Hugo Ramiro Segura-Puello, Juan Sebastián Segura-Charry, Ingrid Tatiana Gómez Martínez, Sandra Viviana Guitarrero Bustos & Diana Lorena Nieto Mosquera·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2017
Background: Breast Cancer continues to be a major oncological problem. Despite the several advances in medical science focusing on controlling this condition and avoiding relapse, is inevitable. The relapse rates with conventional treatment (surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2017/31808
Background: Systemic sclerosis is a chronic autoimmune inflammatory disease with wide-spread fibrosis of the skin and internal organs. The hypoparathyroidism associated with systemic sclerosis is infrequent and rarely reported in literature. Case Report: A 48 year-old female pati...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2017/15775
Background: The level of inflammatory factors such as tumor necrosis factor-alfa (TNF-α) and C-reactive protein (CRP) is increased in ESRD patients and is associated with incremental mortality in these patients. Omega-3 is known as a regulator of inflammatory system. The aim of t...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2017/27659
Peripheral blood stem cells (PB-SCs) are probably the most common and the most “slighted” stem cells utilized in medicine, their clinical application is back to year 1986 with the intent of replacing BM as a stem-cell source. This brief manuscript provides a general view into the...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2017/32206
Aims: To compare the atherogenicity of edible oils namely, palm, groundnut and egusi melon oils in male rabbits by determining their lipid profile and presence of atherosclerosis in their aortas. Methodology: Twenty-five 8 weeks old male rabbits divided into five groups were used...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2017/32060
Sickle cell anemia (SCA) is a hereditary disorder characterized by a defect in the red blood cell (RBC) hemoglobin molecule resulting in a diminished ability for the blood to carry oxygen and a tendency for the blood to clump. Clinical manifestations of SCA, apart from the vasooc...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2017/30968
Insulin receptor (IR) is expressed throughout the nephron and is vital for the renal function. Renal complications may occur in insulin-resistant states. The aim of the present study was to find out the possible renoprotective effect of exenatide in rats fed a high-fat diet (HFD)...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2017/32349
Background: Trauma is global health epidemic and associated head injury is a major contributor to the high mortality. This necessitates the urgent use of neuroimaging for early diagnosis and patient care. Computer Tomography CT, scan is the imaging modality of choice in emerg...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2017/31880
Aim: To determine the factors that significantly impact on the caregivers’ burden and their quality of life (QoL) in the process of caring for stroke survivors. Study Design: A cross sectional study design was used. Place and Duration of Study: The study was conducted at the Phys...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2017/31903
Aim: The morphology of the lumbosacral intervertebral joints in the Chinese race was investigated in the present study to understand the relationship between the articular joint interface and intervertebral disc prolapses. Methods: Spine specimens (N=30) from both male and female...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2017/29233