Cholesterol screening in childhood: results of a 9-year follow-up study in Swiss and Italian children in Switzerland (Publications)
index tracked slightly better. Italian girls showed the best 9-year tracking for HDL-cholesterol (r = 0.56). The differences between this and other studies can only partially be explained by different sampling
Genetic pathways to glioblastoma: a population-based study (Publications)
mutations at CpG sites were more frequent in secondary than primary glioblastomas (56% versus 30%; P = 0.0208). This suggests that the acquisition of TP53 mutations in these glioblastoma subtypes occurs through
Nonlinear relations between house dust mite allergen levels and mite sensitization in farm and nonfarm children (Publications)
sensitization for medium and high when compared with low mite allergen levels were 3.1 [1.7-5.7] and 1.4 [0.7-2.8] respectively. Highest mite sensitization rates at intermediate exposure levels were consistently
Reaction pattern to histamine and codeine in a human intradermal skin test model (Publications)
clinical reports. When assessing skin reactivity, we recommend the use of 1 mg/mL codeine as well as 0.1 mg/mL histamine to reflect aspects of mast-cell releasability and of vascular reactivity. The involvement
An evaluation of urine-CCA strip test and fingerprick blood SEA-ELISA for detection of urinary schistosomiasis in schoolchildren in Zanzibar (Publications)
was 30.7% (95% confidence interval (CI)=23.4-38.7%) and a total of 35.3% (95% CI=27.7-43.5%) and 8.0% (95% CI=4.2-13.6%) children presented with micro- and macro-haematuria, respectively. Diagnostic scores
Inhaled glucocorticoids during pregnancy and offspring pediatric diseases: a national cohort study (Publications)
asthma treatment during pregnancy (n=1231; 79.9% budesonide, 17.6% fluticasone, 5.4% beclomethasone, and 0.9% other/unspecified glucocorticoids) and offspring diseases (ICD-10 diagnoses) during childhood. We
Radioiodine therapy in hyperthyroidism: inverse correlation of pretherapeutic iodine uptake level and post-therapeutic outcome (Publications)
overall success rate significantly decreased from 92% at low RAI uptakes to 57% at high uptakes (P = 0.002). This effect was found in the patients suffering from multinodular goitre as well as in the patients
In vitro and in vivo activities of synthetic trioxolanes against major human schistosome species (Publications)
and OZ288 to mice harboring a juvenile S. mansoni infection resulted in worm burden reductions of 82.0 to 95.4%. In the adult infection model in mice, single 400-mg/kg doses of these compounds resulted in
The use of household cleaning sprays and adult asthma - An international longitudinal study4349 (Publications)
associations were consistent for subgroups and not modified by atopy. Dose-response relationships (P < 0.05) were apparent for the frequency of use and the number of different sprays. Risks were predominantly
Cotton dust, endotoxin and cancer mortality among the Shanghai textile workers cohort: a 30-year analysis (Publications)
medium exposure (all cancers HR=2.7 (95% CI 1.4 to 5.2); cancer excluding lung cancer HR=3.4 (1.7-7.0); gastrointestinal cancer HR=4.1 (1.8-9.7)). With the exclusion of lung cancer, risks of cancer were
