Search Results - "Wakelkamp, I. M. M. J."

Surgical or medical decompression as a first-line treatment of optic neuropathy in Graves' ophthalmopathy? A randomized controlled trial by Wakelkamp, I. M. M. J., Baldeschi, L., Saeed, P., Mourits, M. P., Prummel, M. F., Wiersinga, W. M.

“…Summary Objective  Only a small percentage of Graves’ ophthalmopathy (GO) patients develop optic neuropathy with impending loss of visual acuity. Therapy with…”
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TSH-R expression and cytokine profile in orbital tissue of active vs. inactive Graves' ophthalmopathy patients by Wakelkamp, I. M. M. J., Bakker, O., Baldeschi, L., Wiersinga, W. M., Prummel, M. F.

“…Summary objective From in vitro studies using cultures of orbital fibroblasts, it has become clear that cytokines play an important role in the orbital…”
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Both Th1‐ and Th2‐derived cytokines in serum are elevated in Graves' ophthalmopathy by Wakelkamp, I. M. M. J., Gerding, M. N., Van Der Meer, J.W. C., Prummel, M. F., Wiersinga, W. M.

“…Increased serum cytokine levels have been reported in patients with autoimmune thyroid disease, but less is known about their levels in patients with Graves'…”
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Smoking and disease severity are independent determinants of serum adhesion molecule levels in Graves’ ophthalmopathy by WAKELKAMP, I. M. M. J., GERDING, M. N., MEER, J. W. C. VAN DER, PRUMMEL, M. F., WIERSINGA, W. M.

“…SUMMARY Adhesion molecules play a key role in autoimmune disorders, and serum concentrations of soluble adhesion molecules are increased in Graves’…”
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Moraxella catarrhalis sepsis in a patient with juvenile spinal muscle atrophy by WESTENDORP, I. C. D, TIEMESSEN, M. A, DE JONG, M, SOOMERS, A, WAKELKAMP, I. M. M. J, BOERSMA, W. G

“…Moraxella catarrhalis rarely causes severe infections or bacteraemia in healthy subjects. In the literature only four cases of clinical sepsis with M…”
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The changing treatment paradigm in prolactinoma - a prospective series of 100 consecutive neurosurgical cases by van Trigt, Victoria R, Bakker, Leontine E H, Pelsma, Iris C M, Zandbergen, Ingrid M, Jentus, Maaia M, Kruit, Mark C, Dekkers, Olaf M, van Furth, Wouter R, Verstegen, Marco J T, Biermasz, Nienke R

“…To evaluate patients with prolactinoma treated surgically in a time when elective prolactinoma surgery became routine in our center, using a comprehensive…”
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Serum IL-18 levels are not increased in patients with untreated Graves' ophthalmopathy by Wakelkamp, I M M J, Prummel, M F, Wiersinga, W M

“…Cytokines play an important role in autoimmune thyroid diseases, and serum levels may reflect the activity of the immune process. This is particularly…”
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Increased expression of adhesion receptors in both lesional and non-lesional psoriatic skin by de Boer, O J, Wakelkamp, I M, Pals, S T, Claessen, N, Bos, J D, Das, P K

“…Adhesion receptors and their ligands play a vital role in the immune system. We studied the expression of different adhesion receptors, using single- and…”
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