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Impact Factor (13.04.2012)

//doi.org/10.3238/arztebl.2012.0267

How likely is it that a scientific article will still be being cited half a century after it first appeared? A working group around John P. Ioannidis of Stanford University has investigated the fate of more than 5000 contributions in 27 medical...

Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (03.03.2017)

//doi.org/10.3238/arztebl.2017.0149

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD; according to the DSM-5) (1) and hyperkinetic disorder (HKD; according to the ICD-10) (2) describe a childhood-onset developmental disturbance that persists for at least six months and across different...

Physical Fitness, Weight, Smoking, and Exercise Patterns in Young Adults (02.11.2012)

https://www.aerzteblatt.de/int/archive/article/132051/Physical-fitness-weight-smoking-and-exercise-patterns-in-young-adults

The great technical advances and wealth of recent decades have led to historically unique changes in the living conditions and lifestyles of entire populations (1Â–3). In developed countries, people have easy access to cheap and abundant foods every...

Treatment Strategies for Resistant Arterial Hypertension (28.10.2011)

//doi.org/10.3238/arztebl.2011.0725

Arterial hypertension is one of the most frequent chronic diseases in the industrialized nations of the West and represents a major risk factor for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. In Germany, only 5% to 17% of patients treated for...

Liquid Biopsy in Tumor Genetic Diagnosis (09.03.2018)

//doi.org/10.3238/arztebl.2018.0169

Liquid biopsy is a term used to describe a diagnostic approach relying on cell-free nucleic acids from bodily fluidsÂ—usually circulating free deoxyribonucleic acids (circulating free DNA, cfDNA)Â—which are isolated from blood, enhanced and...

The CARE Guidelines (13.09.2013)

http://www.aerzteblatt.de/int/archive/article/145667/The-CARE-Guidelines-Consensus-Based-Clinical-Case-Reporting-Guideline-Devel

A case report is a detailed narrative that describes, for medical, scientific, or educational purposes, a medical problem experienced by one or several patients. Case reports present clinical observations customarily collected in healthcare delivery...

Neonatal Cystic Fibrosis Screening (17.05.2013)

//doi.org/10.3238/arztebl.2013.0354

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is the most common multisystem, autosomal-recessive genetic disease leading to premature death among persons of European ancestry. It affects about 1 in every 2500 neonates in Germany. The underlying abnormality in the chloride...

Oocyte Donation (21.01.2011)

//doi.org/10.3238/arztebl.2011.0023

Oocyte donation has been used for more than 25 years to treat unwanted childlessness (1). As the procedure has been prohibited in Germany since the law on the protection of embryos was introduced in December 1990, couples have been using medical...

Diabetic Retinopathy (05.02.2010)

//doi.org/10.3238/arztebl.2010.0075

Medical advances in recent decades have paradoxically led to an increase in the incidence and prevalence of diabetes mellitus and its complications. Increased life expectancy in the industrialized world is one reason why diabetes is now more common;...

Strength Training for Women as a Vehicle for Health Promotion at Work (30.06.2017)

https://www.aerzteblatt.de/int/archive/article/191927

Continuing technological progress has had an enormous effect on working conditions and general lifestyle in recent decades, leading to a sharp decrease in physical activity (1, 2, e1Â–e3). This trend has been especially pronounced in the areas of work...