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The clinical features and outcomes of Turkish patients with IgG4-related disease:a single-center experience
ÖMER KARADAĞ, ABDULSAMET ERDEN, EMİNE ARZU AYHAN, ERTUĞRUL ÇAĞRI BÖLEK, UMUT KALYONCU, BERKAN ARMAĞAN, ALPER SARI, LEVENT KILIÇ, ALİ AKDOĞAN, TUNCAY HAZIROLAN, BÜLENT AKDOĞAN, ŞAZİYE ŞULE APRAŞ BİLGEN, DİLEK BAYDAR, SEDAT KİRAZ, and ALİ İHSAN ERTENLİ
Pages 1307-1314

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Impact of body mass index, waist circumference and Pfannenstiel sitetissue thickness, and elastosonography on operative parameters
SERAP GÜLTEKİN, İSMAİL BURAK GÜLTEKİN, ZEHRA VURAL YILMAZ, BİLAL İÇER, AFRA ALKAN, and TUNCAY KÜÇÜKÖZKAN
Pages 1315-1321

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Eleven patients with primary thyroid lymphoma: a single center experience
HASAN BOSTANCI, KÜRŞAT DİKMEN, NALAN AKYÜREK, AHMET ÇAĞRI BÜYÜKKASAP, AYDIN YAVUZ, MEHMET MUHİTTİN YALÇIN, and MURAT AKIN
Pages 1322-1327

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The effect of antidiuretic hormone on urine and serum electrolyte levelsin children with primary monosymptomatic nocturnal enuresis
NESRİN TAŞ, YAŞAR KANDUR, HATİCE KİBRİYA FİDAN, and HÜSNÜ OĞUZ SÖYLEMEZOĞLU
Pages 1328-1332

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Assessment of repolarization abnormalities in baseline electrocardiograms of patients with myocarditis
HACI MURAT GÜNEŞ, GAMZE BABUR GÜLER, EKREM GÜLER, GÜLTEKİN GÜNHAN DEMİR, MEHMET KAMİL TEBER, FİLİZ KIZILIRMAK YILMAZ, BEYTULLAH ÇAKAL, and BİLAL BOZTOSUN
Pages 1333-1339

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Relationship between kinesiophobia and pain, quality of life, functional status, disease activity, mobility, and depression in patients with ankylosing spondylitis
DERAN OSKAY, ZEYNEP TUNA, İREM DÜZGÜN, BÜLENT ELBASAN, YAVUZ YAKUT, and ABDURRAHMAN TUFAN
Pages 1340-1347

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Obstructive sleep apnea characteristics in patients with well-controlled acromegaly and their compliance with positive airway pressure therapy
MEHMET SEZAİ TAŞBAKAN, ÖZEN KAÇMAZ BAŞOĞLU, ILGIN YILDIRIM ŞİMŞİR, and LÜTFİYE FÜSUN SAYGILI
Pages 1348-1353

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EGFR, KRAS, and BRAF mutational profiles of female patients with micropapillary predominant invasive lung adenocarcinoma
FUNDA DEMİRAĞ, AYDIN YILMAZ, NİLGÜN YILMAZ DEMİRCİ, ÜLKÜ YILMAZ, and YURDANUR ERDOĞAN
Pages 1354-1361

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Comparison of nutritional risk screening tools for predictingsarcopenia in hospitalized patients
MEHMET YÜRÜYEN, HAKAN YAVUZER, SERAP YAVUZER, MAHİR CENGİZ, FİLİZ DEMİRDAĞ, ZEHRA KARA, SUNA AVCI, NURGÜL ÖZGÜR YURTTAŞ, MEHMET SAMİ İSLAMOĞLU, EREN İMRE, AFRODİTA ZEYNEP TAŞKIN, ALPER DÖVENTAŞ, and ÜLEV DENİZ ERDİNÇLER
Pages 1362-1369

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Evaluation of risk factors for the recurrence of colorectal polyps and colorectal cancer
ÖZTÜRK ATEŞ, BÜLENT SİVRİ, and SAADETTİN KILIÇKAP
Pages 1370-1376

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Quality of life and fall risk in frail hospitalized elderly patients
ZEYNEL ABİDİN ÖZTÜRK, SEDAT ÖZDEMİR, İBRAHİM HALİL TÜRKBEYLER, and ZEYNEP DEMİR
Pages 1377-1383

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Unknown vascular compression of the airway in patients with congenitalheart disease and persistent lower respiratory symptoms
TUĞBA ŞİŞMANLAR EYÜBOĞLU, AYŞE TANA ASLAN, ÇİĞDEM ÖZTUNALI, FATMA SEDEF TUNAOĞLU, AYŞE DENİZ OĞUZ, SERDAR KULA, BETÜL EMİNE DERİNKUYU, and ÖZNUR LEMAN BOYUNAGA
Pages 1384-1392

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Evaluation of the general characteristics of patients aged 85 years and above admitted to a university hospital emergency department
AHMET DEMİRCAN, ŞAHENDER GÜLBİN AYGENCEL BIKMAZ, GÜLTEKİN KADI, AYFER KELEŞ, FİKRET BİLDİK, BEGÜM ÖKTEM, and ONUR ÇAKMAK
Pages 1393-1402

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Comparison of the cardioprotective effects of dexmedetomidineand remifentanil in cardiac surgery
MEDİHA TÜRKTAN, YASEMİN GÜNEŞ, HAFİZE YALINIZ, SELÇUK MATYAR, ZEHRA HATİPOĞLU, ERSEL GÜLEÇ, UĞUR GÖÇEN, and ATAKAN ATALAY
Pages 1403-1409

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How to manage pseudoangiomatous stromal hyperplasia: our clinical experience
EMİNE KURT, SEVİM TURANLI, FATMA MARKOÇ, and ALİ UĞUR BERBEROĞLU
Pages 1410-1415

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Role of baseline adenoma characteristics for adenoma recurrencein patients with high-risk adenoma
TEVFİK SOLAKOĞLU, HÜSEYİN KÖSEOĞLU, SEVİL ÖZER SARI, FATMA EBRU AKIN, AYLİN DEMİREZER BOLAT, ÖYKÜ TAYFUR YÜREKLİ, NACİYE ŞEMNUR BÜYÜKAŞIK, and OSMAN ERSOY
Pages 1416-1424

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The effects of the number of physical therapy sessions on pain, disability,and quality of life in patients with chronic low back pain
BURCU METİN ÖKMEN, ENGİN KOYUNCU, BİLAL UYSAL, and NEŞE ÖZGİRGİN
Pages 1425-1431

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Effect of inhaled steroids on clinical and inflammatoryparameters in children with cystic fibrosis
ZEYNEP SEDA UYAN, GÖKSENİN ÜNLÜGÜZEL ÜSTÜN, GONCAGÜL HAKLAR, ERKAN ÇAKIR, SEDAT OKTEM, REFİKA ERSU, BÜLENT TANER KARADAĞ, FAZİLET KARAKOÇ, and ELİF DAĞLI
Pages 1432-1440

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Effect of treatment of iron deficiency anemia onhemoglobin A1c in type 2 diabetic patients
ENSIEH NASLI-ESFAHANI, BAGHER LARIJANI, PEYVAND AMINI, ROBABEH GHODSI GHASEMABADI, and REZVAN RAZMANDEH
Pages 1441-1446

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Frequencies and distributions of sex chromosome abnormalities in females with the Turner phenotype: a long-term retrospective study in the southern region of Turkey
NİLGÜN TANRIVERDİ, OSMAN DEMİRHAN, DİLARA SÜLEYMANOVA KARAHAN, and AYFER PAZARBAŞI
Pages 1447-1455

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Prevalence and risk factors for Helicobacter pylori infection in southwest China: a study of health examination participants based on 13C-urea breath test
JIE LIU, YONGHONG WANG, QINGHUA ZHAO, RONG LUO, MINGZHAO XIAO, MINGJUN ZHANG, and WEIBO XIE
Pages 1456-1462

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Detection and molecular characterisation of adenovirus in children under 5 years old with diarrhoea
MERYEM ÇOLAK, GÜLENDAM BOZDAYI, AYLİN ALTAY, ZAHİDE YALAKİ, KAMRUDDİN AHMED, and SEÇİL ÖZKAN
Pages 1463-1471

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Patients' attitudes and knowledge about drug use: a survey in Turkish family healthcare centres and state hospitals
AHMET AKICI, SALİH MOLLAHALİLOĞLU, BAŞAK DÖNERTAŞ, ŞENAY ÖZGÜLCÜ, ALİ ALKAN, and NESRİN FİLİZ BAŞARAN
Pages 1472-1481

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Effects of whole blood viscosity and plasma NOx on cardiac function and cerebral blood flow in children with chronic kidney disease
NECLA BUYAN, MELTEM AKÇABOY, TAYFUN GÖKTAŞ, SERDAR KULA, BİJEN NAZLIEL, NİLGÜN ÇAKAR, NERMİN UNCU, BÜLENT ÇELİK, and DENİZ ERBAŞ
Pages 1482-1491

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Multiplex PCR detection of problematic pathogens of clinically heterogeneous bacterial vaginosis in Bulgarian women
KONSTANTSA TOSHEVA-DASKALOVA, TANYA VASILEVA STRATEVA, IVAN GERGOV MITOV, and RAINA TZVETANOVA GERGOVA
Pages 1492-1499

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Intralesional epidermal growth factor therapy fordiabetic foot ulcers: an evaluation of 15 cases
MELTEM TAŞBAKAN, ILGIN YILDIRIM ŞİMŞİR, SİNAN MERMER, SERHAT UYSAL, ANIL MURAT ÖZTÜRK, and ŞEVKİ ÇETİNKALP
Pages 1500-1504

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Investigation of human leukocyte antigen in osteoarticular brucellosis
SEVİM GÖNEN, MURAT DİZBAY, and HÜSNÜ OĞUZ SÖYLEMEZOĞLU
Pages 1505-1508

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Thyroid malignancy risk in different clinical thyroid diseases
AHMET DİRİKOÇ, SEVGÜL FAKI, HÜSNİYE BAŞER, DİDEM ÖZDEMİR, CEVDET AYDIN, REYHAN ERSOY, MEHMET KILIÇ, AYDAN KILIÇARSLAN, and BEKİR ÇAKIR
Pages 1509-1519

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Mean ADC values discriminate rectal mucinous carcinomafrom rectal nonmucinous adenocarcinoma
HALE ÇOLAKOĞLU ER and GÜL AYŞE ERDEN
Pages 1520-1525

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Evaluation of pulmonary vein anatomy using 256-slice computed tomography
YINGHONG SHI, SHAOHUA MI, YUNXIA SHI, HONGBO WANG, JIAN LI, BENXIA YU, FENGLI LIU, HENG MA, and BIN WANG
Pages 1526-1534

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Epidemiology and analysis of invasive fungal infections in patients withhematological malignancies: a single-center real-life experience
NUR SOYER, HATİCE DEMET KİPER ÜNAL, FİLİZ VURAL, FAHRİ ŞAHİN, MAHMUT TÖBÜ, AYHAN DÖNMEZ, MURAT TOMBULOĞLU, BİLGİN ARDA, and GÜRAY SAYDAM
Pages 1535-1542

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Analysis of recurrent urethral strictures due to iatrogenic urethral trauma
FUAT KIZILAY, ADNAN ŞİMŞİR, and MEHMET CEYHUN ÖZYURT
Pages 1543-1548

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Polymorphisms of cancer-related genes and risk of multipleprimary malignancies involving colorectal cancer
Peiguo Cao, LI YU, Anshan Wu, Jingjing LI, Ling Liu, Chunlan Liu, Jianda Zhou, KE CAO, and Chengxian Guo
Pages 1549-1554

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The relationship between the degree of skin fibrosis by sonoelastography and the degree of pulmonary involvement in scleroderma
SONGÜL ÇİLDAĞ and MEHMET BURAK ÇİLDAĞ
Pages 1555-1559

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Isolated sphenoid sinus pathologies: a series of 40 cases
FAKİH CİHAT ERAVCI, ALPER CEYLAN, MEHMET GÖCEK, FİKRET İLERİ, SÜLEYMAN SABRİ USLU, METİN YILMAZ, and YUSUF KIZIL
Pages 1560-1567

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Investigation of glucocorticoid receptor and calpain-10 gene polymorphisms in Turkish patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus
NACİYE SELCEN BAYRAMCI, LEYLA AÇIK, ÇAĞDAŞ KALKAN, and İLHAN YETKİN
Pages 1568-1575

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Comparison of tidal volume and deep breath preoxygenation techniquesundergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery: effects of hemodynamicresponse and arterial oxygenation*
ZAFER TAŞ, TÜLAY HOŞTEN, ALPARSLAN KUŞ, SEVİM CESUR, NEŞE TÜRKYILMAZ, AHMET ARIKAN, and ZEYNEP MİNE SOLAK
Pages 1576-1582

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Efficacy of bispectral index monitoring for prevention of anestheticawareness and complications during oocyte pick-up procedure
AYKUT URFALIOĞLU, MAHMUT ARSLAN, SÜLEYMAN MURAT BAKACAK, HAFİZE ÖKSÜZ, ÖMER FARUK BORAN, and GÖZEN ÖKSÜZ
Pages 1583-1589

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Coexistence of idiopathic granulomatous mastitis and erythemanodosum: successful treatment with corticosteroids
MURAT AKIN, HARUN KARABACAK, GÜLDAL ESENDAĞLI, AYDIN YAVUZ, SERAP GÜLTEKİN, KÜRŞAT DİKMEN, and HASAN BOSTANCI
Pages 1590-1592

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Genotype distribution of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in theAegean Region and associated demographic factors
CENGİZ ÇAVUŞOĞLU, FETHİYE FERDA YILMAZ, İSABEL RAİKA DURUSOY ONMUŞ, TUĞBA BOZDEMİR, HÜSEYİN TAŞLI, and MİNE HOŞGÖR LİMONCU
Pages 1593-1601

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The histopathological and stereological assessment of the effect of topically administered leptin on cerebral vasospasm in an experimental subarachnoid hemorrhage model
CEM DEMİREL, CENGİZ ÇOKLUK, ABDURRAHMAN AKSOY, KERAMEDDİN AYDIN, MEHMET EMİN ÖNGER, ENİS KURUOĞLU, ABDULLAH HİLMİ MARANGOZ, ÖMÜR GÜLSÜM DENİZ, and SÜLEYMAN KAPLAN
Pages 1602-1609

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Effects of positive end-expiratory pressure on intracranial pressure during pneumoperitoneum and Trendelenburg position in a porcine model
NURDAN BEDİRLİ, GÖKÇEN EMMEZ, YUSUF ÜNAL, MEHMET TÖNGE, and ÖMER HAKAN EMMEZ
Pages 1610-1615

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Combined oral supplementation of chromium picolinate, docosahexaenoic acid, and boron enhances neuroprotection in rats fed a high-fat diet
CEMAL ORHAN, NURHAN ŞAHİN, ZEYNEP TUZCU, JAMES R. KOMOROWSKI, and KAZİM ŞAHİN
Pages 1616-1625

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DNA methylation of the prestin gene and outer hair cell electromotileresponse of the cochlea in salicylate administration*
ERDOĞAN BULUT, METİN BUDAK, LEVENT ÖZTÜRK, MEHMET TURGAY TÜRKMEN, CEM UZUN, and TAMMAM SİPAHİ
Pages 1626-1633

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The effects of mesenchymal stem cells on the structure and contractile force of the carotid artery in a rat aneurysm model
ÖZBEYEN ATALAY, HANDAN SEVİM, SEÇİL KARAHİSAR TURAN, MEHMET ALİ ONUR, and ÖZER AYLİN GÜRPINAR
Pages 1634-1641

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Exogenous erythropoietin aggravates retinal neovascularizationin a murine model of proliferative retinopathy
NING YANG, WENXI ZHANG, TAO HE, and YIQIAO XING
Pages 1642-1650

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Effects of valproic acid on sympathetic activity and left ventricularmyocardial remodelling in rats during pressure overload
YANG LIU, SIYU LI, ZHIGANG ZHANG, ZHANJUN LV, HUIJIE JIANG, XIAO TAN, and FENGQUAN LIU
Pages 1651-1660

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Investigation of class-d beta-lactamases causing carbapenem resistance in clinical Acinetobacter baumannii isolates*
ISKANDAR DAVANDEH, BAYRI ERAÇ, and SABİRE ŞÖHRET AYDEMİR
Pages 1661-1666

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Reply to Letter to the Editor
JU TAE SOHN
Pages 1667-1668

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Lack of MIR143, MIR145, MIR184, MIR1224, and MIR29b1 mutations in keratoconus pathogenesis
NURULLAH ÇAĞIL, NAGİHAN UĞURLU, CEMİL YUNUS ŞAHAN, and SERHAT SEVLİ
Pages 1669-1671