Breast cancer prognosis and occult lymph node metastases, isolated tumor cells, and micrometastases

…, JAAM van Dijck, P Bult, GF Borm… - Journal of the …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Background The prognostic relevance of isolated tumor cells and micrometastases in lymph
nodes from patients with breast cancer has become a major issue since the introduction of …

[HTML][HTML] Prevalence and definition of drooling in Parkinson's disease: a systematic review

JG Kalf, BJM De Swart, GF Borm, BR Bloem… - Journal of …, 2009 - Springer
Drooling (saliva loss) is a frequently reported symptom in patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD),
but an accurate estimate of the prevalence of drooling is lacking. The aim of this study …

[HTML][HTML] The Hartung-Knapp-Sidik-Jonkman method for random effects meta-analysis is straightforward and considerably outperforms the standard DerSimonian-Laird …

J IntHout, JPA Ioannidis, GF Borm - BMC medical research methodology, 2014 - Springer
Background The DerSimonian and Laird approach (DL) is widely used for random effects
meta-analysis, but this often results in inappropriate type I error rates. The method described …

Gender differences in Parkinson's disease

CA Haaxma, BR Bloem, GF Borm… - Journal of Neurology …, 2007 - jnnp.bmj.com
… George F Borm2, … Wooten GF, Currie LJ, Bovbjerg VE, et al. Are men at greater risk for
Parkinson’s disease than women? J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2004;75:637–9. …

[HTML][HTML] Micrometastases or isolated tumor cells and the outcome of breast cancer

…, JAAM Van Dijck, GF Borm… - … England Journal of …, 2009 - Mass Medical Soc
Background The association of isolated tumor cells and micrometastases in regional lymph
nodes with the clinical outcome of breast cancer is unclear. Methods We identified all …

A simple sample size formula for analysis of covariance in randomized clinical trials

GF Borm, J Fransen, WAJG Lemmens - Journal of clinical epidemiology, 2007 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: Randomized clinical trials that compare two treatments on a continuous outcome
can be analyzed using analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) or a t-test approach. We present …

GFAP and S100B are biomarkers of traumatic brain injury: an observational cohort study

…, B Jacobs, T Andriessen, KJB Lamers, GF Borm… - Neurology, 2010 - AAN Enterprises
Background: Biomarker levels in blood after traumatic brain injury (TBI) may offer diagnostic
and prognostic tools in addition to clinical indices. This study aims to validate glial fibrillary …

Maternal hyperhomocysteinemia: a risk factor for neural-tube defects?

…, JD Finkelstein, HJ Blom, CMG Thomas, GF Borm… - Metabolism, 1994 - Elsevier
The maternal vitamin status, especially of folate, is involved in the pathogenesis of neural-tube
defects (NTDs). Maternal folate administration can prevent these malformations. The …

Hyperhomocysteinemia: a risk factor in women with unexplained recurrent early pregnancy loss

…, HJ Blom, FJM Trijbels, CMG Thomas, GF Borm… - Fertility and sterility, 1993 - Elsevier
Objective To establish the prevalence of hyperhomocysteinemia in women with unexplained
recurrent early pregnancy loss. Design In a patient-control study, the methionine-…

[HTML][HTML] Physical inactivity in Parkinson's disease

…, S Overeem, DJH Deeg, GF Borm… - Journal of …, 2011 - Springer
Patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD) are likely to become physically inactive, because of
their motor, mental, and emotional symptoms. However, specific studies on physical activity …