This case study examines the performance of a Greek child with Williams-Beuren syndrome and a group of ten typically developing children whose chronological age is equivalent to the mental age of the WS case. The study concerns the field of pediatrics and linguistics. The compari...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2017/31704
Parotid sarcoidosis is rare. We report a case in which sarcoidosis was revealed by parotid nodules. The medical history revealed cutaneo-respiratory atopia, the blood group type was O. The ultrasound examination was suggestive of pleomorphic adenoma while the computed tomography...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2017/31312
Background: Deaths within the early neonatal period is constituting large proportions of child deaths. While risk factors associated with child death has been extensively studied, there appears scanty research on the risk factors associated with early neonatal period. Methods:...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2017/28247
The distribution of medical manpower among various specialties should be of interest to government, health administrators and medical educators of any nation. The medical specialties chosen by medical undergraduates as their career choice are an important determinant of this. Thi...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2017/24829
Every type of radiation is harmful for the occupational workers, patients and also for the environment. Among of these, ionizing radiation is more mischievous. So it is essential to monitor the radiation level to ensure the health and safety of the occupational workers, general p...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2017/31226
B. A. Ojo, W. T. Yongo, C. T. Soo, I. T. Annongu, R. Vhriterhire, H. Mohammed, E. I. Ogwuche, O. Shorun, I. V. Ugwu, E. O. Umobong, B. Eke, D. J. Omeh, M. O. Ogiator & P. Abayol·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2017
Cystic partially differentiated nephroblastoma is a rare variant of Wilm’s tumor and it represents the hyperfavourable end of the Wilm’s spectrum affecting young children. We described the first documented case from the northern part of Nigeria. The index patient presented with l...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2017/24956
Background and Goal: Marital satisfaction is the most important component of marriage. In most studies, there is disagreement on the relationship between self – efficacy and marital satisfaction. Therefore; in this paper, it is addressed to study the relationship between self – e...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2017/29999
Background: PDPH (post dural puncture headache) is a common complication of subarachnoid block and results from iatrogenic puncture of the duramater. Size of the dural puncture [1,2], age of the patient, needle tip designs [2,3], and number of lumbar puncture attempts [4,5,6] a...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2017/31176
Thyroid surgery is performed by majority of surgeons using general anaesthesia with endotracheal intubation. In resource poor countries, the paucity of equipment and Anaesthetists limits such procedure needing endotracheal intubation. We describe our experiences with 15 Nigerians...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2017/25568
The calcifying epithelial odontogenic tumor (CEOT) is a benign tumor, accounting for 0.4-3% of all odontogenic tumors. It mostly occurs in the 4th to 6th decades of life with equal propensity for both the genders. In about 52% of cases, the tumor is found in association with an u...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2017/29406
Aims: To analyze the ultrastructure of internal interstitial amacrine cell, dislocated amacrine cell, ganglion cells, oligodendroglia, Müller cells, inner plexiform layer, adrenergic terminals, as well as the connections found between the cells and the cytochemistry of glycogen d...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2017/31018
Background: Neurorehabilitation remains one of the main methods of treatment in the management of stroke survivors and its early commencement reduces morbidity and improves function. This study assessed motor function recovery after sub-acute stroke rehabilitation and determines...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2017/31224
im: This paper intends to highlight and review the traits of the person-centred clinical supervision model. This model is different to ‘mentoring’ supervision models. Specifically, the person-centred model has a minimal degree of directivity when compared to educative, teaching a...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2017/29507
Transposition of great arteries (TGA) is combination of concordant atrioventricular and discordant ventriculo-arterial connections and is divided into dextro-looped (d-TGA) and levo-looped (l-TGA) based on whether the atria and ventricles are concordant or discordant, respectivel...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2017/30290
The effectiveness of treatment by means of electro-stimulation in patients with an increase of spasticity in the affected hemibody after a stroke has been presented in several studies, bringing about the need for conducting researches that seek the most effective electro-therapeu...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2017/30644