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Endocrine and metabolic disorders in bulimic women and effects of antiandrogenic treatment
(2006-11-29)
Background: Bulimia is a mental disorder frequently associated with menstrual disturbances and low estradiol levels although most bulimic women are of normal weight. Low bone mass has also been reported in these women. ...
Quantitative MRI biomarkers of neurodegeneration in multiple sclerosis
(2022-02-28)
Background: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic neuroinflammatory and neurodegenerative disease that targets myelin in the brain and spinal cord. The corpus callosum connects the cerebral hemispheres and is composed of ...
Intracellular signaling of phosphorylated insitol compounds : a study in pancreatic beta-cells and hippocampal neurons
(2004-09-16)
The family of phosphorylated inositol compounds consists of soluble cytosolic inositol phosphates and insoluble inositol phospholipids, localized in cellular membranes and the nuclear matrix. Although inositol phospholipids ...
Implications of cholesterol and cholesterol-lowering therapy in Alzheimer's disease
(2007-08-06)
BACKGROUND: Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a severe neurodegenerative disease that mainly afflicts elderly persons, with a characteristic progressive decline of cognitive functions and dementia. It is believed that the majority ...
Relating to risk : sexual behaviour and risk perception among men who have sex with men
(2018-09-05)
Background: Men who have sex with men (MSM) are a key population for HIV worldwide. Overall HIV incidence is declining but over the past years the proportion of HIV diagnoses attributed to sex between men has remained high ...