Graft and patient survival after renal transplantation in the period from 1996-2017 in Military Medical Academy, Belgrade, Serbia [PDF]
Background/Aim. Renal transplantation is the best and preferred way of treating patients with end-stage renal disease, as it offers improved survival and better quality of life compared to dialysis.
Vavić Neven +9 more
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Covid-19's impact on radiotherapy in the Republic of Srpska [PDF]
Background/Aim. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) significantly affects patients with any type of chronic disease, especially the ones with neoplasm. The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the weekly number of ...
Kolarević Goran +3 more
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Age-independent association between high-sensitivity C-reactive protein and blood pressure in middle-aged adults [PDF]
Background/Aim. There is growing evidence suggesting that high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) is a reliable biomarker in patients with hypertension. While the relation-ship between hypertension and age is well established, the connection between
Zhao Huijun +4 more
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Protein aggregation into highly ordered, regularly repeated cross-β sheet structures called amyloid fibrils is closely associated to human disorders such as neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases, or systemic diseases ...
Isabelle Landrieu +9 more
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Influence of Age on Health-Related Quality of Life of Women Diagnosed with Breast Cancer
Introduction: Women with breast cancer may have differences in health-related quality of life (HRQoL) at diagnosis by age. Objective: To analyze the influence of age on the HRQoL of women diagnosed with breast cancer.
Larissa Nascimento dos Santos +4 more
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Changes in ponderal index and body mass index across childhood and their associations with fat mass and cardiovascular risk factors at age 15 [PDF]
Background: Little is known about whether associations between childhood adiposity and later adverse cardiovascular health outcomes are driven by tracking of overweight from childhood to adulthood and/or by vascular and metabolic changes from childhood ...
A Fraser +29 more
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Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the leading cause of dementia in aging individuals. Yet, the pathophysiological processes involved in AD onset and progression are still poorly understood. Among numerous strategies, a comprehensive overview of gene expression
Diego Marques-Coelho +6 more
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Growth factors, aging and age-related diseases [PDF]
Simple organisms including yeast and flies with mutations in the IGF-1 and Tor-S6K pathways are dwarfs, are highly protected from toxins, and survive up to 3 times longer. Similarly, dwarf mice with deficiencies in the growth hormone-IGF-I axis are also long lived and protected from diseases.
Priya, Balasubramanian, Valter D, Longo
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Age and body mass related changes of cardiovascular risk factors in women with polycystic ovary syndrome [PDF]
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is considered a metabolic disorder closely related to obesity, insulin resistance (IR), hyperinsulinemia and unfavorable lipid profile, all increasing the risk for the occurrence of cardiovascular diseases.
Macut Đuro P. +10 more
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Vascular Aging: Facts and Factors [PDF]
“Man is as old as his arteries.” This old aphorism has been widely confirmed by epidemiological and observational studies establishing that cardiovascular diseases can be age-related in terms of their onset and progression. Besides, with aging come a number of physiological and morphological changes that alters cardiovascular function and lead to ...
Dantas, A. P. +2 more
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