Publications by authors named "M A M Hesselink-van de Kruijs"
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- Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a common condition defined by chronic stomach pain and irregular bowel habits, potentially linked to visceral hypersensitivity caused by intestinal fungi.
- In IBS patients, there is an observed increase in certain fungi (like Candida albicans) but no significant diversity changes between different severity groups of IBS symptoms.
- Research highlights the importance of studying individual fungal strains in IBS to understand their specific roles, as certain strains show genomic variations and differences in growth and gene expression related to IBS symptoms.
The validity of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in individuals with high intelligence is disputed, since high intelligence may 'mimic' the symptoms of ADHD in the absence of the specific pathophysiological pathways for ADHD. Conversely, increased risk of a missed ADHD diagnosis may occur due to compensatory strategies in the highly intelligent individual. A systematic literature review was performed including cognitive and behavioral studies, addressing a specific set of criteria for validating ADHD in the context of high intelligence.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground & Aims: Appendectomy has been pointed out as a protective factor for ulcerative colitis (UC). The aim of this study was to elucidate the role of appendectomy in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).
Methods: Prevalent as well as incident cases with IBD were studied separately using a pairwise age- and sex-matched case-control study design.