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Does living in urban or rural settings affect aspects of physical fitness in children? An allometric approach

Tsimeas, P. D.; Tsiokanos, A. L.; Koutedakis, Y.; Tsigilis, N.; Kellis, S. (2005)

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate physical fitness in relation to fatness in urban and rural Greek children by means of allometric scaling. Methods: The sample consisted of 360 (189 urban and 171 rural; ...

Diagnostic accuracy of a new clinical test (The Thessaly test) for early detection of meniscal tears

Karachalios, T.; Hantes, M.; Zibis, A. H.; Zachos, V.; Karantanas, A. H.; Malizos, K. N. (2005)

Background: Clinical tests used for the detection of meniscal tears in the knee do not present acceptable diagnostic sensitivity and specificity values. Diagnostic accuracy is improved by arthroscopic evaluation or magnetic ...

Primary biliary cirrhosis is characterized by IgG3 antibodies cross-reactive with the major mitochondrial autoepitope and its lactobacillus mimic

Bogdanos, D. P.; Baum, H.; Okamoto, M.; Montalto, P.; Sharma, U. C.; Rigopoulou, E. I.; Vlachogiannakos, J.; Ma, Y.; Burroughs, A. K.; Vergani, D. (2005)

The serological hallmark of primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) is the presence of pyruvate dehydrogenase complex E2 subunit (PDC-E2) antimitochondrial antibodies (AMAs). Anti-PDC-E2 antibodies cross-react specifically with ...

Endothelin-1 plasma levels in hemodialysis treatment - The influence of type 2 diabetes

Liakopoulos, V.; Wurth, P.; Mertens, P. R.; Eleftheriadis, T.; Kourti, P.; Voliotis, G.; Heintz, B.; Koukoulis, G. N.; Stefanidis, I. (2005)

In patients on chronic hemodialysis the prevalence of atherosclerosis is increased and is by far the leading cause of morbidity and mortality. Endothelin-1, an endothelium-derived peptide with vasoconstrictive and mitogenic ...

Cumulative pregnancy rate after ICSI with cryopreserved testicular tissue in non-obstructive azoospermia

Dafopoulos, K.; Griesinger, G.; Schultze-Mosgau, A.; Orief, Y.; Schöpper, B.; Nikolettos, N.; Diedrich, K.; Al-Hasani, S. (2005)

The aim of the present study was to describe a simplified and inexpensive method of testicular tissue freezing to assess the cumulative clinical pregnancy rate (CPR) by this technique, and to provide useful information for ...

Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission among high school students in Greece

Hadjichristodoulou, C.; Vasilogiannakopoulos, A.; Spala, G.; Mavrou, I.; Kolonia, V.; Marinis, E.; Syriopoulou, V.; Theodoridou, M. (2005)

Background: The aim of this study was to investigate the requirements and practical steps for screening of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) transmission among high school student populations in two regional high schools ...

Blocking of interleukin-10 receptor - A novel approach to stimulate T-helper cell type 1 responses to hepatitis C virus

Rigopoulou, E. I.; Abbott, W. G. H.; Haigh, P.; Naoumov, N. V. (2005)

Chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is associated with weak CD4+ T-helper type 1 reactivity and enhanced interleukin-10 production to HCV antigens. Here we demonstrate in vitro that monoclonal antibody-induced blockade ...

High resolution computed tomography findings on the lung of early breast-cancer patients treated by postoperative breast irradiation with a hypofractionated radiotherapy schedule

Plataniotis, G. A.; Theofanopoulou, M. E.; Sotiriadou, K.; Vlychou, M.; Fountoulis, G. A.; Fezoulidis, J. (2005)

BACKGROUND: Hypofractionated breast radiotherapy (RT), although convenient for patients and health care systems, could have a negative impact on normal tissues such as lung. AIM: To evaluate radiation-induced lung toxicity ...

Th1/Th2 cytokine pattern in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid and induced sputum in pulmonary sarcoidosis

Tsiligianni, I.; Antoniou, K. M.; Kyriakou, D.; Tzanakis, N.; Chrysofakis, G.; Siafakas, N. M.; Bouros, D. (2005)

Background: Sarcoidosis is thought to be a T-helper type 1 cytokine (Th2 cytokine) mediated disorder. Induced sputum (IS) has been proposed as a useful non-invasive method, mainly for the assessment of the airway diseases. ...

Brain MRI and proton MRS findings in infants and children with respiratory chain defects

Dinopoulos, A.; Cecil, K. M.; Schapiro, M. B.; Papadimitriou, A.; Hadjigeorgiou, G. M.; Wong, B.; DeGrauw, T.; Egelhoff, J. C. (2005)

Objective: The aim of this study is to describe neuroimaging patterns in children with respiratory chain (RC) defects using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) and to assess ...