Browsing by Author "Zintzaras, E."
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ACE (I/D) polymorphism and response to treatment in coronary artery disease: a comprehensive database and meta-analysis involving study quality evaluation
Kitsios, G.; Zintzaras, E. (2009)Background: The role of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) gene insertion/deletion (I/D) polymorphism in modifying the response to treatment modalities in coronary artery disease is controversial. Methods: PubMed was ... -
Adiposity and Low-Grade Systemic Inflammation Modulate Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 Levels in Greek Children With Sleep Apnea
Kaditis, A. G.; Alexopoulos, E. I.; Karathanasi, A.; Ntamagka, G.; Oikonomidi, S.; Kiropoulos, T. S.; Zintzaras, E.; Gourgoulianis, K. (2010)Background: Matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) plasma levels correlate with C-reactive protein (CRP) concentrations and they are both increased in adults with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). No studies have evaluated MMP-9 ... -
Adiposity in relation to age as predictor of severity of sleep apnea in children with snoring
Kaditis, A. G.; Alexopoulos, E. I.; Hatzi, F.; Karadonta, I.; Chaidas, K.; Gourgoulianis, K.; Zintzaras, E.; Syrogiannopoulos, G. A. (2008)Correlation between obesity and obstructive sleep apnea has been documented in both adults and children. This investigation evaluated importance of body mass index (BMI) in relation to age as predictor of severity of ... -
Alpha-1 antichymotrypsin gene signal peptide A/T polymorphism and primary intracerebral hemorrhage
Dardiotis, E.; Hadjigeorgiou, G. M.; Dardioti, M.; Scarmeas, N.; Paterakis, K.; Aggelakis, K.; Komnos, A.; Tasiou, A.; Xiromerisiou, G.; Gabranis, I.; Zintzaras, E.; Papadimitriou, A.; Karantanas, A. (2008)Background/Aims: Alpha-1 antichymotrypsin (ACT), a serine proteinase inhibitor, has been implicated in vascular pathology. The TT genotype of the ACT signal peptide A/T polymorphism has been reported to confer susceptibility ... -
Aminoglycoside-resistant staphylococci in Greece: prevalence and resistance mechanisms
Liakopoulos, A.; Foka, A.; Vourli, S.; Zerva, L.; Tsiapara, F.; Protonotariou, E.; Dailiana, Z.; Economou, M.; Papoutsidou, E.; Koutsia-Carouzou, C.; Anastassiou, E. D.; Diza, E.; Zintzaras, E.; Spiliopoulou, I.; Petinaki, E. (2011) -
Analysis of SAA1 gene polymorphisms in the Greek population: rheumatoid arthritis and FMF patients relative to normal controls. Homogeneous distribution and low incidence of AA amyloidosis
Mavragani, C. P.; Yiannakouris, N.; Zintzaras, E.; Melistas, L.; Ritis, K.; Skopouli, F. N. (2007)Objective. To address whether or not the rarity of amyloidosis in Greek patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is related to specific alleles of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the 5'-flanking region and the ... -
Analysis of the Quality of Reporting of Randomized Controlled Trials in Acute and Chronic Myeloid Leukemia, and Myelodysplastic Syndromes as Governed by the CONSORT Statement
Ziogas, D. C.; Zintzaras, E. (2009)PURPOSE: Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are the best tool to evaluate the effectiveness of clinical interventions. The CONSORT (Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials) statement is an evidence-based approach to ... -
An anatomical update on the morphologic variations of S1 and S2
Karachalios, T.; Zibis, A. H.; Zintzaras, E.; Bargiotas, K.; Karantanas, A. H.; Malizos, K. N. (2010)Although percutaneous fixation with iliosacral screws has been shown to be a safe and reproducible method for sacroiliac dislocation and sacral fractures, it is a technically demanding technique, and one of its contraindications ... -
Angiotensin-converting enzyme insertion/deletion gene polymorphic variant as a marker of coronary artery disease - A meta-analysis
Zintzaras, E.; Raman, G.; Kitsios, G.; Lau, J. (2008)Background: Many studies have investigated the association between the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) gene insertion(I)/deletion (D) polymorphic variant and coronary artery disease (CAD). However, the evidence is ... -
Antithyroid antibodies in antiphospholipid syndrome: prevalence and clinical associations
Mavragani, C. P.; Danielides, S.; Zintzaras, E.; Vlachoyiannopoulos, P. G.; Moutsopoulos, H. M. (2009)Autoimmune thyroid disease has been associated with several systemic autoimmune disorders. However, limited data are available regarding the prevalence and clinical associations of thyroid autoimmunity in antiphospholipid ... -
APOE gene polymorphisms and response to statin therapy
Zintzaras, E.; Kitsios, G. D.; Triposkiadis, F.; Lau, J.; Raman, G. (2009)Published studies investigating the role of APOE gene on lipid response (total cholesterol (TC), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) and triglycerides) to statin treatment ... -
Assessing the Quality of Reporting of Observational Studies in Cancer
Papathanasiou, A. A.; Zintzaras, E. (2010)PURPOSE: The vast majority of epidemiological studies in cancer are observational. However, inadequate reporting of the published observational studies (OS) may restrict the generalizability and credibility of study results. ... -
Assessing the relative effectiveness and tolerability of treatments in small cell lung cancer: A network meta-analysis
Bakalos, G.; Miligkos, M.; Doxani, C.; Mpoulimari, I.; Rodopoulou, P.; Zintzaras, E. (2013)Background: The combination of Cisplatin plus Etoposide (EP) is currently the standard treatment for small cell lung cancer (SCLC). However, a large number of alternative treatments (monotherapies and combinations) have ... -
Assessment of the Relative Effectiveness and Tolerability of Treatments of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Network Meta-analysis
Zintzaras, E.; Miligkos, M.; Ziakas, P.; Balk, E. M.; Mademtzoglou, D.; Doxani, C.; Mprotsis, T.; Gowri, R.; Xanthopoulou, P.; Mpoulimari, I.; Kokkali, C.; Dimoulou, G.; Rodopolou, P.; Stefanidis, I.; Kent, D. M.; Hadjigeorgiou, G. M. (2014)Purpose: The relative effectiveness and tolerability of treatments for type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is not well understood because few randomized, controlled trials (RCTs) have compared these treatments directly. The ... -
Association between primary nocturnal enuresis and habitual snoring in children
Alexopoulos, E. I.; Kostadima, E.; Pagonari, I.; Zintzaras, E.; Gourgoulianis, K.; Kaditis, A. G. (2006)Objectives. Nocturnal enuresis has been associated with obstructive sleep-disordered breathing mostly in hospital-referred adults and children. To investigate whether primary nocturnal enuresis is significantly associated ... -
Association between the GLUT1 gene polymorphism and the risk of diabetic nephropathy: a meta-analysis
Zintzaras, E.; Stefanidis, I. (2005)The association between diabetic nephropathy (DN) and the XbaI polymorphism in the GLUT1 gene has been investigated in several case-control studies. These studies rendered contradictory results: the allele XbalphaI(-) was ... -
Association Between the Interleukin-1 beta Gene (IL1B) C-511T Polymorphism and the Risk of Diabetic Nephropathy in Type 2 Diabetes: A Candidate-Gene Association Study
Stefanidis, I.; Kreuer, K.; Dardiotis, E.; Arampatzis, S.; Eleftheriadis, T.; Hadjigeorgiou, G. M.; Zintzaras, E.; Mertens, P. R. (2014)Variants of the interleukin-1 beta gene (IL1B) are implicated in the development of diabetic nephropathy (DN). The present candidate-gene association study was conducted to investigate the association between the IL1B ... -
Association of methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) polymorphisms with genetic susceptibility to gastric cancer: a meta-analysis
Zintzaras, E. (2006)To clarify the influence of MTHFR C677T and A1298C polymorphisms on gastric cancer (GC), a meta-analysis of eight case-control studies (1,584/2,785 cases/controls) was carried out. Overall, there was moderate heterogeneity ... -
Association of paraoxonase 1 gene polymorphisms with risk of Parkinson's disease: a meta-analysis
Zintzaras, E.; Hadjigeorgiou, G. M. (2004)Paraoxonase1 (PON1) gene polymorphisms were implicated as risk factors for Parkinson's disease (PD), but the results of case-control studies that investigated these associations were controversial. In order to provide an ... -
Association study of (VNTR) 1L-1RN and (-511) IL-1B gene polymorphisms and cerebral haemorrhagic events in patients with traumatic brain injury
Hadjigeorgiou, G.; Dardiotis, E.; Paterakis, K.; Dardioti, M.; Aggelakis, K.; Tasiou, A.; Xiromerisiou, G.; Karantanas, A.; Komnos, A.; Zintzaras, E.; Scarmeas, N.; Papadimitriou, A. (2005)