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Adults with common variable immunodeficiency: a singlecenter experience
UĞUR HACİ MUŞABAK, FEVZİ DEMİREL, SAİT YEŞİLLİK, ABDULLAH BAYSAN, ALİ SELÇUK, ÖZGÜR KARTAL, MUSTAFA GÜLEÇ, ÇAĞATAY ÖKTENLİ, and OSMAN ŞENER
Pages 1-12

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Chromosomal findings and sequence analysis of target exons of calcium-sensingreceptor (CaSR) gene in patients with Sagliker syndrome
ERDAL TUNÇ, OSMAN DEMİRHAN, YAHYA SAĞLIKER, İSMAİL YILDIZ, NURAY PAYLAR, and ALİ İRFAN GÜZEL
Pages 13-21

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Transcription factor 7-like 2 (TCF7L2) gene polymorphisms are strong predictorsof type 2 diabetes among nonobese diabetics in the Turkish population
DUDU ERKOÇ KAYA, HİLAL ARIKOĞLU, SEYİT ALİ KAYIŞ, ONUR ÖZTÜRK, and MUSTAFA SAİT GÖNEN
Pages 22-28

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Pooled analysis of 899 nosocomial meningitis episodes from Turkey
OĞUZ REŞAT SİPAHİ, ARZU NAZLI ZEKA, MELTEM TAŞBAKAN, HÜSNÜ PULLUKÇU, BİLGİN ARDA, TANSU YAMAZHAN, HİLAL SİPAHİ, and SERCAN ULUSOY
Pages 29-33

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Is there any difference in tetanus IgG levels of diabetic patientswith respect to the presence of foot ulcers?
FATİH TEKİN, MEHMET SÜRMELİ, ZEYNEP ÇİZMECİ, ÖZLEM TEKİN, ERGİN IŞIK, ÖMER FARUK TANER, and DERUN TANER ERTUĞRUL
Pages 34-39

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Intravitreal PRN ranibizumab treatment for macular edemadue to branch retinal vein occlusion
HASAN BASRİ ÇAKMAK, MÜCELLA ARIKAN YORGUN, YASİN TOKLU, and MELEK MUTLU
Pages 40-46

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Potential drug-drug interactions among prescriptionsfor elderly patients in primary health care
ZAFER GÖREN, MAHLUGA J. DEMIRKAPU, GÖKÇE AKPINAR ACET, SANDA ÇALI, and MEDINE GÜLÇEBİ İDRİZ OĞLU
Pages 47-54

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Determination of the ideal sampling technique to reduce repeated procedures:a comparative study including 393 fine-needle aspirations for thyroid nodules
FATİH UZUNKAYA and AHMET ÖZDEN
Pages 55-60

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Sex-related differences in COPD Assessment Test scores of COPD populationswith or without significant anxiety and/or depression
YELDA VAROL, CEYDA ANAR, PINAR ÇİMEN, MEHMET ÜNLÜ, HÜSEYİN HALİLÇOLAR, and SALİH ZEKİ GÜÇLÜ
Pages 61-68

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Prevalence and associated factors of thrombocytopenia among human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients at a tertiary care hospital in İzmir, Turkey
CAN HÜSEYİN HEKİMOĞLU, FİGEN KAPTAN, İLKNUR VARDAR, SERAP URAL, NESRİN TÜRKER, BAHAR ÖRMEN, NURBANU SEZAK, and SİBEL EL
Pages 69-75

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Intracranial intraventricular tumors: long-term surgical outcome of 25 patients
SİMA SAYYAHMELLİ, OĞUZ BARAN, DOĞA UĞURLAR, RAHŞAN KEMERDERE, VEYSEL ANTAR, and TANER TANRIVERDİ
Pages 76-84

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Relation of unsupported and unsupervised exercise with anthropometric and biochemical indices among type 2 diabetic patients
PRINCE CHIKWERE, KWABENA NSIAH, and MARINA TANDOH
Pages 85-90

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A functional tool demonstrating the physical function decline independentof age in patients with predialysis chronic kidney disease
ÖZLEM TAŞOĞLU, NERGİZ BAYRAKCI, DİDEM SEZGİN ÖZCAN, NİHAL ÖZKAYAR, İRFAN TAŞOĞLU, and NEŞE ÖZGİRGİN
Pages 91-97

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Abdominal actinomycosis in the last 10 years and risk factors for appendiceal actinomycosis: review of the literature
MARTA LISA-GRACIA, BERTA MARTÍN-RIVAS, MARCOS PAJARON-GUERRERO, and ANA ARNAIZ-GARCÍA
Pages 98-102

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Microvascular tissue transfers in the elderly: safety analysis for a challenging area
ALİ EMRE AKSU, GALİP GENCAY ÜSTÜN, OZAN BİTİK, MURAT KARA, AHMET HAMDİ SAKARYA, and TUNÇ ŞAFAK
Pages 103-108

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Nitric oxide in cerebrospinal fluid of central nervous system tuberculosis: correlations with culture, antibody response, and cell count
KAVITHA KUMAR, PRASHANT GIRIBHATTANAVAR, and SHRIPAD PATIL
Pages 109-114

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Endometriosis-associated changes in serum levels of interferons and chemokines
ANDREI MIHAI MALUTAN, TUDOR DRUGAN, RAZVAN CIORTEA, CARMEN BUCURI, MARIA PATRICIA RADA, and DAN MIHU
Pages 115-122

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Impact of type 2 diabetes mellitus on quality of life in people with diabetespresenting to a specialist diabetes clinic
BILAL BIN YOUNIS, ROZINA ARSHAD, HAROON YOUSUF, FATIMA SALMAN, JUNAID MASOOD, and SAIMA KHURSHID
Pages 123-126

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Cardiac MRI and 3D contrast-enhanced MR angiography in pediatric and young adult patients with Turner syndrome
HASAN YİĞİT, AŞAN ÖNDER, SENEM ÖZGÜR, ZEHRA AYCAN, SELMİN KARADEMİR, and VEHBİ DOĞAN
Pages 127-133

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Factors associated with the rate of COPD exacerbations that require hospitalization
RADISA PAVLOVIC, SRDJAN STEFANOVIC, ZORICA LAZIC, and SLOBODAN JANKOVIC
Pages 134-141

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QF-PCR in invasive prenatal diagnosis: a single-center experience in Turkey
ÖZGE ÖZER KAYA, ALTUĞ KOÇ, TAHA REŞİD ÖZDEMİR, ÖZGÜR KIRBIYIK, BERK ÖZYILMAZ, MEHMET ÖZEREN, DENİZ CAN ÖZTEKİN, CÜNEYT EFTAL TANER, and YAŞAR BEKİR KUTBAY
Pages 142-147

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Using fuzzy logic for diagnosis and classification of spasticity
VEYSEL ALCAN, MEHMET RAHMİ CANAL, and MURAT ZİNNUROĞLU
Pages 148-160

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Surgical treatment of pulmonary arteriovenous malformations
PINAR BIÇAKÇIOĞLU, SELİM ŞAKİR ERKMEN GÜLHAN, EBRU SAYILIR, HAKAN ERTÜRK, YETKİN AĞAÇKIRAN, SADİ KAYA, and NURETTİN KARAOĞLANOĞLU
Pages 161-166

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Comparison of response to treatment of unilateral and bilateral varicocelectomy
ERCAN ÖĞREDEN, URAL OĞUZ, ABDULLAH ÇIRAKOĞLU, ERHAN DEMİRELLİ, ERDAL BENLİ, and ORHAN YALÇIN
Pages 167-171

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Fecal carriage of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella spp. in a Turkish community
DERYA ÇAKIR ERDOĞAN, FÜSUN CÖMERT, ELİF AKTAŞ SEPETCİ, FÜRÜZAN KÖKTÜRK, and CANAN KÜLAH
Pages 172-179

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Epidemiology and molecular characteristics of methicillin-resistantStaphylococcus aureus from skin and soft tissue infections in Shiraz, Iran
SAMIRA MEHRSHAD, MASOUD HAGHKHAH, and SHAHIN AGHAEI
Pages 180-187

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The prevalence of coronary artery anomalies with coronary computed tomography
HAKKI YEŞİLYURT, UĞUR AKSU, KAMURAN KALKAN, SELİM TOPCU, ENBİYA AKSAKAL, İBRAHİM HALİL TANBOĞA, RECEP SADE, FATİH RIFAT ULUSOY, and ABDULMECİT KANTARCI
Pages 188-193

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HPV types and E6/E7 mRNA expression in cervical samples from Turkish women with abnormal cytology in Ankara, Turkey
İPEK TÜNEY, AYLİN ALTAY, KORAY ERGÜNAY, SEVGEN ÇELİK ÖNDER, ALP USUBÜTÜN, MEHMET COŞKUN SALMAN, GÜLENDAM BOZDAYI, ERDEM KARABULUT, OSMAN SELİM BADUR, KUNTER YÜCE, and AHMET PINAR
Pages 194-200

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Significant association between SCGB1D4 gene polymorphisms and susceptibility to adenoid hypertrophy in a pediatric population
TALİH ÖZDAŞ, SİBEL ÖZDAŞ, MEHMET ALİ BABADEMEZ, SAMİ ENGİN MUZ, MAHMUT HUNTÜRK ATİLLA, SİBEL BAŞTİMUR, AFİFE İZBIRAK, KENAN KURT, and IŞILAY ÖZ
Pages 201-210

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Surveillance of preventive measures for ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) and its rate in Makkah Region hospitals, Saudi Arabia
AHMAD BANJAR, MOHAMMED FELEMBAN, KHALID DHAFAR, ZOHAIR GAZZAZ, BADR AL HARTHI, MUKHTIAR BAIG, KASIM AL KHATIB, JAMEELA ZAKARIA, KAWTHER HAWSAWI, LILMA ISAHAC, and ARBI AKBAR
Pages 211-216

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A novel mutation in exon 1 of GATA4 in Egyptian patients with congenital heart disease
OLFAT SHAKER, SALWA OMRAN, EMAN SHARAF, GEHAN A. HEGAZY, MOHAMED MASHALY, and NAGWA E.A. GABOON
Pages 217-221

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Attitudes and behaviors of physicians in dealing with difficult patientsand relatives: a cross-sectional study in two training and research hospitals
KAMURAN BAHAR SANDIKCI, YUSUF ÜSTÜ, MERT MUHİTTİN SANDIKCI, BURCU KAYHAN TETİK, DERYA IŞIK, and MEHMET UĞURLU
Pages 222-233

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Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio is elevated in recurringnonmuscle invasive bladder cancer
EMRAH YÜRÜK, THEODORE ROBERT SAITZ, SERKAN GÖNÜLTAŞ, EGE CAN ŞEREFOĞLU, and AHMET YASER MÜSLÜMANOĞLU
Pages 234-239

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Retrospective analysis of primary gastric diffuse largeB-cell lymphoma: a single center study from Turkey
NUR SOYER, ASU FERGÜN YILMAZ, NAZAN ÖZSAN, FAHRİ ŞAHİN, GÜRAY SAYDAM, MURAT TOMBULOĞLU, MİNE HEKİMGİL, and FİLİZ VURAL
Pages 240-245

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Physicochemical and biochemical parameters in milk of Serbian breastfeeding women
SLAVICA SUNARIC, MARKO DENIC, JELENA LALIC, TATJANA JOVANOVIC, ANA SPASIC, JELENA ZIVKOVIC, NATASA TRUTIC, and GORDANA KOCIC
Pages 246-251

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Evaluation of dental technician's pneumoconiosis using chest X-rayand HRCT: correlation between radiological and functional findings
RECAİ ERGÜN, DİLEK ERGÜN, ENDER EVCİK, and BEGÜM ERGAN
Pages 252-259

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Assessment of plasma amino acid profile in autism using cation-exchange chromatography with postcolumn derivatization by ninhydrin
MONA MOHAMED ZAKI, HALA ABDEL-AL, and MOHAMED AL-SAWI
Pages 260-267

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The genicular nerve: radiofrequency lesion application for chronic knee pain
PAKİZE KIRDEMİR, SERDAR ÇATAV, and FİLİZ ALKAYA SOLMAZ
Pages 268-272

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A descriptive study of adherence to lifestyle modificationfactors among hypertensive patients
FADWA ALHALAIQA, AHMAD AL-NAWAFLEH, ABDUL-MONIM BATIHA, RAMI MASA'DEH, and AIDA ABD AL-RAZEK
Pages 273-281

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Can ischemia-modified albumin be used to differentiate between generalized seizures and pseudoseizures?
TÜLAY KAMAŞAK, SÜLEYMAN TÜREDİ, HEPSEN MİNE SERİN, AHMET MENTEŞE, ABDÜLKADİR GÜNDÜZ, AHMET ALVER, and ALİ CANSU
Pages 282-286

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Identification of the cysteine-rich 61 (CYR61) gene variations in osteosarcoma patients
SYED RIZWAN HUSSAIN, SABIR ALI, AJAI SINGH, VINEET KUMAR, NAZIA RIZIVI, MANISH YADAV, MOHAMMAD KALEEM AHMAD, VIJAY KUMAR, and ABBAS ALI MAHDI
Pages 287-294

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Effects of steep Trendelenburg position and pneumoperitoneum on middleear pressure in patients undergoing robotic radical prostatectomy
FÜSUN BOZKIRLI, NURDAN BEDİRLİ, and MEHMET AKÇABAY
Pages 295-299

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Is lower uterine segment involvement a prognostic factor in endometrial cancer?
SALİM ERKAYA, MURAT ÖZ, HASAN ONUR TOPÇU, ALİ LEVENT ŞİRVAN, TAYFUN GÜNGÖR, and MEHMET MUTLU MEYDANLI
Pages 300-306

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Outcomes after lobectomy and pneumonectomy in lungcancer patients aged 70 years or older
İLKNUR AYTEKİN, MARUF ŞANLI, AHMET FERUDUN IŞIK, BÜLENT TUNÇÖZGÜR, AHMET ULUŞAN, KEMAL BAKIR, SEVAL KUL, and LEVENT ELBEYLİ
Pages 307-312

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Endosonogragphic features of lesions suggesting gastricectopic pancreas: experience of a single tertiary center
MAHMUT YÜKSEL, SABİTE KACAR, MUHAMMET YENER AKPINAR, FATİH SAYGILI, MERAL AKDOĞAN KAYHAN, SELÇUK DİŞİBEYAZ, YASEMİN ÖZİN, MUSTAFA KAPLAN, İHSAN ATEŞ, and ERTUĞRUL KAYAÇETİN
Pages 313-317

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The role of oxidative stress in α-amanitin-induced hepatotoxicityin an experimental mouse model
ZERRİN DEFNE DÜNDAR, MEHMET ERGİN, İBRAHİM KILINÇ, TAMER ÇOLAK, PEMBE OLTULU, and BAŞAR CANDER
Pages 318-325

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The role of outer inflammatory protein A (OipA) in vaccination of theC57BL/6 mouse model infected by Helicobacter pylori
MOHADDESE MAHBOUBI, TAHEREH FALSAFI, MAJID SADEGHIZADEH, and FATEMEH MAHJOUB
Pages 326-333

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The effect of kisspeptin on spermatogenesis and apoptosis in rats
NİLÜFER AYTÜRK, TÜLİN FIRAT, AYSEL KÜKNER, CANDAN ÖZOĞUL, FATMA TÖRE, İSMAİL ENGİN KANDIRALI, and BAYRAM YILMAZ
Pages 334-342

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Metoclopramide inhibits trigeminovascular activation:evidence for effective acute attack treatment in migraine
HACER DOĞANAY AYDIN, DOĞA VURALLI, DİDEM TUBA AKÇALI, and HAYRUNNİSA BOLAY BELEN
Pages 343-347

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Pentoxifylline attenuates mucosal damage in an experimental model of rat colitis by modulating tissue biomarkers of inflammation, oxidative stress, and fibrosis
EYLEM KARATAY, ÖZLEM GÜL UTKU, HARUN ERDAL, MEHMET ARHAN, İBRAHİM KORAL ÖNAL, MEHMET İBİŞ, ÖZGÜR EKİNCİ, CANAN YILMAZ DEMİRTAŞ, and GİYASEDDİN ŞÜKRÜ DUMLU
Pages 348-356

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Dysregulation of the DKK1 gene in pediatric B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia
SİNEM FIRTINA, ÖZDEN HATIRNAZ NG, YÜCEL ERBİLGİN, UĞUR ÖZBEK, and MÜGE SAYİTOĞLU
Pages 357-363

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Effects of coadministration of artemisinin and iron on histopathologicalalterations in the AGS gastric adenocarcinoma cell line
PAYMAN ZARE, AMIR ALI SHAHBAZFAR, MAHSA ALEM, SALMAN VARMAGHANI, ALI EBRAHIMI KATOULI, ALIASGHAR PARVARESH ANBAR, and POURIA BAHRAMI
Pages 364-367

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Analysis of meiotic spindle and zona pellucida birefringenceof IVM oocytes in PCOS patients
FERESHTEH SAFIAN, MOHAMMAD ALI KHALILI, SAREH ASHOURZADEH, and MARJAN OMIDI
Pages 368-373