Background: Intimate partner violence (IPV) against women during pregnancy is a special and peculiar sub-class of violence against women. Anecdotal evidence suggest that such practices are still prevalent in Nigeria. Efforts to eliminate this scourge against women would certainly...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMMR/2017/36725
Introduction: The Finnish Diabetes Risk Score (FINDRISC) questionnaire is a non-invasive, cheap, and easy to use screening tool to estimate future risk of diabetes development and detection of asymptomatic type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in other populations. This study aimed to...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2017/31022
Ramsay-Hunt syndrome (RHS) is caused by varicella zoster virus (VZV) infection in the geniculate ganglion of the facial nerve. It is characterized by facial palsy, otic pain, herpetic vesicles around the auricle and external auditory canal. We report here rare case of a RHS affec...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2017/30148
Background and Objective: The poisoning severity score is a standardized and generally applicable scheme for grading the severity of poisoning. It allows a qualitative evaluation of morbidity and facilitates comparability of data. The aim of this study was to evaluate the validit...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2017/25943
Aims: The aim of this study is to assess salivary biomarkers, i.e. cortisol, calcium, phosphate, osteocalcin, vitamin D and estradiol levels, to monitor osteopenia and stress levels in post-treatment breast cancer patients. Methods: The salivary biomarkers of forty-five female br...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2017/30663
Aims: In most developing countries there is limited information on the burden of Non Communicable Diseases (NCD); even though recent findings in the developed world are predicting rapid transitions in these NCDs. This study was carried out to determine the prevalence and patterns...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2017/30410
Elizabeth L. Borges, Patrícia B. Lima, Antônio A. B. Peluso, Walkyria O. Sampaio, Jamil S. de Oliveira, Marilene L. de Oliveira, Gisele M. Etelvino, Rafael T. Ruoccolo, Anderson J. Ferreira & Robson A. S. Santos·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2016
Aim: Components of the renin-angiotensin system are involved in absorption and regulate both fluid and electrolyte transport in the intestinal epithelium. The angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) is a major Angiotensin-(1-7)-forming enzyme, and a key regulator of the homeostasi...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2017/30329
Background: Type 2 diabetes has assumed epidemic proportion. Several reports have linked both general and central obesity with diabetes mellitus but there are ethnic differences between adiposity, visceral adipose tissue and type 2 diabetes. This study aims to determine the corre...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2017/29730
Background: Gaucher’s Disease (GD) is a rare genetically inherited, autosomal recessive disorder. It is classified as a lysosomal storage disorder and is characterized by the accumulation of glycolipids. This is due to the deficiency of lysosomal hydrolase β – glucocerebrosidase....
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2017/29680
Aims: To detect the sporadic involvement of shiga toxin producing Escherichia coli (STEC) O157:H7 or any other enterohaemorrhagic E. coli in gastro-intestinal (diarrhoeal) infections. Study Design: The study is a cross sectional survey for bacterial causes of diarrhoea in the stu...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2017/30184