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Schibler A, von der Heiden R, Birrer P, Mullis P
Arch Dis Child . 2003 Dec; 88(12):1078-81. PMID: 14670773
Aim: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of treatment with recombinant growth hormone (rGH) in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). Methods: Twenty patients with CF (aged 10-23 years) were randomised...
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Griese M, von Bredow C, Birrer P, Schams A
Pulm Pharmacol Ther . 2002 Jan; 14(6):461-7. PMID: 11782126
The inhalation of alpha(1)-protease inhibitor (alpha(1)-PI) was assessed in a pilot study to restore the protease-antiprotease balance in the lungs of cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. In addition, the effect of...
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von Bredow C, Birrer P, Griese M
Eur Respir J . 2001 Jun; 17(4):716-22. PMID: 11401069
Inflammation and proteolytic processes play an important role in the progression of cystic fibrosis (CF) lung disease. The goal of this study was to describe bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) protein...
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Griese M, von Bredow C, Birrer P
Electrophoresis . 2001 Feb; 22(1):165-71. PMID: 11197168
In cystic fibrosis (CF), the chronic neutrophilic inflammation of the airways results in proteolytic degradation of lung tissue early in the course of the disease. Inhalation of alpha 1-protease inhibitor...
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Wagner B, Birrer P, Tonz M, Tschappeler H, Pfenninger J
Intensive Care Med . 1999 Sep; 25(7):729-32. PMID: 10470578
A neonatal case of severe, ventilator-dependent tracheobronchomalacia (TBM) is described. The extent of the malacic segment was determined by endoscopy and tracheobronchography. Additionally, relevant and ever increasing reversible peripheral airway...
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Kraemer R, Birrer P
Pediatr Res . 1998 Dec; 44(6):920-6. PMID: 9853928
The relationship between the most common disease-causing mutations, the clinical manifestation, and lung function was prospectively assessed in 60 infants (33 females, 27 males) with cystic fibrosis at time of...
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Griese M, Birrer P, Demirsoy A
Eur Respir J . 1997 Oct; 10(9):1983-8. PMID: 9311489
Cystic fibrosis (CF) leads to a chronic inflammation of the airways with significant air flow limitations developing early in the course of the disease. As a well-functioning pulmonary surfactant is...
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Schibler A, Birrer P, Vella S
Schweiz Med Wochenschr . 1997 Aug; 127(31-32):1280-4. PMID: 9333938
A syndrome involving periodic fever, pharyngitis, adenitis and aphthous stomatitis is described in 8 children. Attacks are characterized by abrupt onset of fever and, in addition to the above symptoms,...
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Kraemer R, Graf Bigler U, Casaulta Aebischer C, Weder M, Birrer P
Respiration . 1997 Jan; 64(5):342-9. PMID: 9311050
Unlabelled: Twenty-nine of initially 42 infants with recurrent wheeze (20 male and 9 female) with an age range of 2.1-25.2 months were randomly assigned to receive either 100 micrograms beclomethasone...
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Reymond D, Birrer P, Luthy A, Rimensberger P, BECK M
Pediatr Hematol Oncol . 1997 Jan; 14(1):51-7. PMID: 9021813
The antipyretic efficacy of propacetamol, an intravenous prodrug of paracetamol, was evaluated in two pediatric prospective randomized studies. In the first, we-compared one standard intravenous dose of propacetamol (30 mg/kg)...