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Plasma Beta-Glucuronidase Activity: A Novel Tool to Distinguish Type 1 from Type 2 Amiodarone-Induced Thyrotoxicosis? by Markantes, Georgios K., Michalaki, Marina A., Vagenakis, George A., Lamari, Fotini N., Pitsi, Efthymia, Eliopoulou, Maria, Beratis, Nicholas G., Markou, Kostas B.

“…Background: Amiodarone-induced thyrotoxicosis (AIT) is a common and deleterious side effect of amiodarone use. There are two types of AIT, characterized by…”
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Association of secondary sex ratio with smoking and parity by Beratis, Nicholas G., M.D, Asimacopoulou, Aspasia, M.D, Varvarigou, Anastasia, M.D

“…Objective To assess the sex ratio in offspring of smoking and nonsmoking mothers in relationship to parity. Design Prospective study. Setting University…”
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Effect of maternal smoking on cord blood estriol, placental lactogen, chorionic gonadotropin, FSH, LH, and cortisol by Varvarigou, Anastasia A, Liatsis, Spyros G, Vassilakos, Pavlos, Decavalas, George, Beratis, Nicholas G

“…To determine the effect of maternal cigarette smoking on cord blood concentrations of E3, hPL, beta-hCG, FSH, LH, and cortisol. Hormone concentrations were…”
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Antimicrobial Use and Serotype Distribution of Nasopharyngeal Streptococcus pneumoniae Isolates Recovered from Greek Children Younger than 2 Years Old by Syrogiannopoulos, George A., Katopodis, George D., Grivea, Ioanna N., Beratis, Nicholas G.

“…The serotype distribution of 781 nasopharyngeal pneumococcal isolates recovered from 2448 unselected children aged 2–23 months was studied. Only 3.9% of the…”
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Antimicrobial Susceptibility and Macrolide Resistance Inducibility of Streptococcus pneumoniae Carrying erm(A), erm(B), or mef(A) by Syrogiannopoulos, George A, Grivea, Ioanna N, Ednie, Lois M, Bozdogan, Bülent, Katopodis, George D, Beratis, Nicholas G, Davies, Todd A, Appelbaum, Peter C

“…Classifications Services AAC Citing Articles Google Scholar PubMed Related Content Social Bookmarking CiteULike Delicious Digg Facebook Google+ Mendeley Reddit…”
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Antimicrobial Use and Colonization with Erythromycin-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae in Greece during the First 2 Years of Life by Syrogiannopoulos, George A., Grivea, Ioanna N., Davies, Todd A., Katopodis, George D., Appelbaum, Peter C., Beratis, Nicholas G.

“…We evaluated nasopharyngeal colonization with erythromycin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae during the first 2 years of life in central and southern Greece…”
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Cord blood leptin concentrations in relation to intrauterine growth by Varvarigou, Anastasia, Mantzoros, Christos S., Beratis, Nicholas G.

“…OBJECTIVE Leptin, a hormone that signals the amount of energy stores to the brain, has recently been shown to play a role in the regulation of several…”
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Growth hormone/JAK‐STAT axis signal‐transduction defect by Rojas‐Gil, Andrea P., Ziros, Panos G., Diaz, Leonor, Kletsas, Dimitris, Basdra, Efthimia K., Alexandrides, Theodore K., Zadik, Zvi, Frank, Stuart J., Papathanassopoulou, Vassiliki, Beratis, Nicholas G., Papavassiliou, Athanasios G., Spiliotis, Bessie E.

“…Primary cultured fibroblasts of four patients with idiopathic short stature and severe growth delay, which displayed normal growth hormone receptor expression…”
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Growth up to 2 Years in Relationship to Maternal Smoking During Pregnancy by Karatza, Ageliki A., Varvarigou, Anastasia, Beratis, Nicholas G.

“…Smoking during pregnancy causes intrauterine growth retardation, but the subsequent growth of these children is not well understood. Two hundred four newborns…”
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Effect of prenatal tobacco smoke exposure on fetal growth potential by Varvarigou, Anastasia A, Fouzas, Sotirios, Beratis, Nicholas G

“…to determine the independent effect of prenatal tobacco smoke exposure on fetal growth using customized birthweight norms. demographic characteristics and data…”
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Impact of maternal smoking on birth size: effect of parity and sex dimorphism by Varvarigou, Anastasia A, Asimakopoulou, Aspasia, Beratis, Nicholas G

“…Maternal smoking during pregnancy causes a delay of intrauterine growth. To examine the effect of maternal smoking during pregnancy on fetal growth in…”
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Increased cortisol concentrations in the cord blood of newborns whose mothers smoked during pregnancy by Varvarigou, Anastasia A, Petsali, Maria, Vassilakos, Pavlos, Beratis, Nicholas G

“…To investigate the effect of tobacco smoke on cord blood cortisol concentrations. Cortisol concentrations were measured in cord blood from 211 term newborns of…”
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Course of growth during the first 6 years in children exposed in utero to tobacco smoke by KANELLOPOULOS, Theodoros A, VARVARIGOU, Anastasia A, KARATZA, Ageliki A, BERATIS, Nicholas G

“…Postnatal growth in children exposed in utero to tobacco smoke is not well understood. This study investigated growth during the first 6 years in children…”
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Smoking, psychosocial factors, psychopathologic behavior, and other related conditions in hospitalized youth suicide attempters by Menti, Ekaterini, Lekka, Nikoletta P, Assimakopoulos, Konstantinos, Varvarigou, Anastasia, Beratis, Nicholas G, Beratis, Stavroula

“…Abstract Background Comorbidity of suicidal behavior with various risk factors has been reported. This study examines the combined effect and the interactions…”
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Growth hormone/JAK-STAT axis signal-transduction defect. A novel treatable cause of growth failure by Rojas-Gil, Andrea P, Ziros, Panos G, Diaz, Leonor, Kletsas, Dimitris, Basdra, Efthimia K, Alexandrides, Theodore K, Zadik, Zvi, Frank, Stuart J, Papathanassopoulou, Vassiliki, Beratis, Nicholas G, Papavassiliou, Athanasios G, Spiliotis, Bessie E

“…Primary cultured fibroblasts of four patients with idiopathic short stature and severe growth delay, which displayed normal growth hormone receptor expression…”
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Vibroacoustic stimulation in abnormal biophysical profile: Verification of facilitation of fetal well-being by Papadopoulos, Vassilis G, Decavalas, George O, Kondakis, Xenophon G, Beratis, Nicholas G

“…Abstract Objectives To verify the effect of vibroacoustic stimulation on biophysical profile score, with a prospective randomised study. Study design All women…”
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The insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) generation test as an indicator of growth hormone status by Spiliotis, Bessie E., Alexandrides, Theodore K., Karystianos, Christoforos, Vassilakos, Pavlos, Zadik, Zvi, Nikolakopoulou, Nikoleta M., Nikiforidis, George, Beratis, Nicholas G.

“…OBJECTIVE The aim of the study was to evaluate the IGF-I generation test (IGF-I gen) as a possible indirect test of Growth Hormone (GH) secretory status…”
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Combined growth hormone-releasing hormone and growth hormone-releasing peptide-6 test for the evaluation of growth hormone secretion in children with growth hormone deficiency and growth hormone neurosecretory dysfunction by Spiliotis, Bessie E, Papadimitriou, Dimitrios T, Alexandrides, Theodore K, Karystianos, Christoforos, Nikiforidis, George, Vassilakos, Pavlos, Beratis, Nicholas G, Casanueva, Felipe F

“…The combined growth hormone-releasing hormone and growth hormone-releasing peptide-6 (GHRH + GHRP-6) test is most potent in evaluating GH secretion. To assess…”
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Identification of an erm(A) erythromycin resistance methylase gene in Streptococcus pneumoniae isolated in greece by SYROGIANNOPOULOS, George A, GRIVEA, Ioanna N, TAIT-KAMRADT, Amelia, KATOPODIS, George D, BERATIS, Nicholas G, SUTCLIFFE, Joyce, APPELBAUM, Peter C, DAVIES, Todd A

“…In a serotype 11A clone of erythromycin-resistant pneumococci isolated from young Greek carriers, we identified the nucleotide sequence of erm(A), a methylase…”
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Sterile cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis in young infants with urinary tract infection by Syrogiannopoulos, George A, Grivea, Ioanna N, Anastassiou, Evangelos D, Triga, Maria G, Dimitracopoulos, George O, Beratis, Nicholas G

“…BACKGROUND.During the first 3 months of life febrile infants are subjected to sepsis workup, which includes evaluation for urinary tract infection (UTI) and…”
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