Background: Odontogenesis begins from the sixth week of fetal life; meanwhile, the subsequent evolution is very complex and takes a long time. As a part of odontogenesis, amelogenesis can be altered by local and systemic factors. Systemic factors include the change of and reducti...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/19574
Aims: Ethnic differences and factors associated with high glycated haemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) levels in families of East Indian and West African descents with early onset type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) were compared. Glycaemic control is affected by genetics and is strongly influen...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/18044
Aims: To determine the prevalence of anaemia among pregnant women in Jazan in the Southern region of Saudi Arabia, and identify some food habits of pregnant women. The association between having anaemia and some maternal factors like age and obstetric history are also studied. St...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/20351
Aim: To provide the normal range of retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness in a subset of Karachi population by Spectralis OCT and to evaluate the effects of age and gender on it. Methodology: 300 eyes from 150 healthy subjects aged 40 years and above with no ocular pathologi...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/20525
Background: Sickling test and haemoglobin solubility test are screening techniques used to detect the presence of haemoglobin S, but can't identify exact phenotype or genotype. Haemoglobin electrophoresis can determine the phenotype of sickle cell disease but it cannot be perform...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/18759
Aim: To describe an outbreak which occurred in a neonatal ward and the role of active surveillance in the control of further outbreaks. Study Design: Cross Sectional Observational Study. Place and Duration of Study: Lady Hardinge Medical College and Associated Hospitals, between...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/19529
Aims: The objective of our study was to perform the routine analysis of bronchoscopically obtained tracheal samples to determine the appearance and relative distribution of cytokines and antimicrobial proteins in patients with post-intubation tracheal stenosis (PITS). Study Desig...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/19625
Aim: Anomalies of aortic arch are uncommon, accounting for only 1-3% of all congenital cardiac diseases. A vascular ring results from the abnormal development of an aortic arch complex. Generally, it manifests with tracheoesophageal compression symptoms during infancy. We aimed t...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/19837
Aim: To present clinical picture and treatment of anterior idiopathic necrotizing scleritis. Methods: Clinical and laboratory examination; B-scan ultrasound; tissue biopsy and histological analysis, were performed. Results: Herewith we depict a case of 74 year old man, with unila...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/19161
Aims: The purpose of this study was to assess the benefit of wearing a surgical face mask in reducing aerosol contamination of agar plates in a simulated spinal anaesthetic. The contamination of plates with virulent organisms, association of growth with recent upper respiratory t...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/20265
Hypertension, a chronic medical condition is commonly seen in young people in my environment. Certain risk factors are associated with the development of this condition. They include a positive family history of hypertension, being overweight /obese, excessive alcohol intake, cig...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/20070
Giovanni Messina, Vincenzo De Luca, Andrea Viggiano, Domenico Tafuri, Antonietta Messina, Fiorenzo Moscatelli, Antonio Ivano Triggiani, Giuseppe Cibelli, Anna Valenzano, Sergio Chieffi & Marcellino Monda·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2015
Aims: Menopause is a period of significant physiological change that may be associated with increased body weight and obesity-related diseases. Many studies have been carried out to determine influences of estrogen depletion, resting energy expenditure (REE) decline and aging dur...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/18877
Rasaq O. Shittu, Louis O. Odeigah, Alabi K. Moradeyo, Musa A. Sanni, A. Aderibigbe, Abdullateef G. Sule, B. S. Okesina, Salamat Isiaka Lawal & Jimoh O. Kamaldeen·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2015
Introduction: Short sleep duration is a salient issue because it is a major public health concern and has more wide-reaching problems among HIV/AIDS patients. Short sleep duration was said to be associated with lower CD4 count, higher viral load values, depression, high blood pre...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/19630
Oxidative stress and reactive oxygen species (ROS) have been working in the pathophysiology of various chronic diseases. Under normal circumstances, the human cochlea has some antioxidant molecules which can scavenge the oxidant substances and ROS to avoid the possible damage int...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/20125
Myasthenia gravis (MG) is a chronic neuromuscular junction (NMJ) dysfunction with a wide spectrum of neurological manifestations. MG is as a result of autoantibodies directed against NMJ at the postsynaptic level involving nicotinic or other postsynaptic antigens. The newly ident...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/20381