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Simvastatin's effects on survival and outcome in traumatic braininjury patients: a comparative study
TARANEH NAGHIBI, SARA MADANI, SAIDEH MAZLOOMZADEH, and FARAMARZ DOBAKHTI
Pages 1-5

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CRP, HbA1c, lipid, and biochemical parameters and their relation with maternal visceral adipose tissue and subcutaneous fat tissue thickness
MÜZEYYEN DURAN, AYDIN KÖŞÜŞ, NERMİN KÖŞÜŞ, and NİLGÜN TURHAN
Pages 6-12

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The relation between serum cathepsin D level and carotid intima-media thickness in nondiabetic hypertensive patients
NİHAL ÖZKAYAR, FATMA AKYEL, AYŞE NURDAN BARÇA, SERHAN VAHİT PİŞKİNPAŞA, TURAN TURHAN, İHSAN ATEŞ, and FATİH DEDE
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Genotypes and virulence factors of Candida species isolated from oralcavities of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus
SOLEY ARSLAN, AYŞE NEDRET KOÇ, AHMET ERCAN ŞEKERCİ, FATİH TANRIVERDİ, HAFİZE SAV, GONCA AYDEMİR, and HALİT DİRİ
Pages 18-27

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Host immune responses and peritumoral stromal reactions in different basal cell carcinoma subtypes: histopathological comparison of basosquamous carcinoma and high-risk and low-risk basal cell carcinoma subtypes
NİLAY DUMAN, NİLAY ŞEN KORKMAZ, and ZAFER EROL
Pages 28-34

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Analysis of the hip fracture records of a central training and research hospital by selected characteristics
DENİZ ÇANKAYA, BURAK YOLDAŞ, ELİF ÇANKAYA, YALÇIN ÇAKIR, CEMAL AYDIN, and ABDULLAH YALÇIN TABAK
Pages 35-41

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Clinical features of infants treated for severe retinopathy of prematurity: 8-yearstudy from a large tertiary neonatal intensive care unit in Turkey
ZÜHAL ÖZEN TUNAY, ÖZDEMİR ÖZDEMİR, DAMLA ERGİNTÜRK ACAR, İKBAL SEZA PETRİÇLİ, and ŞERİFE SUNA OĞUZ
Pages 42-47

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A persistently low HBV DNA level is a predictor of spontaneous HBsAg clearance in patients with chronic hepatitis B
ALPAY ARI, ŞEBNEM ÇALIK, SELMA TOSUN, and SİBEL ÖZSU CAYMAZ
Pages 48-52

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Evaluation of intraabdominal hypertension and genitofemoral nerve motor conduction
ÖZLEM BOYBEYİ, ELEM İNAL, YASEMİN DERE GÜNAL, MUSTAFA KEMAL ASLAN, GÜLÜMSER AYDIN, and TUTKU SOYER
Pages 53-57

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Mucormycosis: a 10-year experience at a tertiary care center in Turkey
SÜHEYLA KÖMÜR, AYŞE SEZA İNAL, BEHİCE KURTARAN, ASLIHAN ULU, AYSUN UĞUZ, HASAN SALİH ZEKİ AKSU, and YEŞİM TAŞOVA
Pages 58-62

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Minor salivary gland evaluation: Sjögren?s syndrome
SÜLEN SARIOĞLU, ÜLKÜ KÜÇÜK, PINAR ÇETİN, İSMAİL SARI, and AHMET MERİH BİRLİK
Pages 63-65

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Distribution of hepatitis C virus genotypes among intravenous drug users in the Çukurova region of Turkey
ENVER ÜÇBİLEK, BAHRİ ABAYLI, MAHMUT BAKIR KOYUNCU, DURDANE MIDIKLI, SÜVEYDA GÖZÜKÜÇÜK, ALPER AKDAĞ, OSMAN ÖZDOĞAN, ENGİN ALTINTAŞ, and ORHAN SEZGİN
Pages 66-71

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Seasonal vitamin D status and endothelial function in healthcare workers
ÖZLEM HALİLOĞLU, TOLGA KASACI, and DİLEK YAVUZ
Pages 72-78

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Recurrent dilatation in resistant benign esophageal strictures: timing is significant
YASEMİN BİLGİN BÜYÜKKARABACAK, AYŞEN TASLAK ŞENGÜL, MEHMET GÖKHAN PİRZİRENLİ, and AHMET BAŞOĞLU
Pages 79-83

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Diagnostic accuracy of noninvasive end-tidal carbon dioxide measurement in emergency department patients with suspected pulmonary embolism
MELİH YÜKSEL, MURAT PEKDEMİR, SERKAN YILMAZ, ELİF YAKA, and ASLI GÜLFER KARTAL
Pages 84-90

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An experimental comparative study on classic tube thoracostomy and thoracostomy with a newly designed thorax drainage catheter*
MAHMUT TOKUR, MEHMET ERGİN, MEHMET OKUMUŞ, and ZERRİN DEFNE DÜNDAR
Pages 91-96

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Frequency of twelve carcinogenic human papilloma virus types among women from the South Backa region, Vojvodina, Serbia
GORDANA KOVACEVIC, NATASA NIKOLIC, ALEKSANDRA JOVANOVIC-GALOVIC, IVANA HRNJAKOVIC-CVJETKOVIC, DUSAN VULETA, ALEKSANDRA PATIC, JELENA RADOVANOV, and VESNA MILOSEVIC
Pages 97-104

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The effect of transtheoretical model-based individual counseling, training, and a 6-month follow-up on smoking cessation in adult women: a randomized controlled trial*
AYŞE KOYUN and KAFİYE EROĞLU
Pages 105-111

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The utility of EBUS-TBNA in mediastinal or hilar lymph node evaluation in extrapulmonary malignancy
ONUR FEVZİ ERER, CEYDA ANAR, SERHAT EROL, and SERİR ÖZKAN
Pages 112-119

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Liporotein-associated phospholipase-A2 can be a diagnostic marker inthe early stage diagnosis of acute mesenteric ischemia
TARIK ACAR, SEDAT KOÇAK, BAŞAR CANDER, MEHMET ERGİN, and CESAREDDİN DİKMETAŞ
Pages 120-125

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Investigation of ischemia-modified albumin levels and some atherosclerosis-related serum parameters in patients with diabetic foot
SABAHATTİN MUHTAROĞLU, DİDEM BARLAK KETİ, and KÜRŞAD ÜNLÜHİZARCI
Pages 126-132

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Impact of antimicrobial drug restrictions on doctors? behaviors
OĞUZ KARABAY, SALİH HOŞOĞLU, ERTUĞRUL GÜÇLÜ, ŞERİFE AKALIN, FATMA AYBALA ALTAY, EMSAL AYDIN, BAHADIR CEYLAN, AYGÜL ÇELİK, İLHAMİ ÇELİK, TUNA DEMİRDAL, KEZİBAN DEMİRLİ, NURETTİN ERBEN, ÜNAL ERKORKMAZ, SERPİL EROL, and ÖMER EVİRGEN
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Ophthalmic pathologies in female subjects with bilateralcongenital sensorineural hearing loss
MEHMET TALAY KÖYLÜ, GÖKÇEN GÖKÇE, GÜNGÖR SOBACI, FAHRETTİN GÜVEN OYSUL, and DORUKCAN AKINCIOĞLU
Pages 139-144

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Effects of immunosuppressive drugs on oral mucosa in patients with Behçet?s disease: cytomorphological and cytopathological assessment
EDA DİYARBAKIR, ADEM KARA, SADULLAH KELEŞ, JALE SELLİ, HANDAN BİLEN, NİLNUR EYERCİ, NECMETTİN AKDENİZ, ORHAN ATEŞ, and HASAN DOĞAN
Pages 145-151

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Cost-effectiveness analysis of pemetrexed and gemcitabine treatment for advanced nonsmall cell lung cancer in Turkey
PINAR YALÇIN BALÇIK and BAYRAM ŞAHİN
Pages 152-158

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Significance of using a nonlinear analysis technique, the Lyapunov exponent, on the understanding of the dynamics of the cardiorespiratory system in rats
TAMER ZEREN, MUSTAFA ÖZBEK, NECİP KUTLU, and MAHMUT AKILLI
Pages 159-165

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Effects and mechanisms of curcumin on the hemodynamic variablesof isolated perfused rat hearts
ERKAN KILINÇ, ZİYA KAYGISIZ, BEDRİ SELİM BENEK, and KENAN GÜMÜŞTEKİN
Pages 166-173

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Intrabone marrow injection enhances placental mesenchymal stem cellmediated support of hematopoiesis in mice
YA HONG YUAN, CHUN FANG ZHOU, ZHI YONG LU, XIAO LI WANG, YAN DING, and DONGSHENG LI
Pages 174-184

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The effect of proanthocyanidin on formaldehyde-induced toxicity in rat testes
ENİS ULUÇAM and ELVAN BAKAR
Pages 185-193

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Apitherapy products enhance the recovery of CCL4-induced hepatic damages in rats
ÖZLEM SARAL, OKTAY YILDIZ, REZZAN ALİYAZICIOĞLU, ESİN YULUĞ, SİNAN CANPOLAT, FERHAT ÖZTÜRK, and SEVGİ KOLAYLI
Pages 194-202

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Comparison of a real-time polymerase chain reaction-based system and Erlich-Ziehl-Neelsen method with culture in the identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
KEMAL BİLGİN, KERAMETTİN YANIK, ADİL KARADAĞ, HAKAN ODABAŞI, HAKAN TAŞ, and MURAT GÜNAYDIN
Pages 203-206

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Evaluation of new multiplex PCR primers for the identification ofPlasmodium species found in Sabah, Malaysia
CHERONIE SHELY STANIS, BENG KAH SONG, TOCK HING CHUA, YEE LING LAU, and JENARUN JELIP
Pages 207-218

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Quantitative comparison of immunohistochemical and PCR analysis of midkine expression in breast cancer types and serum midkine level
HÜLYA ÇETİN SORKUN, METİN AKBULUT, YAŞAR ENLİ, EMRE TEPELİ, SEVGİ ÖZKAN, and ERGÜN ERDEM
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Promoter methylation profile of GSTP1 and RASSF1A in prostate cancerand benign hyperplasia in Vietnamese men
THI THUONG LAN VO, BICH THUAN TA, VAN TO TA, DIEU LINH VUONG, and QUYNH UYEN NGUYEN
Pages 228-235

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Intraarticular Ankaferd blood stopper application increases cartilage degeneration: an experimental study
İBRAHİM KAYA, DENİZ GÜLABİ, MURAT YILMAZ, ALİ BAŞ, GÜLTEKİN SITKI ÇEÇEN, and NURULLAH ŞENER
Pages 236-240

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Clarifying aspects of noninvasive mechanical ventilation in acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
ANNIA SCHREIBER and ANTONIO ESQUINAS
Pages 241-242