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Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

Volume 48, Number 2 (2018)

Articles

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Recent therapeutic developments in spinal muscular atrophy
GAMZE BORA, AYŞE YEŞBEK-KAYMAZ, CAN EBRU BEKİRCAN-KURT, VİLDAN GÖKNUR HALİLOĞLU, HALUK AYDIN TOPALOĞLU, HAYAT ERDEM-YURTER, and SEVİM ERDEM-ÖZDAMAR
Pages 203-211

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Reliability and validity of the Turkish Nose Obstruction Symptom Evaluation (NOSE) scale
SERDAR KARAHATAY, HAMDİ TAŞLI, ÖMER KARAKOÇ, ÜMİT AYDIN, and TÜRKER TÜRKER
Pages 212-216

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Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support in neonates: a single center experience in Turkey
EMEL OKULU, FATMA BEGÜM ATASAY, GAFFARİ TUNÇ, HASAN AKDUMAN, ÖMER ERDEVE, SAADET ARSAN, ZEYNEP EYİLETEN, TAYFUN UÇAR, and HASAN ERCAN TUTAR
Pages 223-230

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Peritoneal dialysis in neonates: six years of single center experience
FERDA ÖZLÜ, HACER YAPICIOĞLU YILDIZDAŞ, GÜL ŞEKER, HÜSEYİN ŞİMŞEK, AYSUN KARABAY BAYAZIT, and MEHMET SATAR
Pages 231-236

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A statistical approach to evaluate the performance of cardiac biomarkers in predicting death due to acute myocardial infarction: time-dependent ROC curve
EDA KARAİSMAİLOĞLU, ZELİHA GÜNNUR DİKMEN, FİLİZ AKBIYIK, and AHMET ERGUN KARAAĞAOĞLU
Pages 237-245

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Does glycerol have an e ect on pain during nasal packing removal
SANEM OKŞAN ERKAN, BİRGÜL TUHANİOĞLU, ZEYNEL ABİDİN ERKAN, TALİH ÖZDAŞ, and ORHAN GÖRGÜLÜ
Pages 246-250

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Analysis of partial AZFc (gr/gr, b1/b3, and b2/b3) deletions in Iranian oligozoospermia candidates for intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI)
MITRA ATAEI, FATEMEH AKBARIAN, MAHBA ATAEI TALEBI, PEYMAN DOLATI, MARYAM MOBARAKI, ABOLFAZL FARAJI, and MASSOUD HOUSHMAND
Pages 251-256

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The association of neuropathic pain and disease activity, functional level, and quality of life in patients with ankylosing spondylitis: a cross-sectional study
DUYGU GELER KÜLCÜ, SEVİLAY BATIBAY, GÜLCAN ÖZTÜRK CHATIP CHOUSEIN ACHMET, and NİLGÜN MESCİ
Pages 257-265

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Is thermal balloon ablation in women with previous cesarean delivery successful?
ZINATOSSADAT BOUZARI, SHAHLA YAZDANI, MOJGAN NAEIMI RAD, and ALI BIJANI
Pages 266-270

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Comparison of the e ects of diclofenac potassium and tenoxicam on postoperative pain, swelling, and trismus following third molar surgery
AHMET TAYLAN ÇEBİ, METİN BERK KASAPOĞLU, SELİN EREN, and ÇETİN KASAPOĞLU
Pages 271-278

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Changes of serum sPD-1 levels in HBeAg-positive chronic hepatitis B patients with entecavir treatment and correlation with curative effect
CHUNHUA BI, DEYU HUANG, JING JIANG, YUEPING JIANG, HUI WANG, CHENG BIAN, and ZIBIN TIAN
Pages 286-292

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Risk factor assessment for breast cancer in North Cyprus: a comprehensive case-control study of Turkish Cypriot women
RUQIYA PERVAIZ, ÖZGÜR TOSUN, HASAN BESIM, and NEDİME SERAKINCI
Pages 293-304

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Association of serum leptin with serum estradiol in relation to breast carcinogenesis: a comparative case-control study between pre- and postmenopausal women
SYED DANISH HASEEN AHMED, FARAH IDREES, MUHAMMAD AHSAN, AZIZA KHANAM, NAHEED SULTAN, and NAHEED AKHTER
Pages 305-310

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Pooled analysis of 163 published tuberculous peritonitis cases from Turkey
BEDİA MUTAY SUNTUR and FERİT KUŞCU
Pages 311-317

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Association between elevated red blood cell distribution width and long-term mortality in acute pulmonary embolism
SHAHRBANOO KHEIRKHAH-SABETGHADAM, YASER JENAB, SEYED MOHAMMAD GHOREYSHI- HEFZABAD, KEYVAN GOHARI-MOGHADAM, MASOUMEH LOTFI-TOKALDANY, ARASH JALALI, MARZIEH POURJAFARI, SHAPOUR SHIRANI, MARYAM SOTOUDEH ANVARI, and NASRIN ETESAMIFAR
Pages 318-323

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Low levels of vitamin D are associated with nosocomial infections but not with short-term mortality in critically ill patients
IŞIL KÖSE GÜLDOĞAN, ÇİLER ZİNCİRCİOĞLU, HÜSEYİN ÖZKARAKAŞ, MELTEM ÇAKMAK, GÜRSEL ERSAN, LÜTFİYE KUZUCU, ŞÜKRAN KÖSE, and NİMET ŞENOĞLU
Pages 324-331

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Clinical significance of imaging findings for atlantoaxial rotatory subluxation in children
XIAOBO ZHANG, CONG LUO, MING LI, XIN ZHANG, HUI HUI, QING ZENG, TINGYU LI, DEWEN ZHANG, YUANYUAN ZHANG, CUI WANG, CHUANKANG LIU, XING LIU, XIANGYANG QU, YUJIANG CAO, and HAI ZHOU
Pages 332-338

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Effect of mometasone furoate nasal spray on the DNA of nasal mucosal cells
HAKAN AKKAŞ, ERDİNÇ AYDIN, SEDA TÜRKOĞLU BABAKURBAN, ERKAN YURTCU, and ÖZLEM YILMAZ ÖZBEK
Pages 339-345

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Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome is associated with impaired pulmonary artery distensibility and right ventricular systolic dysfunction
SÜHA ÇETİN, MUSTAFA GÖKHAN VURAL, İBRAHİM HİKMET FIRAT, and RAMAZAN AKDEMİR
Pages 346-353

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Increased micronucleus count predicts malignant behavior in pleural effusion fluid
TUBA DİLAY KÖKENEK ÜNAL and İPEK ÇOBAN
Pages 354-360

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Positive effect of restrictions on antibiotic consumption
OĞUZ KARABAY, GÜLSÜM KAYA, ERTUĞRUL GÜÇLÜ, and AZİZ ÖĞÜTLÜ
Pages 361-365

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Microbiological and clinical data analysis of 32 patients with Nocardia infections in Yantai
HONG-XIA YU, MING LIU, ZENG-HUI PU, YAN LIU, and MAO-MAO ZHAO
Pages 366-371

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Hand infection in patients with diabetes: a series of 17 cases and a pooled analysis of the literature
ANIL MURAT ÖZTÜRK, SERHAT UYSAL, ILGIN YILDIRIM ŞİMŞİR, HİLMİ GÜNGÖR, and MELTEM TAŞBAKAN
Pages 372-377

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Increased concentrations of serum nesfatin-1 levels in childhood with idiopathic chronic malnutrition
SEZER ACAR, GÖNÜL ÇATLI, TUNCAY KÜME, HALE ÜNVER TUHAN, ÖZLEM GÜRSOY ÇALAN, KORCAN DEMİR, ECE BÖBER, and AYHAN ABACI
Pages 378-385

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Microdeletion and mutation analysis of the SHOX gene in patients with idiopathic short stature with FISH and sequencing
ABDULLATİF BAKIR, MERAL YİRMİBEŞ KARAOĞUZ, FERDA EMRİYE PERÇİN, ESRA TUĞ, PEYAMİ CİNAZ, and MEHMET ALİ ERGÜN
Pages 386-390

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The Brazelton Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale: A validity and reliability study in a Turkish sample
ÖZNUR BAŞDAŞ, EMİNE ERDEM, FERHAN ELMALI, and SELİM KURTOĞLU
Pages 399-404

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Comparison of percutaneous nephrostomy and double J stent in symptomatic pregnancy hydronephrosis treatment
ADNAN ŞİMŞİR, FUAT KIZILAY, and MEHMET BÜLENT SEMERCİ
Pages 405-411

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A survey on rectal bleeding in children, a report from Iran
SEYED MOHSEN DEHGHANI, IRAJ SHAHRAMIAN, MARYAM ATAOLLAHI, ALI BAZI, NOSAIBE SEIRFAR, MOJTABA DELARAMNASAB, ALI REZA SARGAZI, and MAHSA SHARIAT RAZAVI
Pages 412-418

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Insulin-like growth factor-1 receptor expression in pediatric tumors: a comparative immunohistochemical study
RESUL KARAKUŞ, ESRA KARAKUŞ, SUNA EMİR, AYPER ERİBOL, and DERYA ÖZYÖRÜK
Pages 419-423

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The relationship between vitamin D deficiency and erythrocyte sedimentation rate in patients with diabetes
TEZCAN KAYA, EMİNE ÜLKÜ AKÇAY, ZEYNEP ERTÜRK, HASAN ERGENÇ, and ALİ TAMER
Pages 424-429

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The relation between isolated micropenis in childhood with CAG and GGN repeat polymorphisms in the androgen receptor gene
ESRA TUĞ, SEZEN GÜNTEKİN ERGÜN, MEHMET ALİ ERGÜN, FATMA NİHAL DİLEK, and FERDA EMRİYE PERÇİN
Pages 430-434

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A simplified cell culture model for research on intestinal inflammation
AYŞE EROL, SİBEL TİRYAKİ, and MUSTAFA ORKAN ERGÜN
Pages 435-440

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Effects of di erent drug treatments on the proliferation of human ovarian carcinoma cell line MDAH-2774
ŞULE AYLA, AYHAN BİLİR, AHMET ŞENOL ERTÜRKOĞLU, GAMZE TANRIVERDİ, BURAK CEM SONER, KENAN SOFUOĞLU, LAURA GHISOLFI, and GÜLPERİ ÖKTEM
Pages 441-448

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