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The effectiveness of ultrasound treatment for the management of kneeosteoarthritis: a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind study
SERAP KAPCI YILDIZ, FEYZA ÜNLÜ ÖZKAN, İLKNUR AKTAŞ, AYŞE DUYGU ŞİLTE, MERYEM YILMAZ KAYSIN, and NACİYE BİLGİN BADUR
Pages 1187-1191

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The prevalence of infectious agents in patients with systemic sclerosis
HÜSEYİN BİLGİN, HİLAL KOCABAŞ, and RECEP KEŞLİ
Pages 1192-1197

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Familial Mediterranean fever in children from the Aegean region of Turkey:gene mutation frequencies and phenotype?genotype correlation
EBRU YILMAZ, NİDA DİNÇEL, BETÜL SÖZERİ, KADRİYE ÖZDEMİR, İPEK KAPLAN BULUT, AFIG BERDELI, and MAKBULE SEVGİ MİR
Pages 1198-1206

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The patterns and clinical relevance of contact allergen sensitization in a pediatric population with atopic dermatitis
AYŞEGÜL AKAN, MÜGE TOYRAN, EMİNE VEZİR, DİLEK AZKUR, AYŞENUR KAYA, MUSTAFA ERKOÇOĞLU, ERSOY CİVELEK, EMİNE DİBEK MISIRLIOĞLU, and CAN NACİ KOCABAŞ
Pages 1207-1213

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The effect of tramadol and tramadol + gabapentin combination in patients with lumbar disc herniation after epidural steroid injection
LÜTFİYE PİRBUDAK, HÜLYA ÇİÇEK, MUSTAFA IŞIK, and YASEMİN ZER
Pages 1214-1219

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Diabetes prevalence and awareness in adults in the Balçova district in Turkey
KEVSER TARI SELÇUK, MELİH KAAN SÖZMEN, and BELGİN ÜNAL TOĞRUL
Pages 1220-1227

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Mutation analysis of 6 spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA) types in patients from southern Turkey
PERÇİN PAZARCI, HALİL KASAP, AYŞE FİLİZ KOÇ, ŞAKİR ALTUNBAŞAK, and MEHMET ALİ ERKOÇ
Pages 1228-1233

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The evaluation of hypermetabolic mediastinal-hilar lymph nodes determined byPET/CT in pulmonary and extrapulmonary malignancies: correlation with EBUS-TBNA
ZUHAL KANDEMİR, AYŞEGÜL ŞENTÜRK, ELİF ÖZDEMİR, NİLÜFER YILDIRIM, HATİCE CANAN HASANOĞLU, MUTLAY KESKİN, and ŞEYDA TÜRKÖLMEZ
Pages 1234-1242

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Assessment of bloodstream infections and risk factors in an intensive care unit
AYNUR SÜNER, İLKAY KARAOĞLAN, AYŞE ÖZLEM METE, MUSTAFA NAMIDURU, VUSLAT BOŞNAK, and İBRAHİM BAYDAR
Pages 1243-1250

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Neopterin, homocysteine, and ADMA levels during and after urticaria attack
SALİM KEMAL TUNCER, ÜMİT KALDIRIM, YUSUF EMRAH EYİ, ALİ OSMAN YILDIRIM, ŞAFAK EKİNCİ, KEMAL KARA, MURAT EROĞLU, MUZAFFER ÖZTOSUN, SELAHATTİN ÖZYÜREK, MURAT DURUSU, MUSTAFA GÜLEÇ, TUNCER ÇAYCI, ÖZCAN ALTINEL, and HÜSEYİN LEVENT YAMANEL
Pages 1251-1255

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Clinical characteristics and prognosis of patients with retinoblastoma: 8-year follow-up
XIN LUO, HUIJING YE, YUN-GANG DING, YI DU, and HUASHENG YANG
Pages 1256-1262

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Investigation of the diagnostic value of chromosome analysis and bacterial artificial chromosome-based array comparative genomic hybridization in prenatal diagnosis
HAKAN SAVLI, SEDA EREN KESKİN, and NACİ ÇİNE
Pages 1263-1267

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Restless legs syndrome in multiple sclerosis
MİNE HAYRİYE SORGUN, ZERİN AKSUN, YAHYA BURAK ATALAY, and CANAN YÜCESAN
Pages 1268-1273

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Visual and brainstem auditory evoked potentials in infants withsevere vitamin B12 deficiency
NİHAT DEMİR, AHMET KOÇ, MAHMUT ABUHANDAN, MUSTAFA ÇALIK, and AKIN İŞCAN
Pages 1274-1279

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Evaluation of oxidant and antioxidant status in patients with vitamin B12 deficiency
TEKİN GÜNEY, MURAT ALIŞIK, SEMA AKINCI, SALİM NEŞELİOĞLU, İMDAT DİLEK, and ÖZCAN EREL
Pages 1280-1284

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miRNA-mediated regulation of heat shock proteins in human ejaculated spermatozoa
TANG WENHAO, LIU DE-FENG, HONG KAI, ZHAO LIAN-MING, MAO JIA-MING, ZHUANG XIN-JIE, MA LU-LIN, and JIANG HUI
Pages 1285-1291

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Decreasing the need for mechanical ventilation after surgery forretinopathy of prematurity: sedoanalgesia vs. general anesthesia
AYŞE ÜLGEY, IŞIN GÜNEŞ, ADNAN BAYRAM, RECEP AKSU, CİHANGİR BİÇER, FATİH UĞUR, ÇAĞATAY KARACA, and ADEM BOYACI
Pages 1292-1299

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Correlation between body mass index and semen quality in male infertility patients
TANG WEN-HAO, ZHUANG XIN-JIE, MA LU-LIN, QIAO JIE, HONG KAI, ZHAO LIAN-MING, LIU DE-FENG, MAO JIA-MING, ZHANG HONG-LIANG, ZHOU SHAN-JIE, and JIANG HUI
Pages 1300-1305

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Osteoprotegerin as a marker of atherosclerosis in type 1 and type 2 diabetic patients
ÇİĞDEM ALKAÇ, BURAK ALKAÇ, FERAY AKBAŞ, HALE ARAL, YEŞİM KARAGÖZ, and ESMA GÜLDAL ALTUNOĞLU
Pages 1306-1311

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Hypogastric artery ligation for obstetrical hemorrhage: clinical experiencein a tertiary care center
ÇAĞLAR YILDIZ, ÖZLEM BOZOKLU AKKAR, SAVAŞ KARAKUŞ, ALİ ÇETİN, and ALİ YANIK
Pages 1312-1316

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Pharyngeal carriage rate of Neisseria meningitidis before and after theHajj pilgrimage, in Zahedan (southeastern Iran), 2012
MALIHEH METANAT, BATOOL SHARIFI-MOOD, SARA SANEI-MOGHADDAM, and NAHID SEPEHRI RAD
Pages 1317-1320

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Molecular characteristics of extended spectrum ß-lactamase and carbapenemase genes carried by carbapenem-resistant Enterobacter cloacae in a Chinese university hospital
LANYING CUI, JINGYING ZHAO, and JUAN LU
Pages 1321-1328

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Applicability of Xpert MTB/RIF assay for routine diagnosis of tuberculosis: a four-year single-center experience
CEM ÇELİK, MUSTAFA GÖKHAN GÖZEL, MUSTAFA ZAHİR BAKICI, SERDAR BERK, SEFA LEVENT ÖZŞAHİN, and ESRA GÜLTÜRK
Pages 1329-1334

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Characterization of Klebsiella isolates by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) and determination of antimicrobial resistance with VITEK 2 advanced expert system (AES)
ALPER KARAGÖZ, SÜMEYRA ACAR, and HANİFİ KÖRKOCA
Pages 1335-1344

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PCR investigation of Panton-Valentine leukocidin, enterotoxin, exfoliative toxin,and agr genes in Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated from psoriasis patients
JULİDE SEDEF GÖÇMEN, NERİMAN ŞAHİNER, MUKADDER KOÇAK, and ZEYNEP CEREN KARAHAN
Pages 1345-1352

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Factors affecting daily instrumental activities of the elderly
AYFER ŞAHİN, OĞUZ TEKİN, SEVSEN CEBECİ, BÜNYAMİN IŞIK, ADEM ÖZKARA, RABİA KAHVECİ, METİN CANBAL, ŞEYDA KUNT, and İRFAN ŞENCAN
Pages 1353-1359

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Workplace physical violence, verbal violence, and mobbing experiencedby nurses at a university hospital
FATMA NUR BARAN AKSAKAL, EMİNE FÜSUN KARAŞAHİN, ASİYE UĞRAŞ DİKMEN, EMİNE AVCI, and SEÇİL ÖZKAN
Pages 1360-1368

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An anatomical study of the supratrochlear foramen of the Jining population
JING LI, QINGHUA MAO, WENYUAN LI, and XIAOYAN LI
Pages 1369-1373

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Histopathological findings obtained from reduction mammoplasty specimens
AYNUR ALBAYRAK, ÇİĞDEM GÜLER MESCİ, and GÜLNUR GÜLER
Pages 1374-1379

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Spontaneous withdrawal in intermittent morphine administration in rats and mice: effect of clonidine coadministration and sex-related differences
ORUC ALLAHVERDİYEV, ASLI ZENGİN TÜRKMEN, ASİYE NURTEN, İCLAL ŞEHİRLİ, and NURHAN ENGİNAR
Pages 1380-1389

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Investigation of the protective effect of erdosteine against cyclosporine-inducedinjury in rat liver with histological and biochemical methods
AHMET NACAR, İHSAN KARABOĞA, HAMZA MALİK OKUYAN, NEBİHAT KAPLAN SEFİL, EMEL NACAR, SEDAT MOTOR, SEÇKİN AKKÜÇÜK, and ORHAN VELİ ÖZKAN
Pages 1390-1395

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Immunogenicity of conserved cork and ß-barrel domains of baumannii acinetobactin utilization protein in an animal model
YAQUB HAJIAGHATABAR SANGROODI, IRAJ RASOOLI, SHAHRAM NAZARIAN, WALEAD EBRAHIMIZADEH, and FATEMEH SEFID
Pages 1396-1402

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Paclitaxel-loaded niosomes for intravenous administration: pharmacokineticsand tissue distribution in rats
ZERRİN SEZGİN BAYINDIR, ARZU BEŞİKCİ, and NİLÜFER YÜKSEL
Pages 1403-1412

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Comparison of thiopental and ketamine+xylazine anesthesia inischemia/reperfusion-induced arrhythmias in rats
ERSÖZ GONCA
Pages 1413-1420

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Effects of contemporary orthodontic composites on tooth color following short-term fixed orthodontic treatment: a controlled clinical study
BAYRAM ÇÖREKÇİ, EBUBEKİR TOY, FIRAT ÖZTÜRK, SIDDIK MALKOÇ, and BORA ÖZTÜRK
Pages 1421-1428