Korpi-Hyövälti E,Välimäki MJ

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Circadian rhythms are a cardinal feature of living organisms. The stereotypical organization of homeostatic, endocrine and behavioural variables around the 24-hour cycle constitutes one of the most conserved attributes among species. It is now well established that circadian rhythmicity is not a learned behaviour, but...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Florez JC,Takahashi JS

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Naltrexone is the first safe and effective pharmaceutical adjunct for use in the treatment of alcohol abuse. Theoretically it could be effective also as a means for terminating methadone maintenance and in the treatment of other forms of substance abuse. Two general types of protocols have been used with naltrexone. O...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Sinclair JD

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Caveolae are vesicular organelles (50-100-nm in diameter) that are particularly abundant in cells of the cardiovascular system, including endothelial cells, smooth muscle cells, macrophages, cardiac myocytes and fibroblasts. In these cell types, caveolae function both in protein trafficking and signal transduction, as...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Williams TM,Lisanti MP

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abstract A host of clinical scenarios can be depicted in hereditary autoinflammatory diseases, and the cardiovascular system can also be involved especially in familial Mediterranean fever (FMF), caused by mutations in the MEFV gene, and tumour necrosis factor receptor-associated periodic syndrome (TRAPS), caused by m...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Rigante D,Cantarini L,Imazio M,Lucherini OM,Sacco E,Galeazzi M,Brizi MG,Brucato A

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Obese youths may be susceptible to develop the metabolic syndrome (MS) later in life. AIM:To study childhood predictors of MS in adulthood. METHOD:Prospective cohort study including 2,195 subjects, aged 3-18 years at base-line in 1980, who were re-examined in 1983, 1986, and 2001. RESULTS:In adults (aged ...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Mattsson N,Rönnemaa T,Juonala M,Viikari JS,Raitakari OT

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Geneticists have been predicting that advances in their discipline will revolutionize the understanding of human disease and behavior. While there has been considerable progress in disorders showing simple, Mendelian patterns of inheritance, expectations have yet to be fulfilled for disorders and traits showing comple...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： van den Bree MB,Owen MJ

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dementia of the Alzheimer type (AD) is clinically characterized by a progressive deterioration of intellect, memory, judgment, and abstract thinking. It is incurable, and causal therapy is not yet available. For the development of therapeutic drugs, valid animal models are needed that mimic the pathophysiological chan...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Riekkinen P Jr,Schmidt BH,van der Staay FJ

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Aiming at identifying biomarkers for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), the serum proteome was explored through a two-dimensional gel-based proteomic approach (2D-DIGE) coupled with mass spectrometry and database interrogation. METHODS:Serum samples from 20 male HCM patients and their sex- and age-matched...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Orenes-Piñero E,Hernández-Romero D,de Torre C,Vilchez JA,Martínez M,Romero-Aniorte AI,Climent V,García-Honrubia A,Valdés M,Marín F

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although obesity and alcohol intake as well as dietary sodium, potassium and magnesium are the major non-genetic determinants of blood pressure levels, interest has recently been stimulated in the function of fatty acids and antioxidants in the aetiology of hypertension. In the Kuopio Ischaemic Heart Disease Risk Fact...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Salonen JT

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study is a collaborative effort of all university departments of paediatrics and several other institutions in Finland to study the risk factors of coronary heart disease (CHD) and their determinants in children and adolescents in different parts of the country. The main cross-se...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Akerblom HK,Viikari J,Raitakari OT,Uhari M

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunocytochemical studies using antibodies to cytoskeletal proteins have provided conflicting data on the components of paired helical filaments (PHF), due solely to immunological cross-reactivities. To avoid such ambiguity, we developed a protein chemical approach to the identification of the PHF components. After t...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Ihara Y,Kondo J

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amounts of serum lipids were determined in 10 women suffering from end-stage primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) in order to evaluate the concentrations of and changes in very low density (VLDL), high density (HDL) lipoprotein cholesterol and apoprotein A-I before and after liver transplantation. The concentrations of som...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Nikkilä K

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Statins are the first-line choice in Lipid-lowering therapy to reduce cardiovascular risk. In a continuous attempt to optimise treatment success, there is a need for additional research on genes and related molecular pathways that can determine the efficacy and toxicity of lipid-lowering drugs. Several variations with...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Ahangari N,Doosti M,Ghayour Mobarhan M,Sahebkar A,Ferns GA,Pasdar A

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The associations between candidate gene polymorphisms and coronary heart disease (CHD) are complex as a consequence of pleiotropy, variation with age, selection due to the high lethality of the disease, and interactions with other genes and with environmental factors. Identification of the gene variants that contribut...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Cambien F

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:On average, 15,000 cases of measles occurred annually in Finland before the initiation of a vaccination programme in 1975. Because of insufficient activity, the vaccination coverage failed to reach the required level of over 90%, and cases continued to occur. The policy was revolutionized in 1982 by launching a projec...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Heinonen OP,Paunio M,Peltola H

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A radioimmunoassay method for endothelin was developed. Antisera raised against endothelin 1 showed significant crossreaction with endothelin 2 and 3 (45 and 13%, respectively). Considerable endothelin immunoreactivity was shown to be present in the cerebrospinal fluid of patients with a subarachnoid hemorrhage, rangi...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Suzuki H,Sato S,Suzuki Y,Oka M,Tsuchiya T,Iino I,Yamanaka T,Ishihara N,Shimoda S

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:As individuals age, the prevalence of neurocognitive and mental health disorders increases. Current biomedical treatments do not completely address the management of these conditions. Despite new pharmacological therapy the challenges of managing these diseases remain.There is increasing evidence that the ...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Halverson T,Alagiakrishnan K

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the reliability hospital discharge register data in the assessment of acute myocardial infarction trends. In the FINMONICA study areas, trends in age standarized attack rates for the years 1983-90 were calculated independently from two sources: the nationwide Finnish hospital discharge register and the FI...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Mähönen M,Miettinen H,Pyörälä K,Molarius A,Salomaa V,Kuulasmaa K

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:We studied prevalence of hypovitaminosis D, its determinants, and whether achievement of recommended dietary vitamin D intake (10 μg/d) is associated with absence of hypovitaminosis D in adults. METHODS:The study is part of the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study. We collected serum samples of 25-hyd...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Voipio AJ,Pahkala KA,Viikari JS,Mikkilä V,Magnussen CG,Hutri-Kähönen N,Kähönen M,Lehtimäki T,Männistö S,Loo BM,Jula A,Marniemi J,Juonala M,Raitakari OT

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years a revival of interest has emerged in the health benefits of intermittent fasting and long-term fasting, as well as of other related nutritional strategies. In addition to meal size and composition a new focus on time and frequency of meals has gained attention. The present review will investigate the e...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Wilhelmi de Toledo F,Grundler F,Sirtori CR,Ruscica M

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00