There is a clear rationale for using hyperthermia in cancer treatment. Treatment at temperatures
between 40 and 44C is cytotoxic for cells in an environment with a low pO 2 and low pH, …

Background: Avoidable hospitalization (AH) has been widely studied as a possible
measure of the performance of primary health care (PHC). However, studies examining the …

Background Even though there is general agreement that primary care is the linchpin of
effective health care delivery, to date no efforts have been made to systematically review the …

Background: Although it has been repeatedly suggested that chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease (COPD) is associated with depression, no conclusion has so far been reached. A …

… van der Zee , … van der Zee … As a reference, a dilution series of chimeric monoclonal IgE
antibody against the major HDM allergen Der p 2 was used. For both IgE assays, results were …

Background Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD)
are extremes of a clinically, pathologically, and genetically overlapping disease spectrum…

IL-13 plays a crucial role in the development of allergic asthma by several mechanisms,
including induction of IgE antibodies, airway eosinophilia and hyper-reactivity. We previously …

The goal of this study is to determine the prevalence of 23 common diseases in subjects with
a chronic airway obstruction and in controls. All subjects with a known diagnosis by their …

… We thank J. McCarter for critically reading the manuscript. We thank the personnel of the
VIB Genetic Service Facility for the genetic screenings and the Antwerp Biobank at the Institute …

Prolonged exposure to antigens may result in high IgG4 antibody titres as was shown in a
previous paper (Aalberse et al., 1983b). In novice bee keepers, a shift in the IgG1/IgG4 ratio of …