Publications by authors named "Belotherkovsky D"

Purpose: Brief and effective screening measures are required to detect clinical depression in bipolar disorder (BD) patients. The purpose of this study was to demonstrate the clinical utility of a six-item, self-report Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAMD-6).

Design And Method: Sixty BD outpatients completed questionnaires including the HAMD-6 before regular psychiatric appointments.

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Purpose: The BDS (Bipolar Disorder Symptom Scale) is a brief self-report instrument designed for repeated measurement of bipolar disorder (BD) symptoms over time. Previous research indicates that the BDS measures two depression (cognitive and somatic symptoms) and two hypo/mania factors (affrontive symptoms and elation/loss of insight). The purpose of this study was to validate BDS responses relative to diagnoses of BD mood episodes.

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Objective: The effects of direct adsorption of lipids LDL-apheresis (DALILDL-a) on plasma cytokines in two Homozygous and heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemic (HozFH, HtzFH) and in four HyperLp(a)lipoproteinemic [HyperLp(a)] patients, were evaluated.

Methods: Plasma, macrophage inflammatory proteins 1α (MIP-1α), macrophage inflammatory proteins 1β (MIP-1β), monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1), RANTES (Regulated upon Activation, Normal T-cell Expressed, and Secreted), granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (GCSF), granulocyte macrophage-colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF), interleukin-1α (IL-1α), interleukin-1β (IL-1β), interleukin-2 (IL-2), interleukin-6 (IL-6), interferon-γ (IFN-γ), concentrations, were measured before and after LDL-a on three consecutive sessions for each patient.

Results: MIP-1α was significantly reduced (P=0.

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LDL-apheresis (LDLa) efficacy in the treatment of symptomatic HyperLp(a)lipoproteinemia -HyperLp(a)- has been studied in a multicentre trial. After 3.1+/-2.

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