Publications
Shortening of the Burnout Assessment Tool (BAT)-from 23 to 12 items using content and Rasch analysis KU Leuven
Fertility technologies and how to optimize laboratory performance to support the shortening of time to birth of a healthy singleton: a Delphi consensus KU Leuven
Lower beta cell yield from donor pancreases after controlled circulatory death prevented by shortening acirculatory warm ischemia time and by using IGL-1 cold preservation solution Vrije Universiteit Brussel KU Leuven
Organs from donors after controlled circulatory death (DCD III) exhibit a higher risk for graft dysfunction due to an initial period of warm ischemia. This procurement condition can also affect the yield of beta cells in islet isolates from donor pancreases, and hence their use for transplantation. The present study uses data collected and generated by our Beta Cell Bank to compare the number of beta cells in isolates from DCD III (n = 141) ...
Proximity to roads, but not exposure to metal pollution, is associated with accelerated developmental telomere shortening in nestling great tits University of Antwerp
Telomere shortening reduces Alzheimer's disease amyloid pathology in mice (vol 134, pg 2044, 2011) KU Leuven
Effects of humeral shortening on the three-dimensional configuration of the brachial plexus Vrije Universiteit Brussel
This study reports the gains in length of nerves after three different humeral shortenings. Ten brachial plexuses were dissected. The lengths of the different parts of the brachial plexus were measured using a three-dimensional digitizing system after humeral shaft shortenings of 2, 4 and 6 cm and after a standardized force of 0.588 N was used to apply tension to the plexus. The feasibility of nerve suturing was studied. Humeral shortening ...
A Heterozygous Splice-Site Mutation in PTHLH Causes Autosomal Dominant Shortening of Metacarpals and Metatarsals Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Short metacarpals and/or metatarsals are typically observed in pseudohypoparathyroidism (PHP) type Ia (PHP1A) or pseudo-PHP (PPHP), disorders caused by inactivating GNAS mutations involving exons encoding the alpha-subunit of the stimulatory G protein (Gsα). Skeletal abnormalities similar to those in PHP1A/PPHP were present in several members of an extended Belgian family without evidence for abnormal calcium and phosphate regulation. Direct ...
Pre-exposure intradermal rabies vaccination: a non-inferiority trial in healthy adults on shortening the vaccination schedule from 28 to 7 days Institute of Tropical Medicine University of Antwerp
Background: The existing 4-week preexposure rabies vaccination schedule is costly and often not practicable. Shorter effective schedules would result in wider acceptance.
Methods: We conducted a noninferiority trial in 500 healthy adults comparing the safety and immunogenicity of a 2-visit (days 0 and 7) intradermal (ID) primary vaccination (2 doses of 0.1 mL ID of the human diploid cell culture rabies vaccine [HDCV] at days 0 and 7) ...