Background: Worldwide, road traffic accidents are a leading cause of death. Severe chest injuries from such accidents are frequently fatal due to the presence of vital organs within the chest cavity. This study seeks to review these injuries and their implications for the safety...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/28177
Currently available synthetic drugs for management of diabetes mellitus have been reported to cause side effects, hence searches for safer, readily available and cheaper sources among medicinal plants. One hundred and thirty rats weighing average of 94g were used for the studies....
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/26897
Diabetes mellitus is a chronic metabolic disease that is common in nearly all countries. Patients with type 2 diabetes have a two- four fold increased risk of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD) relative to nondiabetic individuals. Herein, in this systematic review we briefly...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/28170
Aim: This study reviews the ontogeny, phylogeny and clinical importance of horseshoe kidney. In addition, the classifications in relation to variations in blood supply of horseshoe kidney have also been discussed. Presentation: During routine dissection for undergraduate students...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/28091
Osteosarcoma is a malignant neoplasm of mesenchymal cells which produces defective osteoid or immature bone. Osteosarcoma of the jaw is very rare and represents only 6-8% of all osteosarcomas in the body. It exhibits diverse clinical, radiological and histopathological manifestat...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/25396
Aim: To explore the association between knee osteoarthritis (OA) and morphological changes in the Achilles tendon. Study Design: Pilot cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of the Study: Rheumatology Unit, Barzilai Medical Center, Ashkelon, Israel. Study took place during 201...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/28401
Background: The objective we evaluated the reliability of some haematological and biochemical parameters performed by a non-invasive auto-analyser (ANESA) with those obtained by the standard method of venipuncture (reference method) in patients who went to the clinical analysis l...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/28216
Aims: The purpose of the study was to observe if hormonal contraceptive use increases CV risk in women from Ghana through increasing CV RF. Study Design: The study was longitudinal and purposive random sampling was done. Place and Duration of Study: A community in the Upper West...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/26391
Minimal intervention dentistry initiates from the traditional surgical approach to the elimination of caries lesions seen as radiolucencies in the inner half of the enamel, at the dentin-enamel junction (DEJ), and slightly into dentin, with the removal of the minimal amount of he...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/27526
Olumayowa Abimbola Oninla, Samuel Olorunyomi Oninla, Olaide Olutoyin Oke, Mufutau Muphy Oripelaye, Fatai Olatunde Olarewaju & Olufikemi Titilola Fabusuyi·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2016
Aims: The aim of this study was to determine the dermatoses associated with gender in this geographical area. Study Design: A descriptive cross-sectional survey. Place and Duration of Study: Dermatology Clinics of OAU Teaching Hospitals’ Complex (OAUTHC), Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nig...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/28043