Vaginal contraceptive rings.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the relationship between the FRAX index and the Barthel index/MiniMental State Examination in older people. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Observational descriptive study. Demographic data, comorbidity, dependency and cognitive state, and risk of osteoporotic fracture were collected. RESULTS:A total of 375 ...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： González Silva Y,Abad Manteca L,de la Red Gallego H,Álvarez Muñoz M,Rodríguez Carbajo M,Murcia Casado T,Ausín Pérez L,Abadía Otero J,Pérez-Castrillón JL

更新日期：2018-09-01 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：IMPORTANCE:There is limited information about the durability of glycaemic control when different oral glucose-lowering therapies (GLTs) are used as add-on treatments to metformin (MET) in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). OBJECTIVE:To compare time to treatment failure between different classes of oral GLT...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Mamza J,Mehta R,Donnelly R,Idris I

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mucosal surfaces are the first portals of entry for most infectious agents, among which respiratory and intestinal viruses are of greatest epidemiological importance. To combat these infections, the immune system uses unspecific and specific mechanisms. Unspecific responses include the production of virus-induced ...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Freihorst J,Ogra PL

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several lines of evidence suggest that abnormal brain serotonin metabolism may occur in early onset, type 2 alcoholism in men. Low cerebrospinal fluid 5-hydroxy-indoleacetic acid concentration has been found to be associated with a history of paternal alcoholism, and abnormal oral glucose tolerance tests (tendency to ...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Virkkunen M,Linnoila M

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The WHO Multinational Monitoring of Trends and Determinants in Cardiovascular Disease (MONICA) Project was initiated in the early 1980s with the main objective of assessing the extent to which trends in coronary heart disease and cerebrovascular disease are related to changes in known risk factors, daily living habits...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Gutzwiller F

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In humans, microbial colonization of the intestine begins just after birth. However, development of the normal flora is a gradual process, which is initially determined by factors such as composition of the maternal gut microflora, environment and possibly also by genetic aspects. A number of variables, such as the de...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Kirjavainen PV,Gibson GR

更新日期：1999-08-01 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：: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：:Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) expresses genes that stimulate cells to divide in culture. This property, coupled with the close association of the virus with numerous malignancies, has prompted its designation as a human DNA tumour virus. Before human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8, alternatively KS virus) was discovered, EBV was uni...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Griffin BE,Xue SA

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:About 40 years ago Friedenstein described stromal cells in the bone marrow that were spindle shaped and proliferate to form colonies. These cells attach to plastic and are able to differentiate under defined in vitro conditions into multiple cell types present in many different tissues, e.g. osteoblasts, chondroblasts...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Väänänen HK

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is an autosomal dominant disease caused by mutations in sarcomeric proteins. It is characterized by left ventricular hypertrophy in the absence of an increased external load, and myofibrillar disarray. While hypertrophy is a common cardiac response to injury, disarray is the pathologi...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Marian AJ,Roberts R

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetes in childhood and adolescence is a difficult, lifelong, evolving disorder. Insulin treatment is essential for the establishment and maintenance of optimal metabolic control but it is only part of a comprehensive child-focused management strategy which must be initiated at the time of diagnosis. Attention must ...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Swift PG

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The phenomenon of treatment-resistant depression (TRD), described as the occurrence of an inadequate response after an adequate treatment with antidepressant agents (in terms of dose, duration, and adherence), is very common in clinical practice. It has been broadly defined in the context of unipolar major depression,...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Vieta E,Colom F

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the association of systolic and diastolic blood pressure and hypertension with two different manifestations of carotid atherosclerosis in a random population sample of 1165 Eastern Finnish men aged 42, 48, 54 or 60 years, examined in the Kuopio Ischaemic Heart Disease Risk Factor Study. Carotid atheros...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Salonen R,Salonen JT

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Troglitazone is a novel once-daily oral antidiabetic agent for the treatment of type 2 diabetes patients. Here, we report the overall dose response characteristics of troglitazone, with respect to effects on metabolic control, using a pharmacodynamic model. Data from week 12 from two previously reported double-blind, ...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Young MA,Eckland DJ,Eastmond R,Lettis S

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemostasis is traditionally defined as a physiological response to blood vessel injury and bleeding, which entails a co-ordinated process involving the blood vessel, platelets, and blood clotting proteins (i.e. coagulation factors). Hemostasis can be divided into primary and secondary components. The former rapidly in...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Lippi G,Franchini M,Montagnana M,Favaloro EJ

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A comprehensive study of coronary heart disease (CHD) risk factors and their determinants in children and adolescents in Finland was initiated in the late 1970's. The main cross-sectional study was undertaken in 1980, with 3596 subjects aged from 3 to 18 years participating. The first follow-up study was carried out i...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Akerblom HK,Viikari J,Räsänen L,Kuusela V,Uhari M,Lautala P

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is the most common and lethal form of idiopathic interstitial pneumonia. The disease, which occurs primarily in middle-aged and older adults, is thought to arise following an aberrant reparative response to alveolar epithelial cell injury characterized by secretion of excessive amou...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Spagnolo P,Sverzellati N,Rossi G,Cavazza A,Tzouvelekis A,Crestani B,Vancheri C

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human anxiety disorders represent one of the most common mental illnesses. They are complex diseases with both genetic and environmental factors affecting their predisposition. Since the basic neuronal mechanisms are shared across mammalian species, the same set of genes may regulate critical aspects of anxiety in hum...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Hovatta I,Barlow C

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The circadian clock generates oscillations in physiology and behavior, known as circadian rhythms. Links between the circadian clock genes Periods, Bmal1, and Cryptochromes and aging and cancer are emerging. Circadian clock gene expression is changed in human pathologies, and transgenic mice with mutations in clock ge...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Khapre RV,Samsa WE,Kondratov RV

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aim: This meta-analysis study aimed to compare the efficacy and safety of TEVAR versus OCSR for TBAD patients.Methods: We systematically searched PubMed, EmBase, and the Cochrane library to identify studies compared the effectiveness of TEVAR and OCSR in TBAD patients from the inception up to July 2019. The summary re...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Liu J,Xia J,Yan G,Zhang Y,Ge J,Cao L

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Europe around 1970 there were only a few small and often poorly known epidemiological studies on risk factors and the incidence of coronary heart disease. In order to enhance the utilization of the information contained in them, the Medical Clinic in Heidelberg offered uniform data analysis to qualifying contributi...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Lamm G

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When the optimal chemotherapy regimen for advanced ovarian cancer is discussed the following should be considered: the type and number of drugs, the dose of individual drugs and the number of cycles. Optimal chemotherapy should include a platinum compound, because platinum-based chemotherapy yields a superior response...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Bertelsen K

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of immunoglobulin E (IgE)-mediated allergic diseases has been increasing for the last four decades. In this review determinants for an increased IgE synthesis are discussed on both an epidemiological and on an immunological level with special emphasis on the differentiation of the B cell to an IgE-produ...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Poulsen LK,Hummelshoj L

更新日期：2007-01-01 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：INTRODUCTION:Undetermined strokes with an embolic pattern (USEP) represent a common phenotype. We assessed their frequency and compared USEP with cardioembolic stroke with a known source and non-cardioembolic stroke etiology. METHODS:Study patients were 540 consecutive ischemic stroke patients admitted to Helsinki Uni...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Putaala J,Nieminen T,Haapaniemi E,Meretoja A,Rantanen K,Heikkinen N,Kinnunen J,Strbian D,Mustanoja S,Curtze S,Pakarinen S,Lehto M,Tatlisumak T

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autoantibodies directed to intracellular antigens can be detected in many systemic rheumatic diseases. In this review, we discuss the clinical significance of antinuclear antibodies (ANA) associated with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), Slögren's syndrome, scleroderma and polymyositis/dermatomyositis, the immunogen...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Hietarinta M,Lassila O

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vaccines are considered to be one of the greatest public health achievements of the last century. Depending on the biology of the infection, the disease to be prevented, and the targeted population, a vaccine may require the induction of different adaptive immune mechanisms to be effective. Understanding the basic con...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Vetter V,Denizer G,Friedland LR,Krishnan J,Shapiro M

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Depression, among other mood disorders, represents one of the most common health problems worldwide, with steadily increasing incidence and major socio-economic consequences. However, since the knowledge about the underlying pathophysiological principles is still very scanty, depression and other mood disorders are cu...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Pollak DD,Rey CE,Monje FJ

更新日期：2010-05-06 00:00:00