Cleopatra C. Nacopoulos, Ismene Dontas, Efstathios Chronopoulos, Lubna Khaldi, Anna Maria Vesala, Ioannis K. Triantafyllopoulos & Nikolaos Papaioannou·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2015
Objective: Growth factors have been applied in maxillary sinus augmentation with clinically successful results. The purpose of this article is to evaluate the effectiveness of growth factors in combination with various synthetic scaffolds. Methods and Materials: A systematic revi...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/15613
Cancer cells are known to have different metabolic properties than normal cells, particularly their tendency to undergo glycolysis even under aerobic favoring conditions. This has created interest in how mitochondrial function in tumor cells may differ from that in normal cells....
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/17113
Aım: Cardiovascular diseases are the most important causes of mortality and morbidity in chronic renal disease. The purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between glomerular filtration rate, serum levels of calcium, phosphorus, magnesium parathormone, vitamin D, l...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/28231
Aim: This study assesses the effects of prevention education, prevention personal motivation, prevention knowledge, and past exposure to violent living conditions on human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection prevention behavioral skills among historically black college and Uni...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/5917
Background and Objectives: Chronic heart failure (CHF) is an increasingly widespread, costly and deadly disease, frequently named as an epidemic of the 21st century. Herbal treatments may provide promising & beneficial treatment for heart failure. But unfortunately there is n...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/4571
Aims: We present this case to raise awareness of this unusual presentation of a malignant anomalous right coronary artery arising from the left coronary cusp in a patient older than 50 years. We describe a useful imaging modality and discuss therapy. Presentation of the Case: We...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/5508
We present the case of a 66-year-old man under surveillance for oropharyngeal malignancy. The presentation was that of recent onset recurrent syncopal attacks associated with neck pain. Both bradycardia and hypotension were seen during the syncopal events. Although recurrence of...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/5992
Background: Silent myocardial ischemia is defined as objective documentation of myocardial ischemia in the absence of angina or anginal equivalents. There are a number of reports of exercise-related sudden deaths and myocardial infarctions in aerobically trained athletes sufferin...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/6145
Distal renal tubular acidosis (dRTA) is seen in the human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) population in the setting of hypergammaglobulinemia and antiretroviral agents, whereas isolated HIV infection is rarely reported to be associated with dR...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/6650
We report the case of a 10 year old girl with a late diagnosis of a high grade osteosarcoma (Stage IIb) of the right femur in a low income setting. The diagnosis could clinically have been made much earlier if the observation of an enucleated congenitally blind left eye due to a...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/5037
Aims: Previous researches identified the gene for Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF) and found several different gene mutations that cause this inherited rheumatic disease. The aim of this work is to investigate the correlation between severity of symptoms of FMF and the number a...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/5311
Aims: To objectively evaluate the level of scientific research of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDCs) of the provincial capital cities in China. Design：To compare each capital city’s scientific research output in China, the authors used authoritative Chinese datab...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/5599
Aims: The study was designed to investigate the testiculo protective effects of ethanolic roots extract of Pseudocedrela kotschyi on alloxan-induced testicular damage in diabetic rats. Study Design: Experimental diabetes using animal models. Place and Duration of Study: Departmen...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/5680
Aims: To conduct a review of the literature concerning existing methods to detect alkaline phosphatase (ALP) in human serum and to examine the dietary factors that modulate ALP-intestinal isoenzyme (IAP) activity, in light of new findings about its additional functions. Backgroun...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/3309
Joanna R. Rozisky, Gabriela Laste, Liciane F. Medeiros, Vinicius S. dos Santos, Lauren S. Adachi, Isabel C. de Macedo, Wolnei Caumo & Iraci L. S. Torres·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2013
Aims: Morphine treatment in early life is a practice widely used in paediatric intensive care units. However, the consequences of this treatment on behavioural responses throughout life have been poorly studied. It is well known that behavioural symptoms after morphine exposure a...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/3586