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Screening for the C9orf72 expansion in Greek huntington disease phenocopies and controls and meta-analysis of current data
(2020)
Background: Several European studies examined the role of C9orf72 repeat expansion in patients with Huntington-disease like phenotypes (HD-L). The scope of our study is to investigate the expansion frequency in a Greek ...
Physical Fitness Differences, Amenable to Hypoxia-Driven and Sarcopenia Pathophysiology, between Sleep Apnea and COVID-19
(2022)
Handgrip strength is an indirect indicator of physical fitness that is used in medical rehabilitation for its potential prognostic value. An increasing number of studies indicate that COVID-19 survivors experience impaired ...
Norovirus waterborne outbreak in Chalkidiki, Greece, 2015: Detection of GI.P2_GI.2 and GII.P16_GII.13 unusual strains
(2019)
Noroviruses, along with rotaviruses, are among the leading causes of gastroenteritis worldwide and novel strains are periodically emerging. In August 2015, an unusual increase of gastroenteritis cases occurred in a touristic ...
Does the CD33 rs3865444 Polymorphism Confer Susceptibility to Alzheimer’s Disease?
(2020)
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a complex genetic disorder. To date, published data have reported conflicting results on the role of CD33 rs3865444 polymorphism in AD. The present study aimed at evaluating the effect of rs3865444 ...
The effect of disease-modifying therapies on brain atrophy in patients with clinically isolated syndrome: A systematic review and meta-analysis
(2015)
Brain atrophy is associated with cognitive deficits in patients with clinically isolated syndrome (CIS) and can predict conversion to clinical definite multiple sclerosis. The aim of the present meta-analysis was to evaluate ...
Exercise-induced reductive stress is a protective mechanism against oxidative stress in peripheral blood mononuclear cells
(2018)
Eccentric exercise is a well-studied modality that induces oxidative stress and muscle damage. Furthermore, it promotes inflammatory response in which peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) are the major mediators. ...
What will the future hold for artificial organs in the service of assisted reproduction: prospects and considerations
(2019)
Assisted reproduction provides a wide spectrum of treatments and strategies addressing infertility. However, distinct groups of infertile patients with unexplained infertility, congenital disorders, and other complex cases ...
Performance of a factory-calibrated, real-time continuous glucose monitoring system during elective abdominal surgery
(2020)
We assessed the performance of the factory-calibrated, sixth-generation continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) system Dexcom G6® (DexCom Inc., San Diego, California) during elective abdominal surgery. Twenty adults with ...
Does it really take a village to raise a child? Reflections on the need for collective responsibility in inclusive education
(2022)
Research in inclusive education reveals multiple studies that explore the efforts of individual stakeholders to create an equitable educational experience for students with disabilities. However, these individual efforts ...
Predictors of school students’ leisure-time physical activity: An extended trans-contextual model using Bayesian path analysis
(2021)
The present study aimed to examine effects of motivational and social cognition constructs on children’s leisure-time physical activity participation alongside constructs representing implicit processes using an extended ...