Taketo Okubo, Yoshiyuki Suehara, Takayuki Kawasaki, Keisuke Akaike, Midori Toda, Naoko Okubo, Daisuke Kubota, Kenta Mukaihara, Yongji Kim, Takafumi Kaketa, Yasuhiro Homma, Norio Shimanouchi, Tsuyoshi Saito, Tatsuya Takagi & Kazuo Kaneko·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2014
Background: To prevent locomotor dysfunction, the Japanese Orthopaedic Association (JOA) proposed the concept of locomotive syndrome (LS) in 2007, and has carried out many campaigns to increase the awareness of LS. Recently, the JOA reported that 26.6% of people recognized LS in...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/7506
Aims: Either down-regulation of protein kinases or up-regulation of protein phosphatases weakens the level of neuronal protein phosphorylation and affects the function of neuron. Low-function and/or low-content of protein phosphatases in the hippocampus neurons is proposed to be...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/6591
Background: In Nigeria, malaria is one of the main causes of morbidity and mortality in children. Nigeria government has put in efforts on malaria control and prevention. This is in consonance with Roll back malaria initiative’s objectives. Thus, with the expiration of RBM 2010 t...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/8068
Aims: Examine feasibility, implementation and impact of a Health Maintenance Organization (HMO)-Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) collaboration in providing after-hours care as an Emergency Department (ED) diversion strategy. Study Design: Prospective study using pre-post...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/8370
Group A Streptococcal infection in the throat is responsible for causing initial and recurrent attacks of acute guttate psoriasis (AGP). Up to 70% of these AGP patients go on to develop chronic plaque psoriasis (CPP). We hypothesized that chronic sub-clinical, on-going streptococ...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/9331
Aims: The diameter of the posterior atrium of the lateral cerebral ventricles (PALV) does not vary substantially in size during foetal development and has thus become a stable marker for the identification of foetal ventriculomegaly in developed countries. Currently, the accepted...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/8053
Aims: To determine the effect of oral administration of methanolic seed extract of Mucuna pruriens (M. pruriens) on oestrous cycle, ovulation, reproductive hormones and oxidative stress in the ovary of cyclic Sprague-Dawley rats. Design: Prospective animal study related to M. pru...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/8070
Aims: To examine the effect of single endometrial curettage (EC), performed during the menstrual period in primary clinical care setting, on pregnancy rate (PR) in women with unexplained infertility and subgroup analysis based on age and primary and secondary infertility. Study D...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/8547
Background: Morbidity and mortality resulting from malaria remains a serious obstacle for social and economic development. Accurate diagnosis and prompt treatment are therefore essential components of case management strategy. The aim of this study therefore was to examine the di...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/8640
Aims: In our study we highlight the importance of noninvasive imaging, stressing the role of CTA over echocardiography in the diagnosis of congenital aortic arch anomalies. Study Design: Prospective design. Place and Duration of Study: Radiology and pediatric department, in Cairo...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/8932
Aims: To re-evaluate intrauterine contraceptive use in Port Harcourt, Southern Nigeria and determine the uptake rate, effectiveness, side effects and discontinuation rate of IUCD. Study Design: Descriptive retrospective analysis. Place and Duration of Study: Family planning clini...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/9105
Hadi Mostafaie, Neda Parniyanfard, Morteza Ghojazadeh, Ariyan Pourmalek, Kimia Madanlou, Morteza Abbaspour, Fariba Pashazadeh, Sakineh Hajebrahimi & Ahmad Hajebrahimi·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2014
Aims: To evaluate relationship between patient age, location and their preference toward partnership in clinical decision making Place and Duration: A university-based clinic, Tabriz University of medical sciences, Tabriz, Iran from March to September Methods: In a cross-sectiona...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/8841
We present a new mathematical model of colorectal cancer growth and its response to monoclonalantibody (mAb) therapy. Although promising, most mAb drugs are still in trial phases, and the possible variations in the dosing schedules of those currently approved for use have not yet...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/8393
The emergence of Mineral Trioxide Aggregate (MTA) as endodontic repair filling material has generated a lot of interest due to its superior sealing ability and biocompatibility. Although MTA possesses superior sealing ability to traditional endodontic repair filling materials, su...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/9079
This review briefly summarizes how cell-based therapeutic interventions are being developed and applied to treat endothelial dysfunction (ED) as a critical clinical target. ED directly contributes to the onset and prognosis for all of the major forms of cardiovascular diseases, i...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/7329