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BMC Medicine

Ausgabe 1/2017

Inhalt (223 Artikel)

Open Access Research article

Inhibition of placental mTOR signaling provides a link between placental malaria and reduced birthweight

Kris Genelyn Dimasuay, Elizabeth H. Aitken, Fredrick Rosario, Madi Njie, Jocelyn Glazier, Stephen J. Rogerson, Freya J. I. Fowkes, James G. Beeson, Theresa Powell, Thomas Jansson, Philippe Boeuf

Open Access Research article

Unraveling the associations of age and menopause with cardiovascular risk factors in a large population-based study

A. C. de Kat, V. Dam, N. C. Onland-Moret, M. J. C. Eijkemans, F. J. M. Broekmans, Y. T. van der Schouw

Open Access Research article

Characteristics and knowledge synthesis approach for 456 network meta-analyses: a scoping review

Wasifa Zarin, Areti Angeliki Veroniki, Vera Nincic, Afshin Vafaei, Emily Reynen, Sanober S. Motiwala, Jesmin Antony, Shannon M. Sullivan, Patricia Rios, Caitlin Daly, Joycelyne Ewusie, Maria Petropoulou, Adriani Nikolakopoulou, Anna Chaimani, Georgia Salanti, Sharon E. Straus, Andrea C. Tricco

Open Access Research article

Preoperative optimization of patient expectations improves long-term outcome in heart surgery patients: results of the randomized controlled PSY-HEART trial

Winfried Rief, Meike C. Shedden-Mora, Johannes A. C. Laferton, Charlotte Auer, Keith J. Petrie, Stefan Salzmann, Manfred Schedlowski, Rainer Moosdorf

Open Access Research article

Plasma proteome and metabolome characterization of an experimental human thyrotoxicosis model

Maik Pietzner, Beatrice Engelmann, Tim Kacprowski, Janine Golchert, Anna-Luise Dirk, Elke Hammer, K. Alexander Iwen, Matthias Nauck, Henri Wallaschofski, Dagmar Führer, Thomas F. Münte, Nele Friedrich, Uwe Völker, Georg Homuth, Georg Brabant

Open Access Research article

Oral treatment with Lactobacillus rhamnosus attenuates behavioural deficits and immune changes in chronic social stress

Aadil Bharwani, M. Firoz Mian, Michael G. Surette, John Bienenstock, Paul Forsythe

Open Access Research article

Steroid withdrawal after renal transplantation: a retrospective cohort study

Maria C. Haller, Michael Kammer, Alexander Kainz, Heather J. Baer, Georg Heinze, Rainer Oberbauer

Open Access Research article

Health-related quality of life and psychological distress among cancer survivors in Southeast Asia: results from a longitudinal study in eight low- and middle-income countries

M. L. Kimman, S. Jan, S. A. E. Peters, C. H. Yip, C. A. Ngelangel, N. Bhoo-Pathy, M. Woodward

Open Access Review

Post-stroke dementia – a comprehensive review

Milija D. Mijajlović, Aleksandra Pavlović, Michael Brainin, Wolf-Dieter Heiss, Terence J. Quinn, Hege B. Ihle-Hansen, Dirk M. Hermann, Einor Ben Assayag, Edo Richard, Alexander Thiel, Efrat Kliper, Yong-Il Shin, Yun-Hee Kim, SeongHye Choi, San Jung, Yeong-Bae Lee, Osman Sinanović, Deborah A. Levine, Ilana Schlesinger, Gillian Mead, Vuk Milošević, Didier Leys, Guri Hagberg, Marie Helene Ursin, Yvonne Teuschl, Semyon Prokopenko, Elena Mozheyko, Anna Bezdenezhnykh, Karl Matz, Vuk Aleksić, DafinFior Muresanu, Amos D. Korczyn, Natan M. Bornstein

Open Access Research article

Lifetime and 12-month prevalence of eating disorders amongst women in mid-life: a population-based study of diagnoses and risk factors

Nadia Micali, Maria G. Martini, Jennifer J. Thomas, Kamryn T. Eddy, Radha Kothari, Ellie Russell, Cynthia M. Bulik, Janet Treasure

Open Access Research article

Can screening instruments accurately determine poor outcome risk in adults with recent onset low back pain? A systematic review and meta-analysis

Emma L. Karran, James H. McAuley, Adrian C. Traeger, Susan L. Hillier, Luzia Grabherr, Leslie N. Russek, G. Lorimer Moseley

Open Access Opinion

Closed-loop for type 1 diabetes – an introduction and appraisal for the generalist

Lia Bally, Hood Thabit, Roman Hovorka

Open Access Minireview

Procalcitonin-guided diagnosis and antibiotic stewardship revisited

Ramon Sager, Alexander Kutz, Beat Mueller, Philipp Schuetz

Open Access Minireview

Translational models for vascular cognitive impairment: a review including larger species

Atticus H. Hainsworth, Stuart M. Allan, Johannes Boltze, Catriona Cunningham, Chad Farris, Elizabeth Head, Masafumi Ihara, Jeremy D. Isaacs, Raj N. Kalaria, Saskia A. M. J. Lesnik Oberstein, Mark B. Moss, Björn Nitzsche, Gary A. Rosenberg, Julie W. Rutten, Melita Salkovic-Petrisic, Aron M. Troen

Open Access Commentary

A step forward in addressing cancer survivorship in the Asia-Pacific region

Raymond Javan Chan, Alexandre Chan, Patsy Yates, Alex Molassiotis

Open Access Research article

Respiratory effect of beta-blockers in people with asthma and cardiovascular disease: population-based nested case control study

Daniel R. Morales, Brian J. Lipworth, Peter T. Donnan, Cathy Jackson, Bruce Guthrie

Open Access Research article

Which patients with advanced respiratory disease die in hospital? A 14-year population-based study of trends and associated factors

Irene J. Higginson, Charles C. Reilly, Sabrina Bajwah, Matthew Maddocks, Massimo Costantini, Wei Gao

Open Access Research article

Risk estimates of recurrent congenital anomalies in the UK: a population-based register study

Svetlana V. Glinianaia, Peter W. G. Tennant, Judith Rankin

Open Access Research article

What is the association of hypothyroidism with risks of cardiovascular events and mortality? A meta-analysis of 55 cohort studies involving 1,898,314 participants

Yu Ning, Yun J. Cheng, Li J. Liu, Jaskanwal D. S. Sara, Zhi Y. Cao, Wei P. Zheng, Tian S. Zhang, Hui J. Han, Zhen Y. Yang, Yi Zhang, Fei L. Wang, Rui Y. Pan, Jie L. Huang, Ling L. Wu, Ming Zhang, Yong X. Wei

Open Access Research article

Comparison of the effects of fibrates versus statins on plasma lipoprotein(a) concentrations: a systematic review and meta-analysis of head-to-head randomized controlled trials

Amirhossein Sahebkar, Luis E. Simental-Mendía, Gerald F. Watts, Maria-Corina Serban, Maciej Banach

Open Access Research article

A randomised controlled trial of dietary improvement for adults with major depression (the ‘SMILES’ trial)

Felice N. Jacka, Adrienne O’Neil, Rachelle Opie, Catherine Itsiopoulos, Sue Cotton, Mohammedreza Mohebbi, David Castle, Sarah Dash, Cathrine Mihalopoulos, Mary Lou Chatterton, Laima Brazionis, Olivia M. Dean, Allison M. Hodge, Michael Berk

Open Access Research article

Osteoprotegerin and breast cancer risk by hormone receptor subtype: a nested case-control study in the EPIC cohort

Renée T. Fortner, Danja Sarink, Helena Schock, Theron Johnson, Anne Tjønneland, Anja Olsen, Kim Overvad, Aurélie Affret, Mathilde His, Marie-Christine Boutron-Ruault, Heiner Boeing, Antonia Trichopoulou, Androniki Naska, Philippos Orfanos, Domenico Palli, Sabina Sieri, Amalia Mattiello, Rosario Tumino, Fulvio Ricceri, H. Bas Bueno-de-Mesquita, Petra H. M. Peeters, Carla H. Van Gils, Elisabete Weiderpass, Eiliv Lund, J. Ramón Quirós, Antonio Agudo, Maria-José Sánchez, María-Dolores Chirlaque, Eva Ardanaz, Miren Dorronsoro, Tim Key, Kay-Tee Khaw, Sabina Rinaldi, Laure Dossus, Marc Gunter, Melissa A. Merritt, Elio Riboli, Rudolf Kaaks

Open Access Review

Ultrasound and dynamic functional imaging in vascular cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease

Branko Malojcic, Panteleimon Giannakopoulos, Farzaneh A. Sorond, Elsa Azevedo, Marina Diomedi, Janja Pretnar Oblak, Nicola Carraro, Marina Boban, Laszlo Olah, Stephan J. Schreiber, Aleksandra Pavlovic, Zsolt Garami, Nantan M. Bornstein, Bernhard Rosengarten

Open Access Research article

Potential predatory and legitimate biomedical journals: can you tell the difference? A cross-sectional comparison

Larissa Shamseer, David Moher, Onyi Maduekwe, Lucy Turner, Virginia Barbour, Rebecca Burch, Jocalyn Clark, James Galipeau, Jason Roberts, Beverley J. Shea

Open Access Opinion

Practical guide to exocrine pancreatic insufficiency – Breaking the myths

Maarten R. Struyvenberg, Camilia R. Martin, Steven D. Freedman

Open Access Review

Infant fungal communities: current knowledge and research opportunities

Tonya L. Ward, Dan Knights, Cheryl A. Gale

Open Access Erratum

Erratum to: Cost-effectiveness of screening for ovarian cancer amongst postmenopausal women: a model-based economic evaluation

Ben Kearns, Jim Chilcott, Sophie Whyte, Louise Preston, Susi Sadler

Open Access Research article

The effect of an antenatal lifestyle intervention in overweight and obese women on circulating cardiometabolic and inflammatory biomarkers: secondary analyses from the LIMIT randomised trial

Lisa J. Moran, Louise M. Fraser, Tulika Sundernathan, Andrea R. Deussen, Jennie Louise, Lisa N. Yelland, Rosalie M. Grivell, Anne Macpherson, Matthew W. Gillman, Jeffrey S. Robinson, Julie A. Owens, Jodie M. Dodd

Open Access Research article

Financial barriers and adverse clinical outcomes among patients with cardiovascular-related chronic diseases: a cohort study

David J. T. Campbell, Braden J. Manns, Robert G. Weaver, Brenda R. Hemmelgarn, Kathryn M. King-Shier, Claudia Sanmartin

Open Access Research article

Impact of gut hormone FGF-19 on type-2 diabetes and mitochondrial recovery in a prospective study of obese diabetic women undergoing bariatric surgery

Lucia Martinez de la Escalera, Ioannis Kyrou, Jana Vrbikova, Voitech Hainer, Petra Sramkova, Martin Fried, Milan K. Piya, Sudhesh Kumar, Gyanendra Tripathi, Philip G. McTernan

Open Access Research article

Pain relief that matters to patients: systematic review of empirical studies assessing the minimum clinically important difference in acute pain

Mette Frahm Olsen, Eik Bjerre, Maria Damkjær Hansen, Jørgen Hilden, Nino Emanuel Landler, Britta Tendal, Asbjørn Hróbjartsson

Open Access Commentary

When is proton pump inhibitor use appropriate?

Rena Yadlapati, Peter J. Kahrilas

Open Access Research article

Relationship between salivary/pancreatic amylase and body mass index: a systems biology approach

Amélie Bonnefond, Loïc Yengo, Aurélie Dechaume, Mickaël Canouil, Maxime Castelain, Estelle Roger, Frédéric Allegaert, Robert Caiazzo, Violeta Raverdy, Marie Pigeyre, Abdelilah Arredouani, Jean-Michel Borys, Claire Lévy-Marchal, Jacques Weill, Ronan Roussel, Beverley Balkau, Michel Marre, François Pattou, Thierry Brousseau, Philippe Froguel

Open Access Research article

Abnormal epigenetic changes during differentiation of human skeletal muscle stem cells from obese subjects

Cajsa Davegårdh, Christa Broholm, Alexander Perfilyev, Tora Henriksen, Sonia García-Calzón, Lone Peijs, Ninna Schiøler Hansen, Petr Volkov, Rasmus Kjøbsted, Jørgen F. P. Wojtaszewski, Maria Pedersen, Bente Klarlund Pedersen, Dov B. Ballak, Charles A. Dinarello, Bas Heinhuis, Leo A. B. Joosten, Emma Nilsson, Allan Vaag, Camilla Scheele, Charlotte Ling

Open Access Review

Cerebral Autosomal Dominant Arteriopathy with Subcortical Infarcts and Leukoencephalopathy (CADASIL) as a model of small vessel disease: update on clinical, diagnostic, and management aspects

Ilaria Di Donato, Silvia Bianchi, Nicola De Stefano, Martin Dichgans, Maria Teresa Dotti, Marco Duering, Eric Jouvent, Amos D. Korczyn, Saskia A. J. Lesnik-Oberstein, Alessandro Malandrini, Hugh S. Markus, Leonardo Pantoni, Silvana Penco, Alessandra Rufa, Osman Sinanović, Dragan Stojanov, Antonio Federico

Open Access Opinion

Perspectives on model forecasts of the 2014–2015 Ebola epidemic in West Africa: lessons and the way forward

Gerardo Chowell, Cécile Viboud, Lone Simonsen, Stefano Merler, Alessandro Vespignani

Open Access Review

Genome editing for inborn errors of metabolism: advancing towards the clinic

Jessica L. Schneller, Ciaran M. Lee, Gang Bao, Charles P. Venditti

Open Access Erratum

Erratum to: Can screening instruments accurately determine poor outcome risk in adults with recent onset low back pain? A systematic review and meta-analysis

Emma L. Karran, James H. McAuley, Adrian C. Traeger, Susan L. Hillier, Luzia Grabherr, Leslie N. Russek, G. Lorimer Moseley

Open Access Minireview

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

Brent A. Neuschwander-Tetri

Open Access Research article

The evaluating self-management and educational support in severely obese patients awaiting multidisciplinary bariatric care (EVOLUTION) trial: principal results

Raj S. Padwal, Scott Klarenbach, Arya M. Sharma, Miriam Fradette, Susan E. Jelinski, Alun Edwards, Sumit R. Majumdar

Open Access Research article

Counting the lives saved by DOTS in India: a model-based approach

Sandip Mandal, Vineet K. Chadha, Ramanan Laxminarayan, Nimalan Arinaminpathy

Open Access Review

Genetics of vascular dementia – review from the ICVD working group

M. Arfan Ikram, Anna Bersano, Raquel Manso-Calderón, Jian-Ping Jia, Helena Schmidt, Lefkos Middleton, Benedetta Nacmias, Saima Siddiqi, Hieab H.H. Adams

Open Access Debate

Innovative regenerative medicines in the EU: a better future in evidence?

Mark S. Corbett, Andrew Webster, Robert Hawkins, Nerys Woolacott

Open Access Research article

Developmental pathways to adiposity begin before birth and are influenced by genotype, prenatal environment and epigenome

Xinyi Lin, Ives Yubin Lim, Yonghui Wu, Ai Ling Teh, Li Chen, Izzuddin M. Aris, Shu E. Soh, Mya Thway Tint, Julia L. MacIsaac, Alexander M. Morin, Fabian Yap, Kok Hian Tan, Seang Mei Saw, Michael S. Kobor, Michael J. Meaney, Keith M. Godfrey, Yap Seng Chong, Joanna D. Holbrook, Yung Seng Lee, Peter D. Gluckman, Neerja Karnani, Pratibha Agarwal, Arijit Biswas, Choon Looi Bong, Birit F.P. Broekman, Shirong Cai, Jerry Kok Yen Chan, Yiong Huak Chan, Cornelia Yin Ing Chee, Helen Chen, Yin Bun Cheung, Amutha Chinnadurai, Chai Kiat Chng, Mary Foong-Fong Chong, Yap-Seng Chong, Shang Chee Chong, Mei Chien Chua, Doris Fok, Marielle V. Fortier, Peter D. Gluckman, Keith M. Godfrey, Anne Eng Neo Goh, Yam Thiam Daniel Goh, Joshua J. Gooley, Wee Meng Han, Mark Hanson, Christiani Jeyakumar Henry, Joanna D. Holbrook, Chin-Ying Hsu, Neerja Karnani, Jeevesh Kapur, Kenneth Kwek, Ivy Yee-Man Lau, Bee Wah Lee, Yung Seng Lee, Ngee Lek, Sok Bee Lim, Iliana Magiati, Lourdes Mary Daniel, Michael Meaney, Cheryl Ngo, Krishnamoorthy Niduvaje, Wei Wei Pang, Anqi Qiu, Boon Long Quah, Victor Samuel Rajadurai, Mary Rauff, Salome A. Rebello, Jenny L. Richmond, Anne Rifkin-Graboi, Seang-Mei Saw, Lynette Pei-Chi Shek, Allan Sheppard, Borys Shuter, Leher Singh, Shu-E Soh, Walter Stunkel, Lin Lin Su, Kok Hian Tan, Oon Hoe Teoh, Mya Thway Tint, Hugo P S van Bever, Rob M. van Dam, Inez Bik Yun Wong, P. C. Wong, Fabian Yap, George Seow Heong Yeo

Open Access Research article

A unique pattern of cortical connectivity characterizes patients with attention deficit disorders: a large electroencephalographic coherence study

Frank H. Duffy, Aditi Shankardass, Gloria B. McAnulty, Heidelise Als

Open Access Minireview

Hepatitis C-related hepatocellular carcinoma in the era of new generation antivirals

Thomas F. Baumert, Frank Jühling, Atsushi Ono, Yujin Hoshida

Open Access Minireview

Elimination of Hepatitis B: Is It a Mission Possible?

Tai-Chung Tseng, Jia-Horng Kao

Open Access Research article

Cardiovascular risk factors are major determinants of thrombotic risk in patients with the lupus anticoagulant

Florian Posch, Johanna Gebhart, Jacob H. Rand, Silvia Koder, Peter Quehenberger, Vittorio Pengo, Cihan Ay, Ingrid Pabinger

Open Access Research article

Metabolomics approaches in pancreatic adenocarcinoma: tumor metabolism profiling predicts clinical outcome of patients

S. Battini, F. Faitot, A. Imperiale, A. E. Cicek, C. Heimburger, G. Averous, P. Bachellier, I. J. Namer

Open Access Commentary

News from the melanoma sessions of the European Cancer Congress 2017

Piotr Rutkowski, Katarzyna Kozak

Open Access Research article

Are potentially clinically meaningful benefits misinterpreted in cardiovascular randomized trials? A systematic examination of statistical significance, clinical significance, and authors’ conclusions

G. Michael Allan, Caitlin R. Finley, James McCormack, Vivek Kumar, Simon Kwong, Emelie Braschi, Christina Korownyk, Michael R. Kolber, Adriennne J. Lindblad, Oksana Babenko, Scott Garrison

Open Access Research article

Allopurinol and the risk of ventricular arrhythmias in the elderly: a study using US Medicare data

Jasvinder A. Singh, John Cleveland

Open Access Research article

Preclinical evaluation of a TEX101 protein ELISA test for the differential diagnosis of male infertility

Dimitrios Korbakis, Christina Schiza, Davor Brinc, Antoninus Soosaipillai, Theano D. Karakosta, Christine Légaré, Robert Sullivan, Brendan Mullen, Keith Jarvi, Eleftherios P. Diamandis, Andrei P. Drabovich

Open Access Erratum

Erratum to: Characteristics and knowledge synthesis approach for 456 network meta-analyses: a scoping review

Wasifa Zarin, Areti Angeliki Veroniki, Vera Nincic, Afshin Vafaei, Emily Reynen, Sanober S. Motiwala, Jesmin Antony, Shannon M. Sullivan, Patricia Rios, Caitlin Daly, Joycelyne Ewusie, Maria Petropoulou, Adriani Nikolakopoulou, Anna Chaimani, Georgia Salanti, Sharon E. Straus, Andrea C. Tricco

Open Access Research article

Can incontinence be cured? A systematic review of cure rates

Rob Riemsma, Suzanne Hagen, Ruth Kirschner-Hermanns, Christine Norton, Helle Wijk, Karl-Erik Andersson, Christopher Chapple, Julian Spinks, Adrian Wagg, Edward Hutt, Kate Misso, Sohan Deshpande, Jos Kleijnen, Ian Milsom

Open Access Research article

Systematic meta-review of supported self-management for asthma: a healthcare perspective

Hilary Pinnock, Hannah L. Parke, Maria Panagioti, Luke Daines, Gemma Pearce, Eleni Epiphaniou, Peter Bower, Aziz Sheikh, Chris J. Griffiths, Stephanie J. C. Taylor, Stephanie J. C. Taylor, Hilary Pinnock, Chris J. Griffiths, Trisha Greenhalgh, Aziz Sheikh, Eleni Epiphaniou, Gemma Pearce, Hannah L. Parke, Anna Schwappach, Neetha Purushotham, Sadhana Jacob, Peter Bower, Maria Panagioti, Gerry Richardson, Elizabeth Murray, Anne Rogers, Anne Kennedy, Stanton Newman, Nicola Small

Open Access Research article

The effect of intervening hospitalizations on the benefit of structured physical activity in promoting independent mobility among community-living older persons: secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial

Thomas M. Gill, Daniel P. Beavers, Jack M. Guralnik, Marco Pahor, Roger A. Fielding, Michelle Hauser, Todd M. Manini, Anthony P. Marsh, Mary M. McDermott, Anne B. Newman, Heather G. Allore, Michael E. Miller

Open Access Research article

Diagnostic accuracy, incremental yield and prognostic value of Determine TB-LAM for routine diagnostic testing for tuberculosis in HIV-infected patients requiring acute hospital admission in South Africa: a prospective cohort

Stephen D. Lawn, Andrew D. Kerkhoff, Rosie Burton, Charlotte Schutz, Andrew Boulle, Monica Vogt, Ankur Gupta-Wright, Mark P. Nicol, Graeme Meintjes

Open Access Research article

Prediction of complications in early-onset pre-eclampsia (PREP): development and external multinational validation of prognostic models

Shakila Thangaratinam, John Allotey, Nadine Marlin, Julie Dodds, Fiona Cheong-See, Peter von Dadelszen, Wessel Ganzevoort, Joost Akkermans, Sally Kerry, Ben W. Mol, Karl G. M. Moons, Richard D. Riley, Khalid S. Khan, Raajkumar Sundararajah, Avideah Nejad, Rehan Khan, Celia Burrell, Manish Gupta, Vincent Oon, Rezan Kadir, Zeudi Ramsey-Marcelle, Louise Page, Baskaran Thilaganathan, Bill Martin, Shagaf Haj Bakour, Hassan Morsi, David Churchill, Fidelma O’Mahony, Karen Powell, Jayasree Srinivasan, Michele Mohajer, Siobhan Quenby, Lakshmi Thirumalaikumar, Justin Konje, Jim Thornton, George Bugg, Shonag Mackenzie, Aarti Ullal, Marie Smith, Rita Arya, Simon Cunnigham, James Walker, Nigel Simpson, Joanne Page, Claire Oxby, Karen Watkins, Derek Tuffnell, S. Bober, A. Wijesiriwardana, Helene Brandon, Saif El-Badawy, Sara Brigham, Lanre Shorinola, Aethele Khunda, Shaku Kalla, Mohammed M. Abdullah Agha, Stephen Poku, Ayo Olawo, Johnson Amu, Philip Banfield, Franz Majoko, Julia Alcide, Jyothi Rajeswary, Marwan Salloum, Alexandra Rees, Odiri Oteri, Sunday Ikhena, Janet Creswell, Feroza Dawood, Umber Agarwal

Open Access Commentary

The 2016 classification criteria for primary Sjogren’s syndrome: what’s new?

Franco Franceschini, Ilaria Cavazzana, Laura Andreoli, Angela Tincani

Open Access Research article

Treatment duration of febrile urinary tract infection: a pragmatic randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled non-inferiority trial in men and women

Cees van Nieuwkoop, Willize E. van der Starre, Janneke E. Stalenhoef, Anna M. van Aartrijk, Tanny J. K. van der Reijden, Albert M. Vollaard, Nathalie M. Delfos, Jan W. van ’t Wout, Jeanet W. Blom, Ida C. Spelt, Eliane M. S. Leyten, Ted Koster, Hans C. Ablij, Martha T. van der Beek, Mirjam J. Knol, Jaap T. van Dissel

Open Access Research article

Use of whole-genome sequencing to distinguish relapse from reinfection in a completed tuberculosis clinical trial

Adam A. Witney, Anna L. E. Bateson, Amina Jindani, Patrick P. J. Phillips, David Coleman, Neil G. Stoker, Philip D. Butcher, Timothy D. McHugh

Open Access Research article

Exposure to bacterial products lipopolysaccharide and flagellin and hepatocellular carcinoma: a nested case-control study

Veronika Fedirko, Hao Quang Tran, Andrew T. Gewirtz, Magdalena Stepien, Antonia Trichopoulou, Krasimira Aleksandrova, Anja Olsen, Anne Tjønneland, Kim Overvad, Franck Carbonnel, Marie-Christine Boutron-Ruault, Gianluca Severi, Tilman Kühn, Rudolf Kaaks, Heiner Boeing, Christina Bamia, Pagona Lagiou, Sara Grioni, Salvatore Panico, Domenico Palli, Rosario Tumino, Alessio Naccarati, Petra H. Peeters, H. B. Bueno-de-Mesquita, Elisabete Weiderpass, José María Huerta Castaño, Aurelio Barricarte, María-José Sánchez, Miren Dorronsoro, J. Ramón Quirós, Antonio Agudo, Klas Sjöberg, Bodil Ohlsson, Oskar Hemmingsson, Mårten Werner, Kathryn E. Bradbury, Kay-Tee Khaw, Nick Wareham, Konstantinos K. Tsilidis, Dagfinn Aune, Augustin Scalbert, Isabelle Romieu, Elio Riboli, Mazda Jenab

Open Access Opinion

eHealth in the future of medications management: personalisation, monitoring and adherence

Josip Car, Woan Shin Tan, Zhilian Huang, Peter Sloot, Bryony Dean Franklin

Open Access Erratum

Erratum to: Unraveling the associations of age and menopause with cardiovascular risk factors in a large population-based study

A. C. de Kat, V. Dam, N. C. Onland-Moret, M. J. C. Eijkemans, F. J. M. Broekmans, Y. T. van der Schouw

Open Access Review

Emerging concepts in liquid biopsies

Samantha Perakis, Michael R. Speicher

Open Access Research article

Incentivised chronic disease management and the inverse equity hypothesis: findings from a longitudinal analysis of Scottish primary care practice-level data

Richard Lowrie, Alex McConnachie, Andrea E. Williamson, Evangelos Kontopantelis, Marie Forrest, Norman Lannigan, Stewart W. Mercer, Frances S. Mair

Open Access Research article

Patterns of care and outcomes of patients with METAstatic soft tissue SARComa in a real-life setting: the METASARC observational study

Marion Savina, Axel Le Cesne, Jean-Yves Blay, Isabelle Ray-Coquard, Olivier Mir, Maud Toulmonde, Sophie Cousin, Philippe Terrier, Dominique Ranchere-Vince, Pierre Meeus, Eberhard Stoeckle, Charles Honoré, Paul Sargos, Marie-Pierre Sunyach, Cécile Le Péchoux, Antoine Giraud, Carine Bellera, François Le Loarer, Antoine Italiano

Open Access Research article

S100β as a serum marker in endocrine resistant breast cancer

Sara Charmsaz, Éamon Hughes, Fiona T. Bane, Paul Tibbitts, Marie McIlroy, Christopher Byrne, Sinéad Cocchiglia, Jean McBryan, Bryan T. Hennessy, Róisín M. Dwyer, Michael J. Kerin, Arnold D. Hill, Leonie S. Young

Open Access Opinion

The new field of ‘precision psychiatry’

Brisa S. Fernandes, Leanne M. Williams, Johann Steiner, Marion Leboyer, André F. Carvalho, Michael Berk

Open Access Research article

Antidepressant use and cognitive decline in community-dwelling elderly people – The Three-City Cohort

Isabelle Carrière, Joanna Norton, Amandine Farré, Marilyn Wyart, Christophe Tzourio, Pernelle Noize, Karine Pérès, Annie Fourrier-Réglat, Karen Ritchie, Marie Laure Ancelin

Open Access Research article

Accuracy of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol estimation at very low levels

Renato Quispe, Aditya Hendrani, Mohamed B. Elshazly, Erin D. Michos, John W. McEvoy, Michael J. Blaha, Maciej Banach, Krishnaji R. Kulkarni, Peter P. Toth, Josef Coresh, Roger S. Blumenthal, Steven R. Jones, Seth S. Martin

Open Access Research article

Percutaneous intervention versus coronary artery bypass graft surgery in left main coronary artery stenosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Xin-Lin Zhang, Qing-Qing Zhu, Jing-Jing Yang, Yu-Han Chen, Yang Li, Su-Hui Zhu, Jun Xie, Lian Wang, Li-Na Kang, Biao Xu

Open Access Research article

Efavirenz-based simplification after successful early lopinavir-boosted-ritonavir-based therapy in HIV-infected children in Burkina Faso and Côte d’Ivoire: the MONOD ANRS 12206 non-inferiority randomised trial

Désiré Lucien Dahourou, Madeleine Amorissani-Folquet, Karen Malateste, Clarisse Amani-Bosse, Malik Coulibaly, Carole Seguin-Devaux, Thomas Toni, Rasmata Ouédraogo, Stéphane Blanche, Caroline Yonaba, François Eboua, Philippe Lepage, Divine Avit, Sylvie Ouédraogo, Philippe Van de Perre, Sylvie N’Gbeche, Angèle Kalmogho, Roger Salamon, Nicolas Meda, Marguerite Timité-Konan, Valériane Leroy

Open Access Research article

The relative importance of large problems far away versus small problems closer to home: insights into limiting the spread of antimicrobial resistance in England

Tjibbe Donker, Katherine L. Henderson, Katie L. Hopkins, Andrew R. Dodgson, Stephanie Thomas, Derrick W. Crook, Tim E. A. Peto, Alan P. Johnson, Neil Woodford, A. Sarah Walker, Julie V. Robotham

Open Access Research article

Effects of unconditional cash transfers on the outcome of treatment for severe acute malnutrition (SAM): a cluster-randomised trial in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Emmanuel Grellety, Pélagie Babakazo, Amina Bangana, Gustave Mwamba, Ines Lezama, Noël Marie Zagre, Eric-Alain Ategbo

Open Access Research article

Relative contribution of type 1 and type 2 diabetes loci to the genetic etiology of adult-onset, non-insulin-requiring autoimmune diabetes

Rajashree Mishra, Alessandra Chesi, Diana L. Cousminer, Mohammad I. Hawa, Jonathan P. Bradfield, Kenyaita M. Hodge, Vanessa C. Guy, Hakon Hakonarson, Heidi J. Kalkwarf, Joan M. Lappe, Vicente Gilsanz, Sharon E. Oberfield, John A. Shepherd, Andrea Kelly, Babette S. Zemel, Didac Mauricio, Nanette C. Schloot, Knud B. Yderstræde, Benjamin F. Voight, Stanley Schwartz, Bernhard O. Boehm, Richard David Leslie, Struan F. A. Grant

Open Access Research article

Daily home fortification with iron as ferrous fumarate versus NaFeEDTA: a randomised, placebo-controlled, non-inferiority trial in Kenyan children

Emily M. Teshome, Pauline E. A. Andang’o, Victor Osoti, Sofie R. Terwel, Walter Otieno, Ayşe Y. Demir, Andrew M. Prentice, Hans Verhoef

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Disease management in the treatment of patients with chronic heart failure who have universal access to health care: a randomized controlled trial

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