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Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

Volume 44, Number 2 (2014)

Articles

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Assessment of left ventricular function by strain–strain rate echocardiography in patients with celiac disease
CENK SARI, AYLİN DEMİREZER BOLAT, FATMA EBRU AKIN, NİHAL AKAR BAYRAM, SEVİL ÖZER SARI, SERDAL BAŞTUĞ, EMİNE BİLEN, HÜSEYİN AYHAN, TELAT KELEŞ, TAHİR DURMAZ, OSMAN ERSOY, and ENGİN BOZKURT
Pages 173-177

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Cystatin C as biomarker of contrast-induced nephropathy in pediatric cardiac angiography
OSMAN ÖZDEMİR, AYŞE DENİZ OĞUZ, ABDÜLKADİR EREN, CİHAT ŞANLI, HÜSNÜ OĞUZ SÖYLEMEZOĞLU, and AYŞE BANU ÇAYCI
Pages 178-185

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Relationship of admission neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio with in-hospital mortality in patients with acute type-I aortic dissection
GÖKHAN LAFÇI, ÖMER FARUK ÇİÇEK, HACI ALPER UZUN, ADNAN YALÇINKAYA, ADEM İLKAY DİKEN, OSMAN TURAK, KUMRAL ÇAĞLI, İRFAN TAŞOĞLU, HİKMET SELÇUK GEDİK, KEMAL KORKMAZ, ORHAN EREN GÜNERTEM, and KERİM ÇAĞLI
Pages 186-192

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Evaluation of hepatocellular carcinoma with computed tomography perfusion imaging
ÜMMÜGÜLSÜM BAYRAKTUTAN, ABDULMECİT KANTARCI, HAYRİ OĞUL, YEŞİM KIZRAK, ÖMER ÖZYİĞİT, ZEYNEB YÜCELER, BERHAN GENÇ, and BÜNYAMİ ÖZOĞUL
Pages 193-196

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Intrathoracic Castleman disease
PINAR BIÇAKÇIOĞLU, SELİM ŞAKİR ERKMEN GÜLHAN, LEYLA NESRİN ACAR, YETKİN AĞAÇKIRAN, ŞEREF ÖZKARA, SADİ KAYA, and NURETTİN KARAOĞLANOĞLU
Pages 197-202

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MEFV mutation frequency and effect on disease severity in ankylosing spondylitis
YÜKSEL MARAŞ, ALİ AKDOĞAN, BÜNYAMİN KISACIK, LEVENT KILIÇ, ENGİN YILMAZ, ABDURRAHMAN TUFAN, UMUT KALYONCU, ŞAZİYE ŞULE APRAŞ BİLGEN, SEDAT KİRAZ, ALİ İHSAN ERTENLİ, and MERAL ÇALGÜNERİ
Pages 203-207

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A comparison of the generation of free radicals in saliva of active and passive smokers
MURAT DEMİRTAŞ, ÜNAL ŞENEL, SEVDA YÜKSEL, and MUSTAFA YÜKSEL
Pages 208-211

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Addition of epirubicin to conventional chemotherapy in patients with advanced ovarian cancer: sequential therapy - a retrospective evaluation
NEJAT ÖZGÜL, MEHMET FARUK KÖSE, HÜSEYİN LEVENT KESKİN, AHMET TANER TURAN, MUSTAFA ALPER KARALÖK, IŞIN ÜREYEN, NURETTİN BORAN, and HAKKI GÖKHAN TULUNAY
Pages 212-219

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Clinical manifestations, complications, and treatment of brucellosis: evaluation of 72 cases
ŞÜKRAN KÖSE, SÜHEYLA SERİN SENGER, GÜLGÜN AKKOÇLU, LÜTFİYE KUZUCU, YILDIZ ULU, GÜRSEL ERSAN, and FİLİZ OĞUZ
Pages 220-223

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A comparison of the effects of hyperbaric and isobaric bupivacaine spinal anesthesia on hemodynamics and heart rate variability
MEHMET TOPTAŞ, SİNAN UZMAN, İLKE İŞİTEMİZ, TÜMAY ULUDAĞ YANARAL, İBRAHİM AKKOÇ, and GÜLŞEN BİCAN
Pages 224-231

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Prevalence study of genital tract infections in pregnant women referred to health centers in Iran
MAHMOOD MOBASHERI, NARGES SAEDI VARNAMKHAST, ALI KARIMI, and SHAYESTEH BANAEIYAN
Pages 232-236

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Comparison of disc and body volumes in degenerated and nondegenerated lumbar discs: a stereological study
TUNCAY KANER, AHMET SONGUR, MUHSİN TOKTAŞ, OZAN ALPER ALKOÇ, OLCAY ESER, and MUSTAFA EFENDİOĞLU
Pages 237-242

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Expression of NADPH-d in the vagal nuclei of the chronic esophagitis model in rats
ÜMİT SÜLEYMAN ŞEHİRLİ, HALİL TUĞTEPE, URAL VERİMLİ, ÖZLEM KİRAZLI, MAZHAR ÖZKAN, and EMRULLAH TOLGA DAĞLI
Pages 243-248

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A comparison of total thyroidectomies carried out through LigaSure and Harmonic Scalpel: a retrospective study
KEMAL PEKER, AYÇA TUBA DUMANLI ÖZCAN, MURAT ŞAHİN, ABDULLAH İNAL, KEMAL KILIÇ, and FATİH ÖZÇİÇEK
Pages 255-260

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The place of androgen receptor gene mutation analysis in the molecular diagnosis of prostate cancer and genotype–phenotype relationship
FUAT KIZILAY, MUSTAFA SERDAR KALEMCİ, ADNAN ŞİMŞİR, BURAK TURNA, OKTAY NAZLI, and AFİG BERDELİ
Pages 261-266

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Thromboelastography in the evaluation of coagulation disorders in patients with sepsis
YELİZ KILIÇ, İSMET TOPÇU, HAMZA BAMBAL, and MELEK ÇİVİ
Pages 267-272

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Comparison of different ligation techniques in laparoscopic varicocelectomy
YİĞİT AKIN, MUTLU ATEŞ, SELÇUK YÜCEL, IŞIL BAŞARA, ORÇUN ÇELİK, ALİSEYDİ BOZKURT, and BARIŞ NUHOĞLU
Pages 273-278

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Epidemiology of organophosphate intoxication and predictors of intermediate syndrome
ŞAHİN ÇOLAK, MEHMET ÖZGÜR ERDOĞAN, AHMET BAYDIN, MUSTAFA AHMET AFACAN, CELAL KATI, and LATİF DURAN
Pages 279-282

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Evaluation of 48-week response of treatment-naive chronic hepatitis B patients to 0.5 mg/day entecavir
SERVET KÖLGELİER, NAZLIM AKTUĞ DEMİR, SERAP ÖZÇİMEN, and ŞUA SÜMER
Pages 283-287

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New hemostatic agent: the effect of Ankaferd Blood Stopper on healing wounds in experimental skin incision model
SERDAR YÜCE, CELAL ÇANDIRLI, SİBEL YENİDÜNYA, and BÜNYAMİN MUSLU
Pages 288-297

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Comparing the fatty acid levels of preterm and term breast milk in Turkish women
İBRAHİM AYDIN, ÖZDEN TURAN, FEVZİ NURİ AYDIN, ESİN KOÇ, İBRAHİM MURAT HIRFANOĞLU, MESUT AKYOL, MUZAFFER ÖZTOSUN, EMİN ÖZGÜR AKGÜL, HİLMİ DEMİRİN, SELİM KILIÇ, MEHMET KEMAL ERBİL, and TANER ÖZGÜRTAŞ
Pages 305-310

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Anti TNF-\alpha therapy might be responsible for an increased incidence of varicocele in patients with ankylosing spondylitis
ÖMER YILMAZ, YUNUS UGAN, MAHMUT YENER, MEHMET UMUL, MUSTAFA KAYAN, AYKUT RECEP AKTAŞ, ELİF NİSA ÜNLÜ, BÜNYAMİN KISACIK, BUMİN DEĞİRMENCİ, and MELTEM ÇETİN
Pages 311-316

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Hemodynamic effects of chest-knee position: comparison of rioperative propofol and sevoflurane anesthesia
HASAN KUTLUK PAMPAL, YUSUF ÜNAL, BERRİN IŞIK, HATİCE ZERRİN ÖZKÖSE, and RECEP ŞAHİN YARDIM
Pages 317-322

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Pediatric reference intervals for plasma and urine essential amino acids in a Turkish population
ENİS MACİT, MURAT KIZILGÜN, ERDİNÇ ÇAKIR, ABDULBAKİ KARAOĞLU, EMİN ÖZGÜR AKGÜL, MUZAFFER ÖZTOSUN, İBRAHİM AYDIN, FEVZİ NURİ AYDIN, MEHMET AĞILLI, TÜRKER TÜRKER, RECAİ OĞUR, YASEMİN GÜLCAN KURT, HÜSAMETTİN GÜL, TUNCER ÇAYCI, and ESİN ÖZKAN
Pages 323-329

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Efficacy of resuscitation with Intralipid in a levobupivacaine-induced cardiac arrest model
MURAT KARCIOĞLU, KASIM TUZCU, FATİH SEFİL, IŞIL DAVARCI, SUZAN AYDIN, ALİ SARI, AKIN AYDOĞAN, and RAİF ÖZDEN
Pages 330-336

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Epidemiology of uveitis in a referral hospital in Turkey
MÜGE PINAR ÇAKAR ÖZDAL, ALPER YAZICI, MELEK TÜFEK, and FARUK ÖZTÜRK
Pages 337-342

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Tc-99m MDP bone scintigraphy in the evaluation of the joint damage in asymptomatic alpine ski racers
ERHAN VAROĞLU, MUSTAFA YILDIRIM, RECEP GÜRSOY, BEDRİ SEVEN, HATİCE USLU, ŞİRZAT ÇOĞALGİL, and FATİH KIYICI
Pages 343-346

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The role of CT and MRI in the diagnosis of sigmoid volvulus
SABRİ SELÇUK ATAMANALP, ABDULMECİT KANTARCI, BÜNYAMİ ÖZOĞUL, ABDULLAH KISAOĞLU, and REFİK SELİM ATAMANALP
Pages 352-352

Editors

Editor-in-Chief
Prof. Dr. Murat KEKİLLİ
Gazi University

Associate Editors-in-Chief
Prof. Dr. Selim ARICI
Ondokuz Mayis University
Prof. Dr. Kürşat ALTINBAŞ
Selçuk University
Prof. Dr. Zehra Sema ÖZKAN
Kırıkkale University

Editorial Board