Introduction: Anophthalmia which is the congenital absence of the eyes could be bilateral or congenital, it occurs globally although it is rare. It is usually in association with other systemic congenital abnormalities. Case Report: A case of a female baby delivered at a primary...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2020/v32i330389
This study aimed to assess the effects of Ginkgo Biloba Extract and Troxerutin on the hippocampus of induced diabetes mellitus in adult albino rats using histological methods.50 adult male albino rats were divided into three groups; Group I (Control); Group II (diabetic): subdivi...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2020/v32i330391
Background: Scandinavian countries were the first to use fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) as a diagnostic tool in the 1930. Fine needle aspiration cytology is a diagnostic approach, which helps the clinicians in diagnosis of the various lesions. Most common sites which can...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2020/v32i330392
Fadoju Sunkanmi, Yunana Paul, Dickson Peter, Affiah Nsikan, Jasini Joseph, Emmanuel Opada, Udenenwu Henry, John Jonah, Kyeshir Tapshak & Ndifreke James·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2020
Background: The 2019 National AIDS Indicator and Impact Survey (NAIIS) report showed that the prevalence of HIV in North East Nigeria is 1.1%. Despite the increasing number of patients on ART in Nigeria, there is inadequate information about clients with virologic failure and its...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2020/v32i330388
Introduction: HIV/AIDS is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. In Africa, opportunistic infections are the leading causes of morbidity among HIV patients and there is need to establish the causes of morbidity and/or mortality among the patients in our e...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2020/v32i330387
Objective: This study was carried out to assess and compare the normative orthodontic treatment need of adolescents aged 12 to 16 years from the three major ethnic groups in Nigeria. Methods: The study population comprised one thousand, four hundred and forty-nine (1449) adolesce...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2020/v32i330385
Aims: Ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt placement is one of the commonest procedures undertaken by neurosurgeons to manage patients with hydrocephalus. Although shunt migration through bowel and exteriorization per anus is rare, it’s associated with about 15% mortality. Presentatio...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2020/v32i330382
Objective: Chronic osteomyelitis is the infection and inflammation of the bone. Inappropriate use of antibiotics and multidrug resistance has raised the morbidity and mortality rate in chronic osteomyelitis. This study aims to determine the bacterial profile and antimicrobial sus...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2020/v32i330381
Background: Nutrition is important in development, growth and maintenance of overall well being of an individual and plays a significant role in children’s cognitive, behavioural and emotional development. Poor diets may initiate or exacerbate chronic diseases including dental ca...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2020/v32i330383
Objectives: The consequences of hemodialysis on P-wave dispersion and QT dispersion have not been unequivocally documented and understood and may be complex. To investigate homogeneity disorders of atrial conduction and ventricular repolarization and tendency to develop various a...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2020/v32i330384
Introduction: Whereas advances in perioperative care of children continue to be made with increasing evidence-based practice for postoperative analgesia, inadequate relief of postoperative pain resulting in significant morbidity and mortality is still being reported. Objective: T...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2020/v32i330380
Background: As one of the key indicators of malnutrition, stunting has been considered to be a very vital proxy for not only chronic nutritional deficit but for long term socioeconomic deprivation among children and the society at large. Objective: This study was aimed at determi...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2020/v32i330379
Introduction: Anger has been defined in many ways from “a negative, phenomenological (or internal) feeling state” to “a basic emotion in which the function is to provide the organism with motivated capacities to overcome obstacles”. Anger has been the subject of many discourses a...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2020/v32i330377
Offspring of hypertensive parents have been shown to be at increased risk of developing systemic hypertension and adverse cardiovascular events later in life. The pathological antecedents of this are thought to be alterations in the structure and function of left ventricle. Howev...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2020/v32i330378
Introduction: Resistin, (Retn) a pro - inflammatory cytokine, accumulates at the site of inflammation. It is found to be elevated in chronic inflammation. The aim of this present study is to evaluate the levels of salivary resistin in healthy individuals and in patients with Oral...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2020/v32i230376