The e-Humanities Group, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) Joan Muyskenweg 25, 1096 CJ Amsterdam, The Netherlands and Erasmus Virtual Knowledge Studio, Erasmus University Rotterdam Burgemeester Oudlaan 50, 3062 PA Rotterdam, The Netherlands currently: IFISC, Instituto de F́ısica Interdisciplinar y Sistemas Complejos (CSIC-UIB), Campus Universitat Illes Balears, E-07122 Palma d...

1 Netherlands Society for Tropical Medicine and International Health (NVTG), Wageningen, The Netherlands 1 2 Institute for Medical Technology Assessment, ErasmusMC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands 3 Department of Public Health, University Medical Centre Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands 4 ETC Crystal, Leusden, The Netherlands 5 Institute of Health Policy and Management, ErasmusMC, Rotterdam, The N...

1Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands; 2Department of Pediatrics, Erasmus Medical Centre, Location Sophia, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; 3Pediatric Department, Medical Center Rijnmond-Zuid, Location Clara, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; 4Emma Childrens Hospital, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands...

1AmsterdamHaemophilia Treatment Centre, Academic Medical Center, 1100 DD Amsterdam, Netherlands ; 2Department of Paediatric Haematology, Emma Children’s Hospital, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands; 3Department of Paediatric Haematology and Oncology, Erasmus Medical Center, Sophia Children’s Hospital, Rotterdam, Netherlands; 4Department of Haematology, ErasmusMedical Center, Rotter...

Background and Purpose Ventricular enlargement and white matter lesions are frequent findings on cerebral magnetic resonance imaging scans of elderly subjects. In demented subjects they seem related to the severity of the dementia, but in nondemented subjects their clinical significance is less clear. We investigated the relation of size of the lateral ventricles and white matter lesions with c...

a Erasmus University Rotterdam, P.O. Box 1738, 3000 DR, Rotterdam, The Netherlands b WZB Social Science Center Berlin, Reichpietschufer 50, 10785 Berlin, Germany c Technical University of Berlin, Faculty of Economics and Management, Straße des 17. Juni 135, 10623 Berlin, Germany d University of Mannheim, Mannheim Business School, 68131 Mannheim, Germany e University of Hamburg, Von-Melle-Park 5...

Rogier Bodewes,1 Aritz Ruiz-Gonzalez,1 Anita C. Schürch, Albert D.M.E. Osterhaus, and Saskia L. Smits Author affiliations: Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, the Netherlands (R. Bodewes, A.C. Schürch, A.D.M.E. Osterhaus, S.L. Smits); University of the Basque Country, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain (A. Ruiz-Gonzalez); National Institute for Environmental Protection and Research, Ozzano dell’Emilia, Ita...

Aim: The Rotterdam criteria are used in the diagnosis of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). However, since menstrual irregularities and acne seen more frequently adolescents, it is theoretically difficult to use criteria. aim this study was investigate whether sufficient for PCOS adolescence. Material Methods: Thirty patients thirty healthy individuals between ages 16 18 years were included stud...

STUDY QUESTION Are HbA1c and fasting glucose (FG) useful in predicting the presence of prediabetes and type 2 diabetes (T2DM) in a large cohort of women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)? SUMMARY ANSWER HbA1c and FG are not suitable as screening tools for prediabetes in a large cohort of PCOS women but do show a good level of agreement with T2DM. WHAT IS KNOWN ALREADY Women with PCOS ha...