Publications by authors named "Dimitra Georgatza"
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- Standing height measurement can be challenging in clinical settings, especially for patients who cannot stand, prompting the need for height prediction equations based on body segment measurements.
- This study assessed the accuracy of existing height prediction equations from the Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (MUST) among Greek patients and aimed to create more reliable and representative equations for this population.
- The research involved 1198 Greek adults, showing strong correlations between standing height and body measurements, and resulted in new predictive equations that were more accurate than those previously used in the MUST.
Glucocorticoid (GCs) hormones exert their actions via their cognate steroid receptors the Glucocorticoid Receptors (GR), by genomic or non-genomic mechanisms of actions. GCs regulate many cellular functions among them growth, metabolism, immune response and apoptosis. Due to their cell type specific induction of apoptosis GCs are used for the treatment of certain type of cancer.
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