Aims: To identify the effect of the oral bacterial extract OM-85 on essential parameters of asthma control. Study Design: This was a double blind, prospective study, consistent of a 4 week run-in and a 24 week double blind period. Place and Duration of Study: An outpatient clinic...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/4458
Aims: There is an increasing recognition of the putative association between the use of biomass fuels and the risk of cataracts. However, the exact strength of this association is currently unknown. Our aim was to synthetically quantify the association between biomass fuel use an...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/5297
Aims: To evaluate hospital evacuation in light of recent hospital evacuations in Bangkok and surrounding areas. This information was compared with results reported in the literature. Study Design: Retrospective and qualitative. Place and Duration of Study: Bangkok, Thailand, Dece...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/5059
Demian F. Obregon, Yuyan Zhu, Antoinette R. Bailey, Samantha M. Portis, Huayan Hou, Jin Zeng, Saundra L. Stock, Tanya K. Murphy, Michael A. Bengtson & Jun Tan·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2013
Aims: Implicated in autoimmune encephalitis, neuromyotonia and genetic forms of autism, here we report that contactin-associated protein-like 2 (CNTNAP2) contains a potential autoepitope within the extracellular region. Methodology: CNTNAP2 sequence-similar regions (CSSRs) from h...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/6135
Aims and Objective: Giddiness is one of the commonest presenting complaints to the emergency physicians. Differentiation between ‘peripheral’ and ‘central’ etiologies is important to avoid unnecessary investigations and avoid missing a potentially serious diagnosis such as an isc...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/5688
Aim: This study aims to evaluate serum uric acid levels and assess its effect on endothelial dysfunction by measuring flow mediated vasodilatation (FMD) of brachial artery in type 2 diabetes mellitus. Study Design: Observational and prospective Place and Duration of Study: The st...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/5487
Aims: The present study investigates in a mouse model the extent of immunomodulatory effects after exposure to cadmium chloride (in vivo) in the testes. Study Design: Experimental study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Biotechnology, Assam University, Silchar, Assam, I...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/5498
Aim: The aim of this study was to examine whether a Human herpes virus-6 (HHV-6) infection increases the risk of MS in individuals harboring particular cytokine receptor α-chain gene alleles. Study Design: MS patients and controls were assessed for HHV-6 DNA and for single nucleo...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/5550
Aims: Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer in European populations. It has been shown previously that neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), pre-operative albumin, and haemoglobin are useful prognostic indicators. The aim of this study was to assess how these factors inf...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/5444
Aims: To evaluate the level of lipid peroxidation (by measuring malondialdehyde) and endogenous antioxidant enzyme (glutathione peroxidase) in acute myocardial infarction. Study Design: Cross sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Biochemistry in collaboratio...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/5283