Ιατρική Σχολή / Medical School: Recent submissions
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Age-Dependent Metastatic Spread and Survival: Cancer of Unknown Primary as a Model
(2016)In order to describe a novel approach for the clinical study of metastases, we provide here age-specific incidence and survival data for cancer of unknown primary (CUP). Metastases in various organs are found at CUP ...
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Biliary Atresia: Swiss National Study, 1994-2004
(2008)To determine the epidemiology of biliary atresia (BA) in Switzerland, the outcome of the children from diagnosis, and the prognostic factors. The records of all patients with BA born in Switzerland between January 1994 and ...
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Shewanella putrefaciens bacteraemia associated with terminal ileitis
(2013)Shewanella putrefaciens has a wide geographical distribution, including sea- and fresh water, fish and soil, but it is an unusual pathogen in humans. A previously healthy boy without known immunodeficiency presented with ...
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Association of Fokl and PvuII polymorphisms with breast cancer staging and survival among Caucasian women: A prospective study
(2014)Purpose: Both vitamin D and estrogens play an important role in breast cell growth and differentiation. Therefore, we hypothesized that Fokl polymorphism in the Vitamin D Receptor (VDR) gene, as well as PvuII polymorphism ...
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Serotonin reuptake inhibitor antidepressants (SSRIs) against atherosclerosis
(2011)Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are a class of drug widely used for treatment of mood disorders, including depression and cardiovascular disease. A search for related articles in the PubMed database was ...
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Minimally invasive washout of the shoulder for septic arthritis in children: A new technique
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Baker's asthma: a case study
(2009)
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Laparoscopy as a diagnostic measure in children with malignant tumors and second-look laparoscopy in monitoring tumor therapy
(2000)Precise staging of malignant disease is required to define the optimal therapeutic strategy. In spite of technical advances, the sensitivity of conventional imaging techniques is limited. The tumor origin cannot always be ...
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Contribution of social and family factors in anorexia nervosa
(2012)Background: Anorexia nervosa is probably the most substantial eating disorder, with basically unknown causes, centered on psychological factors and affected by many social, biological and cultural ones. The aim of this ...
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Associations of body fat percent and body mass index with childhood asthma by age and gender
(2013)Objective High body mass index (BMI) has been shown to be associated with asthma, but the pattern of this association is still unclear and may differ by gender or stage of puberty. BMI is only a proxy of adiposity, whereas ...
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Kidney insufficiency
(Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009)General considerations In this condition the patients need either hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis to treat terminal renal insufficiency In our experience catheter longevity is superior after laparoscopic implantation ...
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Leukotriene antagonists: As firstline asthmatic therapy: A review
(2005)Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disorder characterized by airflow obstruction. The development of leukotriene receptor antagonists and synthesis inhibitors in briefly described; and acute exercise, allergen, and aspirin ...
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Association of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection with Henoch-Schonlein purpura.
(2013)We present a child with Henoch-Schonlein purpura and Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection, an association that was rarely described in the literature. The infection was confirmed serologically and by using PCR.
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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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Asthma: The role of low high-density-lipoprotein cholesterol in childhood and adolescence
(2014)Background: Several studies have examined the relationship of asthma with serum dyslipidemia and reported positive, negative or no association. Most studies were limited by their cross-sectional design and the wide age ...