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  • The Trade-Off Between Luminance and Color Contrast Assessed With Pupil Responses 
    Portengen, Brendan L.; Porro, Giorgio L.; Imhof, Saskia M.; Naber, Marnix (Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Inc., 2023-01-03)
    Purpose: A scene consisting of a white stimulus on a black background incorporates strong luminance contrast. When both stimulus and background receive different colors, luminance contrast decreases but color contrast ...
  • Remote follow-up after cataract surgery (CORE-RCT): study protocol of a randomized controlled trial 
    Claessens, Janneau L.J.; Wanten, Joukje C.; Bauer, Noël J.C.; Nuijts, Rudy M.M.A.; Findl, Oliver; Huemer, Josef; Imhof, Saskia M.; Wisse, Robert P.L. (BioMed Central, 2023-01-30)
    Background: Cataract surgery has become one of the most performed surgical procedures worldwide. Postoperative management consists of routine clinical examinations to assess post-operative visual function and detect possible ...
  • Diagnostic accuracy of retinal optical coherence tomography in children with a newly diagnosed brain tumour 
    Nuijts, Myrthe A.; Stegeman, Inge; Porro, Giorgio L.; Bennebroek, Carlien A.M.; van Seeters, Tom; Proudlock, Frank A.; Schouten – van Meeteren, Antoinette Y.N.; Imhof, Saskia M. (Wiley-Blackwell, 2023-09)
    Purpose: To estimate the diagnostic accuracy of circumpapillary retinal nerve fibre layer (RNFL) thickness and macular ganglion cell layer–inner plexiform layer (GCL-IPL) thickness measurements to discriminate an abnormal ...
  • Clinical benefits and potential risks of adalimumab in non-JIA chronic paediatric uveitis 
    Kouwenberg, Carlyn V.; Koopman-Kalinina Ayuso, Viera; de Boer, Joke H. (Wiley-Blackwell, 2022-06)
    Purpose: To describe the treatment results with adalimumab in chronic paediatric uveitis, not associated with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). Methods: Medical records of children with non-JIA-uveitis were reviewed ...
  • CERT1 mutations perturb human development by disrupting sphingolipid homeostasis 
    Gehin, Charlotte; Lone, Museer A; Lee, Winston; Capolupo, Laura; Ho, Sylvia; Adeyemi, Adekemi M; Gerkes, Erica H; Stegmann, Alexander Pa; López-Martín, Estrella; Bermejo-Sánchez, Eva; Martínez-Delgado, Beatriz; Zweier, Christiane; Kraus, Cornelia; Popp, Bernt; Strehlow, Vincent; Gräfe, Daniel; Knerr, Ina; Jones, Eppie R; Zamuner, Stefano; Abriata, Luciano A; Kunnathully, Vidya; Moeller, Brandon E; Vocat, Anthony; Rommelaere, Samuel; Bocquete, Jean-Philippe; Ruchti, Evelyne; Limoni, Greta; Van Campenhoudt, Marine; Bourgeat, Samuel; Henklein, Petra; Gilissen, Christian; van Bon, Bregje W; Pfundt, Rolph; Willemsen, Marjolein H; Schieving, Jolanda H; Leonardi, Emanuela; Soli, Fiorenza; Murgia, Alessandra; Guo, Hui; Zhang, Qiumeng; Xia, Kun; Fagerberg, Christina R; Beier, Christoph P; Larsen, Martin J; Valenzuela, Irene; Fernández-Álvarez, Paula; Xiong, Shiyi; Śmigiel, Robert; López-González, Vanesa; Armengol, Lluís; Morleo, Manuela; Selicorni, Angelo; Torella, Annalaura; Blyth, Moira; Cooper, Nicola S; Wilson, Valerie; Oegema, Renske; Herenger, Yvan; Garde, Aurore; Bruel, Ange-Line; Tran Mau-Them, Frederic; Maddocks, Alexis Br; Bain, Jennifer M; Bhat, Musadiq A; Costain, Gregory; Kannu, Peter; Marwaha, Ashish; Champaigne, Neena L; Friez, Michael J; Richardson, Ellen B; Gowda, Vykuntaraju K; Srinivasan, Varunvenkat M; Gupta, Yask; Lim, Tze Y; Sanna-Cherchi, Simone; Lemaitre, Bruno; Yamaji, Toshiyuki; Hanada, Kentaro; Burke, John E; Jakšić, Ana Marija; McCabe, Brian D; De Los Rios, Paolo; Hornemann, Thorsten; D'Angelo, Giovanni; Gennarino, Vincenzo A (American Society for Clinical Investigation, 2023-05-15)
    Neural differentiation, synaptic transmission, and action potential propagation depend on membrane sphingolipids, whose metabolism is tightly regulated. Mutations in the ceramide transporter CERT (CERT1), which is involved ...
  • New and updated recommendations for the treatment of juvenile idiopathic arthritis associated uveitis and idiopathic chronic anterior uveitis 
    Foeldvari, Ivan; Maccora, Ilaria; Petrushkin, Harry; Rahman, Najiha; Anton, Jordi; de Boer, Joke; Calzada-Hernández, Joan; Carreras, Elisa; Diaz, Jesus; Edelsten, Clive; Angeles-Han, Sheila T.; Heiligenhaus, Arnd; Miserocchi, Elisabetta; Nielsen, Susan; Saurenmann, Rotraud K.; Stuebiger, Nicole; Baquet-Walscheid, Karoline; Furst, Daniel; Simonini, Gabriele (John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2023-05)
    OBJECTIVE: The Multinational Interdisciplinary Working Group for Uveitis in Childhood identified the need to update the current guidelines, and the objective here was to produce this document to guide clinicians managing ...
  • Idiopathic Multifocal Choroiditis and Punctate Inner Choroidopathy - Evaluation of Risk Factors for Increased Relapse Rate: A 2-Year Prospective Observational Cohort Study 
    De Groot, Evianne L.; De Boer, Joke H.; Ossewaarde-Van Norel, Jeannette (Wiley-Blackwell, 2022-11-01)
    Introduction: The aim of this study was to describe the course of disease in patients with idiopathic multifocal choroiditis (MFC) and punctate inner choroidopathy (PIC) and to identify risk factors associated with an ...
  • Factors Associated With Glaucoma Surgery in Pediatric Non-Infectious Uveitis 
    van Meerwijk; Wieringa, Wietse G.; de Boer, Joke H.; Jansonius, Nomdo M.; Los, Leonoor I. (Informa Healthcare, 2023-12)
    Purpose: To identify factors associated with glaucoma surgery in pediatric uveitis. Methods: Patients diagnosed with uveitis before their 18th birthday and with an observation period of at least one year were included in ...
  • Alleviating the burden of malaria with gene drive technologies?: A biocentric analysis of the moral permissibility of modifying malaria mosquitoes 
    de Graeff, Nienke; Jongsma, Karin Rolanda; Bredenoord, Annelien L (BMJ Publishing Group, 2023-11)
    Gene drive technologies (GDTs) have been proposed as a potential new way to alleviate the burden of malaria, yet have also raised ethical questions. A central ethical question regarding GDTs relates to whether it is morally ...
  • Health-related quality-of-life trajectories during/after surgery and adjuvant chemotherapy in patients with colon cancer 
    Scheepers, E R M; Vink, G R; Schiphorst, A H W; Emmelot-Vonk, M H; van Huis-Tanja, L H; Hamakerl, M E (Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2023-06)
    Purpose: This study aims to evaluate quality of life trajectory during the first year after surgical treatment in patients with resectable primary colon cancer. Methods: Patients with resectable primary colon cancer diagnosed ...
  • Population Pharmacokinetics and Dosing Optimization of Ceftazidime in Term Asphyxiated Neonates during Controlled Therapeutic Hypothermia 
    van der Veer, Marlotte A A; de Haan, Timo R; Franken, Linda G W; Hodiamont, Caspar J; Groenendaal, Floris; Dijk, Peter H; de Boode, Willem P; Simons, Sinno; Dijkman, Koen P; van Straaten, Henrica L M; Rijken, Monique; Cools, Filip; Nuytemans, Debbie H G M; van Kaam, Anton H; Bijleveld, Yuma A; Mathôt, Ron A A (American Society for Microbiology, 2023-05-17)
    Ceftazidime is an antibiotic commonly used to treat bacterial infections in term neonates undergoing controlled therapeutic hypothermia (TH) for hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy after perinatal asphyxia. We aimed to describe ...
  • Associations of baseline glycemic status and its transitions with cognitive and physical functioning decline 
    Wang, Kan; Gao, Hui; Sijbrands, Eric J G; Kavousi, Maryam; Ahmadizar, Fariba (Elsevier Ireland Ltd, 2023-05)
    OBJECTIVE: Evidence about the decline of cognition and physical function across glycemic status (normoglycemia, prediabetes, and diabetes) is inconsistent. We evaluated longitudinal changes in cognition and physical function ...
  • ERS/ESICM/ESCMID/ALAT guidelines for the management of severe community-acquired pneumonia 
    Martin-Loeches, Ignacio; Torres, Antoni; Nagavci, Blin; Aliberti, Stefano; Antonelli, Massimo; Bassetti, Matteo; Bos, Lieuwe; Chalmers, James; Derde, Lennie; de Waele, Jan; Garnacho-Montero, Jose; Kollef, Marin; Luna, Carlos; Menendez, Rosario; Niederman, Michael; Ponomarev, Dimitry; Restrepo, Marcos; Rigau, David; Schultz, Marcus; Weiss, Emmanuele; Welte, Tobias; Wunderink, Richard (European Respiratory Society, 2023-04-01)
    BACKGROUND: Severe community-acquired pneumonia (sCAP) is associated with high morbidity and mortality, and while European and non-European guidelines are available for community-acquired pneumonia, there are no specific ...
  • ERS/ESICM/ESCMID/ALAT guidelines for the management of severe community-acquired pneumonia 
    Martin-Loeches, Ignacio; Torres, Antoni; Nagavci, Blin; Aliberti, Stefano; Antonelli, Massimo; Bassetti, Matteo; Bos, Lieuwe; Chalmers, James; Derde, Lennie; de Waele, Jan; Garnacho-Montero, Jose; Kollef, Marin; Luna, Carlos; Menendez, Rosario; Niederman, Michael; Ponomarev, Dimitry; Restrepo, Marcos; Rigau, David; Schultz, Marcus; Weiss, Emmanuele; Welte, Tobias; Wunderink, Richard (Springer-Verlag, 2023)
    Purpose: Severe community-acquired pneumonia (sCAP) is associated with high morbidity and mortality, and whilst European and non-European guidelines are available for community-acquired pneumonia, there are no specific ...
  • Prediction of disease specific and overall survival in men with prostate cancer using the Decipher assay 
    Garegnani, Luis; Franco, Juan V.A.; Melendi, Santiago E.; Vernooij, Robin W.M.; Jung, Jae Hung; Hwang, Eu Chang; Damen, Johanna A.A.G.; Warlick, Christopher A.; Coles, Bernadette; Dahm, Philipp (John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2023-03-13)
    Objectives: This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (prognosis). The objectives are as follows:. To determine the prognostic value of the Decipher gene assay in men with biopsy-confirmed clinically localized prostate ...
  • One heartbeat away from a prediction model for cardiovascular diseases in patients with chronic kidney disease: a systematic review 
    Smit, Leanne Cm; Bots, Michiel L; van der Leeuw, Joep; Damen, Johanna AA; Blankestijn, Peter J; Verhaar, Marianne C; Vernooij, Robin W M (S. Karger AG, 2023-02-20)
    Introduction: Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) have a high risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Prediction models, combining clinical and laboratory characteristics, are commonly used to estimate an individual's ...
  • Women's lived experiences of preterm birth and neonatal care for premature infants at a tertiary hospital in Ghana: A qualitative study 
    Adu-Bonsaffoh, Kwame; Tamma, Evelyn; Nwameme, Adanna Uloaku; Mocking, Martina; Osman, Kwabena A; Browne, Joyce L (Public Library of Science, 2022-12-01)
    Preterm birth is a leading cause of death in children under five and a major public concern in Ghana. Women's lived experiences of care following preterm birth in clinical setting represents a viable adjunctive measure to ...
  • Maternal hypertensive mother's knowledge, attitudes and misconceptions on hypertension in pregnancy: A multi-center qualitative study in Ghana 
    Tamma, Evelyn; Adu-Bonsaffoh, Kwame; Nwameme, Adanna; Dako-Gyeke, Phyllis; Srofenyoh, Emmanuel; Browne, Joyce (Public Library of Science, 2023-01-06)
    Hypertension in pregnancy is one of the commonest complications of pregnancy and a leading cause of maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality globally, with the highest burden in low and middle income countries. ...
  • Provision and experience of care among women with hypertension in pregnancy: a multi-center qualitative study in Ghana 
    Adu-Bonsaffoh, Kwame; Tamma, Evelyn; Nwameme, Adanna; Dako-Gyeke, Phyllis; Srofenyoh, Emmanuel; Ansah, Evelyn K; Grobbee, Diederick E; Franx, Arie; Browne, Joyce L (BioMed Central Ltd., 2023-03-25)
    BACKGROUND: Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) remain a leading global health problem with complex clinical presentations and potentially grim birth outcomes for both mother and fetus. Improvement in the quality of ...
  • Maternal perception of fetal movements: Views, knowledge and practices of women and health providers in a low-resource setting 
    Weller, Katinka; Housseine, Natasha; Khamis, Rashid S; Meguid, Tarek; Hofmeyr, G Justus; Browne, Joyce L; Rijken, Marcus J (Public Library of Science, 2023-03-29)
    The study assessed perception, knowledge, and practices regarding maternal perception of fetal movements (FMs) among women and their healthcare providers in a low-resource setting. Semi-structured interviews, questionnaires ...