Articles by author - Joanna Oswiecimska

Serum visfatin levels are decreased in schoolchildren with atopic asthma.

Machura E, Ziora K, Ziora D, Świtęochowska E, Halkiewicz F, Oświęcimska J, Kasperska-Zając A.

Journal Article 2012; 33(5): 559-564 PubMed PMID: 23090276  Keywords:  Adolescent, Asthma:blood, Biomarkers:blood, Body Mass Index, Child, Female, Humans, Hypersensitivity:blood, Male, Nicotinamide Phosphoribosyltransferase:blood, Obesity:blood, Severity of Illness Index,.    Citation

OBJECTIVES: Very little is known about the role of adipokines in atopic asthma in children. Studies about the potential role of novel proi.....

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Assessment of serum levels resistin in girls with anorexia nervosa. Part I. Relationship between resistin and body mass index.

Ziora K, Oswiecimska J, Swietochowska E, Ostrowska Z, Stojewska M, Gorczyca P, Rojewska K, Ziora-Jakutowicz K, Szczepanska M, Ziora D.

Comparative Study 2011; 32(5): 691-696 PubMed PMID: 22167130  Keywords:  Adaptation, Physiological:physiology, Adolescent, Anorexia Nervosa:metabolism, Body Mass Index, Child, Female, Humans, Obesity:metabolism, ROC Curve, Resistin:blood, Young Adult,.    Citation

OBJECTIVES: There are only few studies available on blood resistin (RES) levels in patients with anorexia nervosa (AN), which revealed sca.....

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Assessment of serum levels resistin in girls with anorexia nervosa. Part II. Relationships between serum levels of resistin and thyroid, adrenal and gonadal hormones.

Ziora K, Oswiecimska J, Swietochowska E, Ostrowska Z, Stojewska M, Gorczyca P, Rojewska K, Ziora-Jakutowicz K, Szczepanska M, Ziora D.

Journal Article 2011; 32(5): 697-703 PubMed PMID: 22167129  Keywords:  Adolescent, Adrenal Glands:physiology, Adrenocorticotropic Hormone:blood, Anorexia Nervosa:metabolism, Child, Endocrine System:physiology, Estradiol:blood, Female, Follicle Stimulating Hormone:blood, Hormones:blood, Humans, Hydrocortisone:blood, Hypothala.    Citation

OBJECTIVES: Thyroid, adrenal glands and gonadal hormones play a role in maintaining metabolic homeostasis of the body via the receptors lo.....

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Effects of feminizing surgery for ambiguous genitalia - a novel scale for evaluation of cosmetic and anatomical results.

Oswiecimska J, Paradysz A, Zyczkowski M, Ziora K, Pikiewicz-Koch A, Stojewska M, Dyduch A.

Journal Article 2009; 30(2): 262-267 PubMed PMID: 19675521  Keywords:  Adolescent, Adrenal Hyperplasia, Congenital:pathology, Child, Child, Preschool, Disorders of Sex Development:pathology, Female, Genitalia:abnormalities, Genitalia, Female:abnormalities, Humans, Infant, Male, Reconstructive Surgical Procedures, Treatment O.    Citation

INTRODUCTION: Ambiguous genitalia always present diagnostic and therapeutic problem. Long-term results of feminizing operations are unsati.....

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Effect of intrauterine infection and perinatal risk factors on serum concentrations of insulin like growth factor (IGF-I) in full-term and preterm newborns.

Oświecimska J, Stojewska M, Behrendt J, Pikiewicz-Koch A, Ziora K, Szczepanska M, Barc-Czarnecka M, Godula-Stuglik U.

Comparative Study 2008; 29(2): 222-229 PubMed PMID: 18404140  Keywords:  Birth Weight, Body Height, Female, Gestational Age, Humans, Infant, Newborn:blood, Infant, Newborn, Diseases:blood, Infant, Premature:blood, Infection:blood, Insulin-Like Growth Factor I:analysis, Male, Pregnancy, Pregnancy Complications, Infectious:blood.    Citation

OBJECTIVES: IGF-I is believed to be a key factor in fetal growth dynamics It is widely known, that serious early-onset infection in the ne.....

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Growth hormone therapy in boy with panhypopituitarism may induce pilomatricoma recurrence: case report.

Oswiecimska J, Ziora K, Ziora K, Pindycka-Piaszczynska M, Zajecki W, Pikiewicz-Koch A, Stojewska M.

Case Reports 2008; 29(1): 51-54 PubMed PMID: 18283258  Keywords:  Adolescent, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Growth Hormone:adverse effects, Hair Diseases:chemically induced, Humans, Hypopituitarism:drug therapy, Insulin-Like Growth Factor I:metabolism, Male, Neoplasm Recurrence, Local:chemically induced, Pilomatrixo.    Citation

: Pilomatricoma is usually a solitary subcutaneous nodule. Recurrence of the nodule after surgical excision is very rare. Pilomatricoma oc.....

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