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Thiols malonaldehyde status in the Turkish and total antioxidant patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus
(Tohoku Univ Medical Press, 2003)
Non-insulin-dependent (Type 2) diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) is a risk factor for cardiovascular diseases (CVD). Oxidative stress mechanisms are often reported to be implied in type 2 diabetes mellitus. In order to determine ...
Hyperuricemia in hypothyroidism: Is it associated with post-insulin infusion glycemic response?
(Tohoku Univ Medical Press, 2003)
This experimental study was designed to examine whether hyperuricemia in hypothyroidism is associated with insulin resistance. For induction of hypothyroidism rabbits (n = 12) were administered methimazole orally (75 mg/100 ...
Hemodilution during off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting: Can we improve flow and reduce hypercoagulability?
(Forum Multimedia Publishing LLC., 2003)
Background: The aim of this study was to compare intraoperative coronary graft flows performed on pump and off pump and to evaluate the effects of hemodilution on coronary graft flows in off-pump coronary artery bypass ...
Surgical management of the spinal deformity in Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type VI
(Springer Verlag, 2003)
Five patients with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type VI were surgically treated for their spinal deformities. All of them were female. All but one had a double-major thoracic and lumbar curve. One had a mild scoliotic curve but ...
Vertebral osteomyelitis after cardiac surgery
(Elsevier Science Inc, 2003)
Background. Mediastinitis after open-heart surgery is a serious complication that has a decreasing incidence but still a significantly high mortality rate. Back pain may develop during the course of treatment for mediastinitis ...
Juxtapapillary diverticulum: Findings on MRI
(John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2003)
The purpose of our study was to describe the imaging findings of juxtapapillary diverticulum on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The MRI and magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) examinations of 14 patients ...
The seroprevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea: a preliminary study
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2003)
We investigated the seroprevalence of Helicobacter pylori in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea. A prospective clinical study consisting of 19 patients aged 23-72 years with confirmed obstructive sleep apnoea by overnight ...
Repair of recurrent patent ductus arteriosus in an adult with cardiopulmonary bypass
(Blackwell Futura Publishing Inc, 2003)
Recurrence of ductal patency is a rarely encountered complication in surgical repair of patent ductus arteriosus (PDA). An adult patient with ductal recurrency underwent closure of ductus by using cardiopulmonary bypass ...
Development of an oblique subduction zone - Tectonic evolution of the tethys suture zone in southeast Turkey
(V H Winston & Son Inc, 2003)
The Southeast Anatolian orogen part of the Mediterraneari-Himalayan orogenic belt may be divided into three approximately E-W-trending zones. From south to north they are the Arabian platform an imbricated zone and a nappe ...
Effect of abdominal obesity on insulin resistance and the components of the metabolic syndrome: Evidence supporting obesity as the central feature
(F D-Communications Inc., 2003)
Background: Metabolic syndrome includes abdominal obesity diabetes type 2 hypertension dyslipidemia derangements of fibrinolysis and atherosclerosis. Since abdominal obesity is one of the major components of the insulin ...