Ιατρική Σχολή / Medical School: Recent submissions
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Autoimmune hepatitis in patients with multiple sclerosis: The role of immunomodulatory treatment
(2019)BACKGROUND: Development of autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) has been sporadically reported in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) either concurrently or after treatment with immunomodulatory drugs, including interferon-beta ...
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Increased amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in polymyositis: comment on the article by Tseng et al
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The contribution of genetic variants of SLC2A1 gene in T2DM and T2DM-nephropathy: association study and meta-analysis
(2018)An association study was conducted to investigate the relation between 14 variants of glucose transporter 1 gene (SLC2A1) and the risk of type 2 diabetes (T2DM) leading to nephropathy. We also performed a meta-analysis of ...
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Mediterranean Lifestyle in Relation to Cognitive Health: Results from the HELIAD Study
(2018)Many lifestyle factors have been linked to cognitive function but little is known about their combined effect. An overall lifestyle pattern for people living in the Mediterranean basin has been proposed, including diet, ...
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Replication study of GWAS risk loci in Greek multiple sclerosis patients
(2019)To validate in an ethnically homogeneous Greek multiple sclerosis (MS) cohort, genetic risk factors for the disease, identified through a number of previous multi-ethnic genome-wide association studies (GWAS).
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Regulatory B and T lymphocytes in multiple sclerosis: friends or foes?
(2018)Current clinical experience with immunomodulatory agents and monoclonal antibodies in principle has established the benefit of depleting lymphocytic populations in relapsing–remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS). B and T ...
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Unusual cause of saddle nose
(2017)A 53-year-old female presented with a 2-week history of shortness of breath, cough and fever. Over the past 6 months, she reported painful tongue ulcers and pain in her nose, accompanied with nasal crusting and yellowish ...
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Aortitis and pachymeningitis: an unusual combination in granulomatosis with polyangiitis (myeloperoxidase-associated vasculitis)
(2019)Aortitis and pachymeningitis are uncommon manifestations of the antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitides, a group of systemic autoimmune diseases mainly affecting small vessels. We present a case of a ...
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Paraneoplastic Inflammatory Arthritis
(2018)The immunodeficiency virus infection is known to increase the risk of malignancies, including lymphomas. We report a case of a 51-year-old male with a history of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, well-controlled ...
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Mycobacterium Kansasii Infection and Microscopic Polyangiitis: An Unexpected Association
(2018)Mycobacterium kansasii (M. kansasii) is a nontuberculous mycobacterium, which mainly infects the lungs in immunocompromised patients. We present here the case of a 27-year-old immunocompetent patient who developed ...
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Rheumatic diseases in HIV-infected patients in the post-antiretroviral therapy era: a tertiary care center experience
(2019)The aim of the study was to calculate the proportion of rheumatic diseases in HIV patients who were receiving ART and to identify association of the HIV medications with the development of rheumatologic diseases. We conducted ...
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Clinically amyopathic dermatomyositis associated with anti-MDA5 antibody
(2018)Clinically amyopathic dermatomyositis (CADM) is a rare entity that presents with cutaneous manifestations of classic dermatomyositis but without muscle weakness or abnormal muscle enzymes. It is more common in young white ...
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Comment on: Hereditary hemochromatosis arthropathy and Doppler ultrasound findings of synovitis
(2018)Sir, I read with interest the letter to the editor by Oke et al. [1] ‘Hereditary hemochromatosis arthropathy and Doppler ultrasound findings of synovitis’. The
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Prevalence of Mycoplasma genitalium and other sexually-transmitted pathogens among high-risk individuals in Greece
(2018)Background: The aim of the present study was to determine the prevalence of Mycoplasma genitalium (MG) infection among individuals at high risk for sexually-transmitted diseases (STDs) at a major urban STD clinic in Athens, ...
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Measles-associated pneumonia and hepatitis during the measles outbreak of 2018
(2020)Background Between 2017 and 2018, Greece experienced a measles outbreak, affecting >3000 patients, most of which were unvaccinated. Measles-associated pneumonia (MAP) is the most common serious compilation of the disease, ...
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Shiga toxin-induced haemolytic uraemic syndrome and the role of antibiotics: a global overview
(2019)OBJECTIVES: The administration of antibiotics in infections caused by Shiga toxin producing E. coli (STEC) strains, such as O157:H7, was and remains controversial, as it has been associated with the development of haemolytic ...
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Porphyrias and photosensitivity: pathophysiology for the clinician
(2018)Porphyrias are disorders caused by defects in the biosynthetic pathway of heme. Their manifestations can be divided into three distinct syndromes, each attributable to the accumulation of three distinct classes of molecules. ...