Background: Tuberculosis is an endemic and critical public health issue in Iran and many developing countries. Healthcare workers, including medical students are at a great risk of exposure. This study is conducted in order to determine the prevalence of latent tuberculosis infec...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/22940
Aim: To evaluate sexual differences using demarking point and index of sexual dimorphism from the length of talus in relation to age among male and female north-eastern Nigerians. Study Design: Retrospective Study. Place and Duration of Study: Departments of Human Anatomy and Rad...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/22847
Aims: In the vast majority of instances, closure of abdominal wall defects relies on the tensile strength of transposed native tissue and/or prosthetic material. The purpose of this report is to alert clinicians to a different strategy for closure that we have used successfully o...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/16100
Talita Lemos Paulino, Marina Neto Rafael, Rosangela da Silva, Elisangela Calheiro dos Santos-Valente, Fabíola Isabel Suano de Souza, Roseli Oselka Saccardo Sarni & Beatriz Tavares Costa-Carvalho·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2015
Some of the recognized actions of vitamin D include immunological effects such as keeping tolerance and to promote protective immunity. These functions are related to the blocking of B cell differentiation and immunoglobulin secretion as well as decreased production of inflammato...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/17469
Exposure to high altitude imposes significant strain on cardiopulmonary system and the brain. As a consequence, sojourners to high altitude frequently experience sleep disturbances, often reporting restless and sleepless nights. At altitudes above 3,000 meters (9,800 ft) almost a...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/17501
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