Teratomas constitute a group of nongerminomatous germ cell tumors that are composed of an admixture of different tissue types representative of ectoderm, endoderm and mesoderm. Intracranial teratomas are rare, comprising approximately 0.5% of all intracranial tumors. They preferentially involve the midline structures, and occur primarily in childre...

By Irena Dimov, Desanka Tasić, Ivana Stojanović, Simonida Stojanović, Nebojša Stojanović, Ivan Stefanović, Dragan Dimov

The first line of defence in parasitic infection is the innate immune system. On the other hand, adaptive immune system posseses numerous mechanisams of hummoral and cellular immunity. Cellular immunity in a helminth infection is characterised by Th2 immune response. Considering the fact that the aim of a parasite is not to kill its host, the major...

By Dragan Zdravković, Jovana Kostić, Jelena Radović, Aleksandar Kostić, Milena Potić Floranović, Ana Ristić Petrović, Aleksandra Ignjatović, Aleksandar Tasić, Nataša Miladinović Tasić, Suzana Otašević

A war wound to the proximal humerus is characterised by profuse bleeding, multifragmentary fracture-dislocations, defects of the muscle tissue, capsule, skin and by primary contamination with polymorphic bacterial flora, and it is rarely isolated. Out of 27 injured people, subluxation/dislocation of the humeral head occured in the first four patien...

By Predrag Grubor, Milorad Mitković, Milan Grubor, Milan Mitković

Chronic rhinosinusitis is a chronic inflammation of the nasal and paranasal cavities. However, the main pathophysiology of these chronic conditions is poorly described and seems to be multifactorial. In the present study, we reviewed the computed tomography (CT) scans of patients with chronic rhinosinusitis to identify a probable association betwee...

By Seyyed Abdollah Madani, Seyyed Abbas Hashemi, Amir Hosein Kianejad, Saman Heidari

The aim of the research was to quantify the connective tissue and blood vessels in the aging human pituitary, using the morphometric methods. The material contained 29 pituitary tissues from cadavers of both sexes (14 females and 15 males), aged 33-95 years. The pituitary tissue was processed by standard histological procedure and stained by Mallor...

By Miljana Pavlović, Ivan Jovanović, Snežana Pavlović, Vesna Stojanović, Vladimir Živković, Mirjana Bakić, Braca Kundalić, Vladimir Antić

Clindamycin is an antibiotic effective against Gram-positive aerobes and both Gramnegative and Gram-positive anaerobic pathogens. Clindamycin (its phosphate ester) was used as a model drug for our study in order to check the efficacy of the developed vaginal gel formulations. The aim of this study was to develop an analytical method suitable for th...

By Milica Stanković, Vesna Savić, Valentina Marinković

Fig (Ficus carica) tree latex was a source of treatment of different diseases in the Iranian traditional medicine reported by Avicenna in his 10th century book Canon of Medicine. The aim of this investigation was to establish the anticancer effect of fig tree latex on human cancer cells. The in vitro effect of different doses of fig tree latex incl...

By Seyyed Abbas Hashemi, Saeid Abediankenari

The interaction between non-English authors of medical articles and translators can be considered as a key component in perfect rendering of the content. In the era of rapid spread of research findings throughout the world, some researchers with little knowledge of English look for translation and editing services in order to share their findings i...

By Nematullah Shomoossi

Segmental fractures represent the interruption of bone integrity at two or more levels. In these fractures, a wide zone of injury (damage of all structures of the lower leg) creates very unsuitable biological conditions for healing of the fracture. Because of the damage of both intramedullary and periostal vascularization, segmental fractures are p...

By Zoran Golubović, Predrag Stojiljković, Ivan Golubović, Zoran Radovanović, Aleksandar Višnjić, Branko Ristić, Katarina Kutlešić Stojanović, Milan Trenkić, Stevo Najman, Miroslav Trajanović

In this study we investigated the effects of four emollients (cetearyl octanoate, decyl oleate, C12-15 alkyl benzoate and olive oil) incorporated at a concentration of 10% on the structural properties of the cosmetic oil/water (o/w) creams (creams K1-K4, respectively) as well as the in vivo effects of those creams on pH and hydration level of the h...

By Dragana Stojiljković, Ivana Arsic, Marija Tasić Kostov, Zoran Jovanović, Vanja Tadić, Sofija Đorđević