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Characterization and haplotype study of 6 novel STR markers related to the KCNQ1 gene in heterogeneous cardiovascular disorders in the Iranian population
AZAM AMIRIAN, ZAHRA ZAFARI, ZOHRE SHARIFI, ALIREZA KORDAFSHARI, MORTEZA KARIMIPOOR, and SIROUS ZEINALI
Pages 453-457

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Urinary phytate concentration and risk of fracture determined by the FRAX index in a group of postmenopausal women
ANGEL ARTURO LOPEZ GONZALEZ, FELIX GRASES, BARTOLOME MARI, MATIAS TOMAS-SALVA, and ADRIAN RODRIGUEZ
Pages 458-463

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Long-term monitoring of Graves' disease in children and adolescents: a single-center experience
SELMA TUNÇ, ÖZGE KÖPRÜLÜ, HATİCE ORTAÇ, ÖZLEM NALBANTOĞLU, CEYHUN DİZDARER, KORCAN DEMİR, and BEHZAT ÖZKAN
Pages 464-471

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The distribution of MEFV mutations in Turkish FMF patients: multicenter study representing results of Anatolia
NAZİFE ŞULE YAŞAR BİLGE, İSMAİL SARI, DİLEK SOLMAZ, ABDURRAHMAN SONER ŞENEL, HAKAN EMMUNGİL, LEVENT KILIÇ, SİBEL YILMAZ ÖNER, FATİH YILDIZ, SEDAT YILMAZ, EMİNE DUYGU ERSÖZLÜ, MÜGE AYDIN TUFAN, SEMA YILMAZ, VELİ YAZISIZ, YAVUZ PEHLİVAN, and CEMAL BES
Pages 472-477

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Irak-4 rs4251481 gene variant: as a risk factor on inflammatory bowel disease
GONCA CANDAN, RESUL KAHRAMAN, and HAYRİYE ARZU ERGEN
Pages 478-482

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Seroprevalence of hantavirus and Borreliaburgdorferi in Düzce (Turkey) forest villages and the relationship with sociodemographic features
NİDA AKAR, EMEL ÇALIŞKAN, CİHADİYE ELİF ÖZTÜRK, HANDAN ANKARALI, ÖZGE KILINÇEL, ŞÜKRÜ ÖKSÜZ, and İDRİS ŞAHİN
Pages 483-489

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Influence of LRP5 (rs556442) polymorphism on insulin resistance in healthy Iranian children and adolescents
NIMA MONTAZERI NAJAFABADY, MOHAMMAD HOSSEIN DABBAGHMANESH, RAJEEH MOHAMADIAN-AMIRI, MARZIEH BAKHSHAYESHKARAM, and GHOLAMHOSSEIN RANJBAR OMRANI
Pages 490-496

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Reference ranges for serum immunoglobulin (IgG, IgA, and IgM) and IgG subclass levels in healthy children
RUMEYSA OLCAY BAYRAM, HÜLYA ÖZDEMİR, AYÇA EMSEN, HATİCE TÜRK DAĞI, and HASİBE ARTAÇ
Pages 497-505

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Mortality predictors of patients suffering of acute pancreatitis and development of intraabdominal hypertension
MAJA STOJANOVIC, PETAR SVORCAN, ALEKSANDAR KARAMARKOVIC, NEBOJSA LADJEVIC, RADMILO JANKOVIC, and PREDRAG STEVANOVIC
Pages 506-513

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Audiometric threshold shifts after total knee arthroplasty by using gentamicin-loaded bone cement
ADEM ÇÖBDEN, İSMET YALKIN ÇAMURCU, SERAP BULUT ÇÖBDEN, HAKAN SOFU, HANİFİ ÜÇPUNAR, AHMET SEVENCAN, and HÜSEYİN DEMİREL
Pages 514-518

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Percutaneous navigable intradiscal decompression in treatment of lumbar disc herniation: a single-center experience
AYŞEGÜL CEYLAN and IBRAHIM ASIK
Pages 519-524

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High neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio predicts acute allograft rejection in kidney transplantation: a retrospective study
GİRAY ERGİN, SERPİL MÜGE DEĞER, BURAK KÖPRÜ, ÜLVER DERİCİ, and SELİM TURGAY ARINSOY
Pages 525-530

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Glutamate transporter SLC1A1 is associated with clear cell renal cell carcinoma
SERCAN ERGÜN, SEZGİN GÜNEŞ, RECEP BÜYÜKALPELLİ, and OĞUZ AYDIN
Pages 531-537

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The association of reduced bone density with paraspinal muscle atrophy and adipose tissue in geriatric patients: a cross-sectional CT study
ELİF EVRİM EKİN and MUHİTTİN EMRE ALTUNRENDE
Pages 538-542

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Mild to moderate proteinuria is a heralding sign for acute kidney injury and mortality for intensive care unit patients
HACI HASAN YETER, TOLGA YILDIRIM, NESRİN DAMLA EYÜPOĞLU, TURAL PASAYEV, ABDULLAH TARIK ASLAN, SILA ÇETİK, ÖMER FARUK AKÇAY, ARZU TOPELİ İSKİT, and MUSTAFA ARICI
Pages 543-550

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Prevalence of atopy and allergic rhinitis in patients with adult non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis
ELİF YELDA NİKSARLIOĞLU, SACİDE RANA IŞIK, MEHMET ATİLLA UYSAL, DERYA ÜNAL, and GÜNGÖR ÇAMSARI
Pages 551-557

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The results of nasopharyngeal cancer patients treated by simultaneous integrated boost technique and concomitant chemotherapy
MEHMET FAİK ÇETİNDAĞ, ATİYE YILMAZ ÖZSAVRAN, BÜLENT YALÇIN, İCLAL ÇETİNDAĞ, ŞEYDA TÜRKÖLMEZ, KARABEKİR ERCAN, and DİNÇER YEĞEN
Pages 558-565

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Validity and reliability study of the Turkish version of the Postoperative Recovery Index of patients undergoing surgical intervention
HANDE CENGİZ and DİLEK AYGİN
Pages 566-573

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Reliability, validity, and cross-cultural adaptation study of the Turkish version of the Patient-Rated Wrist/Hand Evaluation questionnaire
DENİZ ÖKE TOPCU and SEVĞİ İKBALİ AFŞAR
Pages 574-582

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Evaluation of sarcopenia, sarcopenic obesity, and phase angle in geriatric gastrointestinal cancer patients: before and after chemotherapy
DERYA HOPANCI BIÇAKLI, RÜKSAN ÇEHRELİ, AHMET ÖZVEREN, RECİ MESERİ, RÜÇHAN USLU, MEHMET UYAR, BÜLENT KARABULUT, and SELAHATTİN FEHMİ AKÇİÇEK
Pages 583-588

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Investigation of the relationship between ischemic stroke and endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene polymorphisms [G894T, intron 4 VNTR and T786C]
SÜLEYMAN ÖMER ANLIAÇIK, OSMAN SERHAT TOKGÖZ, AYŞEGÜL ZAMANİ, MAHMUT SELMAN YILDIRIM, and MEHMET SİNAN İYİSOY
Pages 589-594

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The efficacy and safety of targeted narrowband UVB therapy: a retrospective cohort study
KÜBRA ESEN SALMAN, İLKNUR ALTUNAY, and ANDAÇ SALMAN
Pages 595-603

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Relationship between the earlobe crease and brain white matter abnormalities in apparently healthy subjects*
HATİCE AYÇA ATA KORKMAZ
Pages 604-609

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Results of home-based modified combined decongestive therapy in patients with lower extremity lymphedema
ALİS KOSTANOĞLU, MELTEM RAMOĞLU, and ETHEM GÜNEREN
Pages 610-616

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Assessment of cardiac and vessel functions in childhood psoriasis
BERNA ŞAYLAN ÇEVİK, FİGEN AKALIN, ELİF EROLU, DİLEK SEÇKİN GENÇOSMANOĞLU, and SAFİYE ATLAS TÜLİN ERGUN
Pages 617-623

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Elevated neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio as an indicator of secondary erythema nodosum, a retrospective observational study
YILDIZ HAYRAN, AYŞE ÖKTEM, EMİNE BUKET ŞAHİN, PINAR İNCEL UYSAL, NURAN ALLI, and BAŞAK YALÇIN
Pages 624-634

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Optimum recording time of routine electroencephalogram for adults with epilepsy*
KEMAL TUTKAVUL and YILMAZ ÇETİNKAYA
Pages 635-638

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Analyzing the effect of laparoscopy duration time on peroperative gastroesophageal reflux
GÖKHAN BERKTUĞ BAHADIR, HAKAN TAŞKINLAR, CANER İSBİR, İSA KILLI, DİLEK YÜNLÜEL, ÜLKÜ ÇÖMELEKOĞLU, and ALİ NAYCI
Pages 639-643

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Efficacy of chemical shift MRI for differentiating diffuse red bone marrow reconversion and hematological malignancies
BURCU AKMAN, HATİCE AYÇA ATA KORKMAZ, and AHMET SARI
Pages 644-652

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Is there any difference between endometrial hyperplasia and endometrial carcinoma in terms of expression of TRPM2 and TRPM7 ion channels?
EMRE YALÇIN, ŞEHMUS PALA, REMZİ ATILGAN, TUNCAY KULOĞLU, EBRU ÖNALAN, GÖKHAN ARTAŞ, and İLAY BURAN
Pages 653-660

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The impact of JAK/STAT inhibitor ruxolitinib on the genesis of lymphoproliferative diseases
CAN TÜRK, MÜFİDE OKAY, SEYHAN TÜRK, ELİF SENA TEMİRCİ, OSAMA JAWAD, SALİH AKSU, NİLGÜN SAYINALP, and İBRAHİM CELALETTİN HAZNEDAROĞLU
Pages 661-674

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Antibiotic resistance pattern and spa types of Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated from food business and hospital kitchen employees in Çanakkale, Turkey
NESRİN ÇAKICI, ALPER AKÇALI, and NÜKHET NİLÜFER ZORBA
Pages 675-682

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In vitro combination of tigecycline with other antibiotics in Stenotrophomonas maltophilia isolates
DİLEK KARAMANLIOĞLU and MURAT DİZBAY
Pages 683-686

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Down-regulation of circular RNAITCH and circHIPK3 in gastric cancer tissues
SARA GHASEMI, MODJTABA EMADI-BAYGI, and PARVANEH NIKPOUR
Pages 687-695

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Protective effects of ghrelin on kidney tissue in rats with partial ureteral obstruction
SERHAN ÇİMEN, CEMAL TAŞDEMİR, NİGAR VARDI, BURHAN ATEŞ, SEDA TAŞDEMİR, and AYLA ÖZAYDOĞDU ÇİMEN
Pages 696-702