Aims: Renal cell cancer is one of the major killer cancers affecting mankind. Various polymorphisms in different genes have been found to be associated with the disease. +936 C/T SNP in the VEGF gene has been reported to be associated with spread of metastasis in several parts of...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2019/v31i730306
Background and Aims: Antibodies against thyroperoxidase (TPO-Ab) and cholesterol levels are raised in overt hypothyroidism (OH) along with an increase of hsCRP, an early indicator of low grade inflammation. However, hypercholesterolemia and dyslipedemia has been found inconsisten...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMMR/2018/44329
Aims: Iron overload in beta thalassemia is linked to different mutations in diverse population groups. Among them polymorphism of C282Y and H63D in the Hfe gene are particularly important. The present study was undertaken to evaluate the prevalence of the H63D and C282Y mutation...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMMR/2017/35374
Background: GSTP1 is one of the Glutathione-S-Transferases (GSTs) which suppress tumor genesis by detoxifying toxic carcinogens and reactive oxygen species (ROS). Prostate cancer is related to several mutations affecting the expression of GSTP1. A single nucleotide polymorphism (...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2019/v29i230062
Background: Dyslipidemia and metabolic complications related to Insulin resistance are closely linked to patients suffering from polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS). Aims: To find out the changes in serum testosterone, leptin and adiponectin levels and explore their relative impor...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/29265
Aims: Serum bilirubin, albumin and prothrombin time are the most commonly measured parameters to assess the progress of hepatic cirrhosis. No widely accepted cut off values for these parameters are available for an early diagnosis of the decompensation process of hepatic cirrhosi...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2014/10443
Aims: In conjunction with triglyceride (TG) and HDLc, changes in the Lp (a) level in hypothyroidism have shown variable results. In the present study we made an effort to evaluate the role of Lp(a) as cardiovascular risk factor in both subclinical(SH) and overt hypothyroidism(OH)...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/20250