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Behçet syndrome: the vascular cluster
HASAN YAZICI and EMİRE SEYAHİ
Pages 1277-1280

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Chronic liver diseases and iron: a concise review with emphasis on hypotransferrinemia and hypohepcidinemia
NACİYE ŞEMNUR BÜYÜKAŞIK and YAHYA BÜYÜKAŞIK
Pages 1281-1291

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The relationship of mean platelet volume with retinopathy in type 2 diabetes mellitus
ASLI ARAZ GÜNGÖR, GÜL GÜRSOY, FATİH GÜNGÖR, SEYİT MURAT BAYRAM, and ERAY ATALAY
Pages 1292-1299

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An assessment of adherence to asthma medication guidelines: findingsfrom a tertiary care center in the state of Penang, Malaysia
RAJA AHSAN AFTAB, AMER HAYAT KHAN, SYED AZHAR SYED SULAIMAN, IRFHAN ALI, AZMI HASSALI, and FAHAD SALEEM
Pages 1300-1305

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Radiation dose to breasts from a cardiac computed tomography angiographyscanogram can be reduced by switching tube position
MUSTAFA ERDEM SAĞSÖZ and RÜSTEM BERHAN PİRİMOĞLU
Pages 1306-1308

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Anticyclic citrullinated peptide antibody in rheumatoid arthritis:a cross-sectional study in Iran
IRANDOKHT SHENAVAR MASOOLEH, ASGHAR HAJIABBASI, HABIB ZAYENI, ATEFEH GHANBARI, VIOLET ZAKER ESTEGHAMATI, BANAFSHEH GHAVIDEL PARSA, and AMIR HASSANKHANI
Pages 1309-1313

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The incidence of pressure ulcer in patients on mechanical ventilation andeffects of selected risk factors on pressure ulcer development*
ÖZGÜL KARAYURT, ÖZAY AKYOL, NECMİYE KILIÇASLAN, NURAY AKGÜN, ÜMRAN SARGIN, MELİKE KONDAKÇI, HANIM EKİNCİ, and NESLİHAN SARI
Pages 1314-1322

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The clinical and laboratory characteristics, treatments, and outcomes of patients with Brucella epididymo-orchitis (BEO) compared to those without BEO*
HASAN NAZ, PINAR KORKMAZ, FİGEN ÇEVİK, and NEVİL AYKIN
Pages 1323-1328

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An investigation on the prevalence and efficiency of immunochromatographic testing in suspected malarial patients of Rawalpindi and Islamabad, Pakistan
SAIMA JABEEN, SOBIA KANWAL, MAZHAR QAYYUM, UMAIR FARRUKH, and SHAHZAD ABDUL HAMEED
Pages 1329-1334

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The association of vaspin rs2236242 and leptin rs7799039 polymorphism with metabolic syndrome in Egyptian women
AMINA ALNORY, HODA GAD, GEHAN HEGAZY, and OLFAT SHAKER
Pages 1335-1340

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The impact of calcineurin inhibitors and mammalian target of rapamycininhibitors on anxiety and depression scores in kidney transplant patients
EBRU GÖK OĞUZ, GÜLAY ULUSAL OKYAY, HADİM AKOĞLU, GÜNER KARAVELİ GÜRSOY, ZAFER ERCAN, ÖZGÜR MERHAMETSİZ, BAŞOL CANBAKAN, and MEHMET DENİZ AYLI
Pages 1341-1347

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Interlukine-17 and TGF-ß levels in patients with acute brucellosisbefore and after treatment
MASOOMEH SOFIAN, AMITIS RAMEZANI, ALIA MOUSAVI, MOHAMMAD BANIFAZL, SHIMA CHEREI, ALI CHEREI, and AREZOO AGHAKHANI
Pages 1348-1352

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The role of apelin in the assessment of response to chemotherapyand prognosis in stage 4 nonsmall cell lung cancer
SİNEM ÖZSARI, GÜRSEL ÇOK, ALİ VERAL, and TİMUR KÖSE
Pages 1353-1359

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Differentiated thyroid cancer in patients with prolactinoma
ABBAS ALİ TAM, CAFER KAYA, CEVDET AYDIN, REYHAN ERSOY, and BEKİR ÇAKIR
Pages 1360-1365

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Cognitive impairment one year after ischemic stroke: predictorsand dynamics of significant determinants
MARGARITA LUBOMIROVA ALEXANDROVA and MAYA PENKOVA DANOVSKA
Pages 1366-1373

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Relationship between gestational transient thyrotoxicosis and vitamin D
FERİT KERİM KÜÇÜKLER, YASİN ŞİMŞEK, ÜMİT GÖRKEM, BERÇEM AYÇİÇEK DOĞAN, and SERDAR GÜLER
Pages 1374-1378

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Colistin efficacy in the treatment of multidrug-resistant and extremelydrug-resistant gram-negative bacterial infections*
ÇİĞDEM BANU ÇETİN, DENİZ ÖZER TÜRK, ŞEBNEM ŞENOL, GÖNÜL DİNÇ HORASAN, and ÖZLEM TÜNGER
Pages 1379-1384

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Cost analysis and evaluation of nosocomial infections in intensive care units
UĞUR KOSTAKOĞLU, SEDAT SAYLAN, MEVLÜT KARATAŞ, SERAP İSKENDER, FİRDEVS AKSOY, and GÜRDAL YILMAZ
Pages 1385-1392

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Examination of factors affecting women?s barrier perception to participate in breast cancer screenings in a region affiliated with a family health center in Turkey
FATMA ERSİN and PERİHAN POLAT
Pages 1393-1400

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Efficacy of mitomycin-C and infliximab in reducing adhesionand fibrosis following strabismus surgery*
EMİN SERBÜLENT GÜÇLÜ, AYŞE AYÇA SARI, ERDEM DİNÇ, TUBA ÖZCAN METİN, BANU COŞKUN YILMAZ, and BAHAR TAŞDELEN
Pages 1401-1406

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The efficacy of oral ribavirin on clinical and laboratory parameters inCrimean?Congo hemorrhagic fever: an observational study from Turkey*
GÜNAY ERTEM, MELİHA ÇAĞLA SÖNMEZER, FATİH TEMOÇİN, ÇİĞDEM ATAMAN HATİPOĞLU, NECLA TÜLEK, and BEHİÇ ORAL
Pages 1407-1414

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The effects of sebum configuration on Demodex spp. density
HATİCE GAMZE DEMİRDAĞ, HAMDİ ÖZCAN, ŞULE GÜRSOY, and GÜLÇİN BEKER AKBULUT
Pages 1415-1421

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Serum procalcitonin and C-reactive protein kinetics as indicators of treatmentoutcome in hospitalized patients with community-acquired pneumonia
MEHMET SEZAİ TAŞBAKAN, CANAN GÜNDÜZ, ABDULLAH SAYINER, AYKUT ÇİLLİ, BURCU ÇELENK KARABOĞA, AYŞIN ŞAKAR COŞKUN, FERİDE DURMAZ YAMAN, OĞUZ KILINÇ, and ÖZNUR KILIÇ SOYLAR
Pages 1422-1427

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Comparison of ultrasonographic and laboratory findings of acute cholecystitis between elderly and nonelderly patients
ZELİHA ASİLTÜRK LÜLLECİ, SEBAHAT BAŞYİĞİT, FERDANE PİRİNÇÇİ SAPMAZ, METİN UZMAN, AYŞE KEFELİ, ABDULLAH ÖZGÜR YENİOVA, and YAŞAR NAZLIGÜL
Pages 1428-1433

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Lung transplantation in Turkey: lessons from surgeons and pulmonologists
GÜL DABAK, LEVENT DALAR, ERDAL TAŞÇI, and STEPHEN CLARK
Pages 1434-1442

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The increasing incidence of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma in women in Turkey
ATİLA EROĞLU, YENER AYDIN, BAYRAM ALTUNTAŞ, BETÜL GÜNDOĞDU, and ÖMER YILMAZ
Pages 1443-1448

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The common genetic variants of toll-like receptor and susceptibilityto adenoid hypertrophy: a hospital-based cohort study
MEHMET ALİ BABADEMEZ, TALİH ÖZDAŞ, and SİBEL ÖZDAŞ
Pages 1449-1458

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Neurological outcome after cardiac arrest: a prospective study of the predictive ability of prognostic biomarkers neuron-specific enolase, glial fibrillary acidic protein, S-100B, and procalcitonin
GÜLAY OK, DEMET AYDIN, KORAY ERBÜYÜN, CANAN GÜRSOY, FATMA TANELİ, SEMA BİLGE, and GÖNÜL DİNÇ HORASAN
Pages 1459-1468

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Factors affecting treatment success in community-acquired pneumonia
CANAN GÜNDÜZ, MEHMET SEZAİ TAŞBAKAN, ABDULLAH SAYINER, AYKUT ÇİLLİ, OĞUZ KILINÇ, and AYŞIN ŞAKAR COŞKUN
Pages 1469-1474

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Evaluation of cutaneous anthrax cases during an outbreak in the east region of Turkey
ESRA KURAL ÜNÜVAR, DENİZ BAHAR AKGÜN KARAPINAR, and NAZLI DİZEN NAMDAR
Pages 1475-1480

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Health-related quality of life of pediatric renal transplant recipientsand their parents: the role of associated factors and clinical counseling
BAHAR BÜYÜKKARAGÖZ, NECLA BUYAN, NAHİDE DOĞRUCAN, and BÜLENT ÇELİK
Pages 1481-1485

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Should antibiotics be administered after endoscopic mucosalresection in patients with colon polyps?
ZHIMENG SHI, HUI QIU, HUANGANG LIU, and HONGGANG YU
Pages 1486-1490

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The frequency of buccopalpebral reflex in Parkinson disease
HÜLYA ESER, YASEMİN ÜNAL, GÜLNİHAL KUTLU, RUHSEN ÖCAL, and LEVENT ERTUĞRUL İNAN
Pages 1491-1494

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The effect of cotinine concentrations in seminal plasma and follicular fluid on the pregnancy outcomes of couples undergoing assisted reproductive techniques
FÜSUN TERZİOĞLU, BENSU KARAHALİL, ÇİĞDEM YÜCEL, and RUKİYE TÜRK
Pages 1495-1501

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Determination of genotypic varieties and genotyping of multiple drug-resistant tuberculosis by the RFLP and spoligotyping methods
TEKİN KARSLIGİL, AYŞEN BAYRAM, and FAHRİYE EKŞİ
Pages 1502-1511

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Determination of reference range with the indirect method of the 25-hydroxyvitaminD3 test in the Balıkesir region, Turkey
MEDİNE ALPDEMİR and MEHMET FATİH ALPDEMİR
Pages 1512-1517

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Genotypic analysis of Escherichia coli strains that cause urosepsis in the Aegean region
BETÜL GİRAY, FÜSUN BAHRİYE UÇAR, and SABİRE ŞÖHRET AYDEMİR
Pages 1518-1527

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The effect of pneumoperitoneum on intravascular fibrinolytic activity in rats
KÜRŞAT DİKMEN, ASİYE UĞRAŞ DİKMEN, HASAN BOSTANCI, AHMET KARAMERCAN, ABDULLAH MÜNCİ YAĞCI, MURAT AKIN, and BÜLENT AYTAÇ
Pages 1528-1533

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The protective effects of hydrogen on HO-1 expression in the brainafter focal cerebral ischemia reperfusion in rats
XIFENG WANG, LIANSHUANG ZHANG, WEI ZHAO, and TONGSHEN LIU
Pages 1534-1539

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Effect of methylprednisolone injection on interleukin-4 and interferon-gamma expression following hepatitis B vaccination in mice
PETER UGHACHUKWU, PAUL OKONKWO, PRINCE UNEKWE, and JOHN OGAMBA
Pages 1540-1545

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Adulthood behavioral and neurodevelopmental effects of being raised byan ambivalent mother in rats: what does not kill you makes you stronger
REFİA ASLIHAN DÖNMEZ, SELÇUK CANDANSAYAR, OKŞAN DERİNÖZ, ÖZLEM GÜLBAHAR, and HAYRUNNİSA BOLAY
Pages 1546-1560

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Effect of resveratrol on resistin and apelin gene expressions in adipose tissue of diabetic rats
SADEGH ZAREI, MASSOUD SAIDIJAM, JAMSHID KARIMI, REZA YADEGARAZARI, AZAM REZAEI FARIMANI, SOLMAZSAADAT HOSSEINI-ZIJOOD, and MOHAMMAD TAGHI GOODARZI
Pages 1561-1567

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Therapeutic effects of intralipid and medialipid emulsionsin a rat model of verapamil toxicity
FATMA AKGÜN ŞAHİN, SIDIKA HÜLYA ÇELEBİ, İRFAN GÜNGÖR, DEMET COSKUN, and ELİF ERGÜVEN KAYA
Pages 1568-1572

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Boswellia serrata gum resin aqueous extract upregulatesBDNF but not CREB expression in adult male rat hippocampus
MOHAMMAD KHALAJ-KONDORI, FARZANEH SADEGHI, MOHAMMAD ALI HOSSEINPOURFEIZI, FARZAM SHAIKHZADEH-HESARI, AYLAR NAKHLBAND, and MOHAMMAD RAHMATI-YAMCHI
Pages 1573-1578

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Analysis of diabetes-related cerebellar changes in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats
NURİYE GÜZİN ÖZDEMİR, FERAY AKBAŞ, TUĞBA KOTİL, and ADEM YILMAZ
Pages 1579-1592

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Effects of crocin on experimental obesity and type-2 diabetes
ÖMER HAZMAN, LAÇİNE AKSOY, and AHMET BÜYÜKBEN
Pages 1593-1602

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Study of mouse induced pluripotent stem cell transplantation intoWistar albino rat cochleae after hair cell damage*
MUSTAFA KÜRŞAT GÖKCAN, SELÇUK MÜLAZİMOĞLU, EMRE OCAK, PINAR CAN, MURAT ÇALIŞKAN, ÖMER BEŞALTI, SERPİL DİZBAY SAK, and GÜLŞAH KAYGUSUZ
Pages 1603-1610

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Prevalence of infectious agents in patients with systemic sclerosis:defining the control group
DAVIDE GIUSEPPE RIBALDONE and RINALDO PELLICANO
Pages 1611-1612

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Rigorous evaluation of the patterns of nickel sensitization inchildren with atopic dermatitis is needed
NIKOLETA BRANKOV and SHARON E. JACOB
Pages 1613-1615