Πλοήγηση ανά Συγγραφέα "Koutroumpas, A."
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Anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide-2 (CCP2) autoantibodies and extra-articular manifestations in Greek patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Alexiou, I.; Germenis, A.; Koutroumpas, A.; Kontogianni, A.; Theodoridou, K.; Sakkas, L. I. (2008)The objective of our study was to establish whether there is an association between rheumatoid arthritis with extra-articular manifestations (exRA) and anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide 2 (anti-CCP2) antibodies in Greeks. ... -
Erosive hand osteoarthritis is associated with subclinical atherosclerosis and endothelial dysfunction
Koutroumpas, A.; Giannoukas, A.; Zintzaras, E.; Exarchou, E.; Baliakos, A.; Makaritsis, K.; Sakkas, L. I. (2013)Chronic inflammatory disorders have been associated with accelerated atherosclerosis and increased cardiovascular (CV) risk. Recent evidence suggests that erosive hand osteoarthritis (EOA) has considerable inflammation; ... -
Erosive Osteoarthritis Is Associated with Preclinical Atherosclerosis
Koutroumpas, A.; Giannoukas, A.; Exarchou, A.; Baliakos, A.; Makaritsis, K.; Sakkas, L. I. (2011) -
High-resolution ultrasonography and 3.0 T magnetic resonance imaging in erosive and nodal hand osteoarthritis: high frequency of erosions in nodal osteoarthritis
Vlychou, M.; Koutroumpas, A.; Alexiou, I.; Fezoulidis, I.; Sakkas, L. I. (2013)Erosive osteoarthritis (EOA) is defined as hand osteoarthritis (OA) with interphalangeal joint erosions on plain radiographs. We sought to find ultrasound (US) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) features that could ... -
Investigation on the apple proliferation epidemics in the orchards of the Pelion Mountain and preliminary observations on possible phytoplasma vectors
Rumbou, A.; Miliordos, D.; Athanasiou, C.; Koutroumpas, A.; Sahinoglou, A.; Rumbos, I. (2011)The apple producing region in the Pelion Mountain (Magnesia prefecture, Thessaly, Greece) is suffering for more than 10 years from the apple proliferation disease. The orchards are basically planted with cv 'Starking ... -
Mycophenolate mofetil in systemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung disease
Koutroumpas, A.; Ziogas, A.; Alexiou, I.; Barouta, G.; Sakkas, L. I. (2010)This study aimed to assess the effect of mofetil mycophenolate (MMF), an inhibitor of lymphocyte proliferation, on lung function and skin in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc)-associated interstitial lung disease ... -
The pharmacological treatment of osteoarthritis
Koutroumpas, A.; Simopoulou, T.; Sakkas, L. I. (2012)The pharmacological treatment of Osteoarthritis (OA) has three goals: to relieve pain, to improve function and quality of life and to modify the course of the disease. Drugs targeting pain are analgesics, including opioid ... -
THE PREVALENCE OF OSTEOARTHRITIS IN CENTRAL GREECE
Anagnostopoulos, I.; Zintzaras, E.; Alexiou, I.; Koutroumpas, A.; Papathanasiou, A.; Barouta, G.; Sakkas, L. (2009) -
The prevalence of rheumatic diseases in central Greece: a population survey
Anagnostopoulos, I.; Zinzaras, E.; Alexiou, I.; Papathanasiou, A. A.; Davas, E.; Koutroumpas, A.; Barouta, G.; Sakkas, L. I. (2010)Background: Rheumatic diseases are a major health and financial burden for societies. The prevalence of rheumatic diseases may change over time, and therefore, we sought to estimate the prevalence of rheumatic diseases in ... -
Serum VEGF levels are related to the presence of pulmonary arterial hypertension in systemic sclerosis
Papaioannou, A. I.; Zakynthinos, E.; Kostikas, K.; Kiropoulos, T.; Koutsokera, A.; Ziogas, A.; Koutroumpas, A.; Sakkas, L.; Gourgoulianis, K. I.; Daniil, Z. D. (2009)Background: The association between systemic sclerosis and pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is well recognized. Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) has been reported to play an important role in pulmonary ... -
Sonographic assessment of small joints of hands in patients with erosive osteoarthritis
Vlychou, M.; Koutroumpas, A.; Malizos, K.; Sakkas, L. I. (2008) -
Ultrasonographic evidence of inflammation is frequent in hands of patients with erosive osteoarthritis
Vlychou, M.; Koutroumpas, A.; Malizos, K.; Sakkas, L. I. (2009)Objective: Erosive osteoarthritis (OA) (EOA) is considered an aggressive form of primary OA that is defined radiographically by intra-articular erosions of the inter-phalangeal joints of the hand and characteristic ...