Background and Aim: Traditionally, Acalypha wilkesiana leaves are used in the management of hypertension, diarrhoea and dysentery. Thus, this study was carried out to evaluate the effects of oral administration of extracts of Acalypha wilkesiana leaves on serum aminotransferases...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/28142
Background and Objectives: Cold water disinfection can damage the elastomeric material, cross contamination in handling elastomeric ligatures is a serious concern in the orthodontic office. In addition, elastomeric strips with enough ligatures for both arches of a single patient...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/28630
Background: Inflammation plays an important role in the pathogenesis of stroke. C-reactive protein (CRP) is the most reliable marker of inflammation. Cerebrovascular accident is the second most common cause of death in the world causing about 5 million deaths in a year. High sens...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/27012
Clear cell odontogenic carcinoma (CCOC) is a rare odontogenic tumor with predominance in the posterior mandible, usually occurring in the fifth to seventh decades of life, and being found more commonly in females. It is a potentially aggressive tumour, capable of recurring freque...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/27190
We present a case of a 27 year old primigravida at 36+6 weeks gestation with monochorionic diamniotic twin gestation who presented late in pregnancy with twin reversed arterial perfusion (TRAP) sequence and a diagnosis of severe preeclampsia. Twin reversed arterial perfusion synd...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/25482
Aims: This study was conducted to evaluate the knowledge level and life style practices of the respondents on the common cancer risk factors. Methodology: We conducted a cross sectional online survey from December 2015 to May 2016 among the Bangladeshi people. A survey questionna...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/29306
Aim: To evaluate the influence of penetrating keratoplasty (PK) for keratoconus, on corneal curvatures and the anterior segment parameters obtained with the Pentacam rotating Scheimpflug camera. Place and Duratıon of Study: Department of Ophthalmology, Ankara Training and Researc...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/29500
Background: Learning styles referred to individuals’ preferred methods to gather, process, interpret, organize and analyses information. The visual, aural, read/write and kinesthetic (VARK) learning inventory developed by Neil Fleming provides learners with a profile of their pre...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/29089
Aim: To evaluate the experience with Noresthisterone enanthate at the university of Port Harcourt Teaching hospital, Southern Nigeria. Study Design: Retrospective study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of the obstetrics and gynaecology, family planning unit (FPU) between...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/28173
Aim: To determine body mass index (BMI) of all hospitalized type 2 diabetic patients and its association with HbA1C value Study Design: Pilot cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Medicine, Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church Medical College and Hospital,...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/28305
Eric D. Peselow, Ruby Mangsatabam, Kimberly Smith, Enrique Lopez, Mehdi Farokhnia, Monica Hanna, Samantha Cohen, Shaina Ganjian, Jonathan Dang & Waguih William IsHak·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2016
Aim: To evaluate whether Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) has an impact on the treatment outcome in patients with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD). Methods: We studied 130 patients who met the DSM-IV criteria for MDD according to the DSM-IV checklist. Patients were assessed f...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/29374
This study was designed to evaluate the anti-diarrhoeal activity of coconut water on castor oil induced-diarrhoea in adult albino Wistar rats. Sixty five adult male Albino Wistar rats weighing 150 – 250 g were used in this study. The study was carried out in three experiments (A,...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/28378
Aims: The study aims were to (1) determine the effect of participation in pulmonary rehabilitation on quality of life, severity of dyspnea, and exercise tolerance (2) evaluate predictors (number of pulmonary rehabilitation sessions attended, age, baseline quality of life, depres...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/28901
Anterior plagiocephaly is the third most common form of non-syndromic craniosynostoses and results from the premature unilateral fusion of the coronary suture. The main features consist of forehead, supraorbital arch and anterior cranial fossa deformation with orbital asymmetry....
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/28075
Aim: To evaluate the performance of nutritionally optimized millet porridges against F-100 which is a therapeutic food recommended by World Health Organisation for rehabilitating severely malnourished children. Study Design: Controlled and longitudinal. Place and Duration of Stud...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/28355