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Marjan Kerkhof

General Practitioners Research Institute, Groningen
Verified email at ziggo.nl
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[HTML][HTML] Changes in connective tissue in patients with pelvic organ prolapse—a review of the current literature

MH Kerkhof, L Hendriks, HAM Brölmann - International Urogynecology …, 2009 - Springer
Little is known about the pathophysiology of pelvic organ prolapse (POP). In 1996, Jackson
presented a hypothesis on pelvic floor connective tissue that tried to explain the …

MeDALL (Mechanisms of the Development of ALLergy): an integrated approach from phenotypes to systems medicine

…, B Jacquemin, F Kauffmann, M Kerkhof, M Kogevinas… - Allergy, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
To cite this article: Bousquet J, Anto J, Auffray C, Akdis M, Cambon‐Thomsen A, Keil T, Haahtela
T, Lambrecht BN, Postma DS, Sunyer J, Valenta R, Akdis CA, Annesi‐Maesano I, Arno …

Seizure prognosis in brain tumors: new insights and evidence-based management

CJ Vecht, M Kerkhof, A Duran-Pena - The oncologist, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Brain tumor-related epilepsy (BTE) is common in low- and high-grade gliomas. The risk of
seizures varies between 60% and 100% among low-grade gliomas and between 40% and 60…

[PDF][PDF] DNA methylation in newborns and maternal smoking in pregnancy: genome-wide consortium meta-analysis

…, Z Xu, JB Van Meurs, TR Gaunt, M Kerkhof… - The American Journal of …, 2016 - cell.com
Epigenetic modifications, including DNA methylation, represent a potential mechanism for
environmental impacts on human disease. Maternal smoking in pregnancy remains an …

Air pollution from traffic and the development of respiratory infections and asthmatic and allergic symptoms in children

…, HJ Neijens, J Gerritsen, M Kerkhof… - American journal of …, 2002 - atsjournals.org
… On the basis of colocated measurements, a soot measurement of 2 × 10 −5 /m corresponds
to an elemental carbon concentration of 2.9 μg/m 3 . At each location, measurements were …

Air pollution and development of asthma, allergy and infections in a birth cohort

…, J Gerritsen, DS Postma, M Kerkhof… - European …, 2007 - Eur Respiratory Soc
… high-traffic roads within a 250-m radius of a location, the presence of a major road within a
distance of 50 m, the density of buildings within a 300-m radius and an indicator for the region …

Traffic-related air pollution and the development of asthma and allergies during the first 8 years of life

…, JC de Jongste, M Kerkhof, M Oldenwening… - American journal of …, 2010 - atsjournals.org
… All odds ratios are presented for an interquartile range increase in estimated exposures (10.4
μg · m −3 for NO 2 , 3.2 μg · m −3 for PM 2.5 , and 0.57 × 10 −5 m −1 for soot). …

Blood eosinophil count and prospective annual asthma disease burden: a UK cohort study

…, VL Ashton, A Burden, EV Hillyer, M Kerkhof… - The lancet Respiratory …, 2015 - thelancet.com
Background Elevated sputum eosinophil counts predict asthma exacerbations and
responsiveness to inhaled corticosteroids but are impractical to measure in primary care. We …

Air pollution exposure and lung function in children: the ESCAPE project

…, M Kerkhof, C Klümper, M Korek… - Environmental …, 2013 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background: There is evidence for adverse effects of outdoor air pollution on lung function
of children. Quantitative summaries of the effects of air pollution on lung function, however, …

Mode and place of delivery, gastrointestinal microbiota, and their influence on asthma and atopy

…, DS Postma, GH Koppelman, M Kerkhof… - Journal of Allergy and …, 2011 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Both gastrointestinal microbiota composition and cesarean section have
been linked to atopic manifestations. However, results are inconsistent, and the hypothesized …