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Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

Volume 47, Number 4 (2017)

Articles

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The knowledge and high seroprevalence of hepatitis A in a high-risk group(agricultural reproductive-aged women) in the southeastern region of Turkey
NEBİYE YENTÜR DONİ, ZEYNEP ŞİMŞEK, GÜLCAN GÜRSES, FADİLE YILDIZ ZEYREK, and MUHSİN AKBABA
Pages 1055-1060

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Chemokine CXCR-4 and cyclooxygenase-2 in the pathogenesis of pterygium
GÖNEN BAŞER, OYA NERMİN SİVRİKOZ, EYYÜP KARAHAN, EMİNE ŞEKER ÜN, HAKAN YILDIRIM, and SÜLEN SARIOĞLU
Pages 1061-1066

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Prevalence and prognosis of intracranial stenosis in acute ischemic stroke;a single center registry from Turkey
MİNE HAYRİYE SORGUN, VOLKAN YILMAZ, ÇAĞRI ULUKAN, SABİHA TEZCAN, MÜGE KUZU, İNCİ ŞULE ÖZER, HAFİZE ÇOTUR, SEFER RZAYEV, ANWAR RAWANDI, and CANAN TOGAY IŞIKAY
Pages 1072-1077

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A prospective follow-up of quality of life, depression, andanxiety in children with lymphoma and solid tumors
NİHAL SARGIN YILDIRIM, METİN DEMİRKAYA, BETÜL BERRİN SEVİNİR, SALİH GÜLER, AYŞE PINAR VURAL, CANDAN DEMİRÖZ, and ARZU ÇIRPAN KANTARCIOĞLU
Pages 1078-1088

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The effectiveness and clinical outcomes of the Minerva cervical thoracicjacket in patients with type II odontoid fractures
SAİT ÖZTÜRK, FATİH SERHAT EROL, BEKİR AKGÜN, and METİN KAPLAN
Pages 1089-1096

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Neuroendocrine disorder in chronic fatigue syndrome
SLAVICA TOMIC, SNEZANA BRKIC, DAJANA LENDAK, DANIELA MARIC, MILICA MEDIC-STOJANOSKA, and ALEKSANDRA NOVAKOV-MIKIC
Pages 1097-1103

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Relation between foot pain and plantar pressure in pregnancy
TUNCAY VAROL, ASLI GÖKER, ENİS CEZAYİRLİ, SERKAN ÖZGÜR, and AYŞE TUÇ YÜCEL
Pages 1104-1108

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Evaluation of major and minor lower extremity amputation in diabetic foot patients
FIRAT OZAN, KAAN GÜRBÜZ, İLHAMİ ÇELİK, ZEHRA BEŞTEPE DURSUN, and ERDAL UZUN
Pages 1109-1116

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Relationship between selected micronutrient deficiencies and oxidative stress biomarkers in diabetes mellitus patients with foot ulcers in Ibadan, Nigeria
ELIZABETH BOSEDE BOLAJOKO, OLUBAYO MICHAEL AKINOSUN, JOHN ANETOR, and KENSESE SONTIN MOSSANDA
Pages 1117-1123

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Cartilage reinforcement graft versus fascia graft in tympanoplasty
EMRE OCAK, SÜHA BETON, VEDAT TAŞ, and CEM MEÇO
Pages 1124-1127

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Risk factors for recurrent central line-associated bloodstream infections in apediatric intensive care unit
RANA İŞGÜDER, İLKER DEVRİM, GÖKHAN CEYLAN, AHU KARA, GAMZE GÜLFİDAN, and HASAN AĞIN
Pages 1128-1136

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Endovascular embolization in the management of traumatic andpostoperative abdominopelvic bleeding: a single-center experience
DİLEK SAĞLAM, HASAN DİNÇ, ABDULKADİR GÜNDÜZ, AYŞEGÜL CANSU, and MEHMET HALİL ÖZTÜRK
Pages 1144-1151

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Differences in leptin, ghrelin, and glucagon-like peptide-1 levelsbetween religious fasting and normal fasting
ÖZGE TELCİ ÇAKLILI, BANU BAŞOK, GÜLCAN YAVUZ, SELCAN TÜLÜ, BANU MESÇİ, and AYTEKİN OĞUZ
Pages 1152-1156

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Clinical and surgical outcomes of upper lumbar disc herniations: a retrospective study
BURAK KARAASLAN, AYFER ASLAN, ALP ÖZGÜN BÖRCEK, and AHMET MEMDUH KAYMAZ
Pages 1157-1160

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A study of the chikungunya virus in humans in Turkey
TUĞBA ATALAY, SEDAT KAYGUSUZ, and AHMET KÜRŞAT AZKUR
Pages 1161-1164

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Risk factors for colistin-associated nephrotoxicity and mortality in critically ill patients
HÜSEYİN ÖZKARAKAŞ, IŞIL KÖSE, ÇİLER ZİNCİRCİOĞLU, SİBEL ERSAN, GÜRSEL ERSAN, NİMET ŞENOĞLU, ŞÜKRAN KÖSE, and RIZA HAKAN ERBAY
Pages 1165-1172

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Relationship of paratracheal lymph nodes with the progression of chronic autoimmune thyroiditis: 5-year follow-up results
GÜLHAN AKBABA, DİLEK BERKER, SERHAT IŞIK, NARİN NASIROĞLU İMGA, FERİT KERİM KÜÇÜKLER, YASEMİN TÜTÜNCÜ, and SERDAR GÜLER
Pages 1173-1179

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Decreased oxidative stress may contribute to the disease process in placenta accreta
EFSER ÖZTAŞ, SİBEL ÖZLER, MERVE ERGİN, ÖZCAN EREL, BAŞAK GÜLER, ALİ TURHAN ÇAĞLAR, AYKAN YÜCEL, DİLEK UYGUR, and AHMET NURİ DANIŞMAN
Pages 1180-1184

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Intraoperative boost radiation effects on early wound complications in breast cancer patients undergoing breast-conserving surgery
MEHMET ALİ GÜLÇELİK, LÜTFİ DOĞAN, NİYAZİ KARAMAN, MÜJDAT TURAN, YAVUZ SELİM KAHRAMAN, GÖKHAN GİRAY AKGÜL, and CİHANGİR ÖZASLAN
Pages 1185-1190

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The prevalence of abdominal obesity is remarkable for underweightand normal weight adolescent girls
NİLÜFER TEK, NEVİN ŞANLIER, and DUYGU TÜRKÖZÜ
Pages 1191-1197

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Sleep quality, sleeping postures, and sleeping equipmentin patients with ankylosing spondylitis
SERVET YOLBAŞ, AHMET YILDIRIM, DECCANE DÜZENCİ, BARIŞ GÜNDOĞDU, METİN ÖZGEN, and SÜLEYMAN SERDAR KOCA
Pages 1198-1205

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Evaluation of lipid profiles in patients treated with capecitabine
NURSEL SÜRMELİOĞLU, SEMRA PAYDAŞ, YUSUF KARATAŞ, and GÜLŞAH SEYDAOĞLU
Pages 1206-1209

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Antibacterial resistance patterns and incidence of hospital-acquired Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia in a tertiary care educational hospital in Turkey: a perspective from 2001 to 2013
OĞUZ REŞAT SİPAHİ, SERHAT UYSAL, SABİRE ŞÖHRET AYDEMİR, HÜSNÜ PULLUKÇU, MELTEM TAŞBAKAN, ALPER TÜNGER, FATMA FERİHA ÇİLLİ, TANSU YAMAZHAN, BİLGİN ARDA, HİLAL SİPAHİ, and SERCAN ULUSOY
Pages 1210-1215

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TLR2 (-196 to -174 Ins/Del) and TLR3 (1377C>T) as biomarkers for nasopharyngeal cancer in Tunisia
LAMIA MAKNI, AMIRA MESSADI, SABRINA ZIDI, EZZEDINE GAZOUANI, AMEL MEZLINI, and BESMA YACOUBI-LOUESLATI
Pages 1216-1222

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Cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric assessment of the Turkishversion of the Vulnerability to Abuse Screening Scale
GÜLER DURU AŞİRET, GÜLCAN BAĞÇİVAN, MÜNEVVER ÖZCAN, BESTE BAŞAK ERÖKSÜZ, NALAN AKBAYRAK, and NURAN AKDEMİR
Pages 1223-1228

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A nationwide evaluation of off-label drug utilization in Turkey
EMİNE NUR ÖZDAMAR, AHMET AKICI, ALİ ALKAN, BANU BAYAR, and HAKKI GÜRSÖZ
Pages 1229-1238

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Impact of GGCX polymorphisms on warfarin dose requirements in atrial fibrillation patients
NIAN-XIN JIANG, YING-HUI XU, JING-WEN XIA, BING JIANG, and YAN-SONG LI
Pages 1239-1246

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A fully liquid DTaP-IPV-HB-PRP-T hexavalent vaccine for primaryand booster vaccination of healthy Turkish infants and toddlers
MEHMET CEYHAN, İNCİ YILDIRIM, HASAN TEZER, İLKER DEVRİM, and EMMANUEL FEROLDI
Pages 1247-1256

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Plasma human leukocyte antigen-G (HLA-G) in patients with thyroid cancer
MURAT AKIN, LATİFE ARZU ARAL, AYDIN YAVUZ, HARUN KARABACAK, KÜRŞAT DİKMEN, and HASAN BOSTANCI
Pages 1263-1266

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Prevention of propofol injection-related pain using pretreatment transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation
LUPING HUANG, YUANYUAN PAN, SIJIA CHEN, MINYUAN ZHANG, XIUXIU ZHUANG, SHENHUI JIN, JUNLU WANG, QINXUE DAI, and YUNCHANG MO
Pages 1267-1276

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Application of hemoperfusion in severe acute organophosphorus pesticide poisoning
ZHENHE LI, GUIXIA WANG, GUODONG ZHEN, YULIANG ZHANG, JIAQIANG LIU, and SHANMEI LIU
Pages 1277-1281

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Common SPINK-1 genetic mutations do not predispose to Crohn`s Disease
NEVİN ORUÇ, NECLA OSMANOĞLU, ÇAĞDAŞ AKTAN, AFİG BERDELİ, and AHMET ÖMER ÖZÜTEMİZ
Pages 1300-1301

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Pediatric pityriasis rosea
GIULIA CICCARESE, AURORA PARODI, and FRANCESCO DRAGO
Pages 1302-1305

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

Editorial Board