Adoption studies of schizophrenia.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Female sex, old age, and time to cardioversion increase the risk of thromboembolic complications (TEC) after cardioversion of atrial fibrillation (AF) < 48 h. The interaction of these variables is not known. We investigated the interaction of sex, age, and time to electrical cardioversion (ECV) on TEC in ant...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Bah A,Nuotio I,Grönberg T,Ylitalo A,Airaksinen KE,Hartikainen JE

更新日期：2017-05-01 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：:Clinical experience has indicated that the effects of RU 486 can be divided into dose-dependent and dose-independent effects. Examples of the dose-dependent effects include the antiglucocorticoid effects of RU 486, whereas pregnancy termination or dilatation of the cervix can be considered dose-independent with the va...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Heikinheimo O,Kekkonen R

更新日期：1993-02-01 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：BACKGROUND:Heart rate (HR), heart rate variability (HRV), and inflammation are all associated with cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. The aim of this study was to assess potential interrelationships between these parameters in a young and healthy population. METHODS:Healthy individuals aged 25-41 years were inclu...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Aeschbacher S,Schoen T,Dörig L,Kreuzmann R,Neuhauser C,Schmidt-Trucksäss A,Probst-Hensch NM,Risch M,Risch L,Conen D

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hyperglycaemia has emerged as an important risk factor for death in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between blood glucose (BG) levels and in-hospital mortality in non-critically patients hospitalized with COVID-19. METHODS:This is a retrospective mu...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Carrasco-Sánchez FJ,López-Carmona MD,Martínez-Marcos FJ,Pérez-Belmonte LM,Hidalgo-Jiménez A,Buonaiuto V,Suárez Fernández C,Freire Castro SJ,Luordo D,Pesqueira Fontan PM,Blázquez Encinar JC,Magallanes Gamboa JO,de la Peña Fernánde

更新日期：2021-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The causes of colorectal cancer are complex and in most cases obscure, making primary prevention impossible at present. Secondary prevention by finding and treating early asymptomatic cancers may possibly reduce mortality from this very common cancer. Results from conventional treatment have changed little during rece...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Kronborg O

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in cardiac voltage-gated K+ channels cause long-QT syndrome (LQTS) and sudden death. We have created a mouse with a long-QT phenotype by overexpression of truncated K+ channels in the heart and have investigated the phenotype of these mice. These mice have long-QT phenotype, and spontaneous and inducible arr...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Koren G

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pathophysiology of psychotic and other symptoms in schizophrenia remains a mystery despite decades of research. Even though it has been suspected for many years that autoimmune mechanisms may play a role in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia, firm evidence for this hypothesis has been lacking. Our studies, over ...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Ganguli R,Brar JS,Chengappa KN,Yang ZW,Nimgaonkar VL,Rabin BS

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sleep and wakefulness are complex behaviors that are influenced by many genetic and environmental factors, which are beginning to be discovered. The contribution of genetic components to sleep disorders is also increasingly recognized as important. Point mutations in the prion protein, period 2, and the prepro-hypocre...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Tafti M,Maret S,Dauvilliers Y

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obesity in males is accompanied by a significant decrease in testosterone levels. This decrease is essentially a consequence of the decrease of the sex hormone binding hormone (SHBG) binding capacity, itself probably the consequence of the increased insulin levels. In moderate obesity, free testosterone levels are nor...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Vermeulen A

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND METHODS:The impact of the rs9939609 FTO variant on cardiovascular events was investigated in the 19-year follow-up of subjects recruited to the OPERA study. RESULTS:A total of 212 cardiovascular disease (CVD) and 152 coronary heart disease (CHD) events or deaths occurred during follow-up. The logistic re...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Äijälä M,Ronkainen J,Huusko T,Malo E,Savolainen ER,Savolainen MJ,Salonurmi T,Bloigu R,Kesäniemi YA,Ukkola O

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

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：:One of the major discoveries in modern genetics is the phenomenon of genomic, or parental, imprinting. The parent-of-origin effects seen after transmission of an imprinted gene from parents to their children do not follow the genetic rules postulated by Gregor Mendel. This has obvious consequences for genetic counsell...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Mannens M,Alders M

更新日期：1999-02-01 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：:Regular presence and persistence of specific serum antibodies in Helicobacter pylori infection gives an excellent tool for diagnostic work. Eradication of the infection leads to gradual disappearance of the gastritis and decrease of specific serum antibodies. The fall of IgG and IgA antibody titres can be followed wit...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Kosunen TU

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:H+/K+-ATPase is the target autoantigen in autoimmune gastritis (AIG), an organ-specific autoimmune disease with a strong hereditary component. AIM:To detect possible polymorphisms in H+/K+-ATPase alpha- and beta-subunits in AIG patients. METHODS:Blood samples from 12 Finnish AIG patients were sequenced for...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Oksanen AM,Lemmelä SM,Järvelä IE,Rautelin HI

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Concepts of eating disorders have altered so that anorexia nervosa is now recognized as an important but uncommon syndrome within a spectrum of disordered eating. Behaviours used by dieters constitute the mild end of the eating disorder spectrum. Dieting in young women is for the most part a transient and benign activ...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Patton GC

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reviews current diagnostic techniques for Helicobacter pylori infection and critically questions their value under different diagnostic circumstances. As long as we do not have general treatment recommendations for H. pylori infection, endoscopy is still the basis for primary diagnosis because it assesses t...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Braden B,Caspary WF

更新日期：2001-03-01 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：BACKGROUND:Abnormal indices of angiogenesis have been reported in chronic heart failure (CHF). We tested the hypothesis that circulating angiogenin (a potent inducer of neovascularization in vivo) is higher in CHF patients compared with controls and associated with indices of CHF severity: brain natriuretic peptide (BN...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Patel JV,Sosin M,Gunarathne A,Hussain I,Davis RC,Hughes EA,Lip GY

更新日期：2008-01-01 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：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：: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：INTRODUCTION:Ischemic stroke (IS) in a young patient is a disaster and recurrent cardiovascular events could add further impairment. Identifying patients with high risk of such events is therefore important. The prognostic relevance of ECG for this population is unknown. MATERIALS AND METHODS:A total of 690 IS patient...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Pirinen J,Putaala J,Aarnio K,Aro AL,Sinisalo J,Kaste M,Haapaniemi E,Tatlisumak T,Lehto M

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The term 'prion diseases' refers to a group of neurodegenerative disorders thought to be caused by prions, pathogenic agents with novel modes of replication and transmission. Prion diseases are characterized by long incubation periods ranging from months to years and are invariably fatal once clinical symptoms have ap...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Haltia M

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prolyl 4-hydroxylases (P4Hs) have central roles in the synthesis of collagens and the regulation of oxygen homeostasis. The 4-hydroxyproline residues generated by the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) luminal collagen P4Hs (C-P4Hs) are essential for the stability of the collagen triple helix. Vertebrate C-P4Hs are alpha2beta...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Myllyharju J

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate dyslipidemia as predictor of myocardial infarction (MI) in subjects with or without chronic kidney disease (CKD). METHODS:In 142,394 middle-aged Swedes referred for laboratory evaluation, glomerular filtration rates (GFR) were estimated using the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease study equation. CK...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Holzmann MJ,Jungner I,Walldius G,Ivert T,Nordqvist T,Ostergren J,Hammar N

更新日期：2012-05-01 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：:Objective: Investigation of the clinical potential of extensive phenotype data and machine learning (ML) in the prediction of mortality in acute coronary syndrome (ACS). Methods: The value of ML and extensive clinical data was analyzed in a retrospective registry study of 9066 consecutive ACS patients (January 2007 to...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Hernesniemi JA,Mahdiani S,Tynkkynen JA,Lyytikäinen LP,Mishra PP,Lehtimäki T,Eskola M,Nikus K,Antila K,Oksala N

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00