Introduction: Familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) is a rare diagnosis in East Africa. The author reports a case of a 21 year old gentleman presenting with occasional passage of blood stained stool, and found to have familial adenomatous polyposis coli. This is followed by a lite...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2020/v32i1730647
Akudo Chidinma Ohale, Emmanuel Ifeanyi Obeagu, Happiness Alaribe Mark, Chidindu C. Mmadu- Okoli, Chukwuebuka Brian Ugoh-Ezepue, Chibuike Ernest Ohanu, Uzoma Chinyere Okongwu, Chidinma Ijeoma Nlemadim, Ifeoma Blessing Ekeigwe & Ogochukwu Adamaka Okeke·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2020
For centuries honey has been regarded as wonderful gift of nature in which the properties of an excellent food, beneficial alike to adults and children, are combined with medicinal properties. Surprisingly, its sub-acute effect on coagulation is unknown. Hence; this present study...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2020/v32i1730643
Peliosis hepatis (PH) is a rare condition showing presence of multiple blood‑filled cystic cavities in the liver. It does not have any gender predilection, and is suspected to be idiopathic. However, in patients with predisposing diseases, its prevalence can range from 0.2 to 22%...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2020/v32i1730640
T. S. Espósito, T. M. M. Paz, L. O. W. Rodrigues, A. C. A. Santos, R. D. M. Almeida, O. F. Santos, R. L. Medeiros, J. A. S. Lopes & D. O. W. Rodrigues·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2020
Aims: To identify coinfection by Hepatitis B (HBV), Hepatitis C (HCV) and Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in Hemophiliacs. Methodology: We included 107 hemophiliacs. For the current analysis, age, type, severity of Hemophilia and serum profile for Hepatitis B, C and HIV were i...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2020/v32i1730641
Background: There are few biomarkers that can be easily accessed in clinical settings and may reflect refractory Th2-eosinophlic inflammation and remodeling of the asthmatic airways. Serum periostin may be one such biomarker to aid our understanding of the patho-bio-physiology of...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2020/v32i1730642
Aim: To evaluate the influence of various obturating techniques on retreatment teeth. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Institute of Dental Sciences, Jammu and Kashmir, India between December 2019 and February 2020. Methodology: Si...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2020/v32i1730638
Novel Coronavirus are very harmful virus. This viruses have positive single stranded RNA genome and enveloped which is called nucleocapsid. The family of this virus is Coronaviridae. This virus originated from species of avian and mammalian. This virus effect on upper respiratory...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2020/v32i1730637
We present a 60 years old patient who presented to us with history of domestic fall and sustained injury to the right hip and was diagnosed with trochanteric fracture right side. As closed reduction was not acceptable and bone spike was not available in the set, we designed our o...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2020/v32i1730635
Contentions still exist as to the most humane method of sacrificing experimental animals. Beyond humaneness, there is also the issue of appropriateness of a method of sacrifice with regards to organ safety. This study compared four common methods of rodent sacrifice used in Niger...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2020/v32i1730636
Background: Childhood hypertension is a public health concern because of associated cardio-metabolic morbidities in adulthood. Overweight and obesity are main drivers and predictors of childhood hypertension. There is paucity of studies on waist circumference (WC) and waist-hip r...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2020/v32i1630633
Introduction: Ethical norms in research promote the aims of research such as knowledge, truth and avoidance of error. Observing ethics in clinical research is very important and this should be well known by all health care practitioners. The aim of this study was to determine the...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2020/v32i1630634
Background: Sickle cell anaemia, (SCA) the homozygous and most severe of the sickle cell diseases exerts adverse effects on growth and linear body proportions. In Nigeria, these changes in the lower extremity are scarcely documented. Objectives: To evaluate the differences betwee...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2020/v32i1630632
Objective: To investigate the efficacy of the placement of two towels around uterus before delivery of fetes upon the incidence of intraoperative shoulder tip pain (STP) during cesarean section. Methods: Two hundred and sixty parturient were scheduled to undergo elective cesarean...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2020/v32i1630630
Background: Cartilage oligomeric matrix protein (COMP), is an extracellular matrix (ECM) non-collagenous glycoprotein that is mainly localized within the cartilage, and also be found in tendon and synovium.Recent studies in west and Asia Pacific region has shown that COMP, is a p...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2020/v32i1630631
Epidemiological literature identifies a variety of factors that can affect the mortality of COVID-19. We use a sample of 42 countries and 46 States of the US, and analyse 19 factors that could affect mortality. The factors that were found significant were the following: Populatio...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2020/v32i1630626