Aims: Quantitative assessment of trace elements in enamel of sound and carious permanent and deciduous teeth, and evaluation of correlation between the presence of caries and trace elements Study Design: Using powdered enamel from extracted primary and permanent human dentitions...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/21613
Background: Mobile phones may harbor pathogenic bacteria, so studying bacterial relationships between cell phones and the face is important. Aims: To isolate and identify Staphylococcus and Pseudomonas from the cheek, ear, and mobile (cell) phones of college students. Study Desig...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/20616
Objective: To compare the efficacy of oral to intratympanicsteroids for treatment of idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss (ISSHL). Patients and Methods: A total of 39 ISSHL patients were included in this study. They were consecutively randomized into the “control” group,...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/21732
Background: Assessment of optic disc size is an important component of optic nerve head examination which is often overlooked in the diagnostic evaluation for glaucoma. Measured values of optic disc size vary with the measurement technique utilized. The actual disc size varies wi...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/20587
Aims: Airway involvement is a common feature of sarcoidosis and mucosal abnormalities may be evident in the respiratory tract. However, firm data establishing the clinical features and prognosis of sarcoidosis in these patients is lacking although the incidence of endobronchi...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/20786
Dental and orofacial injuries have been reported to be the most commonly occurring form of traumatic injury resulting from sport-related activities. Sports dentistry is the upcoming field in dentistry which is associated with the correct diagnosis, prevention and treatment of oro...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/20413
The objective of this review article was to evaluate the current literature on the increasing off-label use of rFVIIa in the management of critical obstetric haemorrhage. Given the lack of high-level evidence, there is a need to review the clinical indications, observed response...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/20737
No cure and no safe or acceptable treatment exist yet against bowel problems and chronic constipation in spinal cord-injured (SCI) patients. Although some non-central nervous system (CNS)-acting drugs have already been identified and used clinically as symptomatic treatment, most...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/19033
Nura Mohammed Naseb, Ramesh Naidu Yedla, Khalid Saleh Gharib, Jagannadha Rao Peela, S. Shakila, Abdul Rehaman Said, Laxmi Teja Peela, Sobha Devi Kolla, Sainath Jagannath Doiphode, Anuradha Argi, V. Laxmi Kalpana, Avinash Rawal & Soe Naung·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2015
Introduction: Type 2 diabetes is an increasingly common metabolic disorder characterized by hyperglycemia resulting from defects in insulin secretion, insulin action, or both. Diabetes mellitus is frequently associated with dyslipidemia and an increased percentage of glycated hem...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/18537
Objectives: This work was aimed at investigating, by means of ultrasonography, the impact of cardiovascular parameters on the physical endurance of runners participating in high altitude race. Experimental Design: This was a cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of the Study:...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/19844
Purpose: Disability is a potential risk for stroke survivors. This study aims to identify disability risk factors associated with stroke and their relative importance and relationships from a national behavioral risk factor dataset. Methods: Data of post-stroke individuals in the...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/21601
Aim: To document the conditions requiring dialysis in children at the University College Hospital, Ibadan Nigeria, at the end of the 20th century, as well as the available dialytic modalities and short-term outcomes of dialysis for future comparisons. Patients and Methods: The da...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/20470
Aim: To assess the prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome in patients of psoriasis and its relation with disease severity. Materials and Methods: The study was cross sectional and hospital based. It was conducted on one hundred psoriasis patients of psoriasis between 18 to 70 years of...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/20759
Head and neck cancers is one of the common health problems in our environment affecting relatively the youth. The paucity of literature on community based studies in Nigeria to determine the incidence of the disease obscure its burden, pattern and magnitude. This study presents e...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/20344
Aim: This study was designed to explore and exploit the phytotherapeutic and fertility effects of ethanolic leaf extract of Dracaena arborea in type-1 Alloxan-induced diabetic rats. The phytotherapeutic effects of Dracaena arborea on hematological parameters, appetite, spermiogra...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/21640