Detection of Helicobacter pylori infection: when to perform which test?

abstract：:Alcoholism is a complex disorder involving both genetic and environmental factors and interactions between them. Localizing and characterizing the genetic influences on susceptibility to alcohol dependence may provide new insights into pathology and new avenues for treatment and prevention. However, because of the com...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Almasy L

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amounts of serum lipids were determined in 10 women suffering from end-stage primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) in order to evaluate the concentrations of and changes in very low density (VLDL), high density (HDL) lipoprotein cholesterol and apoprotein A-I before and after liver transplantation. The concentrations of som...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Nikkilä K

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The associations between candidate gene polymorphisms and coronary heart disease (CHD) are complex as a consequence of pleiotropy, variation with age, selection due to the high lethality of the disease, and interactions with other genes and with environmental factors. Identification of the gene variants that contribut...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Cambien F

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：:In recent years a revival of interest has emerged in the health benefits of intermittent fasting and long-term fasting, as well as of other related nutritional strategies. In addition to meal size and composition a new focus on time and frequency of meals has gained attention. The present review will investigate the e...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Wilhelmi de Toledo F,Grundler F,Sirtori CR,Ruscica M

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelial health is a key factor in normal cardiovascular homeostasis, and recent studies have revealed several important functions of the vascular endothelium that protect against atherothrombosis. These include control over arterial tone, coagulation, fibrinolysis, and vascular growth. Consequently, endothelial dy...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Raitakari OT,Celermajer DS

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To appraise effective predictors for COVID-19 mortality in a retrospective cohort study. METHODS:A total of 1270 COVID-19 patients, including 984 admitted in Sino French New City Branch (training and internal validation sets randomly split at 7:3 ratio) and 286 admitted in Optical Valley Branch (external va...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Guan X,Zhang B,Fu M,Li M,Yuan X,Zhu Y,Peng J,Guo H,Lu Y

更新日期：2021-12-01 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：: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

authors： Ihara Y,Kondo J

更新日期：1989-01-01 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：:Sudden arrhythmic death is the most common mode of death in Western countries. An increased understanding of the pathophysiology and trigger mechanisms of life-threatening ventricular tachyarrhythmias in patients with structural heart disease can provide a logical basis for improved therapeutic strategies in the preve...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Huikuri HV

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congruence of evidence from all medical research methodologies has established the major causal influences in cardiovascular disease. Causation thus established, epidemiological observations are the best available evidence on which to base estimates of the potential of preventive strategies. From population comparison...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Blackburn H

更新日期：1989-06-01 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

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

更新日期：1993-08-01 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：: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：:A new form of acute hepatic porphyria with double genetic defect--deficiency of porphobilinogen deaminase and coproporphyrinogen oxidase--is described. Among 17 studied family members this double enzymatic deficiency was found in five individuals, deficiency of porphobilinogen deaminase in four, and deficiency of copr...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Gregor A,Kostrzewska E,Tarczynska-Nosal S,Stachurska H

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical know-how and skills as well as up-to-date scientific evidence are cornerstones for providing effective treatment for patients. However, in order to improve the effectiveness of treatment in ordinary practice, also appropriate documentation of care at the health care units and benchmarking based on this docume...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Malmivaara A

更新日期：2013-03-01 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：: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

authors： Dusting GJ,Macdonald PS

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Both depression and the metabolic syndrome are frequently found among patients with type 1 diabetes, but their potential association has not yet been investigated. In this paper the relationship between depression and the metabolic syndrome among patients with type 1 diabetes was evaluated. METHODS:A total ...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Ahola AJ,Thorn LM,Saraheimo M,Forsblom C,Groop PH,Finndiane Study Group.

更新日期：2010-10-01 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

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

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Commercial nucleic acid amplification tests, designed for the detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA/RNA in respiratory samples, are often applied also in nonrespiratory specimens in order to verify the diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis. AIM. To evaluate the value of the Abbott LCx Mycobacterium ...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Rantakokko-Jalava K,Marjamäki M,Marttila H,Mäkelä L,Valtonen V,Viljanen MK

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidemiological and experimental studies indicate an inverse relationship between the risk of colon cancer development and intake of aspirin and other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). All NSAIDs are known inhibitors of cyclo-oxygenase, the enzyme responsible for converting arachidonic acid to prostagland...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Gustafson-Svärd C,Lilja I,Hallböök O,Sjödahl R

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNAs are small non-coding RNAs that bind to multiple target mRNAs to control gene expression post-transcriptionally by inhibiting translation. In mammalian cells, microRNAs play important roles in a diverse array of cellular processes (e.g. cell proliferation and differentiation). However, alterations in their le...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Tay HL,Plank M,Collison A,Mattes J,Kumar RK,Foster PS

更新日期：2014-12-01 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

authors： O'Donovan MC,Owen MJ

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The calcium-sensing receptor is a G protein-coupled receptor that has a key role in extracellular calcium homeostasis, regulating the secretion of parathyroid hormone and the reabsorption of urinary calcium appropriate to the prevailing calcaemic environment. Molecular abnormalities of the calcium-sensing receptor are...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Pearce SH

更新日期：2002-01-01 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：: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：: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：:This meta-analysis examined the effect of probiotics on the reduction of lipid components and coexisting risk factors associated with cardiovascular disease. All randomized controlled trials published in English on PubMed and Scopus from 2000 to 2014 were systematically searched. Using the PEDro scale to assess the qu...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Sun J,Buys N

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00