Background: Salivary flow rate and pH may be altered by chewable tobacco, the habit which is becoming a threat for oral cancer epidemic. The objective of the study was to find out the relationship between alterations in resting salivary flow rate (RSFR) and pH, which are early si...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/19273
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a significant health problem around the world and may cause serious morbidity and mortality. The most common transmission routes are parenteral, sexual, perinatal and horizontal way. Identification of the risk factors for viral hepatitis trans...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/20195
The ultimate goal of the treatment of wounds is to restore the damaged skin both structurally and functionally to its original state. Conventional treatment of chronic wounds does not seem to work in several cases, so it is necessary to develop different strategies. Recent resear...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/21382
Aims: In this study, the probable relationships between the types and factors of the Five Factor Model of Personality (FFM), which is a contemporary personality model, and the Nine Types Temperament Model (NTTM), which is a new temperament model, were investigated. Separately, th...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/20303
Aim: To evaluate the Opportunistic Infection/Anti-Retro-Viral Therapy program at a Referral health facility in Zimbabwe. Methods: This was a descriptive cross sectional study using the logic framework evaluation method from August 2012 to July 2013. Key informant interviews, pati...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/19767
Asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB) is a common finding, but there is a considerable controversy about the appropriate management of bacteriuria. ASB was found to be three times higher in patients with diabetes, especially in women when compared to non-diabetic counterpart. Asymptomat...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/20800
Background: Superficial fungal infections are among the most common skin diseases, affecting millions of people throughout the world. These infections, which occur in both healthy and immunocompromised persons, are caused by dermatophytes, yeasts ...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/21634
A series of clustered infectious-like events have been recently documented in both the northern hemisphere (Canada, UK [England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales], all countries in the European Union, and the USA) and the southern hemisphere (Australia and New Zealand), in wh...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/20062
Background: An increase in the number of medically compromised patients in dental clinics may cause serious problems for practicing dentists all over the world. When a dentist does not understand well the relationship between oral and systemic diseases, dental care may become a q...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/19576
Aims: To report SFT in a 45 years male who had a lobulated tumor in neck for longest duration of 18 years with borderline histomorphology. Presentation of Case: The case discussed is of a forty-five year old Indian man who presented with painless mass in right side of neck for th...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/20635
Aim: We present a case of histoplasmosis presenting with skin nodules and lymphadenopathy from a non endemic area. Case Presentation: A 60-year-old male presented with multiple skin nodules and lymphadenopathy. Discussion: Histoplasmosis is a rare fungal infection caused by dimor...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/20732
Odontogenic tumours encompass a diverse group of uncommon tumours that are frequently aggressive in their biological behaviour. They comprise 2.4% of all the lesions biopsied in the dental office. Odontogenic tumours have for years been recognized for presenting clinical & hi...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/20162
Background: Sickle cell disease (SCD) patients have mechanisms that are thought to protect them more than apparently normal individuals from iron deficiency. However, evidence exists that in SCD, hypoferritinaemia may be more prevalent than hyperferitinaemia, especially in develo...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/20405
Aim: Metabolic syndrome (MetS) and all its components are independently characterized by the presence of low-grade chronic inflammation. The study aimed at controlling inflammation using sulfasalazine 500mg, once a day treatment in comparison to placebo in MetS patients. Study De...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/20571
Jung Hye Sung, Joseph Yeboah, Jae Eun Lee, Che L. Smith, James G. Terry, Mario Sims, Tandaw Samdarshi, Solomon Musani, Ervin Fox, Yaorong Ge, James G. Wilson, Herman A. Taylor & Jeffery Carr·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2015
Background: The role of coronary artery calcium (CAC) as a screening tool for cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk in African Americans (AAs) is unclear. We compared the diagnostic accuracy for CVD prevalence using the CAC score and the Framingham Risk Score (FRS) in an adult popula...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/21449