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      Gastric collision tumors: An insight into their origin and clinical significance 

      Michalinos, Adamantios; Constantinidou, Anastasia; Kontos, Michael (2015)
      Collision tumors are rare neoplasms displaying two distinct cell populations developing in juxtaposition to one another without areas of intermingling. They are rare entities with only 63 cases described in English literature. ...
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      Epidemiology of aids defining conditions in Greece 

      Masgala, Aikaterini; Nikolopoulos, Georgios K.; Tsantes, Argirio E.; Paraskeva, D. (2004)
      Objective: To examine the secular trends of all AIDS opportunistic infections to occur first (Ols) in Greece, by year, by gender and by mode of transmission. Methods: The study included all AIDS defining conditions reported ...
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      Cadaveric renal transplantation after pulsatile perfusion, histocompatibility matching, and conversion to cyclosporine therapy. 

      Milgrom, M.; Kyriakides, George K.; Esquenazi, V.; Olson, L.; Miller, Jody C. (1987)
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      Successful Long-Term Outcomes in Patients with Lymphoma Achieving Only Partial Response on [(18)f]FDG-PET Prior to Allogeneic Transplant 

      Lown, Robert N.; Constantinidou, Anastasia; Ebdon, Caroline; Mohammed, Kabir; Ethell, Mark; Chau, Ian; Cunningham, David; Potter, Michael; Sharma, Bhupinder (2014)
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      EULID Project: European Living Donation and Public Health 

      Manyalich, M.; Ricart, A.; Martínez, I.; Balleste, C.; Paredes, D.; Vilardell, J.; Avsec, D.; Dias, L.; Fehrman-Eckholm, I.; Hiesse, C.; Kyriakides, George K.; Line, P. D.; Maxwell, A.; Costa, A. Nanni; Paez, G.; Turcu, R.; Walaszewski, J. (2009)
      The choice of transplantation from a living donor offers advantages over a deceased donor. However, it also carries disadvantages related to donor risks in terms of health and safety. Furthermore, there are several ...
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      The global spread of HIV-1 subtype B epidemic 

      Magiorkinis, Gkikas; Angelis, K.; Mamais, I.; Katzourakis, A.; Hatzakis, A.; Albert, J.; Lawyer, G.; Hamouda, O.; Struck, D.; Vercauteren, J.; Wensing, A.; Alexiev, I.; Åsjö, B.; Balotta, C.; Gomez, P.; Camacho, R. J.; Coughlan, S.; Griskevicius, A.; Grossman, Z.; Horban, A.; Kostrikis, L. G.; Lepej, S. J.; Liitsola, K.; Linka, M.; Nielsen, C.; Otelea, D.; Paredes, R.; Pollack, S. M.; Puchhammer-Stöckl, E.; Schmit, J. C.; Sonnerborg, A.; Staneková, D.; Stanojevic, M.; Stylianou, D. C.; Boucher, C. A. B.; Nikolopoulos, Georgios K.; Vasylyeva, T. I.; Friedman, Samuel R.; Vijver, D. van de; Angarano, G.; Chaix, M. L.; Luca, A. de; Korn, K.; Loveday, C.; Soriano, V.; Yerly, S.; Zazzi, M.; Vandamme, A. M.; Paraskeva, D. (2016)
      Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) was discovered in the early 1980s when the virus had already established a pandemic. For at least three decades the epidemic in the Western World has been dominated by subtype B ...
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      Monograph for the BMJ: Guidelines for the management of tumour lysis syndrome 

      Larkin, J. M.; Constantinidou, Anastasia (2009)
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      The effect of tamoxifen therapy on serum apolipoprotein A-I level is modified by the apolipoprotein E phenotype 

      Liberopoulos, E. N.; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Elisaf, Moses S. (2001)
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      Hydroxyurea therapy in thalassemia 

      Loukopoulos, D.; Voskaridou, E.; Stamoulakatou, A.; Papassotiriou, Y.; Kalotychou, V.; Loutradi, A.; Cozma, G.; Tsiarta, H.; Pavlidis, Nicholas (1998)
      The clinical effectiveness of Hydroxyurea in thalassemia is still controversial. The present paper puts together the authors' experience in two groups of patients with thalassemia intermedia and sickle cell/beta-thalassemia ...
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      Screening practice and misplaced priorities 

      Mauri, D.; Valachis, A.; Polyzos, N. P.; Cortinovis, I.; Karampoiki, V.; Loukidou, E.; Alevizaki, P.; Kamposioras, K.; Kouris, G.; Alexandropoulou, P.; Tsali, L.; Panou, C.; Stamatelopoulos, A.; Lakiotis, V.; Spiliopoulou, A.; Terzoudi, A.; Ioakimidou, A.; Karathanasi, I.; Bristianou, M.; Casazza, G.; Pavlidis, Nicholas (2009)
      Purpose: To estimate cancer screening coverage among a large sample of Greek individuals. Methods: 7012 adults from 30 Hellenic areas were surveyed. Tests included: faecal occult blood test, sigmoidoscopy, chest X-ray, ...
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      Specific antibody to Cryptococcus neoformans glucurunoxylomannan antagonizes antifungal drug action against cryptococcal biofilms in vitro 

      Martinez, Luis R.; Christaki, Eirini; Casadevall, Arturo (2006)
      The fungus Cryptococcus neoformans possesses a polysaccharide capsule and can form biofilms on medical devices. We investigated the efficacy that the combination of a specific antibody to the capsular polysaccharide and ...
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      Risk factors affecting the incidence of infection after orthopaedic surgery: The role of chemoprophylaxis 

      Masgala, Aikaterini; Chronopoulos, Efstathios; Nikolopoulos, Georgios K.; Sourlas, J.; Lallos, Stergios; Brilakis, Emmanuel; Lazarettos, John; Efstathopoulos, Nikolaos (2012)
      The incidence of surgical site infection and urinary tract infection following orthopaedic procedures has diminished in recent years due to modern antimicrobial prophylaxis. We conducted a case-control study (100 cases, ...
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      SESy-Europe: A multi-language database dedicated to cancer screening monitoring 

      Mauri, D.; Pazarlis, P.; Mauri, J.; Altinoz, H.; Flores, F. J. Rivas; Karentzou, I.; Proiskos, A.; Lakiotis, V.; Maragkaki, A.; Terzoudi, E.; Dambrosio, M.; Spiliopoulou, A.; Varsami, A.; Alexandropoulou, P.; Ch, F. Tolis; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Vittoraki, A. (2004)
      Cancer is the second cause of death in developed countries. Many efforts to educate the public to more tumor free life-style and screening practice have been therefore adopted. Considering the high costs of diagnostic ...
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      Delayed diagnosis of Prader-Willi syndrome in a 24 year-old patient 

      Kyriazis, Ioannis; Mendrinos, D.; Saridi, Maria; Rekleiti, Maria; Toska, Aikaterini; Wozniak, Greta; Roupa, Z. (2010)
      Background: Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) is the most common known genetic cause of life-threatening obesity in children. The purpose of the study was to present the case of a delayed diagnosis of PWS in a 24-year-old male ...
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      Intraperitoneal segmental pancreatic allografts with unligated duct in dogs: The role of histocompatibility for long-term survival 

      Kyriakides, George K.; Rabinovitch, A.; Olson, L.; Mintz, D. H.; Rapaport, F. T.; Miller, Jody C. (1981)
      In the present work we performed pancreatic transplantation in beagles with defined histocompatibilities in order to study (A) immunogenetic factors affecting pancreatic allograft survival and (B) the functional and ...
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      Mixed acinar-endocrine carcinoma of the pancreas: A case report and review of the literature 

      Kyriazi, Maria A.; Arkadopoulos, Nikolaos; Stafyla, V. K.; Yiallourou, Anneza I.; Dafnios, Nicolaos; Theodosopoulos, Theodosios; Kairi-Vassilatou, Evi; Smyrniotis, V. (2009)
      Introduction: Pancreatic tumors usually display either a ductal, an acinar or an endocrine differentiation. Mixed exocrine and endocrine pancreatic tumors are extremely rare. There have been a few reports of the rare entity ...
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      Are the effects of tamoxifen on the serum lipid profile modified by apolipoprotein E phenotypes? 

      Liberopoulos, E. N.; Karabina, S. A.; Tselepis, A.; Bairaktari, Eleni Th; Nikolaides, C.; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Elisaf, Moses S. (2002)
      Background: Tamoxifen has favorable effects on the serum lipid profile. It has been suggested that the apolipoprotein (Apo) E phenotype can influence serum lipid parameters; the ApoE allele 4 (ApoE4) is associated with ...
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      Creating a large multinational dataset of patients th primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) 

      Maurer, Elisabeth; Goutaki, Myrofora; Behan, Laura; Boon, Mieke; Casaulta, Carmen; Leigh, Margaret W.; Morgan, Lucy; Nielsen, Kim G.; Omran, Heymut; Santamaria, Francesca; Schwerk, Nicolaus; Yiallouros, Panayiotis K.; Kuehni, Claudia E. (2014)
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      Statins and the risk of colorectal cancer: An updated systematic review and meta-analysis of 40 studies 

      Lytras, Theodoros; Nikolopoulos, Georgios K.; Bonovas, Stefanos (2014)
      Aim: To investigate the association between statin use and colorectal cancer risk, we conducted an updated meta-analysis of published studies. Methods: We performed a comprehensive search for studies published up to July ...
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      Post-cataract surgery endophthalmitis outbreak caused by multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa 

      Maltezou, Helena C.; Pappa, O.; Nikolopoulos, Georgios K.; Ftika, L.; Maragos, Antonios; Kaitsa, H.; Protonotariou, E.; Diza, Evdoxia; Georgiadis, N.; Vatopoulos, A.; Nikolaidis, Pavlos (2012)
      In June 2010, a severe outbreak of 13 cases of postcataract surgery endophthalmitis caused by multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa occurred. Pulse-field gel electrophoresis in eye isolates found 95% genetic similarity; ...