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Frank Buntinx

Frank Buntinx

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Medicine

D-Index
75
Citations
23505
World Ranking
19059
National Ranking
240

Overview

Frank Buntinx is affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium and has produced research primarily in the field of Medicine, with a focus on several subfields including Epidemiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Infectious Diseases, and Oncology.

Their research topics cover a range of subjects within these subfields, highlighting areas such as:

  • Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Urinary Tract Infections Management
  • Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions
  • Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection
  • Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
  • COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research

Frank Buntinx has contributed to several recent papers, including:

  • "Symptoms and signs of colorectal cancer, with differences between proximal and distal colon cancer: a prospective cohort study of diagnostic accuracy in primary care" (2021), published in BMC Family Practice
  • "Nursing home residents with suspected urinary tract infections: a diagnostic accuracy study" (2022), published in BMC Geriatrics
  • "Study characteristical and regional influences on postpartum depression before vs. during the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review and meta-analysis" (2023), published in Frontiers in Public Health
  • "Added value of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody testing in a Flemish nursing home during an acute COVID-19 outbreak in April 2020" (2020), published in Acta Clinica Belgica
  • "Impact of a postpartum care rehabilitation program to prevent postpartum depression at a secondary municipal hospital in Qingdao China: a cross-sectional study" (2023), published in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

The frequent collaborators of Frank Buntinx include:

  • Jan De Lepeleire
  • Mieke Vermandere
  • Katrien Latour
  • Boudewijn Catry
  • Xiaoqian Zhang

The scientist has published multiple articles in the following venues:

  • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
  • Archives of Public Health
  • Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde
  • BMC Family Practice
  • BMC Geriatrics

Best Publications

  • Erratum: Genetic variation in the prostate stem cell antigen gene PSCA confers susceptibility to urinary bladder cancer (Nature Genetics (2009) 41 (991-995))

    Xifeng Wu;Yuanqing Ye;Lambertus A. Kiemeney;Patrick Sulem

  • Multimorbidity in General Practice: Prevalence, Incidence, and Determinants of Co-Occurring Chronic and Recurrent Diseases

    Marjan van den Akker;Frank Buntinx;Job F.M. Metsemakers;Sjef Roos

  • Conducting systematic reviews of diagnostic studies: didactic guidelines

    Walter L. J. M. Devillé;Frank Buntinx;Lex M Bouter;Victor M. Montori

  • Comorbidity or multimorbidity

    Marjan van den Akker;Frank Buntinx;J André Knottnerus

  • Sequence variants at the TERT-CLPTM1L locus associate with many cancer types.

    Thorunn Rafnar;Patrick Sulem;Simon N Stacey;Frank Geller

  • Virologic Versus Cytologic Triage of Women With Equivocal Pap Smears: A Meta-analysis of the Accuracy To Detect High-Grade Intraepithelial Neoplasia

    Marc Arbyn;Frank Buntinx;Marc Van Ranst;Evangelos Paraskevaidis

  • Sequence Variant on 8q24 Confers Susceptibility to Urinary Bladder Cancer

    Lambertus A Kiemeney;Steinunn Thorlacius;Patrick Sulem;Frank Geller

  • Factors determining the impact of care-giving on caregivers of elderly patients with dementia. A systematic literature review

    Birgitte Schoenmakers;Frank Buntinx;Jan Delepeleire

  • Prognostic value of handgrip strength in people aged 60 years and older: A systematic review and meta-analysis

    Joke M. Rijk;Paul R. K. M. Roos;Laura Deckx;Marjan van den Akker;Marjan van den Akker

  • Increased risk of Parkinson's disease after depression: a retrospective cohort study.

    A G Schuurman;M van den Akker;K T J L Ensinck;J F M Metsemakers

  • Diagnostic value of clinical features at presentation to identify serious infection in children in developed countries: a systematic review

    Ann Van den Bruel;Tanya Haj-Hassan;Matthew Thompson;Frank Buntinx

  • Risk factors for open-angle glaucoma: a case-control study.

    D.Kaimbo Wa Kaimbo;F Buntinx;L Missotten

  • Screening properties of questionnaires and laboratory tests for the detection of alcohol abuse or dependence in a general practice population.

    Bert Aertgeerts;Frank Buntinx;S Ansoms;Johan Fevery

  • Problems in determining occurrence rates of multimorbidity

    Marjan van den Akker;Frank Buntinx;Sjef Roos;J.André Knottnerus

  • The association between smoking, beverage consumption, diet and bladder cancer: a systematic literature review

    M.P.A. Zeegers;E. Kellen;F.J.V.M. Buntinx;F.J.V.M. Buntinx;P.A. van den Brandt

  • The Relation Between Morbidity and Cognitive Performance in a Normal Aging Population

    Martin P. J. van Boxtel;Frank Buntinx;Peter J. Houx;Job F. M. Metsemakers

  • Systematic review and validation of prediction rules for identifying children with serious infections in emergency departments and urgent-access primary care

    M. Thompson;A. van den Bruel;J.Y. Verbakel;Monica Lakhanpaul

  • Genetic variation in the prostate stem cell antigen gene PSCA confers susceptibility to urinary bladder cancer

    Xifeng Wu;Yuanqing Ye;Lambertus A. Kiemeney;Patrick Sulem

  • A sequence variant at 4p16.3 confers susceptibility to urinary bladder cancer.

    Lambertus A Kiemeney;Patrick Sulem;Soren Besenbacher;Sita H Vermeulen

  • Human papillomavirus testing versus repeat cytology for triage of minor cytological cervical lesions.

    Marc Arbyn;Jolien Roelens;Cindy Simoens;Frank Buntinx

Frequent Co-Authors

Marjan van den Akker
Marjan van den Akker Goethe University Frankfurt
Maurice P. Zeegers
Maurice P. Zeegers Maastricht University
Marc Arbyn
Marc Arbyn Ghent University
J. André Knottnerus
J. André Knottnerus Maastricht University
Unnur Thorsteinsdottir
Unnur Thorsteinsdottir deCODE Genetics (Iceland)
Kari Stefansson
Kari Stefansson deCODE Genetics (Iceland)
Giuseppe Matullo
Giuseppe Matullo University of Turin
Gunnar Steineck
Gunnar Steineck University of Gothenburg
Paolo Vineis
Paolo Vineis Imperial College London
Annika Lindblom
Annika Lindblom Karolinska Institute

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