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Recommendations for presymptomatic genetic testing and management of individuals at risk for hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis.

Abstract These recommendations highlight recent experience in genetic counselling for the severe autosomal-dominant, late-onset transthyretin familial amyloid polyneuropathy (TTR-FAP) disease, and present a structured approach towards identification and monitoring of…

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Read more about the article Sixty years of transthyretin familial amyloid polyneuropathy (TTR-FAP) in Europe: where are we now? A European network approach to defining the epidemiology and management patterns for TTR-FAP.
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Sixty years of transthyretin familial amyloid polyneuropathy (TTR-FAP) in Europe: where are we now? A European network approach to defining the epidemiology and management patterns for TTR-FAP.

Abstract Transthyretin familial amyloid polyneuropathy (TTR-FAP) is a highly disabling, life-threatening disease characterized by progressive sensorimotor and autonomic neuropathy. The profile of the disease across Europe is inadequately understood at…

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Read more about the article Lessons learned–resolving the enigma of genetic factors in IBS.
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Lessons learned–resolving the enigma of genetic factors in IBS.

Abstract IBS is the most prevalent functional gastrointestinal disorder and phenotypically characterized by chronic abdominal discomfort, pain and altered defecation patterns. The pathophysiology of IBS is multifactorial, albeit with a…

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Read more about the article Adherence to combined lifestyle factors and their contribution to obesity in the IDEFICS study.
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Adherence to combined lifestyle factors and their contribution to obesity in the IDEFICS study.

Abstract The Identification and prevention of Dietary- and lifestyle-induced health EFfects In Children and infantS (IDEFICS) study investigated the aetiology of childhood obesity and developed a primary prevention programme. Pre-intervention…

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Read more about the article Fat, sugar and water intakes among families from the IDEFICS intervention and control groups: first observations from I.Family.
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Fat, sugar and water intakes among families from the IDEFICS intervention and control groups: first observations from I.Family.

Abstract The objective of this paper is to investigate differences in diets of families in intervention versus control communities 5 years after the Identification and Prevention of Dietary- and Lifestyle-Induced Health…

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Read more about the article Differential outcome of the IDEFICS intervention in overweight versus non-overweight children: did we achieve ‘primary’ or ‘secondary’ prevention?
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Differential outcome of the IDEFICS intervention in overweight versus non-overweight children: did we achieve ‘primary’ or ‘secondary’ prevention?

Abstract The aim of this study was to explore whether the IDEFICS intervention had a differential effect on 11,041 children's weight trajectories depending on their baseline body mass index status.…

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Read more about the article The investigation of resveratrol and analogs as potential inducers of fetal hemoglobin.
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The investigation of resveratrol and analogs as potential inducers of fetal hemoglobin.

Abstract Βeta-thalassemia, is a hemoglobinopathy characterized by reduced beta-globin chain synthesis, leading to imbalanced globin chain production, ineffective erythropoiesis and anemia. Increasing gamma-globin gene expression is a promising therapeutic approach…

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Read more about the article Nutri-epigenetics and synthetic analogs in cancer chemoprevention.
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Nutri-epigenetics and synthetic analogs in cancer chemoprevention.

Abstract Nutri-epigenetics has lately emerged as a new field in cancer epigenetic research. Cancer represents a multistage and heterogeneous disease that is driven by progressive genetic and epigenetic abnormalities. Epigenetic…

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Read more about the article Determinant factors of physical fitness in European children.
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Determinant factors of physical fitness in European children.

Abstract This study was designed to explore the determinants of physical fitness in European children aged 6-11 years, cross-sectionally and longitudinally. There were sufficient data on 4903 children (50.6 % girls) on…

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Read more about the article Prevalence of RhD status and clinical application of non-invasive prenatal determination of fetal RHD in maternal plasma: a 5 year experience in Cyprus.
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Prevalence of RhD status and clinical application of non-invasive prenatal determination of fetal RHD in maternal plasma: a 5 year experience in Cyprus.

Abstract After the discovery that cell-free fetal DNA (cffDNA) is circulating in the maternal plasma of pregnant women, non-invasive prenatal diagnosis for fetal RhD in maternal plasma in RhD negative…

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