Abstract The pathophysiology of periapical lesions (PLs) is under control of pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory (mainly immunoregulatory) cytokines. We have recently established mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) from PLs and showed their suppressive effects on the production of proinflammatory cytokines from PLs inflammatory cells (ICs). In th...
By Milan Marković, Sergej Tomić, Jelena Djokić, Miodrag Čolić
Can Leech Therapy Be Used as an Alternative Treatment for Controlling Migraine Headache? A Pilot Study / Da li lečenje pijavicama može da se primenjuje kao alternativni način lečenja u kontroli migrenoznih glavobolja? Pilot studija
Abstract Leech therapy is likely to cause symptomatic relief in migraine headache sufferers, but there is little clinical data in this field. This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of leech therapy in the management of migraine headaches. This is a quasi-experimental pilot study with a three-month post-treatment follow-up. Twen...
By Mahmoud Bakhshi, Babak Jalalian, Maryam Valian, Saeide Shariati, Tahere Saeidi, Hossein Ranjbar
A Thirty-Seven-Year Follow-Up of Peutz–Jeghers Syndrome across Three Generations / Tridesetsedmogodišnje praćenje Pojc-Jegersovog sindroma kroz tri generacije
Abstract Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (PJS) is a rare genetic disorder with autosomal-dominant pleiotropic inheritance, variable penetrance and characteristic signs of the disease that predisposes persons to increased risk of developing cancer, particularly in the gastrointestinal tract and the breast. Due to genetic nature of disease, in the famili...
By Marijola Mojsilović, Vuka Katić, Ivan Ilić, Biljana Radovanović, Bratislav Petrović, Miodrag Lazić, Marijana Krstić
Morphological Variations of the Cemento-Enamel Junction in Permanent Dentition / Morfološke varijacije cementno gleđnog spoja kod zuba stalne denticije
Abstract Cemento-enamel junction (CEJ) is an important anatomical structure of the tooth, which is located in the cervical part of the tooth between the crown and root, or at the contact point between the enamel which overlaps the tooth crown and cementum overlapping the root dentin. There are four possible relationships between two tissu...
By Nenad Stošić, Stefan Dačić, Dragica Dačić Simonović
Two Feet-One Hand Syndrome: A Case Report / Sindrom dva stopala i jedne šake – prikaz slučaja
Abstract Two feet-one hand syndrome is a superficial fungal infections of the skin which involves both feet and one hand. Trichophyton rubrum and occasionally Trichophyton mentagrophytes are the usual causative organisms. We present a 32-year-old healthy man with sharply demarcated papular erythematous and squamous lesions on dorsal aspec...
By Milan Bjekić
Attitudes and Knowledge of Medical Students about Distance Learning / Stavovi i znanje studenata medicine o učenju na daljinu
Abstract Distance learning can be defined as education or training offered to participants at a different place, physically distant from the lecturer or sources of information. The difference in attitudes and knowledge of students about distance learning in relation to gender and year of studying was examined. The study sample included 371 stu...
By Aleksandra Stanković, Branislav Petrović, Zoran Milosević
Abstract The application of anthracycline and trastuzumab in adjuvant breast cancer treatment approach has significantly improved the survival of patients, but also carries the risk of cardiotoxicity that is manifested by reducing the ejection fraction of the heart. The aim of the study was to investigate the effect of cumulative anthracy...
By Ivana Krstić, Marina Deljanin Ilić, Svetislav Vrbić, Ivica Pejčić
Ethical Considerations in Publishing Medical Articles in Iranian Journals
Summary Publication ethics has always been a major concern of chief editors and members of editorial boards of journals. Therefore, the current study intends to investigate ethical issues in sticking to publication ethics in major medical journals in Iran. This descriptive analytical study was conducted on Iranian medical journals approved as “scie...
By Mohsen Koushan, Akbar Pejhan, Nematullah Shomoossi, Azam Shomoossi
Subconjunctival Infection due to Dirofilaria Repens ‐Case Report
Summary The aim of the survey was to present the clinical course and surgical treatment of the first case of human ocular dirofilariosis on the territory of the city of Niš, in the southeast Serbia. Male patient, 57 years old, visited an ophthalmologist because of extreme swelling and redness of the eyelids of the right eye, scratches and pain in h...
By Marija Trenkić Božinović, Branislav Tomašević, Simona Gabrielli, Suzana Otašević, Aleksandar Petrović, Gabriella Cancrini, Aleksandar Tasić, Milan Trenkić
Epidemiological Characteristics of Carrying Viral Hepatitis B Antigen in the Population of the Nišava District
Summary The aim of this paper was to determine the trend of diseases and epidemiological characteristics of viral antigen carrying of hepatitis B for better implementation of prevention and control of the disease activity. The annual reports, reports of diseases - deaths from infectious diseases, epidemiological survey of the Public Health Institut...
By Marina Kostić, Biljana Kocić, Nataša Rančić