Ιατρική Σχολή / Medical School: Recent submissions
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Network Research Experiences in New York and Eastern Europe: Lessons for the Southern US in Understanding HIV Transmission Dynamics
(2018)This paper presents an overview of different kinds of risk and social network methods and the kinds of research questions each can address.
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Laboratory Assessment of the Anticoagulant Activity of Apixaban in Patients With Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation
(2018)Our aim is to determine the most appropriate laboratory tests, besides anti-factor Xa (anti-FXa) chromogenic assays, to estimate the degree of anticoagulation with apixaban and compare it with that of rivaroxaban in ...
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Pockets of HIV Non-infection Within Highly-Infected Risk Networks in Athens, Greece
(2018)As part of a network study of HIV infection among people who inject drugs (PWID) and their contacts, we discovered a connected subcomponent of 29 uninfected PWID. In the context of a just-declining large epidemic outbreak, ...
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Molecular investigation of HIV-1 cross-group transmissions during an outbreak among people who inject drugs (2011-2014) in Athens, Greece
(2018)New diagnoses of HIV-1 infection among people who inject drugs (PWID) rocketed in Athens, Greece between 2011 and 2014 (HIV-1 outbreak). Our aim was to identify, during that period, potential cross-group transmissions ...
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Data on prolonged morphine-induced antinociception and behavioral inhibition in older rats
(2018)This article contains supportive data related to a research article entitled "Age-dependent antinociception and behavioral inhibition by morphine" (Paul et al., 2018) [1]. Antinociceptive latencies of 8 and 24-week old ...
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HIV cascade of care in Greece: Useful insights from additional stages
(2018)Background Aiming to eliminate HIV infection, UNAIDS has set a global “90-90-90” target by 2020. We sought to construct a 6-stages HIV Cascade of Care (CoC) in Greece, overall and by risk group, to assess risk-group and ...
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Systematic review with network meta-analysis: comparative assessment of tofacitinib and biological therapies for moderate-to-severe ulcerative colitis
(2018)Background Biological therapies have improved the care of patients with ulcerative colitis (UC). Tofacitinib, an oral small-molecule Janus kinase inhibitor, is potentially a new treatment option. Aim To comparatively assess ...
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Comparative safety of systemic and low-bioavailability steroids in inflammatory bowel disease: Systematic review and network meta-analysis
(2018)Aims Oral systemic corticosteroids have been used to induce remission in patients with active inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) for over 50 years
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Perceived air quality and particulate matter pollution based on field survey data during a winter period
(2018)Outdoor air pollution and especially particulate matter pollution is a major environmental health issue that raises concerns of scientists and policy makers. This study focuses on air quality perception in relation to ...
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Thromboelastometry for diagnosis of neonatal sepsis-associated coagulopathy: an observational study
(2018)Our aim was to evaluate the potential role of standard extrinsically activated thromboelastometry (EXTEM) assay in the early detection of neonatal sepsis. We studied 91 hospitalized neonates categorized in two groups: group ...
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Ways to increase adherence to allergen immunotherapy
(2019)Adherence to allergen immunotherapy (AIT) is crucial for its efficacy. Subcutaneous AIT requires monthly visits (or more extended in the case of venom immunotherapy), while sublingual AIT is performed with a daily intake ...
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Book Chapter
Computational Drug Repurposing for Neurodegenerative Diseases
(Academic Press, 2019)Currently, most of the neurodegenerative diseases lack effective therapeutic drugs. The present burden of these diseases on society highlights the need to develop novel approaches for their treatment. The detection of novel ...
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Contributions of mean and shape of blood pressure distribution to worldwide trends and variations in raised blood pressure: a pooled analysis of 1018 population-based measurement studies with 88.6 million participants
(2018)AbstractBackground. Change in the prevalence of raised blood pressure could be due to both shifts in the entire distribution of blood pressure (representing th
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Rising rural body-mass index is the main driver of the global obesity epidemic in adults
(2019)Body-mass index (BMI) has increased steadily in most countries in parallel with a rise in the proportion of the population who live in cities1,2. This has led to a widely reported view that urbanization is one of the most ...
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In vitro and in vivo characterization of the bifunctional μ and δ opioid receptor ligand UFP-505
(2018)Background and Purpose Targeting more than one opioid receptor type simultaneously may have analgesic advantages in reducing side-effects. We have evaluated the mixed μ opioid receptor agonist/ δ opioid receptor antagonist ...
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Age-dependent antinociception and behavioral inhibition by morphine
(2018)In current clinical practice, morphine is dosed in older patients based on patient-weight, with different calculations for adjustment. However, at present, neither clinical experience nor the literature offers a clear ...
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Respiratory Health after Military Service in Southwest Asia and Afghanistan. An Official American Thoracic Society Workshop Report
(2019)Since 2001, more than 2.7 million U.S. military personnel have been deployed in support of operations in Southwest Asia and Afghanistan. Land-based personnel experienced elevated exposures to particulate matter and other ...
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Lung function in patients with primary ciliary dyskinesia: an iPCD Cohort study
(2018)Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) has been considered a relatively mild disease, especially compared to cystic fibrosis (CF), but studies on lung function in PCD patients have been few and small. This study compared lung ...
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Prevalence and course of disease after lung resection in primary ciliary dyskinesia: a cohort & nested case-control study
(2019)Lung resection is a controversial and understudied therapeutic modality in Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia (PCD). We assessed the prevalence of lung resection in PCD across countries and compared disease course in lobectomised ...
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Risk factors for gestational diabetes: An umbrella review of meta-analyses of observational studies
(2019)Background/Objective Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is a common pregnancy complication, with complex disease mechanisms, and several risk factors may contribute to its onset. We performed an umbrella review to summarize ...