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
Introduction: Epidural analgesia is said to have depressive effects on neonates. There seems to be sufficient instances in the literature that have compared maternal outcomes in relation to epidural analgesia. However, there is lack of instances in the literature on neonatal outc...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/24182
Anatomical knowledge of the coeliac trunk and its branches is indispensable for surgeons in order to avoid post-surgery complications and malpractice and that’s what inspired us to review this important topic. The coeliac trunk is the first ventral branch of arising from the abdo...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/23879
Aim: To examine the effects of ascorbic acid and alpha-tocopherol on the locomotor functional recovery of rats with incomplete spinal cord injury. Methods: A total of 80 male Sprague-Dawley rats (180–200 g) were used. Seventy of them were subjected to spinal cord injury (SCI) and...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/24533
Aims: This study aimed to determine the use of specific medicinal plants based on traditional medicine from community of Attars (Traditional healers) in the province of Mazandaran (North Iran). Place and Duration of Study: The province of Mazandaran in north Iran, between March u...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/24795