Alexandra Georgiou

ORCID: 0000-0003-1963-3118
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Research Areas
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Nutrition and Health in Aging
  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Health and Lifestyle Studies
  • Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Body Composition Measurement Techniques
  • Liver Disease and Transplantation
  • Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances
  • Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging
  • Biotechnology and Related Fields
  • Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling
  • Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity
  • Asthma and respiratory diseases
  • Obesity and Health Practices
  • Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Antifungal resistance and susceptibility
  • Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research
  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
  • Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications
  • Human Resource Development and Performance Evaluation
  • Healthcare and Venom Research
  • Autoimmune Bullous Skin Diseases
  • Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
  • HIV-related health complications and treatments
  • Respiratory viral infections research

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
2020-2023

Harokopio University of Athens
2015-2021

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
2020

St Thomas' Hospital
2020

Hippocration General Hospital
2007

University of Bern
2007

St Mary's Hospital
1996

Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
1988

Helper T (Th) cells can be classified functionally into two main types. Broadly, Th1 play a major role in eliminating viral pathogens, while Th2 mediate anti-parasite immunity and allergic responses. These functions are thought to depend on characteristic distinct patterns of cytokine production. Infection with human respiratory syncytial virus, an important common cold causes transient lymphocytic bronchiolitis mice. Activated partly responsible for this disease, but also eliminate the...

10.1099/0022-1317-77-10-2447 article EN Journal of General Virology 1996-10-01

Malnutrition risk screening in cirrhotic patients is crucial, as poor nutritional status negatively affects disease prognosis and survival. Given that a variety of malnutrition tools usually used routine clinical practice, the effectiveness eight detecting was sought. A total 170 (57·1 % male, 59·4 (sd 10·5) years, 50·6 decompensated ones) with cirrhosis various aetiologies were enrolled. Nutritional performed using Universal Screening Tool, Risk Index, (NRS-2002), Birmingham Score, Short...

10.1017/s0007114519002277 article EN British Journal Of Nutrition 2019-09-05

In patients with liver cirrhosis (LC), sarcopenia is correlated frequent complications and increased mortality. Myostatin, a myokine, potential biomarker of skeletal mass and/or sarcopenia. The aim this study was to examine the association between myostatin muscle evaluate as in LC. Skeletal index (SMI) myosteatosis were evaluated by computed tomography scan. Muscle quantity quality along strength function used diagnose Serum measured ELISA. One hundred fifteen consecutive LC [72.2% male,...

10.1152/ajpgi.00184.2021 article EN AJP Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology 2021-09-01

<b><i>Background:</i></b> Obesity in childhood and adolescence represents a major health problem of our century. In Greece, 30–35% children adolescents are overweight or obese. <b><i>Objective Hypotheses:</i></b> To investigate the effectiveness comprehensive multidisciplinary personalized management plan at reducing prevalence obesity adolescence. <b><i>Patients Methods:</i></b> One thousand (<i>n</i> =...

10.1159/000507760 article EN Hormone Research in Paediatrics 2020-01-01

Childhood obesity increases the risk for metabolic disorders, but is also related to nutritional deficiencies, such as anemia and hypovitaminosis D. Although children/adolescents with overweight/obesity may have higher energy intake, their diet quality diversity be low. The present study aimed evaluate consumption of foods against national food-based dietary guidelines in children adolescents overweight or Greece. Sociodemographic, anthropometric lifestyle data were collected from a sample...

10.3390/children9020256 article EN cc-by Children 2022-02-15

The adoption of healthy nutritional habits constitutes one the most important determinants growth and development in childhood. Few studies Greece have examined children's diet quality using indices. present study aimed to assess a large cohort children adolescents with overweight or obesity. Study participants (n = 1335), aged 2-18, were recruited through Out-patient Clinic for Prevention Management Overweight Obesity Childhood Adolescence, Aghia Sophia Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece....

10.3390/children10071261 article EN cc-by Children 2023-07-22

Zusammenfassung: Während eines Zeitraumes von 42 Monaten (April 1982 bis Oktober 1985) wurden an der Medizinischen Klinik Universität Erlangen‐Nürnberg 361 Patienten (147 Frauen, 214 Männer, mittleres Alter = 51,9 Jahre) mit malignen Erkrankungen (49% solide Tumoren, 36% Lymphome, 11% akute Leukämien, 4% chronische myeloische Leukämien) zytostatisch behandelt Zur Mykoseprophylaxe erhielten diese Ketoconazol, ein Breitspektrum‐Anti‐mykotikum Imidazolgruppe, in einer Dosierung 200 mg/die per...

10.1111/j.1439-0507.1988.tb04425.x article Mycoses 1988-06-01
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