Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a protozoan disease caused by some Leishmania donovani complex species and is considered as an endemic zoonotic parasitic disease in Iran. This study was performed to determine the prevalence of human VL in Iran. Data were systematically gathered from 1985 to 2018 in Islamic republic of Iran from the following electro...

By Vahid Rahmanian, Karamatollah Rahmanian, Abdolreza Sotoodeh-Jahromi, Saied Bokaie

Composite materials used for the restoration of lost dental tissues fulfill almost all functional and aesthetic requirements. However, polymerization shrinkage still remains the main problem of light-curing composite resins. The consequences of this phenomenon are microfractures and microleakage in the marginal areas of the composite restoration. T...

By Stefan Dačić, Milan Miljković, Aleksandar Mitić, Marija Nikolić, Marko Igić, Milica Jovanović

Summary Anemia is defined as blood hemoglobin concentration of less than 120 g/l in women and less than 130 g/l in men. The main cause of the development of anemia in patients treated with regular hemodialysis is the lack of endogenous erythropoietin, and its main clinical consequences are: progressive decline in residual renal function, developmen...

By Saša Jacović, Milena Jovanović, Nedim Hamzagić, Radiša Pavlović, Dejan Petrović

ERRATUM The article entitled “Evaluation of Prognostic Factors Involved in Seroma Formation after Radical Surgery for Breast Cancer“, authored by: Miodrag Djordjević , Toplica Bojić , Lidija Djordjević , Dragana Budjevac , Nebojša Djordjević, Nebojša Ignjatović, Ivan Pešić, Ana Cvetanović , Mladjan Golubović , Jo...

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

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 aim of the paper was to identify the correlation between the parameters of hospital admission and clinical outcome in nontraumatic intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) patients younger than 65 years, who were not surgically but conservatively treated only. The analyzed data was collected from the medical records of 341 consecutive patients who suffer...

By Srđan Ljubisavljević, Aleksandra Ignjatović

Candida vaginitis is the second most common vaginal infection which is treatable by azole. Overconsumption of azole is associated with resistance to drug and treatment failure. Studies conducted in laboratory conditions confirm the anti-fungal effects of Artemisia plant. The aim of this study was to compare the effect of vaginal Artemisia cream and...

By Ala Saber Mohammad, Samira Ebrahimzadeh Zagami, Nahid Golmakani, Mohammad Javad Asili, Ali Naseri, Mahmood Parian-Novghani, Azaddeh Saki

Delirium is a common complication in hospitalized elderly patients suffering from hip fractures. Considering the growing incidence of delirium, understanding the risk factors for this condition is of great importance. The preoperative prevalence of delirium is approximately 4.4–35.6%, while postoperative prevalence is even higher - 4–53...

By Ivana Milićević, Slobodan Janković, Iva Grubor

Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is the most common type of skin cancer and the most common type of tumor in the human population in general. Clinical variants of BCC include nodular, superficial, pigmented, morpheaform, cystic, metatypical types and fibroepithelioma of Pinkus. Giant BCC is a rare type of carcinoma, accounting for less than 1% of all cas...

By Danijela Popović, Andrija Jović, Danica Tiodorović, Nataša Vidović, Ivana Graovac