Maryam Sheikhzade, Abolfazl Akbari, Reza Karkhaneh, Fariba Ghassemi, Abdolrahim Sadeghi, Mahshid Shahrzad Kavakani, Gholam Reza Mobini, Masoumeh Mohebbi & Mansour Heidari·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2016
Aims: Retinoblastoma is a childhood ocular tumor rapidly developing from the immature cells of the retina due to loss of functional retinoblastoma protein. Digoxin, a cardiac glycoside, has been reported to be effective in inducing apoptosis, cell cycle arrest, and cytotoxic effe...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/25709
The prevalence of obesity, metabolic syndrome and diabetes has been increasing rapidly worldwide. These are a group of metabolic disorders characterized by a chronic hyperglycaemic condition resulting from defects in insulin secretion, insulin action or both. The control of body...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/25427
Background: Contraception is a key measure at the primary level of prevention of maternal mortality and morbidity. It is an important tool for pregnancy spacing, limiting and timing for prevention of adverse perinatal and maternal health outcomes. Objective: contraceptive practic...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/25685
Objectives: The Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV) belongs to the family Bunyaviridae, genus Nairovirus, and causes severe disease in man; the reported case-fatality rate is 3%–30%. The aim of this study was to determine the epidemiological and clinical characteristics...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/25724
Introduction: Obesity is a public health problem with increased prevalence, recent exciting studies linked cholelithiasis to obesity and reduction of weight. Abdominal Ultrasound is essential preoperative work up to reveal cholelithiasis-related obesity. The objective of this stu...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/25771
Background: Sleep disturbance results in physical, mental and emotional disturbances among patients with HIV infection. In spite of these observations, studies of sleep problems among HIV patients from Sub-Saharan Africa are limited. Aim: To determine prevalence of sleep problems...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/24049
Aims: The objective of this review was to assess the effectiveness of phosphodiesterase type 5 (PDE5) inhibitors in men with erectile dysfunction (ED) and spinal cord injury (SCI). Methodology: The following databases were sought up to May 2015: PubMed, Google scholar, EMBASE and...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/24870
Aim: To compare plantar pressure distribution and contact time in patients in month 6 following operative treatment of calcaneal fractures. Study Design: Walking on the tensometric platform. Place and Duration of Study: Regional Hospital, Trauma Centrum, between September 2014 an...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/25189
Aims: Fertility desires among persons living with HIV (PLHIV) could have important HIV prevention and demographic implications particularly in high prevalence settings such as Cameroon. There is a paucity of data on fertility desires and associated factors among PLHIV in Cameroon...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/25879
Aims: Intravenous fluid prescriptions are common in hospitals and most are written by junior doctors. Despite the frequency in which clinicians prescribe IV fluids, the burden from mortality and morbidity related to IV fluids is huge with an estimate that 1 in 5 patients are harm...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/25456