Course of mixed connective tissue disease in children.

abstract：:BACKGROUND. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are associated with poor upper gastrointestinal (UGI) tolerability and increased ulcer risk, but patient adherence to gastroprotective co-therapy is frequently inadequate. A fixed-dose combination of enteric-coated naproxen 500 mg and immediate-release esomeprazole mag...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Cryer BL,Sostek MB,Fort JG,Svensson O,Hwang C,Hochberg MC

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The question why low-density lipoprotein (LDL) stranded in the subendothelium of arteries should acquire the proinflammatory properties that initiate and sustain atherogenesis has puzzled researchers for decades. The most popular concept contends that oxidative processes are crucial because oxidized LDL (ox-LDL) produ...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Bhakdi S

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypertension is a major cardiovascular risk factor with a multifactorial pathogenesis, including genetic and environmental factors. In addition to hypothesis-driven strategies, unbiased approaches such as genomics, proteomics, and metabolomics are useful tools to help unravel the pathophysiology of hypertension and as...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Delles C,Neisius U,Carty DM

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the past few years diabetes has become the leading cause of end-stage renal disease in all Western countries. A correlation between blood pressure and rate of progression in diabetic nephropathy was noted very early, and increased local activity of the renin angiotensin system was identified as a major pathophysiol...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Eberhard R,Dikow R

更新日期：2002-01-01 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：: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：:Aim: We investigated the outcomes of transcatheter (TAVR) and surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) in Finland during the last decade. Methods: The nationwide FinnValve registry included data from 6463 patients who underwent TAVR or SAVR with a bioprosthesis for aortic stenosis from 2008 to 2017. Results: The annua...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Mäkikallio T,Jalava MP,Husso A,Virtanen M,Laakso T,Ahvenvaara T,Tauriainen T,Maaranen P,Kinnunen EM,Dahlbacka S,Jaakkola J,Airaksinen J,Anttila V,Savontaus M,Laine M,Juvonen T,Valtola A,Raivio P,Eskola M,Niemelä M,

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AIMS:A mild increase in liver enzyme levels is sometimes observed in patients with diabetic ketosis or ketoacidosis. The aim of the present study was to assess the cause and prevalence of the elevation of liver transaminase levels in fulminant and acute-onset type 1 diabetic patients experiencing diabetic ke...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Takaike H,Uchigata Y,Iwamoto Y,Imagawa A,Iwahashi H,Kanatsuka A,Kawasaki E,Kobayashi T,Shimada A,Shimizu I,Maruyama T,Hanafusa T,Makino H

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the last three decades the incidence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) has been growing worldwide along with an increase of obesity, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). In children and adolescents such epidemics are particularly worrisome, since the metabolic consequences in adulthoo...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Alisi A,Cianfarani S,Manco M,Agostoni C,Nobili V

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Health professionals provide care with some purpose in mind. It is reasonable to assume that they are therefore interested in observing and measuring health outcomes. In the recent past, it has become fashionable to describe health outcomes in terms of their impact on 'quality of life', a widely used term that is usua...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Kind P

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are autoimmune diseases with a genetic background, and it is reasonable to suggest that aberrations in T cell receptor (TCR) genes could contribute to these diseases, as they play an important role in immune regulation. We studied TCR beta-c...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Ikäheimo IL,Tiilikainen AS,Hämeenkorpi R,Silvennoinen-Kassinen SH

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aetiology of insulin-dependent diabetes (IDDM) involves genetic predisposition, a major component of which has been mapped in the HLA complex, near to or identical with genes encoding class II molecules. In Caucasian populations IDDM is strongly associated with the serologically defined HLA-DR3 and DR4 antigens, w...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Deschamps I,Beressi JP,Khalil I,Robert JJ,Hors J

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The objective of the present study was to examine the association between low-grade albuminuria and hearing impairment in the non-diabetic population. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Data from the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2011-2013 were used in the analyses. Participants were excluded...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Kang SH,Jung DJ,Choi EW,Park JW,Cho KH,Yoon KW,Do JY

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-three randomly selected plasma samples from apparently healthy, middle aged men were analysed for coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10), alpha-tocopherol (AT) and free cholesterol (FC) in: 1) whole plasma, 2) the HDL lipoprotein fraction after LDL precipitation (VLDL + LDL). CoQ10, AT and FC in plasma averaged 0.69 +/- .11, 6.7...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Johansen K,Theorell H,Karlsson J,Diamant B,Folkers K

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is established beyond doubt that free radicals in tissues and cells can damage DNA, proteins, carbohydrates and lipids. These potentially deleterious reactions are at least partly controlled by antioxidants capable of scavenging free radicals. It is widely believed that a proper balance between free radicals and an...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Rautalahti M,Huttunen J

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the effects of canrenone compared to placebo on blood pressure control, some non-conventional biomarkers in cardiovascular stratification, and on metalloproteinases in patients affected by metabolic syndrome. METHODS:A total of 156 Caucasian patients were treated with placebo or canrenone, 50 mg once a...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Derosa G,Romano D,Bianchi L,D'Angelo A,Maffioli P

更新日期：2015-02-01 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：OBJECTIVES:This meta-analysis aimed to compare the treatment of an acute asthma attack in children in the emergency department (ED) with inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) versus placebo or oral systemic corticosteroids (SC) as assessed by the hospital admission rates. METHODS:After searching Medline, Cochrane, EMBASE, and...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Su XM,Yu N,Kong LF,Kang J

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cells with stem cell-like attributes, such as self-renewal and pluripotency, have been isolated from hematological malignancies and from several solid tumor types. Tumor-initiating cells, also referred to as cancer stem cells, are thought to be responsible for the initiation and growth of tumors. Like their normal cou...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Ribacka C,Pesonen S,Hemminki A

更新日期：2008-01-01 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：:Cardiac rhythm during sleep was analysed in 168 healthy men aged 19 to 30 (mean 21.8) years using continuous nocturnal ECG recordings. Thirty five of the subjects were endurance athletes; 99 were recorded at home and 69 at a garrison during military service. The number of short term (less than one min) accelerations o...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Viitasalo M,Halonen L,Partinen M,Iivanainen M,Kala R,Eisalo A

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although food habits arc not stable and unchanging during a person's lifetime, a base for healthy food habits can be created in early childhood. Children's food habits can be assumed to be influenced by their parents' food habits and choices. The aim of this article is to review factors influencing food choice in chil...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Hursti UK

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most prevalent arrhythmia and is associated with an increased risk of ischemic stroke (IS) and systemic embolism (SE). Stroke prevention is a key element for the overall management of AF patients. The non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants (NOACs), such as dabigatran, rivaroxaban,...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Li YG,Pastori D,Lip GYH

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:More than 50 different pharmacological and mechanical interventions have been tested to date for prevention of vascular restenosis without success. Intracoronary radiotherapy is the first one showing promise of significantly attenuating neointimal proliferation, causing positive vascular remodelling and thus inhibitin...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Kaluza GL,Ali NM,Raizner AE

更新日期：2000-12-01 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：:This paper describes the responses of peripheral and central visceral nociceptive systems to acute injury and discusses these observations in relation to the concept of 'pre-emptive analgesia'. Visceral nociceptors are known to respond to injury but are also known to become sensitized to non-noxious stimuli during the...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Cervero F

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radiosurgery is an increasingly popular method for treating a variety of intracranial tumours. A great deal of treatment data has been accumulated suggesting that radiosurgery may be the treatment of choice for small acoustic schwannomas. Moreover, radiosurgery promises excellent tumour control and minimal risk in the...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Friedman WA,Foote KD

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The goals of this chapter are to provide a brief review of the biology of the protein C pathway and some of the features of the pathway that make it uniquely positioned to control microvascular coagulation and control the acute inflammatory response. Activated protein C works as an antithrombotic agent by inactivating...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Esmon CT

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Concern is often expressed that, in the future, screening for genetic risk will become too widespread. Haemoglobin disorders (the thalassaemias and sickle cell disorders) offer an excellent model for genetic screening, because they are common and severe. They are recessively inherited. Carriers can be detected by conv...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Modell B

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The thoracolumbar junctional region (T10-L1) of the spine is a transitional zone, where more than half of the thoracic and lumbar fractures occur. In this presentation the origin of the pathoanatomical changes in the thoracolumbar junctional region of the spine is discussed in view of the previous studies. These studi...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Malmivaara AO

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00