Objective: This study was to evaluate the normal ovarian volume among women of reproductive age using transvaginal ultrasound and correlating it with different age groups, parity and BMI. Methodology: A hospital-based cross-sectional descriptive study. The data were obtained from...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/24679
Aims: Type 1 DM (T1DM) patients are shown having lower bone mineral density (BMD). Wnt signaling pathway is important in bone homestasis. Sclerostin is a major inhibitor of this pathway. The objectives of our study are to evaluate sclerostin levels of T1DM patients and to analyse...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/25400
Aims: Patients’ expectations are essential part of healthcare delivery system. This would definitely relate to patient satisfaction and consequently would provide a guideline for promotion of community health level. This study illustrates the non-clinical expectations of patients...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/25020
Background: Hepatocytes have a fundamental system of efflux proteins that protect cells from toxic insults. Unconjugated bilirubin at higher concentration is toxic to cells and its intracellular accumulation is limited by the induction of efflux proteins such as Mrp3. In vivo stu...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/25139
About 20% of people with multiple myeloma (MM) produce only light kappa chains which is produced in 80% of cases. This population of MM patients may be missed where the laboratory could not effectively detect free light chains of immunoglobulins as it is the case in most developi...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/25188
Aims: Antley-Bixler syndrome (ABS) is a rare disease which is a complex of skeletal, visceral, extremity and genital anomalies and occasionally is associated with adrenal insufficiency due to P450-oxidoreductase deficiency. In this article we report a patient, a suspicious case o...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/24651
Objectives: Microalbuminuria is an integrated marker of both kidney disease and endothelial dysfunction may be associated with global vascular risk. The purpose of the study was to assess the association of microalbuminuria with risk of nondiabetic nonhypertensive ischaemic strok...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/21351
Aims: To highlight the challenges and the diagnostic dilemmas in resource restricted settings to diagnose and treat Tuberculosis (TB), especially when it co-exists with Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Presentation of Case: A 7-year-old HIV-infected male child admitt...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/24733
Objective: To describe the serum level of urea and creatinine, and as well as CD4+ T cell count of blood among HIV positive patients before and after initiation of HAART in St. Paulo’s general specialized hospital. Methods: A retrospective follow up study was conducted among HIV...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/19358
Technical difficulties which affect the outcomes of abdominal operations are common in obese patients, especially in rectal and gastric cancer cases. In several studies, it has been shown that increased body mass index (BMI) is associated with increased morbidity, reduced lymph n...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/25148