scispace - formally typeset
D

Dirkje S. Postma

Researcher at University Medical Center Groningen

Publications -  884
Citations -  64591

Dirkje S. Postma is an academic researcher from University Medical Center Groningen. The author has contributed to research in topics: Asthma & COPD. The author has an hindex of 123, co-authored 884 publications receiving 59626 citations. Previous affiliations of Dirkje S. Postma include Johns Hopkins University & University of Groningen.

Papers
More filters

Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology

Adam E. Locke, +481 more
TL;DR: This paper conducted a genome-wide association study and meta-analysis of body mass index (BMI), a measure commonly used to define obesity and assess adiposity, in up to 339,224 individuals.
Journal ArticleDOI

Optimal assessment and management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The European Respiratory Society Task Force

Nikolaos M. Siafakas, +9 more
- 01 Aug 1995 - 
TL;DR: The guidelines are intended for use by physicians involved in the care of patients with COPD, and their main goals are to inform health professionals and to reverse a widespread nihilistic approach to the management of these patients.
Journal ArticleDOI

Effect of inhaled formoterol and budesonide on exacerbations of asthma. Formoterol and Corticosteroids Establishing Therapy (FACET) International Study Group

Romain Pauwels, +6 more
- 13 Nov 1997 - 
TL;DR: In patients who have persistent symptoms of asthma despite treatment with inhaled glucocorticoids, the addition of formoterol to budesonid therapy or the use of a higher dose of budesonide may be beneficial.
Journal ArticleDOI

An Official American Thoracic Society Public Policy Statement: Novel Risk Factors and the Global Burden of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Mark D. Eisner, +8 more
- 01 Sep 2010 - 
TL;DR: It is concluded that specific genetic syndromes and occupational exposures were causally related to the development of COPD and a substantive burden of COPd is attributable to risk factors other than smoking.
Journal ArticleDOI

Genetic susceptibility to asthma--bronchial hyperresponsiveness coinherited with a major gene for atopy.

Dirkje S. Postma, +7 more
- 05 Oct 1995 - 
TL;DR: It is demonstrated that a trait for an elevated level of serum total IgE is coinherited with a traits for bronchial hyperresponsiveness and that a gene governing bronchiahyperresponsiveness is located near a major locus that regulates serum IgE levels on chromosome 5q.