OBJECTIVES We aimed to validate the prognostic models for primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) in Chinese patients receiving ursodeoxycholic acid (UCDA), and to compare their performances in predicting the long-term survival. METHODS Chinese patients with PBC from a tertiary center were identified via electronic search of hospital medical registry. Risk factors associated with adverse events (li...

STUDY QUESTION What is the prevalence, phenotype and metabolic features of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) in the same population according to three different diagnostic criteria? SUMMARY ANSWER The prevalence of PCOS under National Institutes of Health (NIH), Rotterdam and Androgen Excess and PCOS (AE-PCOS) Society criteria was 6.1, 19.9 and 15.3%, respectively. PCOS carried a 2-fold increa...

background: this research investigated the response of vascular active factors, vascular endothelial growth factor (vegf) and angiotensin-ii (at-ii) to ovarian stimulation during 24 hours in patients with polycystic ovary syndrome (pcos). materials and methods: in this clinical trial study, 52 patients with pcos and 8 control cases were stimulated with human chorionic gonadotropin (hcg) on the ...

1Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; 2Academic Center for Thyroid Diseases, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; 3Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; 4Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; 5Section of Geriatric Medicine, Erasmus...

The purpose of this letter is to provide corrections to a recent paper from the Rotterdam Eye Study, which evaluated the relationship between incident open-angle glaucoma (OAG) and ocular perfusion pressure (OPP). After adjustment for intraocular pressure (IOP), the researchers failed to find significant associations with OPP, concluding that the positive results of previous reports may be due ...

sulphated glycosaminoglycan content: preliminary results of an in-vivo validation study using an ex-vivo reference standard for cartilage sulphated glycosaminoglycan content Jasper van Tiel, Gyula Kotek, Max Reijman, Pieter K. Bos, Esther E. Bron, Stefan Klein, Jan A. Verhaar, Gabriel P. Krestin, Harrie Weinans, and Edwin H. Oei Radiology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotter...

R J Hassing1,2, I Leparc-Goffart3, H Tolou3, G van Doornum4, P J van Genderen ([email protected])1 1. Department of Internal Medicine, Harbour Hospital and Institute for Tropical Diseases, Rotterdam, the Netherlands 2. Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus University Hospital Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands 3. Institute of Tropical Medicine, Virology Unit, Army Biomedic...

ERIM Report Series reference number ERS-2004-085-STR Publication September 2004 Number of pages 26 Email address corresponding author [email protected] Address Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM) Rotterdam School of Management / Rotterdam School of Economics Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam P.O.Box 1738 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands Phone: + 31 10 408 1182 Fax: + 31 10 408 9640 E...

a University of Groningen, School of Economics, Department of Marketing, P.O. Box 800, NL-9700 AV Groningen, The Netherlands b Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, Department of Marketing Management, Office T10-16, P.O. Box 1738, NL-3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands c Rotterdam School of Economics, Erasmus University, Office H15-19, P.O. Box 1738, NL-3000 DR Rotterdam, The Nethe...