Background: Researchers have proved the role of dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) in improving emotion regulation skills in patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD). Further researches for its effect in different cultures was needed. The current study aimed to examine...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2021/v33i530850
Baya Wafa, Ben Hassine Imen, Ben Fredj Fatma, Anoun Jihed, Mzabi Anis, Karmani Monia, Rezgui Amel, Abdessayed Nihed, Sriha Badreddine & Laouani Kechrid Chedia·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2021
Aim: Anti-mitochondrial antibodies (AMA) positive myositis is an atypical and rare form with various characteristics. We aim to highlight these specificities through this case report. Presentation of the Case: We present the case of a young woman diagnosed with frequent polymorph...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2021/v33i530845
Background: YKL-40 also named as chitinase-3-like protein 1 (CHI3L1) is a novel inflammatory biomarker found to be elevated in inflammatory and chronic diseases. This meta-analysis was done to estimate the pooled SMD of serum YKL-40 and evaluate its use as a diagnostic biomarker...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2021/v33i530844
Weight management is a long term approach to a healthy life style. It includes a balance of healthy eating and physical exercise to equate energy expenditure and energy intake. Weight management depends on your body need and according to the basal metabolic rate. A descriptive cr...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2021/v33i530846
Introduction: Adult intussusception is a rare form of bowel obstruction which constitutes less than 5% of all cases of intussusception. In Sub-Saharan Africa, adult intussusception is not a rare cause of bowel obstruction. It is usually caused by a lead point which may be maligna...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2021/v33i530847
Introduction: Following the outbreak of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Wuhan, China in December 2019, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared this infectious disease as a pandemic. Unlike previous infectious outbreaks such as Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and Middl...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2021/v33i530841
Aims: Utilization of modern contraception to prevent pregnancies is a unique health intervention as unplanned pregnancies expose women to additional health risks and lifetime risk of maternal mortality by increasing the number of lifetime pregnancies and deliveries. This study th...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2021/v33i530843
Aims: Despite control measures adopted to check the rapid spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria, healthcare workers still face a serious threat to infection due to SARS-CoV-2 virus. Adherence to control measures by healthcare workers depends on their knowledge. This study ai...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2021/v33i430839
Background: Anastomotic leakage is a serious complication in colorectal surgery, often associated with higher morbidity and mortality. Even with advances in medical technology and devices, the rates of anastomotic leakage is not on downward trend. We describe our experimental and...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2021/v33i530840
Background: Valid and reliable methods are essential to assess the presence and the extent of insulin resistance, the associated risk factors and the effect of pharmacological and lifestyle interventions. The aim of this work was to evaluate Homeostatic model assessment of insuli...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2021/v33i430837
Background: Cartilage mapping using Magnetic Resonance Imaging T2 is a functional scanning procedure without invasion delivering cartography of the cartilage T2 relaxation time without using of any contrast. It is tissue anisotropy sensitive, and compositional data on the collage...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2021/v33i430838
Background: Faculty of Medicine and Defence Health in the National Defence University of Malaysia is the only university in the country that offers a unique combination of medical education and military training into an integrated academic programme. Objective: To communicate to...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2021/v33i430835
Background: Childhood obesity is a worldwide chronic public health problem. It was found that obesity is associated with iron deficiency and iron profile abnormalities, which appear to be caused by several factors such as decreased intake, insufficient bioavailability, and defici...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2021/v33i430836
Introduction: Urinary tract infection is one of the common community and nosocomial problem that we encounter at a daily basis. The mounting problem of emergence of resistant strains of bacteria causing urinary tract infection (UTI) is a great concern. We had tried in this study...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2021/v33i430834
Developmental venous anomaly (DVA)/ Cerebral Venous Angioma is the most common type of cerebral vascular malformations, mostly an incidental benign finding. But there are documented associated complications like parenchymal signal abnormalities, thrombosis, cavernous malformation...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2021/v33i430828