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The relationship between sleep quality and depressive symptoms in adolescents
BEGÜM DAĞ and FATMA YASEMİN KUTLU
Pages 721-727

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Prevalence and risk factors for vitamin D deficiency in patientswith widespread musculoskeletal pain
MUHARREM ÇİDEM, ILHAN KARACAN, OZAN BEYTEMÜR, and SEHER KARA
Pages 728-731

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Social support and quality of life in a group of cancer patients (Ankara, Turkey)
MUSTAFA SONER YILMAZ, BİRGÜL PİYAL, and RECEP AKDUR
Pages 732-737

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Evaluation and comparison of radiologic-pathologic findings in invasive cribriform carcinoma of the breast
PINAR BALCI, IŞIL BAŞARA AKIN, NEVİN KÖREMEZLİ, MERİH GÜRAY DURAK, CANAN ALTAY, NACİYE SİNEM GEZER, and ALİ İBRAHİM SEVİNÇ
Pages 738-747

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The influence of intraabdominal pressure on the mortalityrate of patients with acute pancreatitis
PETAR SVORCAN, MAJA STOJANOVIC, PREDRAG STEVANOVIC, ALEKSANDAR KARAMARKOVIC, RADMILO JANKOVIC, and NEBOJSA LADJEVIC
Pages 748-753

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Relationship between blood glucose levels and cardiovascular risk in the Spanish Mediterranean population
ANGEL ARTURO LOPEZ GONZALEZ, ZOE MANZANERO, MARIA TEOFILA VICENTE-HERRERO, SHEILA GARCIA-AGUDO, MARIA GIL-LLINAS, and FRANCISCO MORENO-MORCILLO
Pages 754-763

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Skin findings in autoimmune and nonautoimmune thyroid disease with respect to thyroid functional status and healthy controls
MÜMTAZ TAKIR, EMİN ÖZLÜ, OSMAN KÖSTEK, ZAFER TÜRKOĞLU, HASAN HÜSEYİN MUTLU, TUĞBA KEVSER UZUNÇAKMAK, NECMETTİN AKDENİZ, and AYŞE SERAP KARADAĞ
Pages 764-770

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Psychosocial functioning in pediatric patients with pectus excavatum and pectus carinatum
ALİYE TUĞBA BAHADIR, PINAR KURU, AYLİN ÇAKIROĞLU, CEYDA AFACAN, and MUSTAFA YÜKSEL
Pages 771-777

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Association study of CTLA-4 +49A/G gene polymorphism with recurrentpregnancy loss in the Iranian Azeri Turkish ethnic group
MORTAZA BONYADI, SARA PARSA, SIMIN TAGHAVI, and NARGES ZEINALZADEH
Pages 778-781

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Antioxidants status in type 2 diabetic patients in Morocco
RACHID ELJAOUDI, NAOUAL ELOMRI, MERYEM LAAMARTI, YAHIA CHERRAH, TAOUFIK AMEZYANE, DRISS GHAFIR, and AZEDDINE IBRAHIMI
Pages 782-788

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Evaluation of quality of life and cost-effectiveness of definitive surgery and the levonorgestrel intrauterine system as treatment options for heavy menstrual bleeding
CEVDET ADIGÜZEL, SEVTAP SEYFETTİNOĞLU, DENİZ AKA SATAR, SEFA ARLIER, EDA ESKİMEZ, FATMA KAYA, and HAKAN NAZİK
Pages 789-794

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Vitamin E as a novel therapy in the treatment of acute aluminum phosphide poisoning
ZAHRA HALVAEI, HIVA TEHRANI, KAMBIZ SOLTANINEJAD, MOHAMMAD ABDOLLAHI, and SHAHIN SHADNIA
Pages 795-800

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Performing ICSI with commercial microinjection pipettes enhanced pregnancy rates
MOHAMMAD ALI KHALILI, IMAN HALVAEI, SHAHIN GHAZALI, and MOHAMMAD HOSSEIN RAZI
Pages 801-805

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The evaluation of cervical spinal angle in patients with acute and chronic neck pain
AYHAN AŞKIN, KORHAN BARIŞ BAYRAM, ÜMİT SEÇİL DEMİRDAL, EMEL ATAR, ÇİĞDEM ARİFOĞLU KARAMAN, ECE GÜVENDİ, and ALİYE TOSUN
Pages 806-811

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Analysis of epidemiology and risk factors for mortality in ventilator-associated pneumonia attacks in intensive care unit patients
AYŞE BUT, MELTEM ARZU YETKİN, DİLEK KANYILMAZ, HALİDE ASLANER, ALİYE BAŞTUĞ, ADALET AYPAK, PINAR ÖNGÜRÜ, ESRAGÜL AKINCI, NEVZAT MEHMET MUTLU, and HURREM BODUR
Pages 812-816

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Epidemiology of under-five mortality in İstanbul: changes from 1988 to 2011
FAHRİYE AYSUN BUZCU, AYLİN YETİM ŞAHİN, ESRA KARAPINAR, ÖZGE EROL, and EMİNE GÜLBİN GÖKÇAY
Pages 817-825

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Risk factors associated with poor outcome in diabetic foot ulcer patients
SAIRA SALEEM, NAZIM HAYAT, IRSHAD AHMAD, TANVIR AHMAD, and ABDULGAFFAR REHAN
Pages 826-831

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Possible triggering factors and comorbidities in newlydiagnosed autoimmune bullous diseases
SEVGİ AKARSU, ÖZLEM ÖZBAĞÇIVAN, NECLA DOLAŞ, and ŞEBNEM AKTAN
Pages 832-840

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Impact of adjuvant treatment on oncologic outcomes inpatients with stage I leiomyosarcoma of the uterus
GÖKHAN BOYRAZ, DERMAN BAŞARAN, MEHMET COŞKUN SALMAN, NEJAT ÖZGÜL, and KUNTER YÜCE
Pages 841-846

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Pain, depression levels, fatigue, sleep quality, and quality of life inelderly patients with rheumatoid arthritis
İLKNUR ALBAYRAK GEZER, AYŞE BALKARLI, BERAY CAN, SİNAN BAĞÇACI, SAMİ KÜÇÜKŞEN, and ADEM KÜÇÜK
Pages 847-853

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A comparison of usage of the laryngeal mask UniqueTMin denticulate and edentulate geriatric patients
MELTEM GENEZ, SEMİH KÜÇÜKGÜÇLÜ, ŞULE ÖZBİLGİN, BAHAR KUVAKİ BALKAN, TANGÜL BEYDEŞ, and MELEK AKSOY SARI
Pages 854-860

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Three-layer primary closure of the bipedicled TRAM flap donor site for unilateralbreast reconstruction: a 15-year experience with 124 consecutive patients
HÜSEYİN KARAGÖZ, CİHAN ŞAHİN, CELALETTİN SEVER, YALÇIN KÜLAHCI, FİKRET EREN, CEYHUN CESUR, and FUAT YÜKSEL
Pages 861-867

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Frequency of human parvovirus 4 (PARV4) viremia among HBV-infected patients and healthy donors in Shiraz, Iran
FERESHTE AMIRAHMADI, JAMAL SARVARI, SEYED YOUNES HOSSEINI, NEDA PIRBONYEH, and ALI AKBAR GORZIN
Pages 868-873

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Effects of Artcure Diffusional Patch application on pain and functional status in lumbar disc herniation patients: a prospective randomized controlled study
MAHMUT UĞURLU, MEHMET ATIF EROL AKSEKİLİ, BERAT MERYEM ALKAN, HALİL KARA, and CEYHUN ÇAĞLAR
Pages 874-882

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Groin and thigh reconstructions with pedicled rectus abdominis myocutaneous flaps
HAKAN UZUN, OZAN BİTİK, YAHYA BALTU, MEHMET DADACI, and AYCAN UĞUR KAYIKÇIOĞLU
Pages 883-890

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An investigation of sagittal thoracic spinal curvature and mobility in subjects with and without chronic neck pain: cut-off points and pain relationship
DERYA ÖZER KAYA and ŞEYDA TOPRAK ÇELENAY
Pages 891-896

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Screening of immunocompromised patients at risk of strongyloidiasis in western Turkey using ELISA and real-time PCR
ESRA ERDEM KIVRAK, ESRA ATALAY ŞAHAR, HÜSEYİN CAN, MERT DÖŞKAYA, MÜMTAZ YILMAZ, HÜSNÜ PULLUKÇU, AYŞE CANER, HÜSEYİN TÖZ, ADNAN YÜKSEL GÜRÜZ, and MELTEM IŞIKGÖZ TAŞBAKAN
Pages 897-901

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Routine assessment of occupational exposure and its relation to semen quality in infertile men: a cross-sectional study
SALIMA DAOUD, AFIFA SELLAMI, MEHDI BOUASSIDA, SAHBI KEBAILI, LEILA AMMAR KESKES, TAREK REBAI, and NOZHA CHAKROUN FEKI
Pages 902-907

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The Turkish version of the Physical Activity Scale for theElderly (PASE): its cultural adaptation, validation, and reliability
ENDER AYVAT, MUHAMMED KILINÇ, and NURAY KIRDI
Pages 908-915

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Comparative analysis of selected cagPAI genes and different vacA genotypes in Iranian and Turkish H. pylori-positive patients suffering from gastric adenocarcinoma and active chronic gastritis
ALI BAHADORI, MOHAMMAD HOSSEIN SOMI, FİGEN DORAN, AMIR TAHER EFTEKHARSADAT, SUNA KIZILYILDIRIM, MAHSA ESMAEILLOU, MARYAM YASSI, BAŞAK BEDİR, and FATİH KÖKSAL
Pages 916-922

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Effects of a closed system suction connector on airwayresistance in ventilated neonates
SEZİN ÜNAL, NURİYE EBRU ERGENEKON, EBRU KAZANCI, SELMA AKTAŞ, FERİT KULALI, İBRAHİM MURAT HIRFANOĞLU, CANAN TÜRKYILMAZ, and YILDIZ ATALAY
Pages 923-927

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Male infertility is significantly associated with multiple deletions in an 8.7-kb segment of sperm mtDNA in Pakistan
IRFAN AFZAL MUGHAL, ASMA IRFAN, SARWAT JAHAN, and ABDUL HAMEED
Pages 928-933

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First trimester ultrasonographic parameters in prediction of the course and outcome of monochorionic twin pregnancies
SLAVICA AKSAM, SNEZANA PLESINAC, JELENA DOTLIC, JASMINA TADIC, SVETLANA VRZIC-PETRONIJEVIC, MILOS PETRONIJEVIC, DUSICA KOCIJANCIC-BELOVIC, and SNEZANA BUZADZIC
Pages 934-941

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Evaluation of polyneuropathy and associated risk factors inchildren with type 1 diabetes mellitus
HANDE NAMAL TÜRKYILMAZ, ORKİDE GÜZEL, SELVİNAZ EDİZER, and AYCAN ÜNALP
Pages 942-946

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Serum ischemic modified albumin (IMA) concentration and IMA/albumin ratio in patients with hepatitis B-related chronic liver diseases
FATMA YAVUZ, MURAT BIYIK, MEHMET ASIL, RAMAZAN DERTLİ, ALİ DEMİR, HAKKI POLAT, SALİHA UYSAL, and HÜSEYİN ATASEVEN
Pages 947-953

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Morphometric study of the true S1 and S2 of the normal anddysmorphic sacralized sacra
AYŞEGÜL FIRAT, KADİR BAHADIR ALEMDAROĞLU, AHMET ÖZMERİÇ, MEHMET YÜCENS, and DİNÇER GÖKSÜLÜK
Pages 954-959

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Frequency and molecular characterization of human norovirus in Erzurum, Turkey
MEHMET ÖZKAN TİMURKAN, HAKAN AYDIN, and OSMAN AKTAŞ
Pages 960-966

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A comparison of culture and PCR methods for identifying Propionibacterium acnes in lesions isolated from patients with acne
NEGIN NAGHDI and MASOOD GHANE
Pages 967-972

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Development of a new real-time PCR screening kit for HbS and common beta-thalassemia mutations observed in Turkey
DERYA KAN KARAER, MEHMET ALİ ERGÜN, HATİCE ILGIN RUHİ, JALE ÖZTÜRK, HALİL KARA, DENİZ REİSOĞLU ÇAKMAK, TALİHANUR AYDOĞMUŞ, and FERDA EMRİYE PERÇİN
Pages 973-978

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Isolation rates and antibiotic susceptibilities of different Enterobacteriaceae species as urinary tract infection agents in Turkey: a systematic review
CANER YÜRÜYEN, YEŞİM GÜROL, SABİRE FERDA KALEAĞASIOĞLU, ELİF ÇİĞDEM KASPAR, and GÜLDEN YILMAZ
Pages 979-986

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Rational design of rabies vaccine formulation for enhanced stability
VEYSEL KAYSER, ALAIN FRANCON, HERVE PINTON, JEAN-FRANCOIS SALUZZO, and BERNHARDT L. TROUT
Pages 987-995

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The effect of acetylsalicylic acid on vasopressin, serum insulin levels, insulin resistance, and biochemical parameters in rats induced with experimental diabetes type 2
SERKAN ŞEN and SEFA ÇELİK
Pages 996-1001

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Investigation of the behavioral and neurochemical effects of monosodium glutamate on neonatal rats
AYŞEN ÇETIN KARDEŞLER and EYUP BAŞKALE
Pages 1002-1011

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The effect of trimetazidine on renal oxidative stress in partialand complete ureteral obstructions in a rat model
SEMA NUR AYYILDIZ, ALİ AYYILDIZ, ERDAL BENLİ, SELMA CIRRIK, RÜŞTÜ CANKON GERMİYANOĞLU, TEVFİK NOYAN, and ABDULLAH ÇIRAKOĞLU
Pages 1012-1018

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Changes in the serum, liver, and renal cortical lipids and electrolytesin rabbits with cisplatin-induced nephrotoxicity
ABDELGAYOUM AHMED ABDEL-GAYOUM and MOHAMED HAMZA SULAIMAN AHMIDA
Pages 1019-1027

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The effects of iloprost and alprostadil on ischemia-reperfusion injury in preventing inflammation, tissue degeneration, and apoptosis in rat skeletal muscle
ELİF GÜNEYSU, ATACAN EMRE KOÇMAN, ORHAN ÖZATİK, CENGİZ OVALI, BETÜL CAN, İBRAHİM ÖZKAN ALATAŞ, and MUSTAFA BEHÇET SEVİN
Pages 1028-1036

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Antiinflammatory and antioxidant effects of gemcitabinein collagen-induced arthritis model
ADİLE FERDA DAĞLI, AHMET KARATAŞ, CEMAL ORHAN, MEHMET TUZCU, METİN ÖZGEN, KAZİM ŞAHİN, and SÜLEYMAN SERDAR KOCA
Pages 1037-1044

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Comparison of endothelin and nitric oxide synthase blockerson hemorheological parameters in endotoxemic rats
NESLİHAN HACER DİKMENOĞLU FALKMARKEN, OKAN ARIHAN, and ALPER BEKTAŞ İSKİT
Pages 1045-1052

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What is the rectal colonization rate of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE)-infected patients? What is the decolonization rate of CRE-colonized patients in the hospital?
FATMA FERİHA ÇİLLİ, BİLGİN ARDA, AYŞE UYAN, MÜNEVVER KAYIN, DEMET DİKİŞ, NİLAY KORKMAZ, NİLGÜN DENİZ KÜÇÜKLER, NURHAYAT KEPELİ, BEHİYE ULUSOY, ŞÜKRAN AKŞİT BARIK, MEHMET ALİ ÖZİNEL, SERCAN ULUSOY, and OĞUZ REŞAT SİPAHİ
Pages 1053-1054