Age of Onset - Research News and Information

Wednesday, January 07, 2009

The SRD5A2 V89L polymorphism is associated with severity of disease in men with early onset prostate cancer.

29 Nov 2008 BACKGROUND: Emerging evidence indicates that testosterone (T), and not dihydrotestosterone (DHT), is the most relevant androgen that promotes carcinogenesis in the prostate. Steroid 5-alpha reductase type II (SRD5A2) catalyzes the irreversible ... Read more...

Incidence of early-onset dementias in Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom.

2 Nov 2008 OBJECTIVE: To estimate the incidence of early-onset dementias in a defined area of Cambridgeshire served by Addenbrooke's Hospital. METHODS: The area selected for the study was that covered by the local authority areas of Cambridge City, East ... Read more...

Neuropsychological sequelae in patients with neurodegenerative Langerhans cell histiocytosis.

30 Oct 2008 BACKGROUND: Patients with Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) may develop neurodegeneration and significant CNS sequelae, affecting a significant proportion of the patients. We here aimed to investigate the neuropsychological consequences in more ... Read more...

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• The SRD5A2 V89L polymorphism is associated with severity of disease in men with early onset prostate cancer. 29 Nov 2008
• Incidence of early-onset dementias in Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom. 2 Nov 2008
• Neuropsychological sequelae in patients with neurodegenerative Langerhans cell histiocytosis. 30 Oct 2008
• CHOP T/C and C/T haplotypes contribute to early-onset type 2 diabetes in Italians. 30 Oct 2008
• Duration of pre-rheumatoid arthritis anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide positivity is positively associated with age at seroconversion. 30 Oct 2008
• Neurological pictures. Adult-onset leukoencephalopathy with calcifications associated with primary antiphospholipid syndrome. 30 Oct 2008
• New findings on antipsychotic use in children and adolescents with schizophrenia spectrum disorders. 30 Oct 2008
• Borderline ovarian tumors in Sweden 1960-2005: trends in incidence and age at diagnosis compared to ovarian cancer. 13 Oct 2008
• Reliability and validity of the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study Neurocognitive Questionnaire. 13 Oct 2008
• Curative and beta cell regenerative effects of alpha1-antitrypsin treatment in autoimmune diabetic NOD mice. 11 Oct 2008
• The neuregulin 1 promoter polymorphism rs6994992 is not associated with chronic schizophrenia or neurocognition. 3 Oct 2008
• Genetic association between alpha-synuclein and idiopathic Parkinson's disease. 3 Oct 2008
• Association study of the estrogen receptor alpha gene (ESR1) and childhood-onset mood disorders. 3 Oct 2008
• Inflammatory bowel disease in New Zealand children--a growing problem. Oct 2008
• Paediatric inflammatory bowel disease in New Zealand. Oct 2008
• Hepatitis B virus infection. 30 Sep 2008
• Low prevalence of CDKN2A/ARF mutations among early-onset cancers of breast, pancreas and malignant melanoma in Poland. 29 Sep 2008
• Amyloid fibril composition is related to the phenotype of hereditary transthyretin V30M amyloidosis. 29 Sep 2008
• Myofibrillar myopathies. 29 Sep 2008
• Invasive group B streptococcal infections in infants, France. 29 Sep 2008

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Technical information about 'Age of Onset'

Definition: The age or period of life at which a disease or the initial symptoms or manifestations of a disease appear in an individual.

Descriptor UI: D017668

Alternative terms: Age of Onset; Onset Age; Late-Onset Disorders; Disorder, Late-Onset; Disorders, Late-Onset; Late Onset Disorders; Late-Onset Disorder;

Tree Number: N05.715.350.075.100; N06.850.490.250.100;

History Note: 94

Technical Notes: IM: GEN only; not for routine age of onset of dis in individual case reports; coord NIM with disease /epidemiol (IM), as "age of onset in peptic ulcer" = AGE OF ONSET (NIM) + PEPTIC ULCER /epidemiol (IM); no qualif