Phytopreparations, in addition to the pharmacological activity and positive effects on health, can lead to side effects, toxic effects, allergic reactions, as well as the interaction of conventional and herbal medicines. Despite this, there is a generally positive attitude that herbal medicines and herbal dietary supplements are safe and harmless t...

By Snježana Mirković, Slobodan Janković, Jelena Džudović, Vladimir Gužvić

High risk Hodgkin lymphoma patients may occasionally have borderline characteristics similar to gray zone lymphomas and T-cell/histiocyte rich B cell lymphomas. These entities require different and more aggressive treatment modalities. Aggressive behavior is often associated with disturbances caused by Epstein Barr virus, or immune evasion caused b...

By Goran Marjanović, Olivera Simonović

The purpose of the study was to examine the effects of an adapted basketball training program on the cardiorespiratory fitness and sport skills performance of adolescents with mental retardation (MR). Fifty adolescents with mild MR who participated in this study were divided in two groups. Experimental group (n = 25; mean ± SD age: 15.7 &plu...

By Miodrag Kocić, Ivana Bojić, Marko Aleksandrović, Aleksandar Ignjatović, Dragan Radovanović

The aim of the paper was to evaluate the surgical outcome in patients with spontaneous supratentorial intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) after surgical intervention, in respect to the initial clinical conditions, age, sex, hemispheric side and anatomic localization of ICH. Thirty-eight surgically treated patients with spontaneous supratentorial intrace...

By Vladimir Rendevski, Dragan Stojanov, Boris Aleksovski, Ana Mihajlovska Rendevska, Aleksandar Chaparoski, Doga Ugurlar, Vasko Aleksovski, Natalija Baneva, Icko Gjorgoski

So far, some prospective metal-based anti-malarial drugs have been developed. The mechanochemical synthesis and characterization of Zn (II) complex with amodiaquine and its anti-malarial efficacy on Plasmodium berghei-infected mice and safety evaluation were described in this study. Solvent-free mechanochemical synthesis and characterization of Zn ...

By Rotimi Olusanya Arise, Sunday-Nwaso Elizabeth, Samuel Tobi Farohunbi, Mikhail Olugbemiro Nafiu, Adedibu Clement Tella

Testicular microlithiasis is a condition characterized by the ultrasonographic findings with multiple microliths, with the prevalence of 0.6% to 9%. This is a condition of unknown etiology; however, in many cases it may be associated with cryptorchidism, Klinefelter syndrome, Down syndrome, varicocele, testicular torsion and male pseudohermaphrodit...

By Goran Savić, Vladimir Vasić, Milan Petrović, Jovan Petrović, Dragoslav Bašić, Jovan Hadži-Đokić

Papillary carcinoma of the breast is an extremely rare form of breast carcinoma in males. We report a case of an 83-year-old man who presented with a retroareolar palpable mass, associated with bloody nipple discharge. Cytological characteristics were rare clusters and papillary formations with enlarged hyperchromatic nuclei, surrounded by erythroc...

By Vuka Katić, Danijela Radojković, Zoran Radovanović, Ivan Nagorni, Andrija Jović, Maja Nedić

In the pediatric age group, most cases of syncope represent benign, neutrally-mediated alterations in vasomotor tone. Due to the global cerebral hypoperfusion, syncope is defined as a transient loss of consciousness followed by spontaneous recovery and/or a state of presyncope, including dizziness, lightheadedness, pallor, diaphoresis and palpitati...

By Ljiljana Pejčić, Marija Ratković Janković, Radmila Mileusnić-Milenović, Karin Vasić, Ivana Nikolić

Fear of needles can significantly limit professional and social functioning of a person, and is highly prevalent in general population (4%). The aim of our study was to reveal risk factors that are associated with fear of needles among healthy university students of medicine and pharmacy. The study was of a cross-sectional type. In total, 301 stude...

By Boban Milovanović, Dušan Tomović, Slobodan M. Janković, Iva Grubor, Ljiljana Nikolić, Miloš Nikolić, Marina Mijajlović, Strahinja Mrvić, Ana Divjak, Andjela Milojević, Jelena Djoković, Andjelka Prokić, Andriana Bukonjić, Marija Sekulić, Vesna Matić, Djordje Vukmirović, Bojan Rakonjac, Tanja Dimitrijević, Nataša Nikolić, Dragutin Jovanović, Jelena Milovanović, Marija Ratković, Nevena Barudžić, Nenad Mladenović, Milan Milutinović, Ana Antanasković, Milena Nikolić

The open field test is being used extensively for the determination of different aspects of animal behaviour for over seventy years. The correlation between different behavioural parameters obtained in this test, although previously studied, is still debatable. Thus, we aimed to analyze and correlate behaviour scores to estimate the importance of i...

By Nikola M. Stojanović, Pavle J. Randjelović, Niko S. Radulović