Of the approximately 9 million children under the age of 5 yr that die annually in developing nations, about 5.1 million will die from preventable infectious diseases. This disastrous human and economic loss is caused in large part by three types of acute diarrhea and attendant r...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2012/882
Aim: To investigate anti-hyperlipidemic activity of methanol leaf extract of Persea americana (MEPA) in cholesterol-induced hyperlipidemic rats. Methodology: The animals were randomly divided into five groups of 5 rats each. Group1 served as the normal control (NC) and received d...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2012/933
Aim: To compare the efficacy and safety of ferrous ascorbate and colloidal iron in children with iron deficiency anemia. Study Design: An open, randomized, comparative, parallel-group study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Pediatric Medicine of ‘Nilratan Sircar Medical...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2012/900
Aims: To evaluate the efficiency of two potential Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tb) heat shock proteins (Hsps) towards the improvement of tuberculous meningitis (TBM) diagnosis. Study Design: The patients were divided into TBM (confirmed and suspected) and non TBM group. The cer...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2012/1002
Aims: Xenograft models, namely heterotransplantation of human cancer cells or tumor biopsies into immunodeficient rodents are the major preclinical approach for the development of novel cancer therapeutics. However, in these models the animals must be used only after the severe s...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2012/1072
Aim: To study the problem of ARI (Acute respiratory tract infection) according to IMCI (integrated management of childhood illness) guidelines and find its relation with different related factors. Study Design: Cross sectional study followed by comparative study to the different...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2012/1038
Purpose: To clarify the origin of a metallic intraocular foreign body (IOFB) due to a firecracker injury and to show the utility of X-ray diffraction analysis in the identification process. Methods: Interventional case report using X-ray diffraction technique. Results: We report...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2012/1016
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of regulatory RNAs that control the expression of genes critical to cell function. Ectopic expression of miRNAs has been shown to result in genome-wide changes in patterns of gene expression. While the reasons for these global alterations in gene ex...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2012/804
Aims: To correlate the age-related structural changes in lens with its contents of amino acids and minerals involved in its functional activity (sodium, calcium, magnesium and copper). Study Design: Experimental study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Zoology, Faculty o...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2012/734
Background and Aims: With the recent development of capecitabine and oxaliplatin (XELOX) therapy, implantation of a Central Venous (CV) port can be now avoided. However, vascular pain occasionally requires switching of the drip infusion route. Some investigators reported that add...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2012/918
Aim: Application of a new method – intravaginal auto lymphocyte therapy in treatment of female infertility. Place and Duration of Study: I.M. Sechenov, First Moscow State Medical University, the study was performed in 2010. Results: A case report concerning treatment of a female...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2012/904
Aims: To give researches on gastric interdigestive pressure activity, including gastrointestinal (GI) physiological motility recording method, data processing and analysis method, as well as to give reasonable interpretation on how to generate such gastric pressure activity. Stud...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2012/883
Context: Extragastrointestinal stromal tumors (EGIST) are extremely uncommon neoplasm. To the best of our knowledge, only one retroperitoneal EGIST case has been reported in Oncolgy, in 2005（PubMed search result). Case Report: A 67-year old female patient presented with epigast...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2012/832
Aim: Our study aimed to evaluate the infiltration of tissue eosinophils and mast cells in oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) by using special stains. Study Design: Comparative study. Place of Study: Sharad Pawar Dental College, Sawangi (Meghe), Wardha, Maharashtra. Methodology:...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2012/680
Purpose: To investigate if the larger capsulorhexis (7mm) is associated with a stable post-operative refraction with Acrysof IQ one-piece IOL (SN60WF, Alcon USA) implantation from 1month to 2 years after cataract surgery. Method: Retrospective chart review was made on 31 eyes of...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2012/771