Aims: The aim of our study was to investigate the effects of continuous action of ultrasonic waves of variable frequencies on behavior of rats in "classical" tests used to reveal depression-like behavior, to evaluate the influence of different psychotropic drugs on rates of these...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2013/4994
Boris G. K. Azantsa, Raïssa F. Ntentié, Mary-ann A. Mbong, Anne-pascale N. Kengne, Dieudonné Kuaté, William Dakam, Huguette C. M. Yangoua, Laure J. Ngondi & Julius Oben·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2013
Aims: To study the prevalence of hypertension hemodynamic subtypes, prehypertension, hypertension (HTN) stages 1 and 2 as well as to evaluate the influence of overweight and obesity on those prevalences among untreated hypertensive Cameroonians. Study Design: This study was descr...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2013/4685
Aims: To evaluate the effectiveness of a brief educational intervention and a predictive difficult airway (DA) checklist on performance of emergency endotracheal intubation by residents. Place and Duration of Study: The Emergency Department (ED) of Interim Louisiana State Univers...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2013/3001
Aims: To investigate in vitro antioxidant/radical scavenging activities and hepatoprotective ability of ethanolic leaf extracts of Cassia occidentalis (COLEX) in male Wistar rats treated with sodium arsenite (NaAsO2). Study Design/Methodologies: Using four different methodologies...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2013/4356
Objective: To investigate the demographic characteristics and dietary patterns of elderly adults (>60 years) in Ondo State, Nigeria. Methodology: This was a random sampling of 400 elderly individuals (>60 years) living in Ondo State, Nigeria. Data on demographic and non-dem...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2013/4111
Aims: To study effect of birth weight and mode of feeding during early infancy on clinical indicators of obesity and lipid profile in adulthood. Place and Duration of Study: The study was conducted on 260 adults aged 21-31 years censured in Yaoundé between February and March 2012...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2013/2999
Aim: The aim of this study is to describe an unusual case of an Epidermoid Cyst (EC) of the tongue treated by a Potassium Titanium Phosphate (KTP) laser. Presentation of Case: A 38 young male patient came to our attention since a little painless swelling, yellowish, on the latera...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2013/4122
Background: KRAS mutation (KRM) is the earliest, most common mutation in pancreatic cancer. Accurate assessment of tumour KRM status in pancreatobiiary tumours is relevant in an era of targeted molecular therapies. Aim: To assess KRM in tumour and non-tumourous margin tissue in p...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2013/4604
Background: Sierra Leone started the Direct Observation Treatment Strategy (DOTS) for the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis in 1992. The country’s pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) treatment program is now standardized according to international scale. Under the national standardize...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2013/4057
Aims: We aimed to evaluate the effect of primary tumour resection in stage IV breast cancer on survival. Study Design: Retrospective data analysis. Place and Duration of Study: Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine Departments of General Surgery and Medical Oncology between 20...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2013/4726
Introduction: Recently there has been an increased association between environmental factors and male infertility. Aims: In the present study, the effect of changes in testicular biometric parameters (weight and volume) and testicular function (Sperm count, morphology, testostero...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2013/2821
Najla S. Dar-Odeh, Mohammad M. Beyari, Mariam Al-Abdalla, Mohammad H. Al-Shayab, Wakas S. Abdulrazzaq, Shadi Jarar, Malek Al-Issa & Osama A. Abu-Hammad·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2013
Aims: Narghile smoking may be associated with a number of unconventional practices that need to be thoroughly investigated for their potential health problems. We investigated the prevalence and pattern of unconventional practices related to narghile smoking including the use of...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2013/4718
Aims: To conduct an epidemiological study to establish the association between malnutrition, metabolic disorder and Onchocerciasis to Nodding Syndrome (NS) in Northern Uganda. Study Design: Case-control study design. Place and Duration of Study: Odek and Atiak sub counties in Gul...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2013/4357
Cervical cancer is one of the leading causes of death from cancer among women worldwide and is the most common female cancer in developing countries. In Jamaica, at 27.5 per 100, 000 it is second only to breast cancer as a cause of cancer death in women. Several studies have sugg...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2013/4156
Aims: To report a rare clinical case of gliomatosis cerebri, which presented with non-specific clinical, laboratory, and radiological findings. We provide images and stress the importance of differential diagnosis based on imaging, especially magnetic resonance (MR) spectroscopy....
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2013/3935