Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences
Volume 48, Number 5 (2018)
Cover and Contents
Articles
Multitarget therapy versus intravenous cyclophosphamide in the induction treatment of lupus nephritis: a metaanalysis of randomized controlled trials
JIN DENG, LEI LUO, LIN ZHU, HUAN XIE, and HONG-PING XIE
Pages 901-910
Phenotypic spectrum of CHARGE syndrome based on clinical characteristics
ÖZGE AKSEL KILIÇARSLAN, ESRA ATAMAN, SEMRA GÜRSOY, FİLİZ HAZAN, NADİDE CEMRE RANDA, TUFAN ÇANKAYA, MURAT DERYA ERÇAL, AYFER ÜLGENALP, and ÖZLEM GİRAY BOZKAYA
Pages 911-915
Immunohistochemical localization of podoplanin in the placentas of HIV-positivepreeclamptic women
ONANKOY ONYANGUNGA, JAGIDESDA MOODLEY, FREDERICK ODUN-AYO, and THAJASVARIE NAICKER
Pages 916-924
Ultrasonographic and clinical evaluation of additional contribution of kinesiotaping totendon and nerve gliding exercises in the treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome
PINAR YILDIRIM, BANU DİLEK, EBRU ŞAHİN, SELMİN GÜLBAHAR, and RAMAZAN KIZIL
Pages 925-932
Cyclosporine-A for severe childhood atopic dermatitis: clinical experience on efficacyand safety profile
HAYRİYE SARICAOĞLU, SERKAN YAZİCİ, ÖZGE ZORLU, EMEL BÜLBÜL BAŞKAN, and KENAN AYDOĞAN
Pages 933-938
The use of rapid antigen testing and matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-timeof flight mass spectrometry in the diagnosis of group A beta-hemolytic streptococci inthroat swab samples
RIDVAN DENİZ, ELİF AKTAŞ SEPETCİ, AYŞE BARIŞ, and BANU BAYRAKTAR
Pages 939-944
Typing of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease using high-resolution computedtomography and the association with smoking, airway inflammation, and commoncomorbidities
ZHENG LIU, YAN WANG, YING LIU, MENGMIAO PEI, JING LI, FANG SHI, and PEIXIU LI
Pages 945-951
Clinical, neuroradiological, and electroencephalographic findings of reflex epilepsies
GİZEM GÜRSOY, KEMAL TUTKAVUL, YILMAZ ÇETİNKAYA, and HÜLYA TİRELİ
Pages 952-955
Parvovirus B19 seroprevalence in Turkish blood donors
ŞENİZ GÖRAL, İDİL YENİCESU, GÜLENDAM BOZDAYI, AYSU DUYAN ÇAMURDAN, and AYLİN ALTAY KOÇAK
Pages 956-960
Factors influencing the success of cord blood collection: a tertiary perinatal medicinecenter's experience
ATAKAN TANAÇAN, PINAR YURDAKUL MESUTOĞLU, FATİH AKTOZ, GÖKÇEN ÖRGÜL, MERAL BEKSAÇ, and MEHMET SİNAN BEKSAÇ
Pages 961-966
Is NREM-predominant obstructive sleep apnea syndrome a different clinical entity?
MEHMET İLKER YÖN and OĞUZ KÖKTÜRK
Pages 967-972
Clinicopathological characteristics and mutation profile of BRAF and NRAS mutation incutaneous melanomas in the Western Turkish population
MUSTAFA KÜRŞAT EVRENOS, PEYKER TEMİZ, FETHİ SIRRI ÇAM, MURAT YAMAN, LEVENT YOLERİ, and AYLİN TÜREL ERMERTCAN
Pages 973-979
Effects of tourniquet usage in lower extremity surgery on optic nerve sheath diameter
AHMET BEŞİR and ERSAGUN TUĞCUGİL
Pages 980-984
Dynamic thiol-disulfide homeostasis is disturbed in hepatitis B virus-related chronichepatitis and liver cirrhosis
RAMAZAN DERTLİ, MUHARREM KESKİN, MURAT BIYIK, HÜSEYİN ATASEVEN, HAKKI POLAT, ALİ DEMİR, PEMBE OLTULU, SALİM NEŞELİOĞLU, ÖZCAN EREL, and MEHMET ASIL
Pages 985-992
Value of shear wave elastography by virtual touch tissue imaging quantification inpatients with diffuse thyroid gland pathology
FERİDE KURAL RAHATLI, HALE TURNAOĞLU, NAZLI GÜLSOY KIRNAP, ÖZLEM TURHAN İYİDİR, KEMAL MURAT HABERAL, ARESH SOUDMAND, and NİHAL USLU
Pages 993-998
Effects of computer-assisted cognitive rehabilitation in benign multiple sclerosis
ERDİL ARSOY, ERDEM TÜZÜN, and RECAİ TÜRKOĞLU
Pages 999-1005
MR cholangiopancreatography findings of biliary tract complications after livertransplantation
MUSTAFA FATİH ARSLAN, NURAY HALİLOĞLU, and GÜL AYŞE ERDEN
Pages 1006-1012
Distribution of lymphomas in Turkey: data of 4239 cases from a singleinstitution using the WHO classification
ARZU SAĞLAM, ECE ESİN, MUTLU HAYRAN, BARIŞ BOYRAZ, and AYŞEGÜL ÜNER
Pages 1013-1023
Determining the effect of long-term dexamethasone and prednisolone treatment onsugammadex
EBRU BİRİCİK, ERSEL GÜLEÇ, IŞIL ÖCAL, MEHMET BERTAN YILMAZ, FERİDE KARACAER, and DİLEK ÖZCENGİZ
Pages 1024-1029
Invasive nontyphoidal Salmonella disease in southern India: a 5-year experience from atertiary care hospital
SUDIPTA PATRA, YASHA MUKIM, MURALIDHAR VARMA, and CHIRANJAY MUKHOPADHYAY
Pages 1030-1035
The effect of neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio on the postoperative course of coronary arterybypass graft surgery
ABDULLAH ÖZER, BARIŞ MARDİN, YİĞİT KILIÇ, GÜRSEL LEVENT OKTAR, ERKAN İRİZ, MUSTAFA ARSLAN, YUSUF ÜNAL, and METİN ALKAN
Pages 1036-1040
Serum ADMA, endothelial dysfunction, and atherosclerosis in hypervolemichemodialysis patients
İBRAHİM DOĞAN, BARIŞ ESER, SULTAN ÖZKURT, ÖZLEM YAYAR, BÜLENT ÖZGÜR, HÜSEYİN KAYADİBİ, TOLGA DOĞAN, AHMET MUSMUL, and MEHMET SOYDAN
Pages 1041-1047
The diagnostic value of elastography score and strain index for the evaluation of thyroidmicronodules
ERMAN ÇAKAL, MELİA KARAKÖSE, İLKNUR ÖZTÜRK ÜNSAL, MUSTAFA ŞAHİN, BEKİR UÇAN, and MUSTAFA ÖZBEK
Pages 1048-1052
Evaluation of postural stability in overweight and obese middle-aged men
MOHAMMADREZA REZAEIPOUR
Pages 1053-1057
Identification of Candida species by restriction enzyme analysis
REYHAN YİŞ and MİNE DOLUCA
Pages 1058-1067
The comparative effects of esmolol and amiodarone on isolated coronary arterybypass grafts
DEMET ÖZKARAMANLI GÜR, ÖZCAN GÜR, and SELAMİ GÜRKAN
Pages 1068-1072
The role of melatonin in preventing ovarian tissue damage in rats exposed to magnetic fields
ZAHİDE KÜÇÜK, UĞURKAN ERKAYIRAN, MUZAFFER ÇAYDERE, DAMLA KAYALP, and DENİZ KARÇAALTINCABA
Pages 1073-1079
Paricalcitol inhibits the Wnt/beta-catenin signaling pathway and amelioratesexperimentally induced arthritis
SERVET YOLBAŞ, AHMET YILDIRIM, AHMET TEKTEMUR, ZULFİNAZ BETÜL ÇELİK, EBRU ÖNALAN, İBRAHİM HANİFİ ÖZERCAN, MEHMET MUSTAFA AKIN, and SÜLEYMAN SERDAR KOCA
Pages 1080-1086
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
