Isolated pancreatic trauma is extremely rare because of pancreas’ anatomic localization. Also, diagnosis of pancreatic injury may be difficult due to lack of sensitivity of initial clinical findings, laboratory and imaging examinations in emergency department. Morbidity and morta...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2013/2487
Introduction: This study was designed to describe occupational exposure, risk perception and access to prophylaxis for HIV/AIDS among the health care workers in Northern Nigeria. Methods: This study is an analytical cross-sectional study. Multistage sampling technique was used to...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2013/1770
Aim: Earlier studies have shown that exposure to monosodium glutamate (MSG) in large doses during the neonatal period may result in steatohepatitis and evidence of pre-neoplastic changes in the liver. However, the effect of low dose, chronic oral MSG intake on the histology of th...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2013/2065
Aims: The etiology of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) remains elusive, but oxidative stress has been suggested to play a pathological role. The understanding of the potential role of oxidative stress in the etiopathogenesis of autism would be very useful for earlier clinical, the...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2013/2335
Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and methicillin resistant coagulase negative staphylococci (MRCoNS) are the important nosocomial infectious agents. There is a growing concern about the rapid rise in the resistance of Staphylococcus aureus to presently available...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2013/2109
Aims: Our aim was to present a case of pyomyositis and highlight the need to distinguish it from a soft-tissue sarcoma which it can closely mimic. Presentation of Case: We report a 51-year old diabetic patient who presented with a painful swelling in the right upper arm, which wa...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2013/1852
Aim: This study was carried out to determine the effects of Cissus populnea and Panax ginseng on flutamide-induced testicular toxicities in pre-pubertal rats. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine of the University of Lagos, Lagos – Nigeria, betw...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2013/1701
Introduction: The benefits of surgical treatment to reduce ischemic penumbra and raised intracranial pressure have been challenged by results of randomized controlled clinical trial. With the lack of level I evidence, decision of whether to evacuate spontaneous intracerebral hema...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2013/1717
Background: Most evidence behind interventions for depression is, in essence, based on the total score of the 17-item Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HDRS). We identified no systematic review or meta-analysis examining if a total 17-item HDRS score is associated with suicide at...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2013/1709
Aim: Breast cancer is leading cause of cancer deaths in women, globally. Recently a study on a Chinese population suggested that there is a protective role of rs11655505 (c.-2265 C/T) in the BRCA1 promoter whereas, the same in Caucasian population showed no effect on breast cance...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2013/2082