Volume 17(7) 2011 (24)  

Ireneusz Majsterek, Lukasz Markiewicz, Karolina Przybylowska, Mira Gacek, Anna K. Kurowska, Anna Kaminska, Jerzy Szaflik, Jacek P. Szaflik

Med Sci Monit 2011; 17(7): CR417-421  ::  DOI: 10.12659/MSM.881854

Keywords: Matrix Metalloproteinase 1 - genetics, Glaucoma, Open-Angle - genetics, Genome-Wide Association Study, Genetic Predisposition to Disease - genetics, Gene Frequency, DNA Primers - genetics, Aged, 80 and over, Poland, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide - genetics, Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-1 - genetics

Published: 2011-07-01,      Viewed (7099), Downloaded (1113), Related (29), Cited (11)

Levente Kiss, Rita Benko, Endre Kovacs, Tamas Szerafin, Katalin Modis, Csaba Szabo, Zsombor Lacza

Med Sci Monit 2011; 17(7): CR411-416  ::  DOI: 10.12659/MSM.881853

Keywords: Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerases - metabolism, Peroxynitrous Acid - metabolism, Oxidative Stress - physiology, Mammary Arteries - surgery, Histological Techniques, Analysis of Variance, Aldehydes, Spasm - physiopathology, Tyrosine - analogs & derivatives, Vascular Grafting - adverse effects, Vasomotor System - physiopathology

Published: 2011-06-21,      Viewed (6261), Downloaded (835), Related (16), Cited (2)

Ewa Misterska, Maciej Glowacki, Jerzy Harasymczuk

Med Sci Monit 2011; 17(7): CR404-410  ::  DOI: 10.12659/MSM.881852

Keywords: Patient Satisfaction, Outcome Assessment (Health Care), Logistic Models, Body Image, Adult, Adolescent, Poland, Questionnaires, Scoliosis - surgery

Published: 2011-06-21,      Viewed (6671), Downloaded (1111), Related (21), Cited (11)

Hadil Al Otair, Mustafa Al-shamiri, Mohammed Bahobail, Munir M. Sharif, Ahmed S BaHammam

Med Sci Monit 2011; 17(7): CR397-403  ::  DOI: 10.12659/MSM.881851

Keywords: Sleep - physiology, Skin Temperature - physiology, Monitoring, Physiologic - methods, Energy Metabolism - physiology, Circadian Rhythm - physiology, Acute Coronary Syndrome - physiopathology, Statistics, Nonparametric

Published: 2011-06-21,      Viewed (7880), Downloaded (1496), Related (25), Cited (15)

Zbynek Schroner, Martina Dobrikova, Lucia Klimcakova, Martin Javorsky, Jozef Zidzik, Miriam Kozarova, Terezia Hudakova, Ruzena Tkacova, Jan Salagovic, Ivan Tkac

Med Sci Monit 2011; 17(7): CR392-396  ::  DOI: 10.12659/MSM.881850

Keywords: Metformin - therapeutic use, Pharmacogenetics, Linear Models, KCNQ1 Potassium Channel - metabolism, Genotype, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - drug therapy, DNA Primers - genetics, Blood Glucose - analysis, Analysis of Variance, Polymerase Chain Reaction, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide - genetics, Sulfonylurea Compounds - therapeutic use

Published: 2011-06-21,      Viewed (6747), Downloaded (1309), Related (8), Cited (20)

Constantinos Giaginis, Christos Klonaris, Athanassios Katsargyris, Gregorios Kouraklis, Chara Spiliopoulou, Stamatios Theocharis

Med Sci Monit 2011; 17(7): CR381-391  ::  DOI: 10.12659/MSM.881849

Keywords: PPAR gamma - metabolism, Muscle, Smooth - metabolism, Macrophages - metabolism, Greece, Carotid Artery Diseases - pathology, Aged, 80 and over, Retinoid X Receptor alpha - metabolism, Statistics, Nonparametric

Published: 2011-06-21,      Viewed (7227), Downloaded (1104), Related (22), Cited (10)

Ali Kaya, Ismail Onder Uysal, Ahmet Sami Guven, Aynur Engin, Abdulaziz Gulturk, Fusun Dilara Icagasioglu, Omer Cevit

Med Sci Monit 2011; 17(7): CR376-380  ::  DOI: 10.12659/MSM.881848

Keywords: Streptomycin - therapeutic use, Lymph Nodes - pathology, Gentamicins - therapeutic use, Child, Adolescent, Treatment Failure, Tularemia - pathology, Turkey

Published: 2011-06-21,      Viewed (6299), Downloaded (1107), Related (4), Cited (14)

Vedrana Skerk, Alemka Markotic, Ivan Puljiz, Ilija Kuzman, Elvira Celjuska Tosev, Josipa Habus, Nenad Turk, Josip Begovac

Med Sci Monit 2011; 17(7): CR369-375  ::  DOI: 10.12659/MSM.881847

Keywords: Leptospirosis - physiopathology, Electrocardiography, Croatia, Cardiac Complexes, Premature - pathology, Bilirubin - blood, Atrioventricular Block - pathology, Atrial Fibrillation - pathology, Alanine Transaminase - blood, Adult, Tachycardia, Sinus - pathology

Published: 2011-06-21,      Viewed (5896), Downloaded (1189), Related (4), Cited (6)

Taero Lee, Yoon Hyuk Kim, Paul S. Sung

Med Sci Monit 2011; 17(7): CR362-368  ::  DOI: 10.12659/MSM.881846

Keywords: Muscle Fatigue - physiology, Low Back Pain - therapy, Exercise Therapy - methods, Entropy, Electromyography, Analysis of Variance, Adult, Muscle, Skeletal - physiology, Pain Measurement, Physical Endurance - physiology

Published: 2011-06-21,      Viewed (7125), Downloaded (2983), Related (13), Cited (12)

Tanja Ilić, Sanda Gračan, Adela Arapović, Vesna Čapkun, Mirna Šubat-Dežulović, Marijan Saraga

Med Sci Monit 2011; 17(7): CR355-361  ::  DOI: 10.12659/MSM.881845

Keywords: Urinary Tract Infections - microbiology, Prevalence, Pseudomonas - isolation & purification, Klebsiella - isolation & purification, Enterococcus - isolation & purification, Drug Resistance, Multiple, Croatia - epidemiology, Child, Antibiotic Prophylaxis - methods, Anti-Infective Agents - pharmacology, Uropathogenic Escherichia coli - isolation & purification

Published: 2011-06-21,      Viewed (7680), Downloaded (2461), Related (19), Cited (8)

Lubomira Tothova, Peter Celec, Janka Babickova, Jana Gajdosova, Hend Al-Alami, Natalia Kamodyova, Hana Drahovska, Adriana Liptakova, Jan Turna, Julius Hodosy

Med Sci Monit 2011; 17(7): BR173-178  ::  DOI: 10.12659/MSM.881844

Keywords: Mice, Kidney - microbiology, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Enterobacteriaceae - virology, Biological Therapy - methods, Bacteriophages - physiology, Animals, Analysis of Variance, Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, Urinary Tract Infections - virology

Published: 2011-06-21,      Viewed (7128), Downloaded (767), Related (16), Cited (13)

Zikiar V. Alvin, Graham G. Laurence, Bernell R. Coleman, Aiqiu Zhao, Majd Hajj-Moussa, Georges E. Haddad

Med Sci Monit 2011; 17(7): BR165-172  ::  DOI: 10.12659/MSM.881843

Keywords: Patch-Clamp Techniques, Myocytes, Cardiac - physiology, Delayed Rectifier Potassium Channels - metabolism, Cardiomegaly - physiopathology, Captopril - pharmacology, Blotting, Western, Animals, Angiotensin II - pharmacology, Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases - metabolism, Potassium Channels, Inwardly Rectifying - metabolism, Rats

Published: 2011-06-21,      Viewed (6953), Downloaded (1093), Related (11), Cited (6)

Junling Han, Huiling Lin, Weiping Huang

Med Sci Monit 2011; 17(7): RA164-167  ::  DOI: 10.12659/MSM.881842

Keywords: Medicine, Chinese Traditional, Hypoglycemic Agents - therapeutic use, Gene Expression Regulation - drug effects, Gastrointestinal Tract - microbiology, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - microbiology, Blood Glucose - metabolism, Berberine - therapeutic use, Animals, Obesity - microbiology

Published: 2011-06-21,      Viewed (9519), Downloaded (5492), Related (27), Cited (45)

Stefan Rauch, Ralf M. Muellenbach, Amelie Johannes, Bernd Zollhofer, Norbert Roewer

Med Sci Monit 2011; 17(7): BR161-164  ::  DOI: 10.12659/MSM.881841

Keywords: Hydrogen-Ion Concentration, Monitoring, Physiologic - methods, Gastrointestinal Motility - physiology, Gastric Emptying - physiology, Capsule Endoscopy - methods, Animals, Acute Lung Injury - physiopathology, Statistics, Nonparametric, Sus scrofa

Published: 2011-06-21,      Viewed (6886), Downloaded (973), Related (28), Cited (4)

Jin-Wei Cheng, Shi-Wei Cheng, Ji-Ping Cai, You Li, Rui-Li Wei

Med Sci Monit 2011; 17(7): RA155-163  ::  DOI: 10.12659/MSM.881840

Keywords: Intraocular Pressure - physiology, Mitomycin - therapeutic use, Glaucoma, Open-Angle - surgery, Filtering Surgery - methods

Published: 2011-06-21,      Viewed (6764), Downloaded (1966), Related (29), Cited (22)

Ljubo Znaor, Aleksej Medic, Ksenija Karaman, Dijana Perkovic

Med Sci Monit 2011; 17(7): CS88-90  ::  DOI: 10.12659/MSM.881839

Keywords: Latent Tuberculosis - complications, Immunosuppressive Agents - therapeutic use, Choroiditis - microbiology, azathioprine, Antitubercular Agents - therapeutic use, Adult

Published: 2011-06-21,      Viewed (6868), Downloaded (1601), Related (6), Cited (10)

Marina Mantzourani, Helen Gogas, Aikaterini Katsandris, John Meletis

Med Sci Monit 2011; 17(7): CS85-87  ::  DOI: 10.12659/MSM.881838

Keywords: Receptor, erbB-2 - metabolism, Immunoglobulins, Intravenous - therapeutic use, Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast - drug therapy, Breast Neoplasms - drug therapy, Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized, Antibodies, Monoclonal - metabolism, Thrombocytopenia - drug therapy

Published: 2011-06-21,      Viewed (6747), Downloaded (1660), Related (11), Cited (8)

Nobuyuki Takahashi, Kazuaki Tanabe, Takashi Sugamori, Masatake Sato, Jun Kitamura, Hidetoshi Sato, Hiroyuki Yoshitomi, Yutaka Ishibashi, Toshio Shimada

Med Sci Monit 2011; 17(7): CS81-84  ::  DOI: 10.12659/MSM.881837

Keywords: Serologic Tests - methods, Magnetic Resonance Angiography, Japan, Haplotypes - genetics, HLA-DR2 Antigen - blood, HLA-B52 Antigen, HLA-B Antigens - blood, HLA-A24 Antigen, HLA-A Antigens - blood, Genome-Wide Association Study, Electrocardiography, Echocardiography, Colitis, Ulcerative - pathology, Adult, Takayasu Arteritis - pathology, Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Published: 2011-06-21,      Viewed (7221), Downloaded (1577), Related (30), Cited (24)

Jiahong Xu, Yayuan Zheng, Mingmin Wang, Jiangmin Zhao, Qing Zhan, Mingxu Fu, Qianyi Wang, Junjie Xiao, Yan Cheng

Med Sci Monit 2011; 17(7): PH60-64  ::  DOI: 10.12659/MSM.881836

Keywords: Sex Factors, Risk Factors, Regression Analysis, Questionnaires, Influenza, Human - complications, Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype, China - epidemiology, Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - etiology, young adult

Published: 2011-06-21,      Viewed (7475), Downloaded (955), Related (17), Cited (1)

Panagiota Lalaki, Stavros Hatzopoulos, Guiscardo Lorito, Krzysztof Kochanek, Lech Sliwa, Henryk Skarzynski

Med Sci Monit 2011; 17(7): MT56-62  ::  DOI: 10.12659/MSM.881835

Keywords: Hearing - physiology, Efferent Pathways - physiology, Cochlea - physiopathology, Analysis of Variance, Adult, Acoustic Stimulation, Acoustic Impedance Tests, Otoacoustic Emissions, Spontaneous - physiology, Tinnitus - physiopathology

Published: 2011-06-21,      Viewed (6681), Downloaded (1463), Related (13), Cited (17)

Lili Yang, Huaiming Yin, Rongwang Yang, Xinwen Huang

Med Sci Monit 2011; 17(7): PH55-59  ::  DOI: 10.12659/MSM.881834

Keywords: Infant, Newborn, Incidence, Glutaryl-CoA Dehydrogenase - genetics, Genes, Recessive, Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry, China - epidemiology, Carnitine - therapeutic use, Brain Diseases, Metabolic - genetics, Amino Acid Metabolism, Inborn Errors - genetics, Mass Screening, Neuropsychological Tests, Riboflavin - therapeutic use, tandem mass spectrometry

Published: 2011-06-21,      Viewed (5538), Downloaded (1268), Related (0), Cited (12)

Essam H. Mattar, Lina F. Hammad, Huda I. Al-Mohammed

Med Sci Monit 2011; 17(7): MT51-55  ::  DOI: 10.12659/MSM.881833

Keywords: Radiotherapy Dosage, Radiometry - methods, Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma - radiotherapy, Analysis of Variance, Adult, Adolescent, Skin - radiation effects, Whole-Body Irradiation

Published: 2011-06-21,      Viewed (6140), Downloaded (968), Related (16), Cited (3)

Mei-Ling Zheng, Li-Li Yang, Qiang Shu, Yi Shen

Med Sci Monit 2011; 17(7): SR21-27  ::  DOI: 10.12659/MSM.881832

Keywords: Public Health - statistics & numerical data, Periodicals as Topic - statistics & numerical data, Peer Review, Research, Hong Kong, journal impact factor, China, Bibliometrics, Taiwan

Published: 2011-06-21,      Viewed (6270), Downloaded (1047), Related (6), Cited (12)

Elżbieta Abramczuk, Hanna Heretyk-Grabowska, Maciej Grabowski, Marcin Demkow, Adam Witkowski, Marek Konka, Tomasz Hryniewiecki

Med Sci Monit 2011; 17(7): CQ3-6  ::  DOI: 10.12659/MSM.881831

Keywords: Mitral Valve - surgery, Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation - adverse effects, Fluoroscopy, Endocarditis - surgery, Echocardiography, cardiac catheterization, Adult, Postoperative Hemorrhage - therapy, Prosthesis Failure, Septal Occluder Device

Published: 2011-06-21,      Viewed (7004), Downloaded (668), Related (36)