Current Volume 16(2) 2010 (22)

01 Feb 2010   

Does serum osteoprotegerin level relate to fragility fracture in elderly women with low vitamin D status?

Grazyna Sypniewska, Izabela Sobanska, [...] Agnieszka Pater, Kornelia Kedziora-Kornatowska, Wieslaw Nowacki - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2010; 16(2): CR96-101 :: ID: 878360

01 Feb 2010   

Serum ferritin levels correlate with hypertensive retinopathy

Erkan Coban, Erhan Alkan, [...] Seher Altuntas, Yusuf Akar - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2010; 16(2): CR92-95 :: ID: 878359

01 Feb 2010   

Bacterial colonization of pleural drains in patients with lung cancer: an analysis of risk factors

Izabela Korona-Glowniak, Renata Los, [...] Pawel Rybojad, Marek Sawicki, Anna Malm - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2010; 16(2): CR84-91 :: ID: 878358

01 Feb 2010   

Continuous glucose monitoring system in 72-hour glucose profile assessment in patients with end-stage renal disease on maintenance continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis

Alina Skubala, Joanna Zywiec, [...] Katarzyna Zelobowska, Janusz Gumprecht, Wladyslaw Grzeszczak - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2010; 16(2): CR75-83 :: ID: 878356

01 Feb 2010   

Short period of preconditioning protects by decreasing the TNF-alpha and IL-6 values before laparoscopic surgery (a rat experiment)

Sezgin Yilmaz, Dagistan T. Arioz, [...] Mustafa Altindis, Murat Akaydin, Raike Kalayci, Ahmet Kahraman, Coskun Polat - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2010; 16(2): BR75-79 :: ID: 878357

01 Feb 2010   

Higher expression patterns of the intestinal stem cell markers Musashi-1 and hairy and enhancer of split 1 and their correspondence with proliferation patterns in the mouse jejunum

Tao Yu, Qi-Kui Chen, [...] Yu Gong, Zhong-Sheng Xia, Crista R. Royal, Kai-Hong Huang - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2010; 16(2): BR68-74 :: ID: 878355

01 Feb 2010   

Prognosis in diabetic patients with acute myocardial infarction treated invasively is related to renal function

Jacek Kowalczyk, Radoslaw Lenarczyk, [...] Krzysztof Strojek, Teresa Zielinska, Janusz Gumprecht, Agnieszka Sedkowska, Tomasz Kukulski, Marcin Swierad, Oskar Kowalski, Beata Sredniawa, Lech Polonski, Marian Zembala, Zbigniew Kalarus - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2010; 16(2): CR67-74 :: ID: 878354

01 Feb 2010   

Melatonin MT1 and MT2 receptor expression in Parkinson's disease

Nikhil Adi, Deborah C Mash, [...] Yousuf Ali, Carlos Singer, Lina Shehadeh, Spyridon Papapetropoulos - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2010; 16(2): BR61-67 :: ID: 878353

01 Feb 2010   

Results of hepatic resection for primary hepatic angiosarcoma in adults

Yan-Ming Zhou, Bin Li, [...] Zheng-Meng Yin, Feng Xu, Bin Wang, Wen Xu, Peng Liu, Jia-Mei Yang - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2010; 16(2): CR61-66 :: ID: 878352

01 Feb 2010   

Associations of acute-phase reactants with metabolic syndrome in middle-aged overweight or obese people

Natalia G. Vallianou, Angelos A. Evangelopoulos, [...] Demosthenes B. Panagiotakos, Aikaterini T. Georgiou, Georgios A. Zacharias, Evangelos D. Vogiatzakis, Peter C. Avgerinos - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2010; 16(2): CR56-60 :: ID: 878351

01 Feb 2010   

Neoadjuvant treatment with weekly high-dose 5-fluorouracil as a 24h-infusion, folinic acid and biweekly oxaliplatin in patients with primary resectable liver metastases of colorectal cancer: long-term results of a phase II trial

Frank Boxberger, Heinz Albrecht, [...] Peter C. Konturek, Udo Reulbach, Gudrun Maennlein, Thomas Meyer, Werner Hohenberger, Eckhart G. Hahn, Axel Wein - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2010; 16(2): CR49-55 :: ID: 878350

01 Feb 2010   

Role of oxidative stress in diabetic kidney disease

Fayaz A. Hakim, Axel Pflueger

Med Sci Monit 2010; 16(2): RA37-48 :: ID: 878349

01 Feb 2010   

Factors and barriers influencing influenza vaccination among students at Brigham Young University

Ray M. Merrill, Taylor A. Kelley, [...] Erin Cox, Annah B. Layman, Bradley J. Layton, Ryan Lindsay - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2010; 16(2): PH29-34 :: ID: 878348

01 Feb 2010   

Functional Rating Index: literature review

Michael J. Menke, Ronald J. Feise

Med Sci Monit 2010; 16(2): RA25-36 :: ID: 878347

01 Feb 2010   

A misdiagnosed patient: 16 years of locked-in syndrome, the influence of rehabilitation

Malgorzata Lukowicz, Katarzyna Matuszak, [...] Anna D. Talar - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2010; 16(2): CS18-23 :: ID: 878346

01 Feb 2010   

A model of learning clinical reasoning at a US-based workshop: interactive reasoning

Brian T. Slingsby, Seiji Yamada, [...] Gordon Greene - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2010; 16(2): SR16-20 :: ID: 878345

01 Feb 2010   

"Sleeping Beauty paraphilia": deviant desire in the context of bodily self-image disturbance in a patient with a fronto-parietal traumatic brain injury

Francesco Bianchi-Demicheli, Christian Rollini, [...] Karl Lovblad, Stephanie Ortigue - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2010; 16(2): CS15-17 :: ID: 878344

01 Feb 2010   

High dose immune globulin therapy ameliorates peripartum cardiomyopathy with elevated serum antibody titer to influenza virus: case report of two patients

Takahiro Muroya, Satoshi Ikeda, [...] Toshihiko Yamasa, Seiji Koga, Eisuke Kawahara, Katsutoshi Togami, Yohei Mizuta, Shigeru Kohno - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2010; 16(2): CS11-14 :: ID: 878343

01 Feb 2010   

Clinical requirements for an ultrasound-based tool navigator for minimally interventional procedures

Matthias Helbig, Krzysztof Krysztoforski, [...] Jacek Kucharski, Michal Popek, Tobias Kroll, Silke Helbig, Josef Kozak - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2010; 16(2): MT9-14 :: ID: 878342

01 Feb 2010   

The "continuum" of a unified theory of diseases

George Vithoulkas, Stefano Carlino

Med Sci Monit 2010; 16(2): SR7-15 :: ID: 878341

01 Feb 2010   

Early onset steroid-dependent ulcerative colitis is a predictor of azathioprine response: a longitudinal 12-month follow-up study

Liliana Andrade Chebli, Guilherme Goncalves Felga, [...] Leonardo Duque Miranda Chaves, Felipe Ferreira Pimentel, Dolores Martins Guerra, Pedro Duarte Gaburri, Alexandre Zanini, Julio Maria Chebli - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2010; 16(2): PI1-6 :: ID: 878340

01 Feb 2010   

Effectiveness of hyperbaric oxygen therapy in mandibular osteoradionecrosis shown by thermography monitoring

Magdalena Jedrusik-Pawlowska, Iwona Niedzielska, [...] Ryszard Bogucki, Bronislaw Kajewski - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2010; 16(2): MT1-8 :: ID: 878339

20 May 2010 :   

Lateral rectus muscle as a new reference point in estimation of Graves’ ophthalmopathy activity

Agata Majos, Michał Pająk, [...] Marcin Elgalal, Marek Olszycki, Ludomir Stefańczyk - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2010; 16(1): 80-85 :: ID: 880588

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20 May 2010 :   

Patient specific implants, designed using Rapid Prototyping and diagnostic imaging, for the repair of orbital fractures

Marcin T. Elgalal, Marcin Kozakiewicz, [...] Piotr Loba, Bogdan Walkowiak, Marek Olszycki, Ludomir Stefańczyk - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2010; 16(1): 75-79 :: ID: 880587

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20 May 2010 :   

Comparison of efficacy of MR sequences used for detection of focal liver lesions

Andrzej Cieszanowski, Agnieszka Grodzicka, [...] Edyta Maj, Barbara Gornicka, Kaczynski Bartosz, Mariusz Grodzicki, Marek Krawczyk, Olgierd Rowinski - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2010; 16(1): 66-74 :: ID: 880586

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20 May 2010 :   

Brain MRI findings in preterm babies versus transfontanel sonography-own experience

Monika Bekiesinska-Figatowska, Ewa Helwich, [...] Hanna Bragoszewska, Anna Romaniuk-Doroszewska, Magdalena Rutkowska, Sylwia Szkudlinska-Pawlak, Ewa Adamska, Malgorzata Dzwonkowska - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2010; 16(1): 60-65 :: ID: 880585

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20 May 2010 :   

The imaging features of selected congenital tumors – own material and literature review

Marek Duczkowski, Agnieszka Duczkowska, [...] Monika Bekiesinska-Figatowska, Hanna Bragoszewska, Maria Uliasz, Elzbieta Jurkiewicz - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2010; 16(1): 52-59 :: ID: 880584

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20 May 2010 :   

Optimization of CT protocol for imaging of polytraumatized patients

Marcin Błaż, Piotr Palczewski, [...] Marek Gołębiowski, Wojciech Szeszkowski - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2010; 16(1): 48-51 :: ID: 880583

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20 May 2010 :   

Iliac artery in-stent restenosis evaluation in 64-row CT

Wojciech Poncyljusz, Aleksander Falkowski, [...] Marcin Sawicki, Monika Rać, Robert Juszkat - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2010; 16(1): 43-47 :: ID: 880582

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20 May 2010 :   

Hydrogel-coated coils for the treatment of cerebral aneurysms

Wojciech Poncyljusz, Aleksander Falkowski, [...] Marcin Sawicki, Ireneusz Kojder, Robert Juszkat - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2010; 16(1): 40-42 :: ID: 880581

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20 May 2010 :   

Technical aspects and short-term results of primary coiling of giant intracranial aneurysms: A 12-year, single-center experience

Zbigniew Serafin, Piotr Strześniewski, [...] Maciej Osmański, Władysław Lasek, Wojciech Beuth - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2010; 16(1): 33-39 :: ID: 880580

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20 May 2010 :   

Computed Tomographic Angiography in the diagnosis of brain death

Marcin Sawicki, Anna Walecka, [...] Romuald Bohatyrewicz, Wojciech Poncyljusz, Janusz Kordowski - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2010; 16(1): 28-32 :: ID: 880579

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20 May 2010 :   

Response of the hand’s small vessel to the cold immersion test, using a blood pool MRA contrast agent – the new perspective in evaluating vasospasm

Marek Olszycki, Agata Majos, [...] Piotr Grzelak, Ludomir Stefańczyk - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2010; 16(1): 24-27 :: ID: 880578

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20 May 2010 :   

Change of the brain proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy metabolite’s ratios with aging

Paweł Krukowski, Przemysław Podgórski, [...] Maciej Guziński, Paweł Szewczyk, Marek Sąsiadek - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2010; 16(1): 19-23 :: ID: 880577

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20 May 2010 :   

1H-MRS in mild cognitive impairment (MCI) – the role of particular metabolites in prediction of MCI conversion to AD

Jerzy Walecki, Agnieszka Pawłowska, [...] Tomasz Gabryelewicz, Jarosław B. Ćwikła, Maria Barcikowska, Tomasz Nesteruk - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2010; 16(1): 11-18 :: ID: 880576

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20 May 2010 :   

Usefulness of perfusion-weighted MR imaging in the differential diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease and mild cognitive impairment

Anna Zimny, Paweł Szewczyk, [...] Anna Czarnecka, Elżbieta Trypka, Renata Wojtyńska, Jerzy Leszek, Marek Sąsiadek - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2010; 16(1): 5-10 :: ID: 880575

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