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 complex inheritance. In this article, we consider the difficulties that complex diseases pose to genetic research, discuss progress and make suggestions regarding future directions.
journal_name
Ann Medjournal_title
Annals of medicineauthors
van den Bree MB,Owen MJdoi
10.1080/07853890310010023subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2003-01-01 00:00:00pages
122-34issue
2eissn
0785-3890issn
1365-2060journal_volume
35pub_type
杂志文章,评审abstract::This is a brief overview of the cytokine network within juvenile chronic arthritis, introducing the concept of the production of T-helper 1 (TH-1) or TH2-cell differentiation as a result of cytokine production, as well as the concept of the balance between pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines. The balance of TH1 and T...
journal_title:Annals of medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.3109/07853899709113701
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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
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.3109/07853899509031947
更新日期:1995-02-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.3109/07853899808999385
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journal_title:Annals of medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.3109/07853899809005852
更新日期:1998-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/07853890.2020.1808239
更新日期:2020-12-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/07853890802307709
更新日期:2008-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Despite the monumental success of childhood prophylactic vaccination, there is no similar program designed to provide protection as we age against adult onset diseases like breast cancer. Instead, the predominant focus of current cancer vaccine strategy is to vaccinate after the tumors become established. This strateg...
journal_title:Annals of medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3109/07853890.2011.565065
更新日期:2011-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.3109/07853899009147915
更新日期:1990-01-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
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更新日期:2010-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3109/07853890.2013.792555
更新日期:2013-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.3109/07853899309147307
更新日期:1993-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::The purpose of this study was to test the applicability of exercise echocardiography in the diagnosis of coronary artery disease. The results were compared to findings of coronary angiography. 118 patients, 100 males and 18 females, who were all referred to coronary angiography for suspected ischaemic heart disease, u...
journal_title:Annals of medicine
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.3109/07853899608999078
更新日期:1996-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::This review highlights recent progress in our understanding of the beneficial effects of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) in cardiovascular disease (CVD). The fact that HRT is increasingly advocated has raised concern about possible adverse effects weighed against the potential benefits of HRT regimens. Both favourab...
journal_title:Annals of medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.3109/07853899809002485
更新日期:1998-10-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3109/07853898909149938
更新日期:1989-06-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.3109/07853899708998739
更新日期:1997-02-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.3109/07853898909149198
更新日期:1989-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) was first reported 25 years ago. This report provides an assessment of the course of juvenile (J) MCTD in 224 patients available in the literature until 1996, including our own 33 patients. Most patients improved and remissions were observed in 3-5% (up to 27%). Among the long-te...
journal_title:Annals of medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.3109/07853899708999362
更新日期:1997-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::With the last two decades, the importance of genetic factors in the aetiology of major mental illness has been firmly re-established and psychiatric research has now firmly embraced the era of molecular genetics. Despite a number of false starts in the study of schizophrenia and affective disorder, there have been suc...
journal_title:Annals of medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.3109/07853899209147816
更新日期:1992-06-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.3109/07853890.2010.547869
更新日期:2012-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::In the aetiological diagnosis of pulmonary infections in patients affected by haematological malignancies we evaluated the utility of bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL). One hundred and twenty-seven BAL were performed in 119 patients. In our series, we identified the agent of pneumonia in 53.5% of episodes with the best res...
journal_title:Annals of medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3109/07853899709007478
更新日期:1997-12-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.3109/07853890009002025
更新日期:2000-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3109/07853890903325360
更新日期:2010-01-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.3109/07853890109002063
更新日期:2001-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::Nitric oxide (NO), derived from the vascular endothelium and other cells of the cardiovascular system, has important roles in physiological regulation of blood flow and may have pathophysiological functions in cardiovascular disease. The mechanisms involved in NO-induced vasodilatation and cytotoxicity are briefly rev...
journal_title:Annals of medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.3109/07853899509002593
更新日期:1995-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::There are few relevant animal models for neurodegenerative diseases to be used for human drug development. Most current drugs for neurodegenerative diseases act through different neurotransmitter systems. Positron emission tomography (PET) is a unique tool in the study of neurodegenerative diseases as it enables quant...
journal_title:Annals of medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.3109/07853899908998803
更新日期:1999-12-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.3109/07853890.2010.499134
更新日期:2010-09-01 00:00:00
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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/078538902320322547
更新日期:2002-01-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3109/07853898909149222
更新日期:1989-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::A 33-year old man suddenly dropped dead during a military march. He had complained of non-specific thoracoabdominal symptoms, pain and fatigue for a year before his death. Autopsy showed coronary polyarteritis nodosa of the left main coronary artery. This patient seems to be only the second case with isolated polyarte...
journal_title:Annals of medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3109/07853899009147262
更新日期:1990-06-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3109/07853899309147296
更新日期:1993-08-01 00:00:00