• Autoantibodies and autoantigens associated with autoimmune hepatitis and viruses-induced autoimmune response: Significant tools in clinical practice and in the study of pathogenesis of autoimmune hepatic diseases 

      Dalekos, G. N. (2004)
      Autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) is a chronic necroinflammatory disease of the liver characterized by hypergamma-globulinemia, characteristic autoantibodies, association with HLA DR3 or DR4 and a favorable response to immunosuppressive ...
    • B-Cell Targeted Therapies in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis and Incidence of Headache: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis 

      Mavridis T., Papagiannakis N., Breza M., Vavougios G.D., Patas K., Daponte A., Laskaratos A., Archontakis-Barakakis P., Pantazopoulos I., Mitsikostas D.D. (2022)
      Background: Multiple Sclerosis treatment with B-cell targeted therapies may be associated with an increased incidence of headache. We aimed to find and compare the association of B-cell targeted therapies with the incidence ...
    • Balance in theatrical dance performance: A systematic review 

      Clarke F., Koutedakis Y., Wilson M., Wyon M. (2018)
      AIM: Due to movement complexity and the use of interdisciplinary styles, all theatrical dance genres require dancers to have excellent balance skills to meet choreographic demands. The aim of this systematic review was to ...
    • Benefits and Limitations of TKIs in Patients with Medullary Thyroid Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis 

      Efstathiadou Z.A., Tsentidis C., Bargiota A., Daraki V., Kotsa K., Ntali G., Papanastasiou L., Tigas S., Toulis K., Pazaitou-Panayiotou K., Alevizaki M. (2021)
      Introduction: Tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) have been used in patients with advanced medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC); however, data on their effectiveness and safety are limited. The aim of this systematic review and ...
    • Beyond Antimuscarinics: A Review of Pharmacological and Interventional Options for Overactive Bladder Management in Men 

      De Nunzio C., Brucker B., Bschleipfer T., Cornu J.-N., Drake M.J., Fusco F., Gravas S., Oelke M., Peyronnet B., Tutolo M., van Koeveringe G., Madersbacher S. (2021)
      Context: The role of overactive bladder (OAB) treatment in women beyond antimuscarinics has been evaluated extensively. Beta-3 agonists, botulinum toxin-A (BTX-A), and nerve stimulation are indicated in these patients. ...
    • Bioavailability, Efficacy and Safety of Generic Immunosuppressive Drugs for Kidney Transplantation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis 

      Tsipotis E., Gupta N.R., Raman G., Zintzaras E., Jaber B.L. (2016)
      Background: Concerns exist over the extrapolation of bioavailability studies of generic immunosuppressive drugs in healthy volunteers, regarding their efficacy and safety in kidney transplant recipients. We conducted a ...
    • Bleeding risk comparison between direct oral anticoagulants at doses approved for atrial fibrillation and aspirin: systematic review, meta-analysis and meta-regression 

      Sagris D., Leventis I., Georgiopoulos G., Korompoki E., Makaritsis K., Vemmos K., Milionis H., Lip G.Y.H., Ntaios G. (2020)
      Background: A considerable proportion of patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) are still treated with aspirin despite current guidelines due to presumed favorable safety. Aim: We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis ...
    • Body mass index and survival from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: A meta-analysis 

      Dardiotis E., Siokas V., Sokratous M., Tsouris Z., Aloizou A.-M., Florou D., Dastamani M., Mentis A.-F.A., Brotis A.G. (2018)
      BackgroundSeveral studies have examined the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and survival from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Many indicate that low BMI at diagnosis or during follow-up may be associated ...
    • Body mass index in patients with Multiple Sclerosis: a meta-analysis 

      Dardiotis E., Tsouris Z., Aslanidou P., Aloizou A.-M., Sokratous M., Provatas A., Siokas V., Deretzi G., Hadjigeorgiou G.M. (2019)
      Background: The impact of nutrition and diet on the etiology of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) has been evaluated through a number of studies. Only a limited number reported findings on the association between body mass index ...
    • Bone grafting in primary and revision reverse total shoulder arthroplasty for the management of glenoid bone loss: A systematic review 

      Malahias M.-A., Chytas D., Kostretzis L., Brilakis E., Fandridis E., Hantes M., Antonogiannakis E. (2020)
      Purpose: We performed a systematic review of the studies including clinical/functional outcomes and complications of bone grafting for glenoid defects in reverse total shoulder arthroplasty (RTSA). Methods: The PubMed and ...
    • Breast radiotherapy and early adverse cardiac effects. The role of serum biomarkers and strain echocardiography 

      Gkantaifi A., Papadopoulos C., Spyropoulou D., Toumpourleka M., Iliadis G., Kardamakis D., Nikolaou M., Tsoukalas N., Kyrgias G., Tolia M. (2019)
      Breast cancer radiotherapy has a clear benefit for both long-term survival and local recurrence rate. However, there is still much concern about the early radiation-induced heart toxicity. This article aimed to clarify the ...
    • CADASIL in Greece: Mutational spectrum and clinical characteristics based on a systematic review and pooled analysis of published cases 

      Paraskevas G.P., Stefanou M.I., Constantinides V.C., Bakola E., Chondrogianni M., Giannopoulos S., Kararizou E., Boufidou F., Zompola C., Tsantzali I., Theodorou A., Palaiodimou L., Vikelis M., Lachanis S., Papathanasiou M., Bakirtzis C., Koutroulou I., Karapanayiotides T., Xiromerisiou G., Kapaki E., Tsivgoulis G. (2022)
      Background: Differences have been noted in the clinical presentation and mutational spectrum of CADASIL among various geographical areas. The aim of the present study was to investigate the mode of clinical presentation ...
    • Can bioelectrical impedance analysis and BMI be a prognostic tool in head and neck cancer patients? A review of the evidence 

      Mantzorou M., Tolia M., Poultsidi A., Pavlidou E., Papadopoulou S.K., Papandreou D., Giaginis C. (2020)
      Background: Malnutrition can significantly affect disease progression and patient survival. The efficiency of weight loss and bioimpedance analysis (BIA)-derived measures in the evaluation of malnutrition, and disease ...
    • Cardio-Oncology Rehabilitation and Telehealth: Rationale for Future Integration in Supportive Care of Cancer Survivors 

      Batalik L., Filakova K., Radkovcova I., Dosbaba F., Winnige P., Vlazna D., Batalikova K., Felsoci M., Stefanakis M., Liska D., Papathanasiou J., Pokorna A., Janikova A., Rutkowski S., Pepera G. (2022)
      The direct toxicity of cancer treatment threatens patients and survivors with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease or adverse functional changes with subsequent progression of cardiovascular complications. An ...
    • Causes of blindness and vision impairment in 2020 and trends over 30 years, and prevalence of avoidable blindness in relation to VISION 2020: The Right to Sight: An analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 

      Bourne R.R.A., Steinmetz J.D., Saylan M., Mersha A.M., Weldemariam A.H., Wondmeneh T.G., Sreeramareddy C.T., Pinheiro M., Yaseri M., Yu C., Zastrozhin M.S., Zastrozhina A., Zhang Z.-J., Zimsen S.R.M., Yonemoto N., Tsegaye G.W., Vu G.T., Vongpradith A., Renzaho A.M.N., Sorrie M.B., Shaheen A.A., Shiferaw W.S., Skryabin V.Y., Skryabina A.A., Saya G.K., Rahimi-Movaghar V., Shigematsu M., Sahraian M.A., Naderifar H., Sabour S., Rathi P., Sathian B., Miller T.R., Rezapour A., Rawal L., Pham H.Q., Parekh U., Podder V., Onwujekwe O.E., Pasovic M., Otstavnov N., Negash H., Pawar S., Naimzada M.D., Al Montasir A., Ogbo F.A., Owolabi M.O., Pakshir K., Mohammad Y., Moni M.A., Nunez-Samudio V., Mulaw G.F., Naveed M., Maleki S., Michalek I.M., Misra S., Swamy S.N., Mohammed J.A., Flaxman S., Park E.-C., Briant P.S., Meles G.G., Hayat K., Landires I., Kim G.R., Liu X., LeGrand K.E., Taylor H.R., Kunjathur S.M., Khoja T.A.M., Bicer B.K., Khalilov R., Hashi A., Kayode G.A., Carneiro V.L.A., Kavetskyy T., Kosen S., Kulkarni V., Holla R., Kalhor R., Jayaram S., Islam S.M.S., Gilani S.A., Eskandarieh S., Molla M.D., Itumalla R., Farzadfar F., Congdon N.G., Elhabashy H.R., Elayedath R., Couto R.A.S., Dervenis N., Cromwell E.A., Dahlawi S.M.A., Resnikoff S., Casson R.J., Abdoli A., Choi J.-Y.J., Dos Santos F.L.C., Abrha W.A., Nagaraja S.B., Abualhasan A., Adal T.G., Aregawi B.B., Beheshti M., Abu-Gharbieh E., Afshin A., Ahmadieh H., Alemzadeh S.A., Arrigo A., Atnafu D.D., Ashbaugh C., Ashrafi E., Alemayehu W., Alfaar A.S., Alipour V., Anbesu E.W., Androudi S., Arabloo J., Arditi A., Bagli E., Baig A.A., Bärnighausen T.W., Parodi M.B., Bhagavathula A.S., Bhardwaj N., Bhardwaj P., Bhattacharyya K., Bijani A., Bikbov M., Bottone M., Braithwaite T., Bron A.M., Butt Z.A., Cheng C.-Y., Chu D.-T., Cicinelli M.V., Coelho J.M., Dai X., Dana R., Dandona L., Dandona R., Del Monte M.A., Deva J.P., Diaz D., Djalalinia S., Dreer L.E., Ehrlich J.R., Ellwein L.B., Emamian M.H., Fernandes A.G., Fischer F., Friedman D.S., Furtado J.M., Gaidhane S., Gazzard G., Gebremichael B., George R., Ghashghaee A., Golechha M., Hamidi S., Hammond B.R., Hartnett M.E.R., Hartono R.K., Hay S.I., Heidari G., Ho H.C., Househ M., Ibitoye S.E., Ilic I.M., Huang J.J., Ilic M.D., Ingram A.D., Irvani S.S.N., Jha R.P., Kahloun R., Kandel H., Kasa A.S., Kempen J.H., Khairallah M., Khan E.A., Khanna R.C., Khatib M.N., Kim J.E., Kim Y.J., Kisa A., Kisa S., Koyanagi A., Kurmi O.P., Lansingh V.C., Leasher J.L., Leveziel N., Limburg H., Manafi N., Mansouri K., McAlinden C., Mohammadi S.F., Mokdad A.H., Morse A.R., Naderi M., Naidoo K.S., Nangia V., Nguyen H.L.T., Ogundimu K., Olagunju A.T., Panda-Jonas S., Pesudovs K., Peto T., Ur Rahman M.H., Ramulu P.Y., Rawaf D.L., Rawaf S., Reinig N., Robin A.L., Rossetti L., Safi S., Sahebkar A., Samy A.M., Serle J.B., Shaikh M.A., Shen T.T., Shibuya K., Shin J.I., Silva J.C., Silvester A., Singh J.A., Singhal D., Sitorus R.S., Skiadaresi E., Soheili A., Sousa R.A.R.C., Stambolian D., Tadesse E.G., Tahhan N., Tareque Md.I., Topouzis F., Tran B.X., Tsilimbaris M.K., Varma R., Virgili G., Wang N., Wang Y.X., West S.K., Wong T.Y., Jonas J.B., Vos T., GBD 2019 Blindness and Vision Impairment Collaborators, Vision Loss Expert Group of the Global Burden of Disease Study (2021)
      Background: Many causes of vision impairment can be prevented or treated. With an ageing global population, the demands for eye health services are increasing. We estimated the prevalence and relative contribution of ...
    • Cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy revisited: Genotype-phenotype correlations of all published cases 

      Xiromerisiou G., Marogianni C., Dadouli K., Zompola C., Georgouli D., Provatas A., Theodorou A., Zervas P., Nikolaidou C., Stergiou S., Ntellas P., Sokratous M., Stathis P., Paraskevas G.P., Bonakis A., Voumvourakis K., Hadjichristodoulou C., Hadjigeorgiou G.M., Tsivgoulis G. (2020)
      Objective The aim of this study was to evaluate the correlation between the various NOTCH3 mutations and their clinical and genetic profile, along with the presentation of a novel mutation in a patient.MethodsHere, we ...
    • Challenges in developing methods for quantifying the effects of weather and climate on water-associated diseases: A systematic review 

      Lo Iacono G., Armstrong B., Fleming L.E., Elson R., Kovats S., Vardoulakis S., Nichols G.L. (2017)
      Infectious diseases attributable to unsafe water supply, sanitation and hygiene (e.g. Cholera, Leptospirosis, Giardiasis) remain an important cause of morbidity and mortality, especially in low-income countries. Climate ...
    • The Circle of Friends intervention: a research synthesis 

      Hassani S., Alves S., Avramidis E., Schwab S. (2022)
      This research synthesis investigates studies that evaluated a well-known intervention, the Circle of Friends (CoF)–which seeks to promote the inclusion of socially neglected students. The aim of the review is two-fold; ...
    • Circulating biomarkers for the prediction of abdominal aortic aneurysm growth 

      Nana P., Dakis K., Brodis A., Spanos K., Kouvelos G. (2021)
      Background: Abdominal aortic aneurysm represents a distinct group of vascular lesions, in terms of surveillance and treatment. Screening and follow-up of patients via duplex ultrasound has been well established and proposed ...
    • Clinical and laboratory characteristics, epidemiology, and outcomes of murine typhus: A systematic review 

      Tsioutis C., Zafeiri M., Avramopoulos A., Prousali E., Miligkos M., Karageorgos S.A. (2017)
      Murine or endemic typhus, a febrile disease caused by Rickettsia typhi, is often misdiagnosed due to its non-specific presentation. We sought to evaluate all available evidence in the literature regarding the clinical and ...