This erratum is published to address inaccuracies in the first affiliation of the author of the above-mentioned article. The first affiliation, as presented on the title page, the last page, and within the abstract in Serbian, was not cited consistently. In addition, the official name of the clinic changed shortly after the article’s publicat...

By Acta Facultatis Medicae Naissensis Editorial Board

Zinc is a trace element involved in insulin metabolism, including its production, storage, and release. Selenium is regarded as a vital micronutrient for humans. It participates in insulin signaling and control. Zinc and selenium may be possibly linked to insulin resistance; however, these relationships have not been well investigated. Therefore, w...

By Fahad Hammadi, Hamdan Bader, Al-Mayah Sharhan

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic autoimmune disease that can cause destructive joint disease and progressive disability. The diagnosis of RA is based on laboratory and clinical evidence, which includes the analysis of inflammatory markers, hematological, and biochemical parameters. Fifty patients diagnosed with RA without methotrexate (MTX) ...

By Maja Mitrašinović-Brulić, Ema Maslo, Muhamed Fočak, Damir Suljević

Splenic abscess is a very rare extra-intestinal complication of Salmonella infection in the post-antibiotic era with the incidence between 0.14% and 2%. It usually follows bacteremia due to varied etiologies such as trauma, infective endocarditis, intravenous drug abuse, immunodeficiency status (AIDS, diabetes mellitus). An 82-year-old woman presen...

By Milan Pantelić, Tamara Vučinić, Milica Stanucević, Miloš Dujović, Maša Pantelić

Ketorolac is a potent non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) that can inhibit cyclooxygenase activity and prostaglandin synthesis, thereby reducing pain and inflammation. The aim of this study was to investigate the hepatorenal toxicity of ketorolac administration in adult male rats. Twenty-four adult male Wistar rats were randomly assigned t...

By Fatemeh Rashidi, Amir Noyani, Salma Omidi, Touraj Assadi

Isolated  fallopian tube torsion is a rare condition, especially in adolescents, and can often be misdiagnosed due to nonspecific symptoms. We report the case of a 13-year-old sexually inactive girl who was admitted to Shahid Mobini Hospital in Sabzevar, Iran, with worsening pain in the right lower abdomen and hypogastrium over the past four d...

By Behnaz Souizi, Mehrnaz Mehrdoost, Marzie Torkmannejad Sabzevari, Narjes Forouhar

Immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) is a common cause of thrombocytopenia in pediatric patients, often requiring differentiation from hypoproductive thrombocytopenia. This study assesses the diagnostic accuracy of immature platelet fraction (IPF) parameters in distinguishing ITP from hypoproductive thrombocytopenia. A cross-sectional study was co...

By Shahla Ansari, Zahra Soheilirad

Patients with a fluent type of aphasia have semantically poor discourse, which is often uninformative for the interlocutor, having consequences for their daily life. One of the treatment methods used in clinical practice is the semantic feature analysis (SFA). The aim of this study was to determine the impact of this treatment method on the content...

By Tanja Milovanović, Mile Vuković, Sindi Mitrović

Herbs have been a vital renewable source of medicine throughout human history as a large proportion of the global population still depends on them for their health benefits. The increasing popularity of herbal supplements has raised an obvious concern about the overall safety and potential interaction with other drugs in situ. The intent was to spu...

By Mary Ologe, Yusuf Olalekan, Awodayo Adepiti, Olubunmi Atolani, Anoka Njan, Adedibu Tella, Ezekiel Iwalewa

An increased survival of patients with extensive and critical burns has increased the number of scar deformities in various parts of the human body. Breast lesions particularly affect the physical and mental health of girls and women. Scar deformities manifest in the form of individual scars or large scar fields of the breast and chest. All of this...

By Feyta Ruslanovych, Zhernov Andriyovych, Shendryk Hrehorovych