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Olaf M. Dekkers is affiliated with Leiden University Medical Center in the Netherlands and has a significant body of research primarily within the medical field. Their publications span various subfields, including endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, surgery, statistics and probability, oncology, and epidemiology.

The scientist's recent published papers include the following:

  • European Society of Endocrinology clinical practice guidelines on the management of adrenal incidentalomas, in collaboration with the European Network for the Study of Adrenal Tumors (2023) - European Journal of Endocrinology
  • Increased stress, weight gain and less exercise in relation to glycemic control in people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes during the COVID-19 pandemic (2021) - BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care
  • European Society of Endocrinology Clinical Practice Guideline: Endocrine work-up in obesity (2020) - European Journal of Endocrinology
  • Endocrine-related adverse conditions in patients receiving immune checkpoint inhibition: an ESE clinical practice guideline (2022) - European Journal of Endocrinology
  • Prolonged activation of nasal immune cell populations and development of tissue-resident SARS-CoV-2-specific CD8+ T cell responses following COVID-19 (2021) - Nature Immunology

The main fields of study connected with their work are:

  • Medicine

Within this, notable subfields include:

  • Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
  • Surgery
  • Statistics and Probability
  • Oncology
  • Epidemiology

Olaf M. Dekkers' research covers key topics such as:

  • Pituitary Gland Disorders and Treatments
  • Adrenal and Paraganglionic Tumors
  • Advanced Causal Inference Techniques
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
  • Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors
  • Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Advances
  • Meta-analysis and systematic reviews

Frequent publication venues where this scientist's work appears are:

  • European Journal of Endocrinology
  • The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
  • Endocrine Abstracts
  • Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
  • Reviews in Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders

Colleagues frequently collaborating with Olaf M. Dekkers include:

  • Rolf H. H. Groenwold
  • Alberto M. Pereira
  • Saskia le Cessie
  • Natasha M. Appelman-Dijkstra
  • Anne T Leerling

Best Publications

  • Management of adrenal incidentalomas: European Society of Endocrinology Clinical Practice Guideline in collaboration with the European Network for the Study of Adrenal Tumors

    Martin Fassnacht;Wiebke Arlt;Irina Bancos;Irina Bancos;Henning Dralle

  • Clinical practice guidelines for the care of girls and women with Turner syndrome: proceedings from the 2016 Cincinnati International Turner Syndrome Meeting

    Claus H Gravholt;Niels H Andersen;Gerard S Conway;Olaf M Dekkers

  • European Society of Endocrinology Clinical Practice Guidelines on the management of adrenocortical carcinoma in adults, in collaboration with the European Network for the Study of Adrenal Tumors

    Martin Fassnacht;Olaf M. Dekkers;Olaf M. Dekkers;Tobias Else;Eric Baudin;Eric Baudin

  • Mediastinoscopy vs Endosonography for Mediastinal Nodal Staging of Lung Cancer: A Randomized Trial

    Jouke T. Annema;Jan P. van Meerbeeck;Robert C. Rintoul;Christophe Dooms

  • European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases: update of the diagnostic guidance document for Clostridium difficile infection.

    M.J.T. Crobach;T. Planche;C. Eckert;F. Barbut

  • Mortality in Acromegaly: A Metaanalysis

    O. M. Dekkers;N. R. Biermasz;A. M. Pereira;J. A. Romijn

  • Effectiveness and safety of novel oral anticoagulants as compared with vitamin K antagonists in the treatment of acute symptomatic venous thromboembolism: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    T. van der Hulle;J. Kooiman;P. L. den Exter;O. M. Dekkers

  • European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID): Data review and recommendations for diagnosing Clostridium difficile-infection (CDI)

    M.J.T. Crobach;O.M. Dekkers;M.H. Wilcox;E.J. Kuijper

  • Time interval of increased risk for Clostridium difficile infection after exposure to antibiotics

    Marjolein P. M. Hensgens;Abraham Goorhuis;Olaf M. Dekkers;Ed J. Kuijper

  • Heart rate variability and first cardiovascular event in populations without known cardiovascular disease: meta-analysis and dose-response meta-regression.

    Stefanie Hillebrand;Karin B. Gast;Renée de Mutsert;Cees A. Swenne

  • PCOS, coronary heart disease, stroke and the influence of obesity: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    P.C.M. de Groot;O.M. Dekkers;J.A. Romijn;S.W.M. Dieben

  • Thyroid Hormone Therapy for Older Adults with Subclinical Hypothyroidism.

    David J. Stott;Nicolas Rodondi;Patricia M. Kearney;Ian Ford

  • Mendelian randomization studies: a review of the approaches used and the quality of reporting

    Anna G C Boef;Olaf M Dekkers;Saskia le Cessie

  • European Society of Endocrinology Clinical Practice Guideline for long-term follow-up of patients operated on for a phaeochromocytoma or a paraganglioma

    P F Plouin;L Amar;O M Dekkers;M Fassnacht

  • European Society of Endocrinology clinical practice guidelines for the management of aggressive pituitary tumours and carcinomas

    Gerald Raverot;Pia Burman;Ann McCormack;Anthony Heaney

  • European Society of Endocrinology Clinical Guideline: Treatment of chronic hypoparathyroidism in adults

    Jens Bollerslev;Lars Rejnmark;Claudio Marcocci;Dolores M Shoback

  • Different combined oral contraceptives and the risk of venous thrombosis: systematic review and network meta-analysis

    Stegeman Bh;de Bastos M;Rosendaal Fr;van Hylckama Vlieg A

  • Multisystem morbidity and mortality in Cushing's syndrome: a cohort study.

    Olaf M. Dekkers;Erzsébet Horváth-Puhó;Jens Otto L. Jørgensen;Suzanne C. Cannegieter

  • Use of glucocorticoids and risk of venous thromboembolism: a nationwide population-based case-control study.

    Sigrun A. Johannesdottir;Erzsébet Horváth-Puhó;Olaf M. Dekkers;Suzanne C. Cannegieter

  • Mediastinoscopy vs Endosonography for Mediastinal Nodal Staging of Lung Cancer

    Jouke T. Annema;Jan P. van Meerbeeck;Robert C. Rintoul;Christophe Dooms

Frequent Co-Authors

Alberto M. Pereira
Alberto M. Pereira University of Amsterdam
Johannes A. Romijn
Johannes A. Romijn University of Amsterdam
Jan P. Vandenbroucke
Jan P. Vandenbroucke Leiden University Medical Center
Jens Otto Lunde Jørgensen
Jens Otto Lunde Jørgensen Aarhus University Hospital
Henrik Toft Sørensen
Henrik Toft Sørensen Aarhus University
Wouter W. de Herder
Wouter W. de Herder Erasmus University Rotterdam
Johannes W. A. Smit
Johannes W. A. Smit Leiden University Medical Center
Friedo W. Dekker
Friedo W. Dekker Leiden University Medical Center
Frits R. Rosendaal
Frits R. Rosendaal Leiden University Medical Center
Nicolas Rodondi
Nicolas Rodondi University of Bern

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