Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences
The Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences is an international, bi-monthly, peer-reviewed, diamond open-access journal published by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye (TÜBİTAK). Turk J Med Sci is devoted to all fields of medicine and related health sciences. The journal is published in February, April, June, August, October, and December. The journal has been indexed in PMC since 2019 and included in SCI-E since 2009.
ISSN: 1300-0144
EISSN: 1303-6165
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5-Year Impact Factor 1.5
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The Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences is pleased to announce its support to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs); the journal explicitly concentrates on good health and well-being.
Current Issue: Volume 55, Number 6 (2025)
Cover and Contents
Review Article
In recent research: exosomal and molecular regulators of browning and thermogenesis in adipose tissues
MERVE İNEL and BAHADIR ÖZTÜRK
Pages 1350-1361
Research Articles
Telemedicine versus conventional care for nonspecific neck pain: a randomized controlled study
SELKİN YILMAZ MULUK, SEVTAP BADIL GÜLOĞLU, and BEGÜM ÜNLÜTAŞKIRAN
Pages 1362-1371
The impact of hypophosphatemia on biochemical profile and renal outcomes in primary hyperparathyroidism: a nationwide retrospective study
NAİM ATA, BEKİR UÇAN, HALİL DURANTAŞ, OĞULCAN BOZ, MUSTAFA ŞAHİN, MUSTAFA MAHİR ÜLGÜ, ŞUAYİP BİRİNCİ, and MUHAMMED KIZILGÜL
Pages 1372-1380
Clinical characteristics of Graves’ disease following COVID-19 infection or vaccination: a multicenter case-control study
ASENA GÖKÇAY CANPOLAT, KEMAL AĞBAHT, ATİLLA HALİL ELHAN, MUSTAFA CESUR, ZİYNET ALPHAN UÇ, SEÇKİN AKÇAY, HÜLYA ILIKSU GÖZÜ, MEHMET AŞIK, HAYRİ BOSTAN, BEKİR UCAN, TUGÇE ŞAH ÜNAL, MERVE YILMAZ, AYŞE KUBAT ÜZÜM, MEHMET ÇAĞRI ÜNAL, CUNEYD ANIL, ÜMMÜ MUTLU, NURCAN İNCE, SEVGÜL FAKI, GÜVEN BARİS CANSU, MEHMET SERCAN ERTURK, AYTEN OGUZ, MUSTAFA AYDEMİR, ŞEFİKA BURÇAK POLAT, OYA TOPALOĞLU, REYHAN ERSOY, BEKİR ÇAKIR, AYŞE OK, ERSEN KARAKILIÇ, MUHİTTİN YALÇIN, YUSUF KAYHAN, KADER UGUR, DİLEK YAZICI, ALPER GÜRLEK, TÜLAY OMMA, EMRE SERDAR SAYGILI, ADNAN BATMAN, BANU KARA, GÖKNUR YORULMAZ, Bahri EVREN, FÜSUN BALOŞ TÖRÜNER, BÜLENT OKAN YILDIZ, MURAT ERDOGAN FAİK, FARUK ALAGOL, ERMAN ÇAKAL, and MUSTAFA ŞAHİN
Pages 1381-1393
Relcovaptan: a promising therapeutic agent in traumatic spinal cord injury that acts by modulating newly identified transcriptional regulators of aquaporins compared to tolvaptan
ŞEYMA İŞ, DUYGU CEMAN, MERİH İŞ, NEŞE KESER, and ŞABAN TEKİN
Pages 1394-1407
Transformation of juvenile idiopathic arthritis in adult-oriented rheumatology care
ŞERİFE ASYA GERME DAĞLIOĞLU, ZEYNEP BALIK, ZEHRA ÖZSOY, YUNUS EMRE DALKILIÇ, EZGİ DENİZ BATU, ÖZGE BAŞARAN, YELDA BİLGİNER, UMUT KALYONCU, SEZA ÖZEN, ŞULE APRAŞ BİLGEN, and LEVENT KILIÇ
Pages 1408-1416
Preoperative awareness of nasal and facial aesthetic deformities among rhinoplasty candidates
AĞAH YENİÇERİ, NAGİHAN GÜLHAN YAŞAR, BURAK HAZIR, and MELİH ÇAYÖNÜ
Pages 1417-1423
Evaluation of prognostic value of vascular endothelial growth factor and endocan in non-small cell lung cancer
MESUT MELİH ÖZERCAN, BURCU ANCIN, YİĞİT YILMAZ, AHMET MÜDERRİSOĞLU, SERKAN UYSAL, ULAŞ KUMBASAR, ZEYNEP SARIBAŞ, ERKAN DİKMEN, and RIZA DOĞAN
Pages 1424-1434
Assessing the efficiency of methods to teach adolescents about testicular cancer and testicular self-examination
AYŞE GÜL GÜVEN, LADEN JAFARİ, MURAT DOĞUŞ GÜNEL, and ÖZLEM AKBULUT
Pages 1435-1444
Chemotherapy tolerance and continuity are prognostic for overall survival in patients with localized and advanced biliary tract cancer
ERMAN AKKUŞ, PINAR KUBİLAY TOLUNAY, ELİF BERNA KÖKSOY, and HATİME ARZU YAŞAR
Pages 1445-1458
Predictive impact of PI-RADS 3 lesion volume/total prostate volume ratio in prostate cancer diagnosis in biopsy-naïve patients
EMRAH ÖZSOY, MUSAB ALİ KUTLUHAN, EMRE TOKUÇ, RIDVAN KAYAR, SAMET DEMİR, KAAN MERİÇ, and METİN İSHAK ÖZTÜRK
Pages 1459-1465
Subjective memory complaints among older adults in Türkiye: prevalence and contributing factors
MUSTAFA ÇETİN, ZEHRA SARIKAYA DEMİRBAŞ, and MEHMET İLKİN NAHARCI
Pages 1466-1474
Diagnostic yield of clinical exome sequencing in patients with suspected hereditary neuropathy
CAN EBRU BEKİRCAN-KURT, DORUK ARSLAN, NAZ GÜLERAY, SEVİM ERDEM-ÖZDAMAR, BURCU BALCI-HAYTA, and ERSİN TAN
Pages 1475-1479
Serial D-dimer measurements dynamically predict severity in acute biliary pancreatitis: a prospective observational study
KEMAL TEKEŞİN, TOLGA CANBAK, AYLİN ACAR, FATİH BAŞAK, HASAN KUMRU, and OLGUN ERDEM
Pages 1480-1486
Impact of patient education meetings on disease knowledge in chronic urticaria patients
NAZAN BEYHAN, HATİCE EYLÜL BOZKURT YILMAZ, ASLI ÇİFTCİ, ÖMÜR AYDIN, DİLŞAD MUNGAN, BETÜL AYŞE SİN, GÜLFEM ELİF ÇELİK, MURAT TÜRK, İNSU YILMAZ, and SEVİM BAVBEK
Pages 1487-1496
Evaluation of the efficacy of radiofrequency ablation therapy in cases with parathyroid adenoma
BAHRİ EVREN, ABDULKADİR BOZBAY, İSMAİL OKAN YILDIRIM, ÖMERCAN TOPALOĞLU, and İBRAHİM ŞAHİN
Pages 1497-1503
Validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the topical corticosteroid phobia (TOPICOP) scale
ESRA AĞAOĞLU, HİLAL KAYA ERDOĞAN, HİLAL ÇAVUŞ, and SELMA METİNTAŞ
Pages 1504-1512
Irisin and adropin decrease in preobese or obese individuals with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
CUMA MERTOĞLU, YAPRAK SULE ÖREK, BÜLENT ALBAYRAK, YUSUF KEMAL ARSLAN, and TAHA ABDULKADİR ÇOBAN
Pages 1513-1525
Etiology and outcomes of upper extremity venous thrombosis: a retrospective cohort study
SELÇUK COŞKUN, PINAR KÖKSAL COŞKUN, FERHAT İÇME, and MEHMET ALİ CEYHAN
Pages 1526-1539
Comparison of spatiotemporal and arm swing characteristics of gait between patients with COPD and healthy controls
HİDAYE YAMIKAN, NİHAT ÖZGÖREN, SERDAR ARITAN, OĞUZ KARCIOĞLU, and AYNUR DEMİREL
Pages 1540-1551
Exploring gender differences in the impact of sleep and fatigue on disease severity in rheumatoid arthritis: a moderated mediation model
MUSA SALMANOĞLU and HABİP YILMAZ
Pages 1552-1560
Outcomes of the first adolescent-focused smoking cessation clinic in Türkiye on tobacco control
DEMET TAŞ, FURKAN KALAYCI, and ALKIM ÖDEN AKMAN
Pages 1561-1568
The impact of tizanidine, thiocolchicoside, and cyclobenzaprine on vascular function in ovariectomized rats
SÜMEYYE NUR GÜRSOY, TOLGA ESMERLİGİL, UĞUR BERKAY İNCE, TURHAN DOST, and BUKET DEMİRCİ
Pages 1569-1575
Natural progression of meningeal lymphatic dysfunction in APP/PS1 mice creates a critical window for Alzheimer’s disease intervention
ZILONG SHEN, XIBIN ZHOU, and CHUNXIANG ZHOU
Pages 1576-1583
Moltkia coerulea extracts alleviate caspase-3 activity via reducing oxidative stress in LPS-induced neurotoxicity in BV-2 cells
ASLI CAN AĞCA, DERYA ALTAY, HÜDAVERDİ KUL, ASLI F. CEYLAN, and BETÜL SEVER YILMAZ
Pages 1584-1594
Editors
- Editor-in-Chief
- Orhan KÜÇÜKŞAHİN Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Türkiye
- Associate Editors in Chief
- Berna TERZİOĞLU BEBİTOĞLU Marmara University, Türkiye
- İzzet BİNGÖL Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Türkiye
- Mustafa ŞAHİN Ankara University, Türkiye
- Şule Mine BAKANAY ÖZTÜRK Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Türkiye
- Tuğba ENSARİ Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Türkiye
