Background: The quest for ideal treatment and understanding of fibroid biology has resulted in further studies in pharmacological, radiological and surgical options with the goals of being safe, less invasive, cost-effective and enhancing reproductive potentials. However, surgery...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/15880
Background: Obesity, an emerging public health concern in maternity care with increasing prevalence even in developing countries is associated with maternal and perinatal complications. This study sought to evaluate the impact of maternal obesity on pregnancy outcomes in a cohort...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/15618
Doxorubicin (DOX) has been used in variety of human malignancies for decades. Despite its efficacy in cancer, clinical usage is limited because of its cardiotoxicity, which has been associated with oxidative stress. The possible protective mechanisms of ivabradine, a selective in...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/10764
Background: Salivary cortisol is a useful biomarker in stress research, as a valid measure for HPA axis activity, whose deregulation is one of the ways that psychosocial risk factors at work, result to the creation of illness. Aim: The aim of this review was to summarize current...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/15530
Aim: To evaluate and compare the cytotoxic effects of commercially available root canal irrigants sodium hypochlorite, chlorhexidine and a herbal extract, Morinda tinctoria. Study Design: Concerned to the biological perspective, root canal irrigants must aid in the complete disin...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/15507
Background: Oral lesions have been reported to be early clinical features of HIV infection. Objective: The purpose of this study was to establish the prevalence of oral lesions in HIV Seropositive female patients and correlate the CD4 count with the appearance of oral lesions in...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/12618
Endometriosis is a complex disorder of the female reproductive system where endometrial tissue embeds and grows at extrauterine location. Polymorphisms in several genes have been studied as probable risk factors of this debilitating disease. Aims: To investigate the association b...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/15811
Background: Mesiodens are supernumerary teeth present in the anterior maxillary region that may erupt or remain embedded in the jawbone. The incidence of mesiodens is rare, surgical removal of supernumerary teeth with correction of anterior teeth by orthodontic treatment is perfo...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/15143
Aims: This paper presents the first population data on attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) among children raised by same-sex parents with the aims 1) to test whether residence with same-sex parents is associated with higher ADHD prevalence, and 2) to observe and asses...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/15897
Background: Levofloxacin is a third generation fluoroquinolone chemotherapeutic agent used in the treatment of severe and resistant bacterial infections; it exerts antibacterial effects in both blood and inflamed tissues. Levofloxacin leads to central nervous system stimulation v...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/15120