Background: Prenatal consultation of a couple and medical follow-up of a pregnant woman is an essential part of health care while absence of these is associated with significant perinatal morbidity and mortality. Herein, a non-followed pregnancy resulted birth of a neonate with h...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/12738
Monomelic amyotrophy (MMA) known as Hirayama disease (HD). The first report appeared in 1959 when Hirayama described 12 patients [1] then, a large group of patients was found from Japan [2,3]. MMA from South India was also reported in 1984 [4]. The disease accounted for males ove...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/11574
Introduction: Hypertension is a global public health concern. Among the factors that contribute to this crisis, the poor control of hypertensive patients is a major concern. Patients’ lack of adherence to the medication regimen is often considered to be the main reason for this f...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/13061
Diabetes is a chronic metabolic disorder with high mortality rate and with defects in multiple biological systems. Two major types of diabetes are recognized, type 1 and 2 with type 2 diabetes (T2D) being by far the more prevalent type. As diabetes affects multiple biological fun...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/8764
Background: Several of the comorbidities and risk factors associated with COPD and other pulmonary disorders are also similar to those for lower extremity peripheral artery disease (PAD) and cerebrovascular disease. The later condition is often manifested as cognitive impairment,...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/13110
The Millennium Development Goals identify the health and wellbeing of children as important indices of meaningful development. An important aspect of child survival is the control of vaccine-preventable diseases. Measles remains an important cause of death among young children gl...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/4333
Introduction: The geriatric population assumes great significance in terms of both preventive and curative health care services utilized. The patho-physio-psychological changes associated with ageing make their problems unique. In the geriatric population, hypertension accounts f...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/12876
Objectives: The objectives of the study were to investigate associations between socioeconomic status and all-cause mortality in the United States, and racial/ethnic differences in this association. We stratify analysis by race/ethnicity to test whether the consequences of SES va...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/12433
Background: Evidence has demonstrated the metabolic relationship between dyslipidaemia and hypertension which are independent cardio-metabolic risk factors. As socio-economic and environmental dynamics in rural Nigeria changes, geriatric Nigerians tend to adopt lifestyles that pr...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/11614
Introduction: Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) are two common diseases of lower gastrointestinal symptoms and discomfort. Although research has demonstrated the influence of psychological processes on gastrointestinal functions, few studies com...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/11734
Marisa Baré, Concepción Montón, Xavier Pomares, Juli Font, Núria Torà, Cristina Estirado, José Maria Quintana, Ana Santiago, Silvia Vidal & The IRYSS-COPD Appropriateness Study Group·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2014
Background: We aimed to determine the mortality two months after exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (eCOPD) and to identify factors associated with mortality, comparing patients admitted to wards and those discharged to home from the emergency department. Metho...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/11853
Amastigotes from L(L) amazonensis (La); L(L) venezuelensis (Lv); L(V) brasiliensis (Lb) and L(L)chagasi(Lch) were cultured axenically in a liquid culture medium (O’Daly’s medium). Patients from a cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) endemic and hyperendemic regions in Venezuela, receivin...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/12531
Aim: To assess study the prevalence of obesity and physical fitness among Moscow schoolchildren. Subjects and Methods: During the 2004-5, 2007-8, and 2010-11 school years, about 20% of Moscow schoolchildren were studied in all districts of the town. Both anthropometric and physic...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/12246
Background: ELISA procedures are widely available and used for the measurement of saliva and blood (serum and plasma) testosterone. Suggestions for strong correlations between these two fluids have been made but differences in assay format, as well as in the collection procedures...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/12773
Aims: To report a case of ring chromosome 13 in a female child. Presentation of Case: Female, Caucasian, born in Southeast of Brazil, 6 years old. Born by cesarean section, the physical examination at 6 years and 1 month old has shown: weight of 19.100 grams and 105 centimeters t...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/11666