Aims: To document the relationships between child dietary diversity and acute malnutrition (wasting) in urban and rural Ghana, controlling for maternal, child and household socio-demographic characteristics. Study Design: Cross sectional survey Place and Duration of Study: Urban...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/10014
Background: In recent years, an increase in Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections among children has become a social issue in Japan. Methods: During a 2-year collection period (2011-2012), we evaluated trends during the first and second halves of both years. Only patients with positiv...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/10966
Sarcoidosis is a systemic granulomatous disease of unknown etiology that can involve nearly all organs. Liver is the third most commonly affected organ following the lungs and the lymph nodes. Cases with liver sarcoidosis are usually silent clinically while a few can progress to...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/9568
Aim: To analyze the relationship between dental caries, albumin in young adults between the age group of 20 to 30 years from South Canara district, Karnataka with varying caries experience as determined by their caries progression Methods and Materials: Eighty subjects from the o...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/9296
Aims: Analyse the impact of a physical recondition program (PRP) on Quality of Life (QOL), associated or not to LED therapy on sternotomy after coronary-artery bypass graft (CABG). Study Design: Follow-up after a clinical trial. Place and Duration of Study: Participants were recr...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/9974
Aims: To assess the renal functions in Nigerian diabetic patients and to examine the predictive performances of Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR) estimating equations. Study Design: A case-control study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Physiology and University College...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/10752
Background: Hepatitis C Virus infection presents a major public health threat globally. The advent of different immunoassays for the detection of specific markers for the diagnosis of the infection since the discovery of the virus is a positive development, but their varied degre...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/10606
Aims: To present the clinical, radiographic and histopathological features of an osteoblastoma localized to the second metatarsal of a 50-year-old woman that was successfully treated with intralesional curettage. Case Presentation: A 50-year-old woman presented with localized swe...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/10567
Aims: To determine the prevalence of depression and its associated risk factors among adults attending primary care clinics in Kuantan. Study Design: Cross-sectional. Place and Duration of Study: Public primary care clinics in Kuantan, Pahang between July 2008 and September 2008....
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/10423
Patients with unexplained fatigue often have secondary anxiety and depressive symptoms. The symptoms are unlikely to resolve unless their primary illness is diagnosed and treated. Many patients labeled with treatment-resistant depressionare misdiagnosed. Chronic fatigue syndrome...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/10054
Avulsion fractures of the anterior superior iliac spine are rare with a incidence 1.4% of pelvis injuries. This injury met commonly in adolescents, as an avulsion fracture of the apophyses, a result of suddenly and forcefully contraction or repetitive contraction of the sartorius...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/10785
Certain types of leukemia are amongst the first neoplasias to be “cured” with relatively high 5-year remission rates. This is largely due to targeted therapeutics. However, considerable resistance to tumor-specific targeting drugs has developed due to the presence of abundant can...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/10235
Aims: To enforce the concept that the breast is a possible site of metastases from other organs. Presentation: We describe a case of a 70 year old woman diagnosed with thymic carcinoma which developed, ten months after, a single breast nodular lesion. Case Discussion: The breast...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/10015
Aims: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of vitamin E supplementation on oxidant-antioxidant balance in chronic renal failure patients treated by hemodialysis. Study Design: The study utilized a randomized experimental design. The experimental intervention consi...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/10351
Squamous cell carcinoma is the second most common skin carcinoma, which most commonly affects sun-exposed areas. However squamous cell carcinoma can rarely involve the anal and perianal region. It has been found in association with human papilloma virus infection, uterine cervix...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/9608