• The 12-in-1 procedure for the treatment of congenital idiopathic clubfoot 

      Dailiana, Z. H.; Beris, A. E.; Malizos, K. N.; Varitimidis, S. E.; Hantes, M.; Soucacos, P. N. (2008)
      The purpose of this study was to assess the long-term results of an extended soft tissue release in a single procedure, for the treatment of congenital idiopathic clubfoot. Seventeen patients with 22 congenital idiopathic ...
    • Accuracy of the sleep clinical record for the diagnosis of pediatric moderate-to-severe obstructive sleep apnea syndrome 

      Mylona A.M., Rapti G., Vavougios G., Lachanas V.A., Liakos P., Skoulakis C., Kaditis A.G., Gourgoulianis K., Alexopoulos E.I. (2022)
      Purpose: The sleep clinical record (SCR) has been used to diagnose obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) in children when access to polysomnography (PSG) is limited. Our aim was to determine the best SCR score that could ...
    • Action and reaction of pre-primary and primary school-age children to restrictions during covid-19 pandemic in greece 

      Siachpazidou D.I., Kotsiou O.S., Chatziparasidis G., Papagiannis D., Vavougios G.D., Gogou E., Stavrou V.T., Gourgoulianis K.I. (2021)
      The fast-spreading coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic forced countries to apply restrictive measures to counteract it. School closure was quickly adopted by health authorities. We aimed to investigate the compliance ...
    • Addressing the post-irradiation hypothalamic-pituitary endocrine abnormalities of brain tumors in pediatric patients 

      Velentza L., Tolia M., Christakou C., Nikolaou M., Zerdes I.-N., Tsoukalas N., Hajiioannou J., Tsanadis K., Rigas G., Mitsis M., Theodorou K., Pistevou-Gombaki K., Tsekeris P., Kyrgias G. (2017)
      Purpose: Hypothalamic-pituitary axis is susceptible to radiotherapy, causing endocrine disorders to childhood cancer survivors. We conducted a systematic review in order to assess the radiation-induced toxicity that leads ...
    • Adenotonsillectomy to treat obstructive sleep apnea: Is it enough? 

      Boudewyns A., Abel F., Alexopoulos E., Evangelisti M., Kaditis A., Miano S., Villa M.P., Verhulst S.L. (2017)
      Although adenotonsillectomy is the first line treatment for children with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (0SAS),1 improvement in objectively documented outcomes is often inadequate and a substantial number of children ...
    • Adherence to oral anticoagulation in ischemic stroke patients with atrial fibrillation 

      Tiili P., Leventis I., Kinnunen J., Svedjebäck I., Lehto M., Karagkiozi E., Sagris D., Ntaios G., Putaala J. (2021)
      Background: Non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants (NOAC) have superior safety and comparable efficacy profile compared to vitamin-K antagonists (VKAs), with more convenient dosing schemes. However, issues with ...
    • AMPA receptor GluA2 subunit defects are a cause of neurodevelopmental disorders 

      Salpietro V., Dixon C.L., Guo H., Bello O.D., Vandrovcova J., Efthymiou S., Maroofian R., Heimer G., Burglen L., Valence S., Torti E., Hacke M., Rankin J., Tariq H., Colin E., Procaccio V., Striano P., Mankad K., Lieb A., Chen S., Pisani L., Bettencourt C., Männikkö R., Manole A., Brusco A., Grosso E., Ferrero G.B., Armstrong-Moron J., Gueden S., Bar-Yosef O., Tzadok M., Monaghan K.G., Santiago-Sim T., Person R.E., Cho M.T., Willaert R., Yoo Y., Chae J.-H., Quan Y., Wu H., Wang T., Bernier R.A., Xia K., Blesson A., Jain M., Motazacker M.M., Jaeger B., Schneider A.L., Boysen K., Muir A.M., Myers C.T., Gavrilova R.H., Gunderson L., Schultz-Rogers L., Klee E.W., Dyment D., Osmond M., Parellada M., Llorente C., Gonzalez-Peñas J., Carracedo A., Van Haeringen A., Ruivenkamp C., Nava C., Heron D., Nardello R., Iacomino M., Minetti C., Skabar A., Fabretto A., Hanna M.G., Bugiardini E., Hostettler I., O’Callaghan B., Khan A., Cortese A., O’Connor E., Yau W.Y., Bourinaris T., Kaiyrzhanov R., Chelban V., Madej M., Diana M.C., Vari M.S., Pedemonte M., Bruno C., Balagura G., Scala M., Fiorillo C., Nobili L., Malintan N.T., Zanetti M.N., Krishnakumar S.S., Lignani G., Jepson J.E.C., Broda P., Baldassari S., Rossi P., Fruscione F., Madia F., Traverso M., De-Marco P., Pérez-Dueñas B., Munell F., Kriouile Y., El-Khorassani M., Karashova B., Avdjieva D., Kathom H., Tincheva R., Van-Maldergem L., Nachbauer W., Boesch S., Gagliano A., Amadori E., Goraya J.S., Sultan T., Kirmani S., Ibrahim S., Jan F., Mine J., Banu S., Veggiotti P., Zuccotti G.V., Ferrari M.D., Van Den Maagdenberg A.M.J., Verrotti A., Marseglia G.L., Savasta S., Soler M.A., Scuderi C., Borgione E., Chimenz R., Gitto E., Dipasquale V., Sallemi A., Fusco M., Cuppari C., Cutrupi M.C., Ruggieri M., Cama A., Capra V., Mencacci N.E., Boles R., Gupta N., Kabra M., Papacostas S., Zamba-Papanicolaou E., Dardiotis E., Maqbool S., Rana N., Atawneh O., Lim S.Y., Shaikh F., Koutsis G., Breza M., Coviello D.A., Dauvilliers Y.A., AlKhawaja I., AlKhawaja M., Al-Mutairi F., Stojkovic T., Ferrucci V., Zollo M., Alkuraya F.S., Kinali M., Sherifa H., Benrhouma H., Turki I.B.Y., Tazir M., Obeid M., Bakhtadze S., Saadi N.W., Zaki M.S., Triki C.C., Benfenati F., Gustincich S., Kara M., Belcastro V., Specchio N., Capovilla G., Karimiani E.G., Salih A.M., Okubadejo N.U., Ojo O.O., Oshinaike O.O., Oguntunde O., Wahab K., Bello A.H., Abubakar S., Obiabo Y., Nwazor E., Ekenze O., Williams U., Iyagba A., Taiwo L., Komolafe M., Senkevich K., Shashkin C., Zharkynbekova N., Koneyev K., Manizha G., Isrofilov M., Guliyeva U., Salayev K., Khachatryan S., Rossi S., Silvestri G., Haridy N., Ramenghi L.A., Xiromerisiou G., David E., Aguennouz M., Fidani L., Spanaki C., Tucci A., Raspall-Chaure M., Chez M., Tsai A., Fassi E., Shinawi M., Constantino J.N., De Zorzi R., Fortuna S., Kok F., Keren B., Bonneau D., Choi M., Benzeev B., Zara F., Mefford H.C., Scheffer I.E., Clayton-Smith J., Macaya A., Rothman J.E., Eichler E.E., Kullmann D.M., Houlden H., SYNAPS Study Group (2019)
      AMPA receptors (AMPARs) are tetrameric ligand-gated channels made up of combinations of GluA1-4 subunits encoded by GRIA1-4 genes. GluA2 has an especially important role because, following post-transcriptional editing at ...
    • Apolipoprotein E Polymorphism and Left Ventricular Failure in Beta-Thalassemia: A Multivariate Meta-Analysis 

      Dimou N.L., Pantavou K.G., Bagos P.G. (2017)
      Apolipoprotein E (ApoE) is potentially a genetic risk factor for the development of left ventricular failure (LVF), the main cause of death in beta-thalassemia homozygotes. In the present study, we synthesize the results ...
    • Autoimmune hepatitis type-2 and Epstein-Barr virus infection in a toddler: Art of facts or an artifact? 

      Zellos, A.; Spoulou, V.; Roma-Giannikou, E.; Karentzou, O.; Dalekos, G. N.; Theodoridou, M. (2013)
      Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) can cause frequently asymptomatic (or anicteric) and self-limited hepatitis, while occasionally may result in considerable cholestatic hepatitis. Herein, we describe the case of a previously healthy ...
    • Bayley-III scales at 12 months of corrected age in preterm infants: Patterns of developmental performance and correlations to environmental and biological influences 

      Velikos, K.; Soubasi, V.; Michalettou, I.; Sarafidis, K.; Nakas, C.; Papadopoulou, V.; Zafeiriou, D.; Drossou, V. (2015)
      Background and aims: Premature infants are at high risk for neurodevelopmental impairment (NDI) even in the absence of known brain complications of prematurity. Evaluation of the effectiveness of therapeutic interventions ...
    • Breastfeeding and overweight in european preschoolers: The toybox study 

      Usheva N., Lateva M., Galcheva S., Koletzko B.V., Cardon G., De Craemer M., Androutsos O., Kotowska A., Socha P., Moreno L.A., Manios Y., Iotova V., ToyBox-Study Group (2021)
      The benefits of breastfeeding (BF) include risk reduction of later overweight and obesity. We aimed to analyse the association between breastfeeding practices and overweight/obesity among preschool children participating ...
    • C-reactive protein as a potential biomarker of residual obstructive sleep apnea following adenotonsillectomy in children 

      Bhattacharjee R., Kheirandish-Gozal L., Kaditis A.G., Verhulst S.L., Gozal D. (2016)
      Study Objectives: Adenotonsillectomy (AT) is first-line treatment for pediatric obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), with most children having improvements in polysomnography (PSG). However, many children have residual OSA ...
    • A case-control study on the risk factors for meningococcal disease among children in Greece 

      Hadjichristodoulou C., Mpalaouras G., Vasilopoulou V., Katsioulis A., Rachiotis G., Theodoridou K., Tzanakaki G., Syriopoulou V., Theodoridou M. (2016)
      Purpose: The aim of this study was to identify environmental or genetic risk factors that are associated with invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) in children in Greece. Methods: A case-control study was performed in 133 ...
    • Characteristics of Farm Injuries in Greece 

      Alexe, D. M.; Petridou, E.; Dessypris, N.; Skenderis, N.; Trichopoulos, D. (2003)
      Methodology: During a five-year period (1996-2000), 4,326 unintentional farm injuries have been recorded by the Emergency Department Injury Surveillance System in Greece. Data concerning demographic variables, accident ...
    • Children and Adolescents with SARS-CoV-2 Infection: Epidemiology, Clinical Course and Viral Loads 

      Maltezou H.C., Magaziotou I., Dedoukou X., Eleftheriou E., Raftopoulos V., Michos A., Lourida A., Panopoulou M., Stamoulis K., Papaevangelou V., Petinaki E., Mentis A., Papa A., Tsakris A., Roilides E., Syrogiannopoulos G.A., Tsolia M., Greek Study Group on SARS-CoV-2 Infections in Children (2020)
      Background: There is limited information on severe acute respiratory syndrome virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection in children. Methods: We retrieved data from the national database on SARS-CoV-2 infections. We studied in-family ...
    • Clinical and laboratory features of children with community-acquired pneumonia are associated with distinct radiographic presentations 

      Falup-Pecurariu O.G., Diez-Domingo J., Esposito S., Finn A., Rodrigues F., Spoulou V., Syrogiannopoulos G.A., Usonis V., Greenberg D., on behalf of CAP-PRI (2018)
      Chest radiographs from children with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) were categorized into three distinct presentations and each presentation was correlated to clinical and laboratory findings. Children < 59 months ...
    • Clinical and virological heterogeneity of hepatitis delta in different regions world-wide: The Hepatitis Delta International Network (HDIN) 

      Wranke A., Pinheiro Borzacov L.M., Parana R., Lobato C., Hamid S., Ceausu E., Dalekos G.N., Rizzetto M., Turcanu A., Niro G.A., Lubna F., Abbas M., Ingiliz P., Buti M., Ferenci P., Vanwolleghem T., Hayden T., Dashdorj N., Motoc A., Cornberg M., Abbas Z., Yurdaydin C., Manns M.P., Wedemeyer H., Hardtke S., Serrano B., Wöbse M., Heidrich B., Muche M., Gatselis N., Zachou K., Ho E., Smedile A., Fontana R., Gish R., Obretin D., Stern R., the Hepatitis Delta International Network (2018)
      Background & Aims: Chronic hepatitis D (delta) is a major global health burden. Clinical and virological characteristics of patients with hepatitis D virus (HDV) infection and treatment approaches in different regions ...
    • Clinical Experience with Daptomycin for the Treatment of Gram-positive Infections in Children and Adolescents 

      Syriopoulou V., Dailiana Z., Dmitriy N., Utili R., Pathan R., Hamed K. (2016)
      Background: This subgroup analysis of the European Cubicin Outcomes Registry Experience evaluated the safety and effectiveness of daptomycin in children and adolescent patients (<18 years). Methods: Clinical outcomes at ...
    • Clinical features and outcomes of patients with tubercular uveitis treated with antitubercular therapy in the collaborative ocular tuberculosis study (COTS)-1 

      Agrawal R., Gunasekeran D.V., Grant R., Agarwal A., Kon O.M., Nguyen Q.D., Pavesio C., Gupta V., Gupta B., Aggarwal K., Murthy S.L., Westcott M., Phaik C.S., McCluskey P., Ling H.S., Teoh S., Cimino L., Biswas J., Narain S., Agarwal M., Mahendradas P., Khairallah M., Jones N., Tugal-Tutkun I., Babu K., Basu S., Carreño E., Lee R., Al-Dhibi H., Bodaghi B., Invernizzi A., Goldstein D.A., Herbort C.P., Barisani T., González-López J.J., Androudi S., Bansal R., Moharana B., Mahajan S., Esposti S., Tasiopoulou A., Nadarajah S., Agarwal M., Abraham S., Vala R., Singh R., Sharma A., Sharma K., Zierhut M., Raje D., Cunningham E., Kempen J., Collaborative Ocular Tuberculosis Study (COTS)-1 Study Group (2017)
      IMPORTANCE Eradication of systemic tuberculosis (TB) has been limited by neglected populations and the HIV pandemic. Whereas ocular TB often presents as uveitis without any prior evidence of systemic TB, the existing ...
    • Combining effect and process evaluation on european preschool children’s snacking behavior in a kindergarten-based, family-involved cluster randomized controlled trial: The toybox study 

      De Craemer M., Verbestel V., Verloigne M., Androutsos O., Moreno L., Iotova V., Koletzko B., Socha P., Manios Y., Cardon G. (2020)
      This study aimed at (1) studying the effect of the standardized ToyBox intervention on European preschoolers’ snacking behavior, and (2) studying whether a higher process evaluation score from teachers and parents/caregivers ...