Aim: The aim of the study was to evaluate oral manifestations of HIV /AIDS patients and to correlate their occurrence with plasma levels of CD4+, CD8+ counts and CD4/CD8 ratio. Study Design: A descriptive cross-sectional study. Place and Duration: Odontology Unit, St-Antoine Hosp...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/15394
Background and Aim of Study: The use of Low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH) for hemodialysis anticoagulation has been proposed as effective and safe for hemodialysis (HD) anticoagulation as standard unfractionated heparin (UFH). The aim of our study was to assess the use of LMWH...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/15365
Background: The white coat is synonymous with medical profession and helps for easy identification by patients and colleagues. Objectives: The objective of this study is to determine doctors’ perception on mode of dressing of their colleagues, especially wearing of white coats an...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/15150
Background: In places like rural Ethiopia where there is no CT or MRI, the diagnosis of stroke remains by clinical signs and symptoms. Knowing the actual proportion of the types of stroke seen locally is helpful in the prevention, diagnosis and thereby treatment of this illness....
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/14849
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection remains a public health challenge and Nigerian universities are not immune to the effect of the epidemic. Despite the fact that non academic junior staff constitute a significant proportion of the workforce and are at risk due to their...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/14562
Aims: The number of reports on HCV positive PTLD patients in non-liver transplantation setting as well as our knowledge on the issue is extremely limited. In this study, we aimed to investigate the impact of HCV infection on non-liver transplant recipients regarding PTLD developm...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/4093
Aim: This study reports a rare case of simple bone cyst (SBC) with a radiographic behavior similar to malignancies and a mixed internal structure in a 43 year-old woman who presented to a dental office with clinical symptoms. Presentation of Case: A 43 year-old woman presented to...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/14580
Introduction: Poor retention, stability and margin gap due to excessive bone lose following surgery is one of the major problems of rehabilitation in orbital defect with adhesive retained orbital prosthesis. Presentation of Case: This clinical report describes a simplified techni...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/15237
A cataractous and open angle glaucomatous right eye of a 60 year old man was surgically treated in a different way. First, phacoemulsification with posterior chamber intraocular lens was done, then, under gonioscopy, I track, I science microcatheter was introduced in the supracho...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/14993
Aim: To determine the prevalence of malnutrition and its association with primary pyomyositis among patients and controls who were age and sex matched. Study Design and Setting: A case-control study was conducted at Gulu Regional, Lacor, Kalongo, Kitgum and St. Joseph’s Hospitals...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/14597
Introduction: Nodding syndrome is an unknown neurological disorder affecting children in Northern Uganda, South Sudan and Southern Tanzania. The patient in our case report is, to the best of our knowledge, the first with the syndrome that has been serially followed up for more th...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/14595
Background: Pregnant women constitute a high risk group for iron deficiency due to increased iron requirements for foetal and maternal tissues growth. This study sought to find out the prevalence of iron deficiency among Ghanaian pregnant women obtaining antenatal care at the Uni...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/14786
Introduction: It is becoming clear that a major complication of HIV patients on HAART is co-infection with hepatitis C and its attendant sequalae such as liver cirrhosis and carcinoma. The aim is to determine the prevalence of anaemia, transaminitis in these co-infected patients....
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/15142
An overwhelming body of research has now firmly established that the dietary intake of berry fruits has a positive and profound impact on human health, performance, and disease. Evidence suggests that edible small and soft-fleshed berry fruits may have beneficial effects against...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/15289
Background: The National Health Service (NHS) in the UK has been beset by unprecedented growth in emergency admissions to hospital which are specifically medical in nature, while surgical and trauma admissions are only showing the level of low growth expected from demographic cha...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/14845