In many physiological processes, peptides play a critical role as neurotrans mitters, hormones, antibiotics, etc. They have research importance in fields such as immunology, pharmacology, neuroscience and cell biology. There are many approaches for immunotherapies: some of them use the peptides as important components of chimeric molecules for immu...

By Nikolina Mihaylova, Andrey Tchorbanov

Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a complex disease defined as a pathologic dilatation of the infrarenal aorta that is often accompanied by significant superimposed atherosclerosis, inflammation and thrombosis. AAAs are a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States and worldwide. While some patients may present with lower bac...

By Philip Tsao, Ivana Burazor

Surgical treatment of the patients with gynecologic diseases is warranted only when all the conservative treatment approaches have been exhausted. Surgical treatment is a stress for the patient, and associated risks and complications may be life-threatening. Surgery may be performed after the patient has been informed and her written consent obtain...

By Goran Lilić, Radomir Živadinović, Aleksandra Petrić, Vekoslav Lilić

A 64-year-old patient with extremely high number of white blood cells was diagnosed with T prolymphocytic leukemia. After the initiation of chemotherapy with Cyclophosphamide, Oncovin, Doxorubicin and Prednisone (CHOP), there was no improvement and the patient died within two months. Authors have made a review of the current therapy of this rare di...

By Goran Marjanović, Vesna Nikolić, Tomislav Vukićević, Lana Mačukanović Golubović, Dragana Drašković

High performance liquid chromatography with diode array detection (HPLC -DAD) was used to study the autoxidation of gallic acid in alkaline aqueous solutions and the influence of Mg(II) ion on this process. At pH 10, one main autoxidation product was determined, and based on the data obtained in this study its structure was proposed to some kind of...

By Goran Nikolić, Aleksandar Veselinović, Žarko Mitić, Slavoljub Živanović

A war wound is damage to the body having great kinetic energy, inflicted by firearms, (blast, projectile, burn) and sustained in wartime. It is characterised by massive destruction, primary contamination and modified reactivity of the body. The aim of this retrospective study was to show how to primarily treat the injured extremities, with and with...

By Predrag Grubor, Milan Grubor, Ivan Golubović, Predrag Stojiljković, Zoran Golubović

Realization of prepositions and prepositional phrases in professional medical texts in English may affect the proper selection of certain prepositions. Also, the use of prepositions is affected by literal translation into English. Today, the English language is the basic language for communication in biomedical sciences, and one of the problems tha...

By Slobodanka Krulj, Bojana Prodanović, Stevan Trbojević

Acute exacerbations of asthma are the major cause of morbidity and mortality of the disease and are difficult to prevent and treat. Asthma exacerbations are associated with several factors, including allergen exposure, air pollution and stress, but the major cause of exacerbations is respiratory virus infection. Respiratory viral infections cause &...

By Ivana Stanković, Zorica Ćirić, Milan Radović

Arteriovenous fistula (AVF) between the external iliac artery (AIE) and external iliac vein (VIE) after trauma is rare. Rarely, it occurs that fistula is accompanied by an aneurysm of external iliac artery. Two thirds of AVF occur after stab wounds, one third after puncture wounds and only one percent after blunt injuries. A 32-year-old male visite...

By Nenad Ilić, Milan Jovanović, Zoran Damnjanović, Goran Stanojević

There are three adhesive restorative systems: etch and rinse (total etch), self etch and glass ionomer systems. Marginal gap and alteration of marginal enamel around composite and glass ionomer restoration may be influenced by the use of adhesive restorative procedure. The aim of this study was to evaluate the marginal integrity and morphology of t...

By Stefan Dačić, Dragica Simonović Dačić, Goran Radičević, Aleksandar Mitić, Goran Tošić, Ivan Ristić, Stefan Veličković