Background: Diabetes mellitus (DM) and its complications are on the increase especially in the developing countries with significant negative economic consequences on individuals, families and health systems. Objective: We, therefore compared albumin/creatinine ratio, microalbumi...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/18128
Context: Left ventricular structure and mass is related to body composition. Fat mass as well as fat free mass are known to affect the left ventricular architecture. Aims: Our goal was to evaluate the relationship between body composition and left ventricular morphology in young...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/18068
Objective: Evaluate the functional status of critically ill patients after hospital discharge and assess the effect of age and Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II on the questionnaire scores. Study Design: An observational longitudinal study. Place and Duration of S...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/18456
Aims: To investigate the effect of variations of plasma levels of thyroid and growth hormones on the physical growth indexes, the variation of these hormones with age, correlation of thyroid and growth hormones at varying concentrations of growth hormone in children aged 6-10 yea...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/18659
Aim: The present study was undertaken with the purpose to assess the correlation between the presence of lymph node metastases and the size of tumor and the thickness of the tumor mass. Methods: The study included 80 consecutive cases of oral squamous cell carcinoma, who underwen...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/18330
Neurotrophic keratitis is a degenerative disease of the corneal epithelium resulting from impaired corneal innervation, possibly leading to perforation. In this report, we present a case with a history of herpetic keratitis, who developed a difficult neurotrophic ulcer despite 10...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/17169
Objective: The aim of the present study is to review data regarding patients' satisfaction after orthognatic surgery in a systematic approach. Methods and Materials: Electronic searching was done in Medline, EMBASE and CENTRAL databases. Inclusion criteria were: 1) assessment of...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/17646
Aims: To assess the effects of high dose long term cabergoline monotherapy in a patient with Cushing's disease refusing any form of surgical intervention. Presentation of the Case: A 32-year-old Omani female with hypertension, diabetes mellitus and secondary infertility of 10 yea...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/18691
Introduction: Vocal fold polyps are caused by inflammation caused by stress or irritation. Laryngeal polyp may be a single polyp or more than one polyp affecting one vocal fold or both folds, translucent to red raspberry colored mass. Materials and Methods: The study group consis...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/17773
Aims: We investigated associations of serum hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) with risk of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). We also examined whether pre-pregnancy overweight/obesity status or leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) modify these associations. Methods: In a nested c...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/18632