NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2004, VOLUME 21, No 6

TABLE OF CONTENTS

editorial

Phytoestrogens
J. Kostoglou-Athanassiou
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review

Autoantibodies and autoantigens associated with autoimmune hepatitis
and viruses-induced autoimmune response:
Significant tools in clinical practice and in the study
of pathogenesis of autoimmune hepatic diseases
G.N. Dalekos
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original papers

Increased cartilage loading triggers differentiation/maturation of articular surface
chondroblasts via activation of the MAPK-AP-1 signal transduction pathway
D.J. Papachristou, N.J. Agnantis, A.G. Papavassiliou, E.K. Basdra
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Recombinant polypeptides of the acetylcholine receptor in the development
of an antigen-specific therapy for myasthenia gravis through the immunoadsorption
of anti-receptor antibodies from myasthenic patients
K. Kostelidou, L. Psaridi-Linardaki, N. Trakas, A. Mamalaki, S.J. Tzartos
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A comparative study in angiogenic activity in free grafts
after urethral reconstruction in rabbits
E. Kampouri, S. Gardikis, A. Giatromanolaki, P. Ipsilantis, S. Botaitis,
S. Perente, E. Efstathiou, S. Antypas, A. Polychronidis, E. Sivridis, C. Simopoulos
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short communications

Superficial siderosis of the central nervous system
K. Spengos, M. Panas, G. Koutsis, S. Sameli, G. Tsivgoulis, A. Petropoulou, D. Vassilopoulos
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Intestinal bleeding of obscure origin in childhood:
Diagnosis and treatment by means of laparoscopy
N. Baltogiannis, A. Faviou, AA. Papandreou, V. Charisi, S. Nikolaou, D. Keramidas
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HIV-focal segmental glomerulosclerosis or HIV-associated nephropathy in a Greek patient
A. Kaloterakis, A. Filiotou, S. Batzios, E. Xydia, G. Bougatsos, I. Kakavas
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clinicopathological round

A 71-year-old patient with prostate cancer and prolonged febrile status
Ch. Tolis, V. Tsimihodimos, S. Kamina, N. Pavlidis
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