Increase in congenital rubella occurrence after immunisation in Greece: retrospective survey and systematic reviewHow does herd immunity work?

T Panagiotopoulos, A Berger, E Valassi-Adam - Bmj, 1999 - bmj.com
Objective: To describe the events leading to the epidemic of congenital rubella syndrome in
Greece in 1993 after a major rubella epidemic. Design: Retrospective survey and systematic …

How does it work?: Positron emission tomography

A Berger - BMJ: British Medical Journal, 2003 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
• Positron emission tomography (PET) is a technique that measures physiological function
by looking at blood flow, metabolism, neurotransmitters, and radiolabelled drugs. PET offers …

Th1 and Th2 responses: what are they?

A Berger - Bmj, 2000 - bmj.com
Cytokines are the hormonal messengers responsible for most of the biological effects in the
immune system, such as cell mediated immunity and allergic type responses. Although they …

Resolution of peanut allergy: case-control studyScience commentary: Why do some children grow out of peanut allergy?

JOB Hourihane, A Berger, SA Roberts, JO Warner - Bmj, 1998 - bmj.com
Objectives: To determine whether there are any differences between children who remain
mildly or moderately allergic to peanut and children with similar histories but a negative …

How does it work?: bone mineral density scans

A Berger - BMJ: British Medical Journal, 2002 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
• In bone mineral density (BMD) scanning, the energy of x ray beams that are passed through
bones is absorbed, and what is not absorbed is detected on the other side of the body. The …

How does it work?: Magnetic resonance imaging

A Berger - BMJ: British Medical Journal, 2002 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
When the body is placed in a strong magnetic field, such as an MRI scanner, the protons’ axes
all line up. This uniform alignment creates a magnetic vector oriented along the axis of the …

The renaissance of C reactive protein: It may be a marker not only of acute illness but also of future cardiovascular disease

MB Pepys, A Berger - Bmj, 2001 - bmj.com
The C reactive protein response has no diagnostic specificity, but serial measurements can
be helpful in clinical management. It is a powerful screening test for organic disease and is …

Resistin: a new hormone that links obesity with type 2 diabetes

A Berger - 2001 - bmj.com
A new hormone has been identified that links obesity to type 2 diabetes. It has been called
resistin (for “resistance to insulin”), and, although first identified in mice, it has also now been …

Polymorphism in high density lipoprotein paraoxonase gene and risk of acute myocardial infarction in men: prospective nested case-control studyCommentary …

JT Salonen, MD Flather, A Berger, R Malin… - Bmj, 1999 - bmj.com
Increased lipid peroxidation is associated with accelerated progression of atherosclerosis. 1
Paraoxonase (paraoxonase/arylesterase) is an antioxidative enzyme in high density …

Oscillatory blood pressure monitoring devices

A Berger - Bmj, 2001 - bmj.com
9 Golan M, Fainaru M, Weizman A. Role of behaviour modification in the treatment of childhood
obesity with parents as the exclusive agents of change. Int J Obes 1998; 22: 1217-24. 10 …