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Visual Outcomes after Endoscopic Endonasal Transsphenoidal Resection of Pituitary Adenomas: Our Institutional Experience

Van Essen, Max J.; Muskens, Ivo S.; Lamba, Nayan; Belunek, Stephan F.J.; Van Der Boog, Arthur T.J.; Amelink, G. Johan; Gosselaar, Peter H.; Van Doormaal, Tristan P.C.; Stades, Aline M.E.; Verhoeff, Joost J.C.; Van Genderen, Maria M.; Eenhorst, Christine A.E.; Broekman, Marike L.D. (Thieme Medical Publishers, 2021-07-01)

Objectives Visual dysfunction in patients with pituitary adenomas is a clear indication for endoscopic endonasal transsphenoidal surgery (EETS). However, the visual outcomes vary greatly among patients and it remains unclear ...
Double delay alternating with nutation for tailored excitation facilitates banding-free isotropic high-resolution intracranial vessel wall imaging

Coolen, Bram F; Schoormans, Jasper; Gilbert, Guillaume; Kooreman, Ernst S; de Winter, Naomi; Viessmann, Olivia; Zwanenburg, Jaco J M; Majoie, Charles B.L.M.; Strijkers, Gustav J; Nederveen, Aart J; Siero, Jeroen C W (John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2021-09)

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the use of a double delay alternating with nutation for tailored excitation (D-DANTE)-prepared sequence for banding-free isotropic high-resolution intracranial vessel wall imaging ...
Fast and accurate modeling of transient-state, gradient-spoiled sequences by recurrent neural networks

Liu, Hongyan; van der Heide, Oscar; van den Berg, Cornelis A T; Sbrizzi, Alessandro (John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2021-07)

Fast and accurate modeling of MR signal responses are typically required for various quantitative MRI applications, such as MR fingerprinting. This work uses a new extended phase graph (EPG)-Bloch model for accurate ...
Ossification and Fusion of the Vertebral Ring Apophysis as an Important Part of Spinal Maturation

Costa, Lorenzo; de Reuver, Steven; Kan, Luc; Seevinck, Peter; Kruyt, Moyo C; Schlosser, Tom P C; Castelein, René M (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2021-08)

In scoliosis, most of the deformity is in the disc and occurs during the period of rapid growth. The ring apophyses form the insertion of the disc into the vertebral body, they then ossify and fuse to the vertebrae during ...
Lipoprotein(a) levels and atherosclerotic plaque characteristics in the carotid artery: The Plaque at RISK (PARISK) study

van Dam-Nolen, Dianne H K; van Dijk, Anouk C; Crombag, Geneviève A J C; Lucci, Carlo; Kooi, M Eline; Hendrikse, Jeroen; Nederkoorn, Paul J; Daemen, Mat J A P; van der Steen, Antonius F W; Koudstaal, Peter J; Kronenberg, Florian; Roeters van Lennep, Jeanine E; Mulder, Monique T; van der Lugt, Aad (Elsevier, 2021-07)

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Lipoprotein(a) is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease and recurrent ischemic stroke. Lipoprotein(a) levels are known to be associated with carotid artery stenosis, but the relation ...
Intracranial Atherosclerotic Burden and Cerebral Parenchymal Changes at 7T MRI in Patients With Transient Ischemic Attack or Ischemic Stroke

Lindenholz, Arjen; de Bresser, Jeroen; van der Kolk, Anja G; van der Worp, H Bart; Witkamp, Theodoor D; Hendrikse, Jeroen; van der Schaaf, Irene C (Frontiers Media S. A., 2021-05-06)

The relevance of intracranial vessel wall lesions detected with MRI is not fully established. In this study (trial identification number: NTR2119; www.trialregister.nl), 7T MRI was used to investigate if a higher vessel ...
Prognostic value of breast MRI characteristics before and during neoadjuvant endocrine therapy in patients with ER+/HER2- breast cancer

Ragusi, Max Aa; Winter-Warnars, Gonneke Ao; Wesseling, Jelle; Linn, Sabine C.; Beets-Tan, Regina G.; van der Velden, Bas Hm; Elias, Sjoerd G.; Gilhuijs, Kenneth Ga; Loo, Claudette E. (Oxford University Press, 2021-07-01)

OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether BIRADS MRI characteristics before or during neoadjuvant endocrine therapy (NET) are associated with the preoperative endocrine prognostic index (PEPI) in ER+/HER2- breast cancer patients. ...
Nuclear Medicine Imaging in Neuroblastoma: Current Status and New Developments

Samim, Atia; Tytgat, Godelieve A M; Bleeker, Gitta; Wenker, Sylvia T M; Chatalic, Kristell L S; Poot, Alex J; Tolboom, Nelleke; van Noesel, Max M; Lam, Marnix G E H; de Keizer, Bart (MDPI Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021-04-04)

Neuroblastoma is the most common extracranial solid malignancy in children. At diagnosis, approximately 50% of patients present with metastatic disease. These patients are at high risk for refractory or recurrent disease, ...
Impact of the suspension and restart of the Dutch breast cancer screening program on breast cancer incidence and stage during the COVID-19 pandemic

NABON COVID-19 Consortium and the COVID and Cancer-NL Consortium (Academic Press Inc., 2021-10)

The COVID-19 pandemic forced the Dutch national breast screening program to a halt in week 12, 2020. In week 26, the breast program was resumed at 40% capacity, which increased to 60% in week 34. We examined the impact of ...
Toward Computer-Assisted Triaging of Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Guided Biopsy in Preoperative Breast Cancer Patients

Wang, Hui; van der Velden, Bas H M; Ragusi, Max A A; Veldhuis, Wouter B; Viergever, Max A; Verburg, Erik; Gilhuijs, Kenneth G A (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2021-07-01)

OBJECTIVES: Incidental MR-detected breast lesions (ie, additional lesions to the index cancer) pose challenges in the preoperative workup of patients with early breast cancer. We pursue computer-assisted triaging of magnetic ...
Syndromic disorders caused by gain-of-function variants in KCNH1, KCNK4, and KCNN3-a subgroup of K+ channelopathies

Gripp, Karen W; Smithson, Sarah F; Scurr, Ingrid J; Baptista, Julia; Majumdar, Anirban; Pierre, Germaine; Williams, Maggie; Henderson, Lindsay B; Wentzensen, Ingrid M; McLaughlin, Heather; Leeuwen, Lisette; Simon, Marleen E H; van Binsbergen, Ellen; Dinulos, Mary Beth P; Kaplan, Julie D; McRae, Anne; Superti-Furga, Andrea; Good, Jean-Marc; Kutsche, Kerstin (Springer Nature, 2021-09)

Decreased or increased activity of potassium channels caused by loss-of-function and gain-of-function (GOF) variants in the corresponding genes, respectively, underlies a broad spectrum of human disorders affecting the ...
Efficacy of bone-substitute materials use in immediate dental implant placement: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Zaki, John; Yusuf, Nermin; El-Khadem, Ahmed; Scholten, Rob J.P.M.; Jenniskens, Kevin (Wiley-Blackwell, 2021-08)

Objective: To assess the efficacy of using a bone substitute material (BSM) in the fixture–socket gap in patients undergoing tooth extraction and immediate implant placement. Materials and methods: MEDLINE, EMBASE, and ...
Design of a consensus-based geriatric assessment tailored for older chronic kidney disease patients: results of a pragmatic approach

on behalf of the POLDER investigators (Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2021-10)

Purpose: Unidentified cognitive decline and other geriatric impairments are prevalent in older patients with advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD). Despite guideline recommendation of geriatric evaluation, routine geriatric ...
Kidney failure prediction models: A comprehensive external validation study in patients with advanced CKD

the EQUAL Study Investigators (Wolters Kluwer Health, 2021-05)

Background Various prediction models have been developed to predict the risk of kidney failure in patients with CKD. However, guideline-recommended models have yet to be compared head to head, their validation in patients ...
Recovering escherichia coli plasmids in the absence of long-read sequencing data

Paganini, Julian A.; Plantinga, Nienke L.; Arredondo-alonso, Sergio; Willems, Rob J.L.; Schürch, Anita C. (MDPI AG, 2021-07-28)

The incidence of infections caused by multidrug-resistant E. coli strains has risen in the past years. Antibiotic resistance in E. coli is often mediated by acquisition and maintenance of plasmids. The study of E. coli ...
Genetic insights into biological mechanisms governing human ovarian ageing

Biobank-based Integrative Omics Study (BIOS) Consortium (Nature Research, 2021-08-19)

Reproductive longevity is essential for fertility and influences healthy ageing in women1,2, but insights into its underlying biological mechanisms and treatments to preserve it are limited. Here we identify 290 genetic ...
Correction to: Current evidence on the impact of medication optimization or pharmacological interventions on frailty or aspects of frailty: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials (European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, (2021), 77, 1, (1-12), 10.1007/s00228-020-02951-8)

Pazan, Farhad; Petrovic, Mirko; Cherubini, Antonio; Onder, Graziano; Cruz-Jentoft, Alfonso J.; Denkinger, Michael; van der Cammen, Tischa J.M.; Stevenson, Jennifer M.; Ibrahim, Kinda; Rajkumar, Chakravarthi; Bakken, Marit Stordal; Baeyens, Jean Pierre; Crome, Peter; Frühwald, Thomas; Gallaghar, Paul; Guðmundsson, Adalsteinn; Knol, Wilma; O’Mahony, Denis; Pilotto, Alberto; Rönnemaa, Elina; Serra-Rexach, José Antonio; Soulis, George; van Marum, Rob J.; Ziere, Gijsbertus; Mair, Alpana; Burkhardt, Heinrich; Neumann-Podczaska, Agnieszka; Wieczorowska-Tobis, Katarzyna; Fernandes, Marilia Andreia; Gruner, Heidi; Dallmeier, Dhayana; Beuscart, Jean Baptiste; van der Velde, Nathalie; Wehling, Martin (Springer-Verlag, 2021-10)

The article Current evidence on the impact of medication optimization or pharmacological interventions on frailty or aspects of frailty: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials, written by Farhad Pazan, Mirko ...
A tailored intervention for illness acceptance improves adherence and quality of life in adults with haemophilia using prophylaxis

Hoefnagels, Johanna Wilhelmina; Fischer, Kathelijn; Bos, Ruud A.T.; Driessens, Mariette H.E.; Schrijvers, Liesbeth H. (Wiley-Blackwell, 2021-07)

Introduction: Adherence to prophylactic treatment (prophylaxis) in persons with haemophilia is challenging and has been reported at only ±50%. Acceptance problems are one of the main reasons for non-adherence in haemophilia. ...
Adherence to prophylaxis and its association with activation of self-management and treatment satisfaction

the Haemophilia in the Netherlands 6 Steering Group (Wiley-Blackwell, 2021-07)

Introduction: Prophylactic replacement therapy (prophylaxis) in patients with haemophilia (PWH) requires lifelong, frequent (self)infusions. Prophylaxis effectiveness depends on adherence, and the drivers of treatment ...
Final results of the PUPs B-LONG study: Evaluating safety and efficacy of rFIXFc in previously untreated patients with hemophilia B

Nolan, Beatrice; Klukowska, Anna; Shapiro, Amy; Rauch, Antoine; Recht, Michael; Ragni, Margaret; Curtin, Julie; Gunawardena, Sriya; Mukhopadhyay, Sutirtha; Jayawardene, Deepthi; Winding, Bent; Fischer, Kathelijn; Liesner, Raina (The American Society of Hematology, 2021-07-13)

PUPs B-LONG evaluated the safety and efficacy of recombinant factor IX Fc fusion protein (rFIXFc) in previously untreated patients (PUPs) with hemophilia B. In this open-label, phase 3 study, male PUPs (age <18 years) with ...

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