Assessment of endothelial (dys)function in atrial fibrillation.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chlamydia pneumoniae infection has been associated with atherosclerosis by sero-epidemiological, histopathological and interventional studies, and animal experiments. We hypothesized that if chlamydial infection is causative of atherosclerosis, the occurrence of antibodies against C. pneumoniae should be ass...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Janatuinen T,Friberg J,Viljanen MK,Raitakari OT,Nuutila P,Vainionpää R,Oksi J,Peltonen R,Engblom E,Laine H,Knuuti J

更新日期：2002-01-01 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：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：: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：:Serum trace element concentrations, parameters of iron metabolism and serum protein concentrations were investigated in thirteen adult recipients of bone-marrow transplants receiving total parenteral nutrition. Six of the patients died during the four weeks follow-up. Serum zinc concentrations were initially low but i...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Antila HM,Salo MS,Kirvelä O,Näntö V,Rajamäki A,Toivanen A

更新日期：1992-02-01 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：:The concentration of nitric oxide (NO) in exhaled air is increased in patients with asthma, suggesting that measuring fractional exhaled NO concentration (FE(NO)) may be used to monitor asthmatic airway inflammation. However, increased FE(NO) is not specific for asthma, as other inflammatory lung diseases may also inc...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Lehtimäki L,Turjanmaa V,Kankaanranta H,Saarelainen S,Hahtola P,Moilanen E

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Multiple lines of evidence suggest that the circadian clock contributes to the pathogenesis of winter depression or seasonal affective disorder (SAD). We hypothesized that sequence variations in three genes, including Per2, Arntl, and Npas2, which form a functional unit at the core of the circadian clock, pr...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Partonen T,Treutlein J,Alpman A,Frank J,Johansson C,Depner M,Aron L,Rietschel M,Wellek S,Soronen P,Paunio T,Koch A,Chen P,Lathrop M,Adolfsson R,Persson ML,Kasper S,Schalling M,Peltonen L,Schumann G

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a genetically complex disorder associated with multiple genetic defects either mutational or of susceptibility. Current AD genetics does not explain in full the etiopathogenesis of AD, suggesting that environmental factors and/or epigenetic phenomena may also contribute to AD pathology and ...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Cacabelos R

更新日期：2002-01-01 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 question 'what is a pathogen?' derives from pathogen-centered views of microbial pathogenesis that invoke microbial characteristics to explain virulence. However, virulence cannot be an independent microbial variable since it is only expressed in a susceptible host. Hence, the question 'what is a pathogen?' cannot...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Casadevall A,Pirofski LA

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apolipoprotein (apo) A-IV is involved in the metabolism of triglyceride-rich lipoproteins and high-density lipoproteins and may thus play an important role in lipid metabolism, although the precise physiological function of apo A-IV is unknown. Structural and functional alterations of apolipoproteins, caused by a vari...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Tenkanen H,Ehnholm C

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular oxygen (O2)is a basic requirement for cellular growth and viability and many aspects of anatomy and physiology are dedicated to achieving reliable distribution. Recent work has identified a specific sensing and response system, centred around a transcription complex called Hypoxia-inducible Factor 1 (HIF-1),...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Wiesener MS,Maxwell PH

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite intensive research in spondyloarthritis pathogenesis, some important questions still remain unanswered, particularly concerning enthesis new bone formation. Several evidences suggest that it prevalently occurs by endochondral ossification, however it remains to identify factors that can induce and influence it...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Neve A,Maruotti N,Corrado A,Cantatore FP

更新日期：2017-05-01 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：: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：:Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) are chronic inflammatory conditions of the gastrointestinal tract encompassing two main clinical entities: Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC). These disorders are characterized by various grades of tissue damage and development of local complications and extra-intestinal...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Marafini I,Monteleone G

更新日期：2018-08-01 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：:The recent identification of mutations in the RET proto-oncogene that are associated with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 (MEN 2) syndromes has allowed therapeutic intervention in affected individuals on the basis of direct genetic testing. The principal endocrine neoplasm that occurs in patients with the MEN 2 sy...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Lairmore TC,Frisella MM,Wells SA Jr

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abdominal obesity in man is an integrated part of the Metabolic Syndrome, and is associated with a complex neuroendocrine disturbance. Its consequences for the metabolism of the periphery seems to be insulin resistance caused by a combination of a relative hypercortisolaemia and a relative deficiency of sex steroid ho...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Björntorp P

更新日期：1992-12-01 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 term fibromyalgia describes a complex syndrome characterized by pain amplification, musculoskeletal discomfort, and systemic symptoms. Although its existence has been controversial, nearly all rheumatologists now accept fibromyalgia as a distinct diagnostic entity. In fact, in the United States it is the third or ...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Wallace DJ

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lyme borreliosis is endemic in the Aland Islands. Exposure of the inhabitants to bites of the tick Ixodes ricinus is heavy. The purpose of this study was to describe symptoms and signs of patients with late Lyme borreliosis in this area, and to correlate the findings with the epidemiological setting. The first 100 con...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Wahlberg P,Granlund H,Nyman D,Panelius J,Seppälä I

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Benchmarking Controlled Trial (BCT) is a novel concept which covers all observational studies aiming to assess effectiveness. BCTs provide evidence of the comparative effectiveness between health service providers, and of effectiveness due to particular features of the health and social care systems. BCTs compleme...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Malmivaara A

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hereditary tyrosinaemia type I is the most common of the diseases caused by defects in tyrosine metabolism. The underlying genetic defect is a mutation in the gene for fumarylacetate hydrolase (FAH), and more than 30 different mutations in this gene have been identified. The main clinical consequences of this defect i...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Pitkänen ST,Salo MK,Heikinheimo M

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Copper is a trace element necessary for the normal function of several important enzymes but copper homeostasis is still poorly understood. In recent years remarkable progress has been made in this field following the isolation of the gene defective in Menkes disease. Menkes disease and occipital horn syndrome are X-l...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Tümer Z,Horn N

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Finnish type of hereditary gelsolin amyloidosis (AGel amyloidosis) is an autosomal dominant disorder. Until recently, there has only been little knowledge of fatal complications of the disease and its possible impact on the patients' life span. METHODS:We identified 272 deceased patients based on patient in...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Schmidt EK,Atula S,Tanskanen M,Nikoskinen T,Notkola IL,Kiuru-Enari S

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Visceral obesity is associated with metabolic abnormalities that increase the risk of type 2 diabetes and coronary heart disease. Obese patients with a substantial accumulation of visceral adipose tissue are characterized by higher insulinaemic and glycaemic responses during an oral glucose challenge as well as by a d...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Després JP

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Blood pressure (BP) is one of the most powerful determinants of cardiovascular risk in women. This risk may differ between post-menopausal women with and without vasomotor hot flushes, possibly indicating different vascular responses to hormone therapy (HT). Thus, we compared in a clinical trial the effect o...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Tuomikoski P,Haapalahti P,Sarna S,Ylikorkala O,Mikkola TS

更新日期：2010-07-01 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