Long-term follow-up after interbody fusion of the cervical spine

…, N Vantomme, E Quintens, Y Waerzeggers… - Clinical Spine …, 2004 - journals.lww.com
The aim of this work was to add to the body of data on the frequency and severity of
degenerative radiographic findings at adjacent levels after anterior cervical interbody fusion …

Deep-brain stimulation: long-term analysis of complications caused by hardware and surgery—experiences from a single centre

J Voges, Y Waerzeggers, M Maarouf… - Journal of Neurology …, 2006 - jnnp.bmj.com
Objective: To determine the surgery-related and hardware-related complications of deep-
brain stimulation (DBS) at a single centre. Methods: 262 consecutive patients (472 …

Methods to monitor gene therapy with molecular imaging

Y Waerzeggers, P Monfared, T Viel, A Winkeler… - Methods, 2009 - Elsevier
Recent progress in scientific and clinical research has made gene therapy a promising
option for efficient and targeted treatment of several inherited and acquired disorders. One of …

[HTML][HTML] Bystander killing of malignant glioma by bone marrow–derived tumor-infiltrating progenitor cells expressing a suicide gene

…, Y Fischer, S Litwak, T Giroglou, Y Waerzeggers… - Molecular Therapy, 2007 - cell.com
Adult stem cells are promising cellular vehicles for therapy of malignant gliomas as they
have the ability to migrate into these tumors and even track infiltrating tumor cells. However …

[HTML][HTML] Mouse models in neurological disorders: applications of non-invasive imaging

Y Waerzeggers, P Monfared, T Viel, A Winkeler… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2010 - Elsevier
Neuroimaging techniques represent powerful tools to assess disease-specific cellular,
biochemical and molecular processes non-invasively in vivo. Besides providing precise …

[HTML][HTML] Early Detection of Erlotinib Treatment Response in NSCLC by 3′-Deoxy-3′-[18F]-Fluoro-L-Thymidine ([18F]FLT) Positron Emission Tomography (PET)

…, B Neumaier, M Koker, T Shimamura, Y Waerzeggers… - PloS one, 2008 - journals.plos.org
Background Inhibition of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) has shown clinical
success in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Somatic mutations …

Early endovascular treatment of ruptured cerebral aneurysms in patients in very poor neurological condition

J Van Loon, Y Waerzeggers, G Wilms… - …, 2002 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVE: In patients in very poor neurological condition (World Federation of
Neurosurgical Societies Grade V) with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage, early surgery …

Multimodal imaging of neural progenitor cell fate in rodents

Y Waerzeggers, M Klein, H Miletic… - Molecular …, 2008 - journals.sagepub.com
For clinical application of stem cell–based therapies, noninvasive detection of applied stem
cells is of high importance. We report on the feasibility of detecting implanted neural …

Analysis of the growth dynamics of angiogenesis-dependent and-independent experimental glioblastomas by multimodal small-animal PET and MRI

…, J Wang, JF Jikeli, Y Waerzeggers… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2012 - Soc Nuclear Med
The hypothesis of this study was that distinct experimental glioblastoma phenotypes
resembling human disease can be noninvasively distinguished at various disease stages by …

Imaging-guided gene therapy of experimental gliomas

…, A Winkeler, H Li, S Vollmar, Y Waerzeggers… - Cancer research, 2007 - AACR
To further develop gene therapy for patients with glioblastomas, an experimental gene
therapy protocol was established comprising a series of imaging parameters for (i) …