Browsing by Subject "Adolescent"
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Alcohol and psychoactive drugs increased the pre-hospital mortality in 655 fall-related fatalities in Greece: A call for management protocols
(2012)Introduction: The frequency of alcohol and psychoactive drugs in fall-related fatalities and their effect on type, severity of injury and location of death constitute the subjects of this study. Methods: A retrospective ...
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Artifacts in spiral CT protocols: The importance of the spatial reconstruction
(2009)Purpose: This study recorded and analysed streak and motion artifacts in spiral CT examinations and evaluated the elimination and minimization of them by the use of segmental reconstruction with and without alterations of ...
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The association of community violence exposure with middle-school achievement: A prospective study
(2004)This study investigated the long-term effects of exposure to community violence on academic achievement and feelings of safety in school among a large sample of urban middle-school students (N = 759). It also considered ...
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Brain perfusion SPECT with 99mTC-ECD and serum neuron-specific enolase in patients with spontaneous subarachnoid haemorrhage and clinical vasospasm
(2006)Aim: To estimate the association between single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) imaging and neuro-specific enolase (NSE) serum level measurement in patients with subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) and also to present ...
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Callous-unemotional traits in incarcerated adolescents
(American Psychological Association Inc, 2014)The presence of callous-unemotional (CU) traits designates a subgroup of antisocial youth at risk for severe, aggressive, and stable conduct problems. As a result, these traits should be considered as part of the criteria ...
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Cefditoren: Comparative efficacy with other antimicrobials and risk factors for resistance in clinical isolates causing UTIs in outpatients
(2012)Background: To investigate a possible role of Cefditoren, a recently marketed in Greece third-generation oral cephalosporin in urinary infections of outpatients.Methods: During a multicenter survey of Enterobacteriaceae ...
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CEOP-21 versus CEOP-14 chemotherapy with or without rituximab for the first-line treatment of patients with aggressive lymphomas: Results of the HE22A99 trial of the hellenic cooperative oncology group
(2007)Background: In this study we investigated whether administering CEOP (cyclophosphamide, epirubicin, vincristine [Oncovin], and prednisone) every 2 weeks (CEOP-14) instead of every 3 weeks (the standard CEOP-21 regimen) ...
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Changes in T Cell Receptor Excision DNA Circle (TREC) Levels in HIV Type 1-Infected Subjects Pre- and Post-Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy
(2004)The T cell receptor excision DNA circle (TREC) level is an independent predictor of HIV-1 disease prognosis. We studied the temporal changes in TREC levels prior to and after highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) ...
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Clear‐cell sarcoma of tendons and aponeuroses: A clinicopathologic study. Presentation of six additional cases with review of the literature
(1984)Clear‐cell sarcoma of tendons and aponeuroses is a rare and slowly growing soft tissue sarcoma, affecting mainly young adults. During the last 15 years, approximately 60 cases have been reported in the literature. In this ...
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Click evoked neurogenic vestibular potentials (NVESTEPs): A method of assessing the function of the vestibular system
(2003)Objectives: To obtain neurogenic vestibular evoked potentials (NVESTEPs) with surface scalp recording using high intensity auditory clicks. The same stimulus is used in myogenic vestibular evoked potentials which has been ...
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The clinical picture of primary Sjogren's syndrome: A retrospective study
(1982)The clinical and laboratory features of 47 patients with primary Sjogren's syndrome, confirmed by lip biopsy, were analyzed in this study. The majority of our patients had the classical signs and symptoms of Sjogren's ...
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Clinico-pathological correlations in 127 patients in 11 large pedigrees, segregating one of three heterozygous mutations in the COL4A3 COL4A4 genes associated with familial haematuria and significant late progression to proteinuria and chronic kidney disease from focal segmental glomerulosclerosis
(2009)Background. Heterozygous mutations in the COL4A3 COL4A4 genes are currently thought to be responsible for familial benign microscopic haematuria and maintenance of normal long-term kidney function.Methods. We report on 11 ...
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Clinicopathological study of metallothionein immunohistochemical expression, in benign, borderline and malignant ovarian epithelial tumors
(2006)Metallothioneins (MTs) are a family of cystein-rich metal-binding proteins, which are expressed in normal cells during fetal and postnatal life but also in a variety of human neoplasms. MT expression in human tumors has ...
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Correlative histologic and serologic findings of sicca syndrome in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus
(1980)We prospectively evaluated 24 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus for clinical, histologic, and serologic evidence of sicca syndrome. Abnormalities suggestive of sicca syndrome in patients with systemic lupus were ...
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Cytogenetic and fragile X molecular testing of individuals with mental retardation of unknown etiology
(1997)The aim of this program was to investigate the patients with Mental Retardation Of Unknown Etiology (MROUE), on the island of Cyprus. The MROUE patients were examined cytogenetically for gross chromosomal abnormalities, ...
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Design and baseline findings of a large-scale rapid response to an HIV outbreak in people who inject drugs in Athens, Greece: The ARISTOTLE programme
(2015)Aims: To (i) describe an intervention implemented in response to the HIV-1 outbreak among people who inject drugs (PWIDs) in Greece (ARISTOTLE programme), (ii) assess its success in identifying and testing this population ...
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Donor-derived breast cancer in a bone marrow transplantation recipient
(2009)We present the case of a young lady who had been treated for acute myelocytic leukemia at the age of 14 by means of allogeneic bone marrow transplantation, the donor being her sister. At the age of 28 she underwent modified ...
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An ecological study of the determinants of differences in 2009 pandemic influenza mortality rates between countries in Europe
(2011)Background: Pandemic A (H1N1) 2009 mortality rates varied widely from one country to another. Our aim was to identify potential socioeconomic determinants of pandemic mortality and explain between-country variation. ...
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Editorial: Adolescent oncology
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Epithelial ovarian cancer in Greece: A retrospective study of 1,791 patients by the hellenic cooperative oncology group (HeCOG)
(2009)Background: The aim of this retrospective study was to present the epidemiological, pathological and clinical characteristics and treatment results of Greek women with epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC). Patients and Methods: ...