Hiccups are a spasmodic contraction of the diaphragm and usually transient phenomenon that affects nearly everyone. When hiccups develop, the patients are administrated antispastic agent, such as balcofen. Baclofen is widely used for the treatment of this spastic movement disorde...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2013/2066
Aim: The aim of the present study was to investigate the perception for the presence of cardiovascular risk factors in Bulgarian patients with PCOS and/or obesity. Study Design: Clinic of endocrinology, Alexandrovska University Hospital, Sofia, Bulgaria between January 2010 and D...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2013/2078
Mammals sense pathogen invasion through pattern-recognition receptors (PRRs). A group of transmembrane proteins, Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are mainly expressed on antigen-presenting cells, such as macrophages or dendritic cells, and play critical roles as PRRs (1). TLR signaling...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2013/2071
The Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) is sudden-unexpected death of an infant that remains unexplained after thorough forensic autopsy, death scene investigation and review of the infant's medical history. As the results of a few spins of a roulette wheel cannot establish wheth...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2013/1990
Aims: The Surviving Sepsis Campaign (SSC) guidelines aimed to reduce heterogeneity of conventional therapy and mortality. The present study was performed in septic shock to describe the adherence to the 2008 SSC guidelines, confounding factors, and limitations. Study Design: Pros...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2013/1961
Background: Patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) typically undergo hemodialysis (HD) during the morning or afternoon, with time of treatment generally based on space availability or patient preference. No studies have investigated variation in patient survival as a functi...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2013/2069
Aims: To ascertain whether studying Complementary and Alternative Medicine, in any capacity, can influence attitudes to patients, over and above simply learning the subject in question. Study Design: Pilot study using Questionnaires before and after two different courses of study...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2013/1472
Ilmari Määttänen, Liisa Keltikangas-Järvinen, Laura Pulkki-Råback, Mirka Hintsanen, Heikki Swan, Lauri Toivonen, Kimmo Kontula, Olli Raitakari & Taina Hintsa·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2012
Aims: The long QT syndrome (LQTS) is an inherited cardiac disorder which predisposes the mutation carrier to ventricular arrhythmias that can lead to sudden death. The objective of the study was to study whether stressful work involvement (i.e. worrying about work and job dissati...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2012/768
Aims: Urachal cancer is an uncommon neoplasm associated with poor prognosis. No concensus has been reached regarding diagnostic criteria so far. The management of urachal carcinoma is controversial, too. In this case presentation, we reported a 47 year old female with urachal can...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2012/1702
MicroRNAs, a class of post-transcriptional gene expression regulators that bind to complementary sequences in the 3’ UTR or 5’ UTR of mRNAs have recently been detected in human body fluids including peripheral blood plasma as extracellular nuclease resistant entities. It is now c...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2012/1543
Aims: To compare carbon and nitrogen isotopic composition of maternal and fetal organs. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Biology Department of Lomonosov Moscow State University; Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Russian Academy o...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2012/1592
Aims: The aim is to investigate the neck-shaft angle or Collo-Diaphyseal Angle (CDA) of femur and the effect of homozygous sickle cell (HbSS) on the angle. Study Design: A retrospective study. Place and Duration of Study: Radiology Departments of two Hospitals in Maiduguri, namel...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2012/1323
Interstitial cystitis (IC) is a poorly understood chronic bladder disorder that is generally characterized by bladder discomfort and increased urination urgency and frequency. Vitamin D levels are associated with bladder pathology, and both rat and human bladders express receptor...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2012/1878
Aims: This article attempts to date the conditions, terms and places of the first emergence of the main human viral epidemics (HIV, influenza, measles, smallpox). Place and Duration of Study: Department of Evolutionary Immunology Andent, Inc., between May 2002 and July 2012. Meth...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2012/1692
Aims: To perform a) a topographical analysis of the bracket slot of 12 as-received stainless steel brackets and of in vivo used stainless steel brackets from 7 patients and b) a compositional characterization of the constituting materials of two types of brackets. Study Design: I...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2012/1874