Objectives: The frequent finding of craniomandibular disorders (CMD) in burning mouth syndrome (BMS) patients has led the scientific community to hypothesize that the two diseases have common aspects that require further examination. Some authors have evaluated the presence of CM...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/14442
Free radicals pose a serious threat to tissues and vital organs, especially membrane lipids, proteins and nucleic acids of cells. Overproduction of reactive oxygen/ nitrogen species (ROS/RNS) and other related radicals lead to oxidative stress which has been implicated in aging a...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/16284
Aims: To evaluate patient factors, provider factors, and factors related to the patient-provider experience which may predict patient satisfaction with dental appointments. Study Design: A cross-sectional design was used. Place and Duration of Study: Data were gathered from denta...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/15984
Obesity has been associated with a multitude of co-morbid conditions, most importantly with diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular diseases. Diet is one of the major key factors of a successful weight management schemes to ensure a healthy weight. High protein, low carbohydrate and...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/16214
Aim: A suspicion about adverse drug reactions is sufficient for adverse drug reactions reporting. However, assessing the causal drug-disturbance(s) relation is the primary issue in physicians’ clinical practice, due to their principal responsibility among health care workers for...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/15269
Aim: Renal excretion of aluminum is impaired in patients with chronic kidney disease, thereby increasing the risk of toxicity. Our aims were to determine the serum aluminum level in children on regular haemodialysis and to assess the effect of aluminum on PTH and blood parameters...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/16146
Aims: This case reports is about a patient with diagnosis of thymoma with intercurrent infection with Toxoplasma gondii. The state of immunosuppression caused by thymoma had probably facilitaded the development of an infection with Toxoplasma gondii, that determined lymph nodes i...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/8667
As bronchial carcinoids are known to be notably rare, adequate histochemical investigations couldn’t have been carried out on these types of tumors hitherto. In this study, we investigated bronchial cytokines in a carcinoid tumor localized in the left main bronchus. Bronchial res...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/16006
Background: Urinary tract infection (UTI) is considered as one of the frequent diseases affecting humans. Usually, emphasis has been on bacteriological etiologies but this study focuses on fungal etiologies. Aims: The aim of this study is isolation and characterisation of fungal...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/12559
Aims: Calcifying pseudoneoplasms of the neuroaxis (CPN) are rare, poorly understood lesions of the central nervous system that pose a diagnostic challenge because they mimic the more common calcified lesions of the neuroaxis. We highlight the relevant clinical presentation as wel...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/16543
Aims: Laparoscopy has been practised for many years by both surgeons and gynaecologists and has made significant advances in last three decades. Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy (LC) has been the mainstay of treatment for gallstones for a long time. In recent years laparoscopy has be...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/16616
Background: Literature regarding safe dose of carvedilol is limited and also safe dose across different child classes of chronic liver disease is not very clear. Aim: We aimed primarily to study, the effect of reasonably safe dose (12.5 mg) of carvedilol in acute reduction of por...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/15398
Aim: The objective of the following research is to study the prevalence by evaluating a large group of children and young adolescent patients from the north-western region of Turkey and investigate the characteristics of supernumerary teeth. Methodology: This descriptive and retr...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/16422
Ghana is undergoing a rapid epidemiological transition from solely communicable to a double burden of infectious and chronic disease such as hypertension. Aims: We aimed to compare the association between different lifestyle practices, adiposity indices, atherogenic dyslipidaemic...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/14308
Aim: The Spontaneously Diabetic Torii (SDT) fatty rat is a metabolic syndrome model, showing obesity, hyperglycemia, dyslipidemia, and hypertension. Moreover, female SDT fatty rats exhibit hepatic steatosis. In this study, metabolic abnormalities, particularly in the liver, were...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/15922