The objective of this paper was to evaluate the prevalence of live births with orofacial clefts in Northeastern Brazil, with regard to Brazil’s federative units. An ecological, descriptive study was developed based on the data recorded in the Brazilian Information System on Live Births (SINASC), between 2011 and 2016 in nine Brazilian capital...

By Alessandro Leite Cavalcanti, Everton de Sousa Catão, Tiago Virgínio Fernandes1, Natália Medeiros Andrade, Gustavo Correia Basto da Silva, Liege Helena Freitas Fernandes, Catarina Ribeiro Barros de Alencar, Alidianne Fábia Cabral Cavalcant

The incidence of thyroid dysfunction in the area of central Bosnia with special reference to hyperthy-roidism was being monitored. Considering that there were disagreements among earlier authors and even their contradictory results, the goal was to determine the percentage ratio between the thyroid hyperfunction and other dysfunctions and to identi...

By Edhem Hasković, Jasmina Marušić, Denis Hasković, Muhamed Fočak, Safija Herenda

Many studies have evaluated the effect of platelet rich plasma (PRP) in the treatment of non-union fractures but few studies have investigated their effect on the union of femoral neck fractures or their functional outcome in young adults. The aim of this study was to evaluate the union time and functional outcome in young adult patients with femor...

By Mohammed Al-Edanni, Yaseen Al, Ghadeer Majeed, Sadik Al-Muktar

Breast cancer (BC) is the most prevalent and life-threatening malignant tumor in adult females. Little is known about the association between neuropeptide leptin hormone and development of BC. The aim of the paper was to evaluate the interactive role of neuropeptide leptin hormone among BC Jordanian women with regard to treatment exposure and menop...

By Safa'a Al-Zeidaneen, Mousa Ahmad, Ali Al-Ebous

The prevalence of diabetes is increasing worldwide. Middle Eastern countries will be confronting an im-mense increase in the number of diabetes mellitus cases by 2030. Living with diabetes mellitus has been characterized as a dynamic individual transitive adjustment, based on restructuring of the illness perceived experience and management of the s...

By Parviz Sadeghi, Hossein Namdar Areshtanab, Rasoul Zarrin, Hossein Ebrahimi, Reza Sabanloei

Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) patients who have bone involvement are rarely seen. These patients exhibit very different clinical manifestations in comparison with the normal cases of these types of cancers. We report a case of NHL, firstly treated as osteomyelitis case of unidentified etiology. This case showed the difficulties that may occur while ...

By Soheil Ebrahimpour, Afshar Mohseni, Zeinab Sheidaie, Mahmoud Sadeghi-Haddad-zavareh, Arefeh Babazadeh

Postpartum psychiatric disorders are mental disorders which occur after childbirth. Untreated depression and anxiety during pregnancy as well as stress and previous episodes of depression are significant risk factors for postpartum psychiatric disorders. Postpartum blues, postpartum depression and postpartum psychosis, as well as postpartum anxiety...

By Jelena Stojanov, Miodrag Stanković, Olivera Žikić, Jovana Antonijević

Origanum compactum (O. compactum) is an endemic Moroccan medicinal herb. Numerous studies have shown that O. compactum organic extracts, essential oil and its main components possess a broader spectrum of pharmacological and therapeutic activities such as antibacterial, antifungal, antioxidant and antitumour activity. This research was designed to ...

By Merima Ibišević, Darja Husejnagić, Radmila Kazanović, Ivana Arsić

Hypercalcemia in granulomatous diseases as tuberculosis (TB) is uncommon. We describe a case of a 21-year-old male whose serum calcium level was 14 mg/dL at the time of admission. Chest imaging revealed a cavity at the top of both lungs as well as the closure of the right laberal angle. The sputum smears and culture were evaluated regarding Mycobac...

By Soheil Ebrahimpour, Ahangar Darabi, Mahmoud Sadeghi-Haddad-zavareh, Afshar Mohseni, Mehran Shokri, Arefeh Babazadeh

ERRATUM The article entitled: “Adjustment and Its Association with Demographic and Clinical Factors among Iranian Population with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: The First Native Diabetes Adjustment Assessment Scale “, authored by: Parviz Sadeghi, Hossein Namdar Areshtanab, Rasoul Zarrin, Hossein Ebrahimi, Reza Sabanloei was published in v...

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