Volume 19, 2013 (171)  

Cuiping Huang, Moying Xie, Xinhua He, Hui Gao

Department of Internal Medicine, College of Clinical Medicine, Hubei University of Science and Technology, Xianing, China (mainland)

Med Sci Monit 2013; 19:1229-1235  ::  DOI: 10.12659/MSM.889880

Published: 2013-12-31,      Viewed (9118), Downloaded (1434), Related (36), Cited (18)

Andrzej Brodziak, Piotr Z. Brewczyński

Institute of Occupational Health and Environmental Medicine, Sosnowiec, Poland

Med Sci Monit 2013; 19:1227-1228  ::  DOI: 10.12659/MSM.890118

Published: 2013-12-31,      Viewed (7173), Downloaded (868), Related (22)

Hakan Tekeli, Aytuğ Altundağ, Murat Salihoğlu, Melih Çayönü, Mustafa Tansel Kendirli

Department of Neurology, GATA Haydarpasa Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

Med Sci Monit 2013; 19:1221-1226  ::  DOI: 10.12659/MSM.889838

Published: 2013-12-30,      Viewed (6879), Downloaded (2166), Related (4), Cited (45)

Ewa Misterska, Roman Jankowski, Maciej Głowacki

Department of Social Sciences, Higher School of Safety in Poznań, Poznań, Poland

Med Sci Monit 2013; 19:1211-1220  ::  DOI: 10.12659/MSM.889729

Published: 2013-12-27,      Viewed (7342), Downloaded (1980), Related (25), Cited (22)

Raphael Richard Ciuman

Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University Teaching Hospital, Marienhospital Gelsenkirchen, Gelsenkirchen, Germany

Med Sci Monit 2013; 19:1195-1210  ::  DOI: 10.12659/MSM.889815

Published: 2013-12-23,      Viewed (7720), Downloaded (10187), Related (18), Cited (12)

Maria Gkotzamanidou, Dimitrios Christoulas, Vasillis L. Souliotis, Athanasios Papatheodorou, Meletios A. Dimopoulos, Evangelos Terpos

Department of Clinical Therapeutics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Athens, Greece

Med Sci Monit 2013; 19:1188-1194  ::  DOI: 10.12659/MSM.889752

Published: 2013-12-20,      Viewed (7761), Downloaded (1322), Related (28), Cited (6)

Jerzy Władysław Mituś, Paweł Blecharz, Marian Reinfuss, Jan Kanty Kulpa, Piotr Skotnicki, Wojciech Maria Wysocki

Department of Surgical Oncology, Centre of Oncology, Maria Skłodowska-Curie Memorial Institute, Cracow Branch, Kraków, Poland

Med Sci Monit 2013; 19:1183-1187  ::  DOI: 10.12659/MSM.889687

Published: 2013-12-19,      Viewed (6862), Downloaded (1991), Related (9), Cited (12)

Hasan Kahraman, Mustafa Haki Sucakli, Talat Kilic, Mustafa Celik, Nurhan Koksal, Hasan Cetin Ekerbicer

Department of Chest Disease, Kahramanmaras Sutcu İimam University, Faculty of Medicine, Kahramanmaras, Turkey

Med Sci Monit 2013; 19:1176-1182  ::  DOI: 10.12659/MSM.889681

Published: 2013-12-18,      Viewed (5937), Downloaded (1130), Related (3), Cited (2)

Min Gao, Donglei Liu, Yuming Du, Rongqing Sun, Luosha Zhao

Intensive Care Unit, First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China (mainland)

Med Sci Monit 2013; 19:1173-1175  ::  DOI: 10.12659/MSM.889746

Published: 2013-12-17,      Viewed (5944), Downloaded (1190), Related (17), Cited (5)

Aleksandra Trojak, Małgorzata Waluś-Miarka, Ewa Woźniakiewicz, Maciej T. Małecki, Barbara Idzior-Waluś

Department of Metabolic Diseases, Medical College, Jagiellonian University, University Hospital, Kraków, Poland

Med Sci Monit 2013; 19:1167-1172  ::  DOI: 10.12659/MSM.889649

Published: 2013-12-16,      Viewed (8089), Downloaded (1825), Related (32), Cited (2)

Mas Sahidayana Mohktar, Fatimah Ibrahim, Nur Farahana Mohd Rozi, Juhaida Mohd Yusof, Siti Anom Ahmad, Khong Su Yen, Siti Zawiah Omar

Medical Informatics and Biological Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems Specialized Laboratory, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Med Sci Monit 2013; 19:1159-1166  ::  DOI: 10.12659/MSM.889628

Published: 2013-12-13,      Viewed (8325), Downloaded (3582), Related (11), Cited (1)

Andrzej Brodziak

Institute of Occupational Health and Environmental Medicine, Sosnowiec, Poland

Med Sci Monit 2013; 19:1146-1158  ::  DOI: 10.12659/MSM.889587

Published: 2013-12-12,      Viewed (6381), Downloaded (1203), Related (9), Cited (4)

Juozas Žilinskas, Jonas Junevičius, Kęstutis Česaitis, Gabrielė Junevičiūtė

Clinic of Dental and Maxillary Orthopedics, Faculty of Odontology, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Medical Academy, Kaunas, Lithuania

Med Sci Monit 2013; 19:1142-1145  ::  DOI: 10.12659/MSM.889568

Published: 2013-12-11,      Viewed (6829), Downloaded (4574), Related (11), Cited (7)

Bogumiła Kempińska-Mirosławska, Agnieszka Woźniak-Kosek

Department of History of Medicine and Pharmacy, Medical University of Łódź, Łódź, Poland

Med Sci Monit 2013; 19:1131-1141  ::  DOI: 10.12659/MSM.889469

Published: 2013-12-10,      Viewed (7172), Downloaded (4384), Related (17), Cited (2)

Gökçe Akgül Karadana, Nalan Metin Aksu, Meltem Akkaş, Canan Akman, Akın Üzümcügil, M. Mahir Özmen

Department of Emergency, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey

Med Sci Monit 2013; 19:1125-1130  ::  DOI: 10.12659/MSM.889539

Published: 2013-12-09,      Viewed (6920), Downloaded (1271), Related (11), Cited (5)

Maciej Wojciech Pilecki, Barbara Józefik

Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland

Med Sci Monit 2013; 19:1114-1124  ::  DOI: 10.12659/MSM.889432

Published: 2013-12-06,      Viewed (7045), Downloaded (2849), Related (8), Cited (14)

Nermin Sardogan Acar, Sinan Uzman, Mehmet Toptas, Ayse Vahapoglu, Ibrahim Akkoc, Safiye Cakir Dinc

Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Sincan State Hospital, Ankara, Turkey

Med Sci Monit 2013; 19:1109-1113  ::  DOI: 10.12659/MSM.889412

Published: 2013-12-05,      Viewed (5866), Downloaded (1944), Related (17), Cited (5)

Iza Iwan-Ziętek, Zbigniew Ziętek, Tadeusz Sulikowski, Andrzej Ciechanowicz, Marek Ostrowski, Danuta Rość, Marek Kamiński

Independent Laboratory of Aesthetic Dermatology, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, Szczecin, Poland

Med Sci Monit 2013; 19:1102-1108  ::  DOI: 10.12659/MSM.884030

Published: 2013-12-04,      Viewed (6831), Downloaded (799), Related (12), Cited (3)

Li Yu, Xianghuai Xu, Lan Wang, Zhongmin Yang, Hanjing Lü, Zhongmin Qiu

Department of Respiratory Medicine, Tongji Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China (mainland)

Med Sci Monit 2013; 19:1095-1101  ::  DOI: 10.12659/MSM.889118

Published: 2013-12-03,      Viewed (6521), Downloaded (1536), Related (7), Cited (7)

Renata Tabola, Krzysztof Grabowski, Andrzej Lewandowski, Katarzyna Augoff, Krystyna Markocka-Maczka

Med Sci Monit 2013; 19:1089-1094  ::  DOI: 10.12659/MSM.884028

Published: 2013-12-02,      Viewed (6446), Downloaded (3161), Related (10), Cited (1)

Haneul Lee, Jerrold S. Petrofsky, Noha Daher, Lee Berk, Michale Laymon, Iman Akef Khowailed

Department of Physical Therapy, School of Allied Health Professions, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, USA

Med Sci Monit 2013; 19:1080-1088  ::  DOI: 10.12659/MSM.889393

Published: 2013-11-29,      Viewed (6953), Downloaded (2776), Related (19), Cited (16)

Tomasz Chmielewski, Stanisława Tylewska-Wierzbanowska

Laboratory of Rickettsiae, Chlamydiae and Spirochetes, National Institute of Public Health - National Institute of Hygiene, Warsaw, Poland

Med Sci Monit 2013; 19:1073-1079  ::  DOI: 10.12659/MSM.889947

Published: 2013-11-28,      Viewed (6424), Downloaded (1064), Related (8), Cited (6)

Mariusz Stępień, Anna Stępień, Rafał Nikodem Wlazeł, Marek Paradowski, Maciej Banach, Magdalena Rysz, Jacek Rysz

Department of Nephrology, Hypertension and Family Medicine, Medical University of Łódź, Łódź, Poland

Med Sci Monit 2013; 19:1063-1072  ::  DOI: 10.12659/MSM.889390

Published: 2013-11-27,      Viewed (8934), Downloaded (1830), Related (55), Cited (29)

Valerio Pascale, Walter Pascale, Vito Lavanga, Valerio Sansone, Paolo Ferrario, Vito De Gennaro Colonna

Milan, Italy

Med Sci Monit 2013; 19:1057-1062  ::  DOI: 10.12659/MSM.889275

Published: 2013-11-26,      Viewed (7133), Downloaded (1219), Related (42), Cited (4)

Agata Orzechowska, Marlena Zajączkowska, Monika Talarowska, Piotr Gałecki

Department of Adult Psychiatry, Medical University of Łódź, Łódź, Poland

Med Sci Monit 2013; 19:1050-1056  ::  DOI: 10.12659/MSM.889778

Published: 2013-11-25,      Viewed (9331), Downloaded (11332), Related (36), Cited (14)

Didier Silveira Castellano Filho, José Otávio do Amaral Correa, Plínio dos Santos Ramos, Marina de Oliveira Montessi, Beatriz Julião Vieira Aarestrup, Fernando Monteiro Aarestrup

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Therezinha de Jesus Hospital, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences of Juiz de Fora – SUPREMA, Juiz de Fora, Brazil

Med Sci Monit 2013; 19:1043-1049  ::  DOI: 10.12659/MSM.884027

Published: 2013-11-22,      Viewed (6957), Downloaded (1236), Related (15), Cited (16)

Marcin Tutak, Tomasz Smektała, Katarzyna Schneider, Edyta Gołębiewska, Katarzyna Sporniak-Tutak

Private Dental Practice, Aesthetic Dent, Szczecin, Poland

Med Sci Monit 2013; 19:1037-1042  ::  DOI: 10.12659/MSM.889665

Published: 2013-11-21,      Viewed (7342), Downloaded (5079), Related (21), Cited (14)

Vedrana Škerk, Alemka Markotić, Diana Delić Brkljačić, Šime Manola, Tomislav Krčmar, Ivo Darko Gabrić, Gordana Štajminger, Hrvoje Pintarić

Department of Cardiology, Internal Medicine Clinic, Clinical Hospital Centre „Sisters of Charity“, Zagreb, Croatia

Med Sci Monit 2013; 19:1027-1036  ::  DOI: 10.12659/MSM.884026

Published: 2013-11-20,      Viewed (7844), Downloaded (1110), Related (38), Cited (2)

Miriam del Socorro Herrera, Carlo Eduardo Medina-Solís, Mirna Minaya-Sánchez, América Patricia Pontigo-Loyola, Juan José Villalobos-Rodelo, Horacio Islas-Granillo, Rubén de la Rosa-Santillana, Gerardo Maupomé

Faculty of Dentistry, National Autonomous University of Nicaragua, León, Nicaragua

Med Sci Monit 2013; 19:1019-1026  ::  DOI: 10.12659/MSM.884025

Published: 2013-11-19,      Viewed (7146), Downloaded (2837), Related (16), Cited (19)

Agnieszka Mastalerz-Migas, Elzbieta Gwiazda, Lidia B. Brydak

Department of Family Medicine, Wrocław Medical University, Wrocław, Poland

Med Sci Monit 2013; 19:1013-1018  ::  DOI: 10.12659/MSM.889671

Published: 2013-11-18,      Viewed (7402), Downloaded (1719), Related (23), Cited (10)

Yang Yang, Yi Cui, Dao-Quan Peng

Department of Cardiology, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China (mainland)

Med Sci Monit 2013; 19:1006-1012  ::  DOI: 10.12659/MSM.889661

Published: 2013-11-17,      Viewed (7470), Downloaded (1110), Related (27), Cited (1)

Ahmet Celik, Neriman Aydin, Birgul Ozcirpici, Edibe Saricicek, Hatice Sezen, Mehmet Okumus, Selim Bozkurt, Metin Kilinc

Medical Faculty, Medical Biochemistry, Sutcu Imam University, Kahramanmaras, Turkey

Med Sci Monit 2013; 19:1001-1005  ::  DOI: 10.12659/MSM.889694

Published: 2013-11-15,      Viewed (6878), Downloaded (1371), Related (4), Cited (6)

Matthias Voigt, Christian W. Fröhlich, Christiane Hüttel, Peter Kranke, Jan Mennen, Oliver Boessneck, Christian Lenz, Thalia Erbes, Jürgen Ernst, Heinz Kerger

Evangelian Deaconry Hospital, Freiburg, Germany

Med Sci Monit 2013; 19:993-1000  ::  DOI: 10.12659/MSM.889597

Published: 2013-11-14,      Viewed (7221), Downloaded (4709), Related (25), Cited (17)

Zofia Wańkowicz

Military Institute of Medicine, Warsaw, Poland

Med Sci Monit 2013; 19:984-992  ::  DOI: 10.12659/MSM.889710

Published: 2013-11-13,      Viewed (6950), Downloaded (1377), Related (16), Cited (4)

Abdülkadir Ulus, Ercan Gürses, Ibrahim Öztürk, Simay Serin

Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, Pamukkale University, Denizli, Turkey

Med Sci Monit 2013; 19:978-983  ::  DOI: 10.12659/MSM.889547

Published: 2013-11-13,      Viewed (6211), Downloaded (1506), Related (8), Cited (1)

Qing-Feng Sun, Miao Xu, Jin-Guo Wu, Bao-Wen Chen, Wei-Xin Du, Ji-Guang Ding, Xiao-Bing Shen, Cheng Su, Jin-Sheng Wen, Guo-Zhi Wang

Department of Infectious Diseases, Third Affiliated Hospital to Wenzhou Medical College, Zhejiang, China (mainland)

Med Sci Monit 2013; 19:969-977  ::  DOI: 10.12659/MSM.889425

Published: 2013-11-12,      Viewed (7688), Downloaded (1303), Related (23), Cited (3)

Sanja Ilic, Marijana Tadic, Branislava Ivanovic, Zorica Caparevic, Bozo Trbojevic, Vera Celic

Department of Endocrinology, University Clinical Hospital Center “Dr Dragisa Misovic”, Belgrade, Serbia

Med Sci Monit 2013; 19:960-968  ::  DOI: 10.12659/MSM.889621

Published: 2013-11-10,      Viewed (7866), Downloaded (2190), Related (18), Cited (4)

Piotr Bartnicki, Paweł Fijałkowski, Małgorzata Majczyk, Jan Błaszczyk, Maciej Banach, Jacek Rysz

Department of Nephrology, Hypertension and Family Medicine, Medical University of Łódź, Łódź, Poland

Med Sci Monit 2013; 19:954-959  ::  DOI: 10.12659/MSM.884024

Published: 2013-11-08,      Viewed (8119), Downloaded (1573), Related (24), Cited (10)

Manuel Rosety-Rodriguez, Alejandra Camacho, Ignacio Rosety, Gabriel Fornieles, Miguel A. Rosety, Antonio J. Diaz, Manuel Rosety, Francisco J. Ordonez

Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Cadiz, Cadiz, Spain

Med Sci Monit 2013; 19:949-953  ::  DOI: 10.12659/MSM.889362

Published: 2013-11-07,      Viewed (7812), Downloaded (2447), Related (10), Cited (7)

Ebru Gok Oguz, Ahmet Kiykim, Kenan Turgutalp, Refik Olmaz, Onur Ozhan, Necati Muslu, Mehmet Horoz, Simge Bardak, Mehmet Ali Sungur

Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, School of Medicine, Mersin University, Mersin, Turkey

Med Sci Monit 2013; 19:942-948  ::  DOI: 10.12659/MSM.889579

Published: 2013-11-06,      Viewed (7771), Downloaded (1341), Related (29), Cited (6)

Kamila Jankowiak-Siuda, Wojciech Zajkowski

Department of Experimental Neuropsychology, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Warsaw, Poland

Med Sci Monit 2013; 19:934-941  ::  DOI: 10.12659/MSM.889593

Published: 2013-11-05,      Viewed (6286), Downloaded (7931), Related (3), Cited (13)

Anna M. Roszkowska, Letteria De Grazia, Alessandro Meduri, Edward Wylegala, Pasquale Aragona

Ophthalmology Unit, Department of Surgical Specialties, University Hospital of Messina, Messina, Italy

Med Sci Monit 2013; 19:927-933  ::  DOI: 10.12659/MSM.884023

Published: 2013-11-04,      Viewed (6834), Downloaded (1049), Related (6), Cited (5)

Yantian Fang, Qizhi Yao, Zongyou Chen, Jianbin Xiang, Fisher E. William, Richard A. Gibbs, Changyi Chen

Department of Surgery, Molecular Surgeon Research Center, Division of Surgical Research, Michael E. DeBakey Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, USA

Med Sci Monit 2013; 19:916-926  ::  DOI: 10.12659/MSM.889636

Published: 2013-10-31,      Viewed (8533), Downloaded (3456), Related (35), Cited (33)

Ömer Yılmaz, Esma Dilek Üstün, Mustafa Kayan, Fatmanur Kayan, Aykut Recep Aktaş, Elif Nisa Ünlü, Bumin Değirmenci, Meltem Çetin

Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, Suleyman Demirel University, Isparta, Turkey

Med Sci Monit 2013; 19:908-915  ::  DOI: 10.12659/MSM.889578

Published: 2013-10-30,      Viewed (8326), Downloaded (4039), Related (18), Cited (4)

Marcelo Reis Fraga, Andréia Fialho Rodrigues, Luiz Claudio Ribeiro, Marcio José da Silva Campos, Robert Willer Farinazzo Vitral

Department of Orthodontics, Federal University, Juiz de Fora, Brazil

Med Sci Monit 2013; 19:903-907  ::  DOI: 10.12659/MSM.889528

Published: 2013-10-29,      Viewed (6576), Downloaded (2305), Related (8), Cited (12)

Danuta Garczyk, Roman Jankowski, Ewa Misterska, Maciej Głowacki, Ryszard Żukiel, Anna M. Kowalska

Department of Neurosurgery and Neurotraumatology, Poznań University of Medical Sciences, Poznań, Poland

Med Sci Monit 2013; 19:892-902  ::  DOI: 10.12659/MSM.889526

Published: 2013-10-28,      Viewed (6771), Downloaded (2309), Related (16), Cited (3)

Ayşe Akman-Karakaş, Arzu Didem Yalcin, Saliha Koç, Saadet Gumuslu, Yeşim Yiğiter Şenol, Birgül Özkesici, Gizem Esra Genç, Erkan Ergun, Gozde Ongut, Ertan Yilmaz, Soner Uzun, Erkan Alpsoy

Department of Dermatology and Venerology, Faculty of Medicine, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey

Med Sci Monit 2013; 19:888-891  ::  DOI: 10.12659/MSM.889624

Published: 2013-10-25,      Viewed (7426), Downloaded (1744), Related (12), Cited (12)

Omer Araz, Elif Yilmazel Ucar, Aslihan Yalcin, Didem Pulur, Hamit Acemoglu, Hakan Tas, Leyla Saglam, Metin Akgun, Arzu Mirici

Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Ataturk University School of Medicine, Erzurum, Turkey

Med Sci Monit 2013; 19:883-887  ::  DOI: 10.12659/MSM.889619

Published: 2013-10-23,      Viewed (7546), Downloaded (1892), Related (46), Cited (2)

Betül Celik, Arzu Didem Yalcin, Atil Bisgin, Antonia Dimitrakopoulou-Strauss, Aysegül Kargi, Ludwig G. Strauss

Department of Pathology, Antalya Education and Research Hospital, Antalya, Turkey

Med Sci Monit 2013; 19:875-882  ::  DOI: 10.12659/MSM.889605

Published: 2013-10-21,      Viewed (7623), Downloaded (1124), Related (24), Cited (8)

Patrizia Laurenti, Bruno Federico, Matteo Raponi, Giuseppe Furia, Walter Ricciardi, Gianfranco Damiani

Institute of Hygiene and Public Health, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy

Med Sci Monit 2013; 19:865-874  ::  DOI: 10.12659/MSM.889515

Published: 2013-10-18,      Viewed (7660), Downloaded (2316), Related (15), Cited (13)