Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences
Volume 47, Number 2 (2017)
Articles
A review of pediatric pulmonary hypertension with new guidelines
SERDAR KULA and AYHAN PEKTAŞ
Pages 375-380
The efficacy of narrowband UVB treatment in pediatricvitiligo: a retrospective analysis of 26 cases
SERKAN YAZİCİ, BERRİN GÜNAY, EMEL BÜLBÜL BAŞKAN, KENAN AYDOĞAN, HAYRİYE SARICAOĞLU, and ŞÜKRAN TUNALI
Pages 381-384
The effect of transcatheter aortic valve implantation on mean platelet volume
MEHMET BURAK ÖZEN, HÜSEYİN AYHAN, HACI AHMET KASAPKARA, TELAT KELEŞ, TAHİR DURMAZ, KEMAL EŞREF ERDOĞAN, BİLGE DURAN KARADUMAN, SERDAL BAŞTUĞ, CENK SARI, ABDULLAH NABİ ASLAN, and ENGİN BOZKURT
Pages 385-390
Analysis of FANCC gene mutations (IVS4+4A>T, del322G, and R548X)in patients with Fanconi anemia in Pakistan
IRAM AFTAB, SAIMA IRAM, SABA KHALIQ, MUHAMMAD ISRAR, NADIR ALI, SHAH JAHAN, SHABBIR HUSSAIN, SHAGUFTA KHALIQ, and SHAHIDA MOHSIN
Pages 391-398
A new angiogenesis prognostic index with VEGFA, PlGF, and angiopoietin1 predicts survival in patients with advanced gastric cancer
SEDEF HANDE AKTAŞ, HAKAN AKBULUT, OZAN YAZICI, NURULLAH ZENGİN, HALİME NALAN AKGÜN, ZEKİ ÜSTÜNER, and FİKRİ İÇLİ
Pages 399-406
Effect of transfusion of washed red blood cells on serumpotassium level in hemodialysis patients
REFİK DEMİRTUNÇ, EMEL ÜSTÜN, CUMALİ KARATOPRAK, KADİR KAYATAŞ, FUAT ÇETİNKAYA, UĞUR ÖZENSOY, and RÜMEYZA KAZANCIOĞLU
Pages 407-411
Radiation therapy for biliary tract tumors: the joint experience of three centers
MEHMET SİNAN KARABEY, EDA YİRMİBEŞOĞLU ERKAL, AHMET YOLCU, BEKİR HAKAN BAKKAL, ÖZLEM AY, MAKSUT GÖRKEM AKSU, EMİNE BİNNAZ SARPER, and HALDUN ŞÜKRÜ ERKAL
Pages 412-416
Profile of POT1 as telomerase shelterin component discriminatesbetween cervical cancer and normal cervical cells
ANDREAS BUDI WIJAYA, FURQAN HIDAYATULLAH, VERINA VERONICA SETYABUDHI, FAIZAL REZA PAHLEVI, RASYAD INDRA, and TATIT NURSETA
Pages 417-423
Associations between obesity and the radiographic phenotype in knee osteoarthritis
MEHMET DERYA DEMİRAĞ, SEÇİL ÖZKAN, ŞEMİNUR HAZNEDAROĞLU, EVİN ARAS KILINÇ, FATMA NUR BARAN AKSAKAL, SEFER AYCAN, and BERNA GOKER
Pages 424-429
Primary Sjögren's syndrome in patients with celiac disease
FUNDA ERBASAN, DENİZ TURGUT ÇOBAN, UĞUR KARASU, YEŞİM ÇEKİN, BAYRAM YEŞİL, AYHAN HİLMİ ÇEKİN, DİNÇ SÜREN, and MUSTAFA ENDER TERZİOĞLU
Pages 430-434
The effects of the chloride:sodium ratio on acid-base statusand mortality in septic patients
HAKAN KORKUT ATALAN and BÜLENT GÜÇYETMEZ
Pages 435-442
Association of B7-H4 gene polymorphisms in urothelial bladder cancer
ASUMAN ÖZGÖZ, MURAT ŞAMLI, DENİZ DİNÇEL, AHMET ŞAHİN, ÜMİT İNCE, YEŞİM SAĞLICAN, FARUK BALCI, and HALE ŞAMLI
Pages 443-446
Attitudes, wishes, and needs of diabetes patients and their relatives: Turkish data fromthe DAWN2 study
İLHAN TARKUN and SUZAN DUMANLI ÖZGÖKSU
Pages 447-454
The relationship between physical fitness and falling risk and fear of falling incommunity-dwelling elderly people with different physical activity levels
MEHMET DURAY and ARZU GENÇ
Pages 455-462
Effect of familial Mediterranean fever on sexual and reproductive health in women
GÖRKEM KARAKAŞ UĞURLU, MUSTAFA UĞURLU, ŞÜKRAN ERTEN, SERDAR SÜLEYMAN CAN, SEMRA ULUSOY KAYMAK, and ALİ ÇAYKÖYLÜ
Pages 463-469
Comparison of the standard GnRH antagonist protocol and the luteal phase estradiol/GnRH antagonist priming protocol in poor ovarian responders
MEHMET FIRAT MUTLU, İLKNUR MUTLU, MEHMET ERDEM, İSMAİL GÜLER, and AHMET ERDEM
Pages 470-475
Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Levels and Polymorphisms in Interstitial Lung Diseases
NALAN DEMİR, ÖZLEM ERÇEN DİKEN, HALİL GÜRHAN KARABULUT, DEMET KARNAK, and OYA KAYACAN
Pages 476-482
A study on the validity and reliability of the Amblyopia andStrabismus Questionnaire (A&SQ) in Turkish
HALİSE ÇOŞKUN, SEVİNÇ TAŞTAN, EMİNE İYİGÜN, FATİH MEHMET MUTLU, OSMAN MELİH CEYLAN, and HALİL İBRAHİM ALTINSOY
Pages 483-489
Predictors of health related quality of life in childhood epilepsy and comparison withhealthy children: findings from an Indian study
DIPIKA BANSAL, CHANDRIKA AZAD, KAPIL GUDALA, and ANIL DASARI
Pages 490-498
Depression and Parkinson disease: prevalence, temporal relationship, and determinants
HALE YAPICI ESER, HATİCE AYŞE BORA, and ASLI KURUOĞLU
Pages 499-503
An 8-week thoracic spine stabilization exercise program improves postural back pain,spine alignment, postural sway, and core endurance in university students:a randomized controlled study
ŞEYDA TOPRAK ÇELENAY and DERYA ÖZER KAYA
Pages 504-513
Oral lichen planus: a 4-year clinical follow-up study
ARUNAS RIMKEVICIUS, JOLANTA ALEKSEJUNIENE, ALINA PURIENE, DMITRIJ SEININ, and RUTA RASTENIENE
Pages 514-522
Incidence of cancer in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
RUQIYA PERVAIZ, PINAR TULAY, FAISAL FAISAL, and NEDIME SERAKINCI
Pages 523-530
Evaluation of serum uric acid levels in psoriasis vulgaris
EMRAH YILMAZ, EMİNE TAMER, REFİKA FERDA ARTÜZ, SERAY KÜLCÜ ÇAKMAK, and FÜRÜZAN KÖKTÜRK
Pages 531-534
The assessment of work productivity and activity impairment in Behçet's disease
GONCA MUMCU, FADİME LEHİMCİ, ÖZLEM FİDAN, HÜLYA GÜK, UĞUR ALPAR, ALİ UĞUR ÜNAL, ZEYNEP ERTÜRK, FATMA ALİBAZ ÖNER, GÜZİDE NEVSUN İNANÇ, SAFİYE ATLAS TÜLİN ERGUN, and RAFİ HANER DİRESKENELİ
Pages 535-541
Genetic association analysis of ERBB4 polymorphisms with the risk ofschizophrenia susceptibility in a Jordanian population of Arab descent
LAITH ALEITAN, SAHAR AL-HABAHBEH, and RAMI ALKHATIB
Pages 542-553
Xenobiotic/drug metabolizing enzyme and TP53 polymorphisms and clinical outcomein advanced nonsmall cell lung cancer patients
VOLKAN KARACAOĞLAN, AHMET OĞUZ ADA, SERDAR BİLGEN, GÜZİDE TUĞBA ÇETİNKAYA, EMRE SOYDAŞ, CELALETTİN SEMİH KUNAK, SİBEL MERYEM ALPAR, MERAL GÜLHAN, and MÜMTAZ İŞCAN
Pages 554-562
Repeated prevalence studies of nosocomial infections in one university hospital in Serbia
MILENA ILIC and LJILJANA MARKOVIC-DENIC
Pages 563-569
Meloxicam and diclofenac do not change VEGF and PDGF-ABserum levels of platelet-rich plasma
BURKAY UTKU, GÜRHAN DÖNMEZ, GÜLRİZ ERİŞGEN, ŞENAY AKIN, ALİ HAYDAR DEMİREL, FEZA KORKUSUZ, and MAHMUT NEDİM DORAL
Pages 570-576
Prediction of atopy via total immunoglobulin E levels andskin prick tests in patients with psoriasis
EMİNE SÜMEYYE ÜNAL, ÜLKER GÜL, ADİLE BERNA DURSUN, and FERDA ÖNER ERKEKOL
Pages 577-582
Retrospective analysis of maternal, fetal, and neonatal outcomesof intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy at Gazi University
BERRİN GÜNAYDIN, MERİH BAYRAM, MELİS ALTUĞ, SEMRA CEVHER, and NURAY BOZKURT
Pages 583-586
Evaluation of plantar pressure distributions in patients with anteriorcruciate ligament deficiency: preoperative and postoperative changes
ENGİN ÇETİN, MEHMET ALİ DEVECİ, MURAT SONGÜR, HAMZA ÖZER, and SACİT TURANLI
Pages 587-591
Allergic and autoimmune disorders in families with selective IgA deficiency
MUSTAFA ERKOÇOĞLU, AYŞE METİN, AYŞENUR KAYA, CELAL ÖZCAN, AYŞEGÜL AKAN, ERSOY CİVELEK, MURAT ÇAPANOĞLU, TAYFUR GİNİŞ, and CAN NACİ KOCABAŞ
Pages 592-598
Association of the CETP gene TaqIB and D442G polymorphisms with essentialhypertension in the Chinese Mongolian population
SHUDONG NIU, XIAOMING TAO, JINGPING LI, YONGYUE LIU, JIAN WANG, MINGYU CONG, KEYONG ZHANG, WENYU ZHOU, and CHANGCHUN QIU
Pages 599-606
Wheezing, asthma, and atopy in premature infants at 2 years of age
SEVİM ÜNAL, AYŞENUR KAYA, LEYLA BİLGİN, EMİNE DİBEK MISIRLIOĞLU, and CAN NACİ KOCABAŞ
Pages 607-613
Aortic valve sclerosis is associated with the extent of coronaryartery disease in stable coronary artery disease
SELİM TOPCU, UĞUR AKSU, KAMURAN KALKAN, OKTAY GÜLCÜ, ARZU KALAYCI KARABAY, ENBİYA AKSAKAL, İBRAHİM HALİL TANBOĞA, and SERDAR SEVİMLİ
Pages 614-620
Predictive values of plasma KL-6 in bronchopulmonary dysplasia in preterm infants
DİLEK DİLLİ, AHMET ÖZYAZICI, ARZU DURSUN, SERDAR BEKEN, NURDAN DİNLEN FETTAH, AYSEGUL ZENCİROĞLU, and NURULLAH OKUMUŞ
Pages 621-626
Role of hygienic factors in the etiology of allergic disorders in children
ŞULE YEŞİL, AHMET KAN, OLKAR ABDULMAJED, ARZU BAKIRTAŞ, MAHMUT NEDİM SULTAN, and MEHMET SADIK DEMİRSOY
Pages 627-632
Assessment of developmental and radiological long-term outcomeof children with surgically treated midgut volvulus
AHMET MURAT ÇAKMAK, ÖZLEM BOYBEYİ TÜRER, GÜLNUR GÖLLÜ BAHADIR, BİLGE TÜREDİ, UFUK ATEŞ, ADALET ELÇİN YILDIZ, GONUL KUCUK, ÖMER SUAT FİTOZ, BETÜL ULUKOL, MUSTAFA KEMAL ASLAN, TUTKU SOYER, and HÜSEYİN DİNDAR
Pages 633-637
The efficacy of microphototherapy with a MedLight CupCUBEGrimed device in psoriatic patients with localized lesions
NESLİHAN YILDIRIM and GÜL ERKİN
Pages 638-645
Central line-associated blood stream infections: characteristics and risk factors formortality over a 5.5-year period
AYNUR ATİLLA, ZAHİDE DOĞANAY, HALE KEFELİ ÇELİK, MEHMET DERYA DEMİRAĞ, and SÜLEYMAN SIRRI KILIÇ
Pages 646-652
Copeptin levels in carbon monoxide poisoning
GÜLER İREM, YUNSUR ÇEVİK, AHMET TURGUT KESKİN, EMİNE EMEKTAR, OSMAN LÜTFİ DEMİRCİ, TUBA ŞAFAK, GÜLŞAH ÇIKRIKÇI IŞIK, and KADİR OKHAN AKIN
Pages 653-657
Combination therapy with dendritic cell-based vaccine and anti-CD69 antibodyenhances antitumor efficacy in renal cell carcinoma-bearing mice
SI MING WEI, HANG LI PAN, LI WANG, GUO LI YIN, KAI ZHONG, YA ZHOU, SHU JIAO YANG, and ZHAO LIANG XIN
Pages 658-667
Rho/rho-kinase signalling in chronically alcohol-fed mice
HAVVA KUBAT, AHMET SENCER YURTSEVER, and KANSU BÜYÜKAFŞAR
Pages 668-674
Effects of Ankaferd BloodStopper on dermal healing in diabetic rats
SERTAÇ AKTOP, BURCU ÇEVRELİ, DENİZ GENÇ, EMEL SERDAROĞLU KAŞIKÇI, NİL ÇOMUNOĞLU ÜSTÜNDAĞ, NOUSHİN ZİBANDEH, ELİF MERVE ÖZCAN, GÖKHAN GÖÇMEN, MEHMET KAMİL GÖKER, İSMAİL TAYFUN UZBAY, and TUNÇ AKKOÇ
Pages 675-680
Nitroglycerin challenge induces lateralized headache in nasociliarynerve-ligated rats: implications for chronic migraine
DİDEM TUBA AKÇALI, AHMET DENİZ BELEN, C.AVNİ BABACAN, and HAYRUNNİSA BOLAY BELEN
Pages 681-688
Modifications of mice gut microflora following oral consumption ofLactobacillus acidophilus and Bifidobacterium bifidum probiotics
HOSSEIN KHAVARI-DANESHVAR, MARYAM MOSAVI, HAMID KHODAYARI, EBRAHIM RAHIMI, PEYMAN RANJI, AMIR HOSSEIN MOHSENI, REYHANEH MAHMUDIAN, FARZAD SHIDFAR, SHAHRAM AGAH, and ALI MOHAMMAD ALIZADEH
Pages 689-694
Efficient production of nanobodies against urease activity ofHelicobacter pylori in Pichia pastoris
SHAHRBANOO POURASADI, SEYED LATIF MOUSAVI GARGARI, MASOUMEH RAJABIBAZL, and SHAHRAM NAZARIAN
Pages 695-701
Evaluation of cytotoxic, membrane, and DNA damaging effects of Thymus revolutusCélak essential oil on different cancer cells
AYSUN ÖZKAN and AYŞE ERDOĞAN
Pages 702-714
Molecular characteristics and antibiotic resistance of Acinetobacter baumanniibeta-lactamase-producing isolates, a predominance of intrinsic blaOXA-51, and detection ofTEM and CTX-M genes
AMIR IBRAHIMAGIC, FARAH KAMBEROVIC, SELMA UZUNOVIC, BRANKA BEDENIC, and EMINA IDRIZOVIC
Pages 715-720
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