Browsing by Author "Fthenou, Eleni"
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Conception, Implementation, and Integration of Heterogenous Information Technology Infrastructures in the Qatar Biobank
Fthenou, Eleni; Al Emadi, Ameena; Mahal, Fahad F; Chettupuzhakaran, Leo T; Al Thani, Asma; Afifi, Nahla... more authors ... less authors ( Mary Ann Liebert , 2019 , Article)The overall goal of the Qatar Biobank (QBB) is to collect, manage, and distribute high-quality human biospecimens with appropriate clinical and/or research annotation and associated phenotypic data, aiming to be an important ... -
Prenatal psychological distress and 11β-HSD2 gene expression in human placentas: Systematic review and meta-analysis
Angham Ibrahim, Tartour; Chivese, Tawanda; Eltayeb, Safa; Elamin, Fatima M.; Fthenou, Eleni; Seed Ahmed, Mohammed; Babu, Giridhara Rathnaiah... more authors ... less authors ( Elsevier , 2024 , Article Review)BackgroundThe placenta acts as a buffer to regulate the degree of fetal exposure to maternal cortisol through the 11-Beta Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase isoenzyme type 2 (11-β HSD2) enzyme. We conducted a systematic review ... -
Qatar Biobank Cohort Study: Study Design and First Results.
Thani, Asma Al; Fthenou, Eleni; Paparrodopoulos, Spyridon; Marri, Ajayeb Al; Shi, Zumin; Qafoud, Fatima; Afifi, Nahla... more authors ... less authors ( Oxford University Press (OUP) , 2019 , Article)The authors describe the design, implementation and results of Qatar Biobank (QBB) for the first 10,000 participants. QBB is a prospective population-based cohort study in Qatar, established in 2012. QBB's primary goal was ... -
Qatar Biobank: A Paradigm of Translating Biobank Science into Evidence-Based Health Care Interventions
Fthenou, Eleni; Al Thani, Asma; Al Marri, Ajaeb; Afifi, Nahla ( Mary Ann Liebert , 2019 , Article)Biobank science is progressively becoming indispensable for the development of novel diagnostic tools in health care, by pairing standardized high-quality biological samples, phenotypic, and omics data required to best ... -
Qatar Biobank: COVID-19 biorepository project
Afifi, Nahla; Fthenou, Eleni; El Deeb, Marwa; Frenneaux, Michael; Al Thani, Asma; Al Khal, Abdul Latif... more authors ... less authors ( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2021 , Article)Background: The rapid spread of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) and its resulting disease (COVID-19) is one of the greatest global public health crisis of the recent decades 1 . The COVID-19 ...