Cancer therapy has been a major scientific and medical focus for decades, treatment of which has proven to be a challenging task, especially in the light of its escalating incidence all over the globe. The material and moral costs of understanding the nature of the disease and fi...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/21795
Background: Sickle cell disease which is considered to be a hypercoagulable state has a worldwide distribution. Protein C is a naturally occurring anticoagulant with anti inflammatory and fibrinolytic properties. Objective: To evaluate the level of Protein C in Nigerian Patients...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/21539
Traditionally, the main model of the pharmaceutical industry for developing new drugs has been based on monotherapies, new molecular entities (NMEs), and their underlying one-target-one-disease dogma. It is no surprise that closely related fields such as the cosmeceutical and nut...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/18997
Mucormycosis is an emerging and slowly rising fatal infectious disease in most countries. It is the third most common invasive mycosis after candidiasis and aspergillosis. Hematologic malignancies notably acute myeloblastic leukemia (AML) and diabetes mellitus (DM) especially whe...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/19714
Introduction: Well Differentiated thyroid carcinoma (WDTC) represents 80% of all thyroid malignant tumours, with good prognosis and a survival rate higher than 90% at 20 yrs. Total or subtotal thyroidectomy is the treatment of choice, with radioactive iodine (RAI) therapy reserve...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/20375
Sameer Al-Ghamdi, Khaled Aldossari, Jamaan Al-Zahrani, Saad Al-Qasem, Ali Al-Gonaim, Ibrahim Al-Tamimi, Saad Al-Juhaim, Abdulrahman Al-Ghamdi & Hussain Al-Ghamdi·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2015
Aims: To estimate the prevalence, attitude and magnitude of consumption of energy drinks among health science students. To establish the relationship between consumption of energy drinks and smoking. To determine the relationship between energy drinks consumption and the students...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/19808
This in vivo study was carried out to investigate alterations in the levels of proteins and enzymes produced by the liver of HIV infected pregnant women and HIV infected non pregnant women under different antiretroviral therapy. Forty six human patients (Pregnant patient, n=21, N...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/19651
The aim of the “Dismantling Psychotherapy Research Study” was to evaluate whether the psychotherapist is more or less active in connection to his or her countertransference, the therapist-patient-interaction and the patient’s level of object relationship quality. We worked with 2...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/21985
Objectives: To establish the local reference range of prostate volume according to our subset of population. To correlate prostate volume (PV) with age, body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC). Methods: A cross-sectional study with 119 healthy adults aged 40-79 years w...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/20530
The socio-economic importance of trypanosomosis and ancylostomosis in both humans and animal necessitated the investigation of the clinical signs of single and conjunct infection of both parasites in dogs. Sixteen dogs grouped into 4 of 4 members each were used in the study. GROU...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/21363
Background: Low back pain (LBP) has been documented to be a common occupational health problem among health care workers. A cross sectional study was carried out in a health facility in South – South Nigeria to determine the prevalence and risk factors of low back pain among the...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/20785
Kenechi Anderson Uwakwe, Chukwuma Bonaventure Duru, Richard Uche Oluoha, Kevin Chiekulie Diwe, Irene Adanta Merenu, Chima Obinna Emereole & Chijioke Okeudo·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2015
Aims: The aim of this study was to assess the use of malaria prophylaxis and its related outcome among pregnant women in Imo state. Study Design: Descriptive cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Six health facilities; the most prominent one from the urban and rural...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/20591
Introduction: Asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB) is a microbiological diagnosis based on the isolation of a specified quantitative count of bacteria in a properly collected specimen of urine from pregnant women without signs and symptoms, which are referable to urinary tract infectio...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/20754
Aims: To determine the prevalence of extended spectrum beta lactamase producing Escherichia coli (ESBL E. coli) strains among the total isolates and study the association between the antibiotic resistance and plasmid profiles of the isolates. Methodology: A total of 1258 urine sa...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/21451
Chahed Jamila, Mekki Mongi, Kechiche Nahla, Hidouri Saida, Ksia Amine, Sahnoun Lassaad, Hemmadi Faten, Sfar Mohamed Tahar, Belghith Mohsen & Nouri Abdellatif·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2015
Objective: Juvenile myasthenia gravis (JMG) is a rare disease with possible severe forms. Thymectomy is supported by many authors particularly in generalised forms with positive AcetylCholine Receptor Antibody (AChR- Ab). The aim of our study was to discuss the indication and the...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/19760