Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences
Volume 51, Number 4 (2021)
Cover and Contents
Articles
Autoimmunity in psoriatic arthritis: pathophysiological and clinical aspects
HAKAN EMMUNGİL, UFUK İLGEN, and RAFİ HANER DİRESKENELİ
Pages 1601-1614
Preferences of inflammatory arthritis patients for biological disease-modifyingantirheumatic drugs in the first 100 days of the COVID-19 pandemic
UMUT KALYONCU, YAVUZ PEHLİVAN, SERVET AKAR, TİMUÇİN KAŞİFOĞLU, GEZMİŞ KİMYON, ÖMER KARADAĞ, HÜSEYİN EDİZ DALKILIÇ, ALİ İHSAN ERTENLİ, LEVENT KILIÇ, EMİNE DUYGU ERSÖZLÜ, CEMAL BES, HAKAN EMMUNGİL, RIDVAN MERCAN, ELİF EDİBOĞLU, and NİLÜFER ALPAY KANITEZ
Pages 1615-1623
The comparison of favipiravir and lopinavir/ritonavir combination in COVID-19treatment
HALİT ÇINARKA, GÜLŞAH GÜNLÜOĞLU, MUSTAFA ÇÖRTÜK, SİBEL YURT, MURAT KIYIK, AYŞE FİLİZ KOŞAR, ELİF TANRIVERDİ, MELİH AKAY ARSLAN, KÜRŞAD NURİ BAYDİLİ, AYSU SİNEM KOÇ, SEDAT ALTIN, and ERDOĞAN ÇETİNKAYA
Pages 1624-1630
Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on psychology and disease activity in patients withankylosing spondylitis and rheumatoid arthritis
ŞAKİR GICA, YASEMİN AKKUBAK, ZAKİRE KÜBRA AKSOY, ADEM KÜÇÜK, and ERKAN CÜRE
Pages 1631-1639
Impact of COVID-19 on serum melatonin levels and sleep parameters in children
ÖZLEM YAYICI KÖKEN, PEMBE GÜLTUTAN, MERVE SİBEL GÜNGÖREN, GÜLSÜM İCLAL BAYHAN, DENİZ YILMAZ, ESRA GÜRKAŞ, HAMİT ÖZYÜREK, and AYŞEGÜL NEŞE ÇITAK KURT
Pages 1640-1646
The clinical course of COVID-19 in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT)recipients
AYŞE KARATAŞ, ÜMİT YAVUZ MALKAN, MUSTAFA VELET, HALUK DEMİROĞLU, YAHYA BÜYÜKAŞIK, GÜLÇİN TELLİ DİZMAN, AHMET ÇAĞKAN İNKAYA, BATUHAN ERDOĞDU, OLGU ERKİN ÇINAR, ELİFCAN ALADAĞ KARAKULAK, SALİH AKSU, İBRAHİM CELALETTİN HAZNEDAROĞLU, OSMAN İLHAMİ ÖZCEBE, NİLGÜN SAYINALP, and HAKAN GÖKER
Pages 1647-1652
First known COVID-19 case and contact tracing efforts in İstanbul, Turkey
ABDULLAH EMRE GÜNER, ARAL SÜRMELİ, KEMAL KURAL, ESRA ŞAHİN, PERİHAN ALKAN, ERDOĞAN KOCAYİĞİT, MUSTAFA HATİPOĞLU, ŞUAYIP BİRİNCİ, KEMAL MEMİŞOĞLU, and IŞIL MARAL
Pages 1653-1658
COVID-19 clinical course and blood groups: Turkish population-based study
MEHMET SİNAN DAL, NAİM ATA, FEVZİ ALTUNTAŞ, SEMİH BAŞCI, TUĞÇE NUR YİĞENOĞLU, SERDAL KORKMAZ, SİNEM NAMDAROĞLU, ABDULKADİR BAŞTÜRK, TUBA HACIBEKİROĞLU, MEHMET HİLMİ DOĞU, İLHAMİ BERBER, KÜRŞAT DAL, MEHMET ALİ ERKURT, BURHAN TURGUT, and MURAT ÇAĞLAYAN
Pages 1659-1664
Risk factors associated with mortality in ıntensive care COVID-19 patients: theimportance of chest CT score and intubation timing as risk factors
VECİHE BAYRAK, NURCAN ŞENTÜRK DURUKAN, FERHAN DEMİRER AYDEMİR, BEGÜM ERGAN, NACİYE SİNEM GEZER, OYA ÖZLEM EREN KUTSOYLU, ALİ NECATİ GÖKMEN, and YUSUF SAVRAN
Pages 1665-1674
Long-term proton pump inhibitor use is a risk factor for mortality in patientshospitalized for COVID-19
AHMET YOZGAT, BENAN KASAPOĞLU, GÜRAY CAN, ALPASLAN TANOĞLU, YUSUF SERDAR SAKİN, KADİR SERKAN YALÇIN, MÜJGAN GÜRLER, MUSTAFA KAPLAN, MEHMET GÖKTÜRK KABAN, MEHMET KIRSOY, UMUT KARA, and MURAT KEKİLLİ
Pages 1675-1681
Nutritional status in patients with neuro-Behçet's disease
SEYDA ERDOĞAN, MİNE HAYRİYE SORGUN, MÜGE KUZU KUMCU, MUSTAFA AYKUT KURAL, SEFER RZAYEV, and CANAN YÜCESAN
Pages 1682-1688
Risk of tuberculosis is increased in Behçet's disease compared to other rheumatologicaldisorders after anti-TNF∝ treatments: a case series and review of the literature
ÜMMÜGÜLSÜM GAZEL, DERYA KOCAKAYA, İREM HİCRET TOPÇU, HAKAN ÖMER KARATAŞ, MURAT KARABACAK, MEHMET PAMİR ATAGÜNDÜZ, GÜZİDE NEVSUN İNANÇ, FATMA ALİBAZ ÖNER, and RAFİ HANER DİRESKENELİ
Pages 1689-1694
Phenotypic characterization of Familial Mediterranean Fever patients harboring variantsof uncertain significance
ALPER SARI, ERDAL BODAKÇİ, BERKAN ARMAĞAN, HASAN SATIŞ, NUH ATAŞ, NAZİFE ŞULE YAŞAR BİLGE, REYHAN BİLİCİ SALMAN, GÖZDE KÜBRA YARDIMCI, HAKAN BABAOĞLU, LEVENT KILIÇ, MEHMET AKİF ÖZTÜRK, ŞEMİNUR HAZNEDAROĞLU, BERNA GÖKER, UMUT KALYONCU, and TİMUÇİN KAŞİFOĞLU
Pages 1695-1701
MEFV mutation frequencies in a Turkish cohort with low prevalence of familialMediterranean fever
NECATİ ÇAKIR, HÜLYA AZAKLI, DURAN ÜSTEK, ÖMER UYSAL, and EREN GÖZKE
Pages 1702-1705
Appendectomy history is associated with severe disease and colchicine resistance in adultfamilial Mediterranean fever patients
ERDAL BODAKÇİ, NAZİFE ŞULE YAŞAR BİLGE, NUH ATAŞ, BERKAN ARMAĞAN, HASAN SATIŞ, ALPER SARI, REYHAN BİLİCİ SALMAN, GÖZDE KÜBRA YARDIMCI, HAKAN BABAOĞLU, LEVENT KILIÇ, MEHMET AKİF ÖZTÜRK, BERNA GÖKER, ŞEMİNUR HAZNEDAROĞLU, UMUT KALYONCU, and ABDURRAHMAN TUFAN
Pages 1706-1711
Decreased exercise capacity, strength, physical activity level and quality of life in adultpatients with familial Mediterranean fever
NURTEN GİZEM TORE, FULDEN SARİ, DEVRİM CAN SARAÇ, SELİN BAYRAM, HASAN SATIŞ, HAZAN KARADENİZ, ABDURRAHMAN TUFAN, and DERAN OSKAY
Pages 1712-1718
Factors affecting relapse in patients with Granulomatosis Polyangiitis: a single-centerretrospective cohort study
MÜGE AYDIN TUFAN, NİHAN TEKKARIŞMAZ, and AHMET EFTAL YÜCEL
Pages 1719-1726
Folfirinox versus gemcitabine-cisplatin combination as first-line therapy intreatment of pancreaticobiliary cancer
NESLİHAN KAYAHAN SATIŞ, MUSTAFA KARACA, HASAN SATIŞ, DİLEK YAPAR, and AHMET ÖZET
Pages 1727-1732
Pediatric extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation: single-center study
TANIL KENDİRLİ, SERHAN ÖZCAN, MERVE HAVAN, ÇAĞDAŞ BARAN, MEHMET ÇAKICI, BURCU ARICI, ÖZLEM SELVİ CAN, ZEYNEP EYİLETEN, TAYFUN UÇAR, HASAN ERCAN TUTAR, and AHMET RÜÇHAN AKAR
Pages 1733-1737
The relationship of carotid intima-media thickness with anthropometric and metabolicparameters in patients with classic congenital adrenal hyperplasia
HALE ÜNVER TUHAN, TÜLAY ÖZTÜRK ATASOY, GÖNÜL ÇATLI, SEZER ACAR, AYHAN ABACI, TUĞBA ÜÇÜNCÜ EGELİ, KORCAN DEMİR, PENBE ŞULE CAN, HANDAN GÜLERYÜZ, BUMİN NURİ DÜNDAR, and ECE BÖBER
Pages 1738-1746
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder symptoms and quality of life in female patientswith fibromyalgia
GÖZDE TÜRKOĞLU and YAVUZ SELVİ
Pages 1747-1755
The use of high-flow nasal oxygen vs. standard oxygen therapy in hematologicalmalignancy patients with acute respiratory failure in hematology wards
NİLGÜN ÖZLEM ALPTEKİNOĞLU MENDİL, ŞAHİN TEMEL, RECEP CİVAN YÜKSEL, KÜRŞAT GÜNDOĞAN, BÜLENT ESER, LEYLAGÜL KAYNAR, and MURAT SUNGUR
Pages 1756-1763
Investigating differential miRNA expression profiling using serum and urine specimensfor detecting potential biomarkers for early prostate cancer diagnosis
SEVDE HASANOĞLU, BEYZA SERVET GÖNCÜ, EMRAH YÜCESAN, SEZEN ATASOY, YUNUS KAYALI, and NUR ÖZTEN KANDAŞ
Pages 1764-1774
20-year experience on prenatal diagnosis in a reference university medical geneticscenter in Turkey
MEHMET BURAK DURMAZ, HİLMİ BOLAT, ZEHRA CENGİSİZ, FUAT AKERCAN, TUBA SÖZEN TÜRK, ERHAN PARILTAY, ASLI ECE SOLMAZ, MERT KAZANDI, EMİN KARACA, ASUDE DURMAZ, AYÇA AYKUT, SERMET SAĞOL, HALUK AKIN, FERİŞTAH FERDA ÖZKINAY, and MUHSİN ÖZGÜR ÇOĞULU
Pages 1775-1780
Rituximab treatment for difficult-to-treat nephrotic syndrome in children:a multicenter, retrospective study
MEHMET TAŞDEMİR, NUR CANPOLAT, NURDAN YILDIZ, GÜL ÖZÇELİK, MERYEM BENZER, SEHA KAMİL SAYGILI, EMİNE NEŞE ÖZKAYIN, ÖZDE NİSA TÜRKKAN, AYŞE BALAT, CENGİZ CANDAN, MEHTAP ÇELAKIL, SEVGİ YAVUZ, NURVER AKINCI, NİLÜFER GÖKNAR, and CİHANGİR AKGÜN
Pages 1781-1790
Utilization of biotechnological drugs in rare diseases requiring the use of off-label drugsin children in Turkey
NERİMAN İPEK KIRMIZI, VOLKAN AYDIN, NARİN AKICI, BANU BAYAR, and AHMET AKICI
Pages 1791-1799
Investigation of the relationship between immune checkpoints and mismatch repairdeficiency in recurrent and nonrecurrent glioblastoma
EMEL ÇAKIR, İSMAİL SAYĞIN, and MUSTAFA EMRE ERCİN
Pages 1800-1808
The relationship between breast milk intake and speech in children with cerebral palsy
GÜL DEMET KAYA ÖZÇORA and GONCA BEKTAŞ
Pages 1809-1813
Reference values for T and B lymphocyte subpopulations in Turkish children and adults
ÖZGE BESCİ, DİLEK BAŞER, İSMAİL ÖĞÜLÜR, AYŞE CANSU BERBEROĞLU, AYÇA KIYKIM, TOLGA BESCİ, ASIM LEBLEBİCİ, HÜLYA ELLİDOKUZ, PERRAN BORAN, EREN ÖZEK, GONCAGÜL HAKLAR, AHMET OĞUZHAN ÖZEN, SAFA BARIŞ, and ELİF AYDINER
Pages 1814-1824
Evaluation of seroprevalence and clinical and laboratory findings of patients admitted tohealth institutions in Gümüşhane with suspicion of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever
ESRA GÜRBÜZ, ABDURRAHMAN EKİCİ, AHMET HAKAN ÜNLÜ, and HASAN YILMAZ
Pages 1825-1832
Prognostic value of oxygen saturation and heart rate during a six-minute walk test inpediatric pulmonary hypertension
VİLDAN ATASAYAN, FATMA CANBEYLİ, FATMA SEDEF TUNAOĞLU, AYŞE DENİZ OĞUZ, BÜLENT ÇELİK, and SERDAR KULA
Pages 1833-1840
The frequency of Achilles and plantar calcaneal spurs in gout patients
EMİNE DURAN, EMRE BİLGİN, ALİ İHSAN ERTENLİ, and UMUT KALYONCU
Pages 1841-1848
Measurement of interscalene space volume in diagnosis of thoracic outlet syndrome: acadaver study
TEVFİK KAPLAN, AYHAN CÖMERT, MEHMET ALİ GÜNER, HALİL İBRAHİM AÇAR, GÖKÇE KAAN ATAÇ, İBRAHİM TEKDEMİR, and SERDAR HAN
Pages 1849-1856
Can patients who apply to tertiary care with headache for the first time be managed inprimary care? - a cross-sectional study
ESRA HÜNDÜR DOĞAN, İRFAN ŞENCAN, HASAN DOĞAN, and ADEM ÖZKARA
Pages 1857-1864
The relationship of serum visfatin levels with clinical parameters, flow-mediateddilation, and carotid intima-media thickness in patients with ankylosing spondylitis
RABİA AYDOĞAN BAYKARA, ADEM KÜÇÜK, AYÇA TUZCU, GÖKSEL TUZCU, ERKAN CÜRE, ALİ UĞUR USLU, and AHMET OMMA
Pages 1865-1874
The prevalence of Sjögren's syndrome and sicca symptoms in patients with systemicsclerosis and alpha-smooth muscle actin expression in biopsy specimens from minorsalivary glands
GERÇEK CAN, SÜLEN SARIOĞLU, AHMET MERİH BİRLİK, GÖKÇE KENAR, ÖZGÜL SOYSAL GÜNDÜZ, DİLEK SOLMAZ, VEDAT GERDAN, FATOŞ ÖNEN, NURULLAH AKKOÇ, and SERVET AKAR
Pages 1875-1882
A randomized comparison between ultrasound-guided costoclavicular andinfraclavicular block for upper extremity surgery
SEVİM CESUR, AHMET MURAT YAYIK, AYŞE NUR DAŞ, and ALİ AHISKALIOĞLU
Pages 1883-1888
How important is the Sphenoseptal cell in identifying the skull base?Recent incidence and demonstration of endoscopic surgical steps
CEM SAKA, BÜLENT ÖCAL, EMEL ÇADALLI TATAR, GÖKHAN TOPTAŞ, TUĞÇE PÜTÜRGELİ ÖZER, and MEHMET HAKAN KORKMAZ
Pages 1889-1893
Association between active pulmonary tuberculosis and circulating microRNAs: apreliminary study from Turkey
FATMA KALAYCI YÜKSEK, CENK KIĞ, MEDİHA GÖNENÇ ORTAKÖYLÜ, and MELTEM UZUN
Pages 1894-1904
The alteration of lymphocyte subsets in idiopathic granulomatous mastitis
AYÇA EMSEN, HANDE KÖKSAL, HÜLYA UÇARYILMAZ, NAİM KADOGLOU, and HASİBE ARTAÇ
Pages 1905-1911
Tendon of Flexor Carpi Radialis in carpal tunnel: a radiologic and cadaveric study
BURCU ERÇAKMAK GÜNEŞ, ALPER VATANSEVER, MEHMET DENİZ DEMİRYÜREK, KADRİYE MİNE ERGUN, and MEHMET HAKAN ÖZSOY
Pages 1912-1916
The contribution of postnatal steroid administration to early brain damage in pretermbabies with bronchopulmonary dysplasia
SABAHATTİN ERTUĞRUL, SAVAŞ MERT DARAKCİ, İBRAHİM KAPLAN, İLYAS YOLBAŞ, İBRAHİM DEGER, SİBEL TANRIVERDİ YILMAZ, and ŞERAFETTİN AKTAŞ
Pages 1917-1923
Nephrological factors may cause kidney dysfunction in patients with common variableimmunodeficiency
GÖKHAN AYTEKİN, İSMAİL BALOĞLU, FATİH ÇÖLKESEN, ERAY YILDIZ, ŞEVKET ARSLAN, and KÜLTİGİN TÜRKMEN
Pages 1924-1931
A new approach to predicting shoulder dystocia: fetal clavicle measurement
ELİF TERZİ
Pages 1932-1939
The relationship between amount of extra-prostatic extension and length of capsularcontact: performances from MR images and radical prostatectomy specimens
ASLIHAN ONAY ÇOLAK and BARIŞ BAKIR
Pages 1940-1952
Effectiveness of mepolizumab therapy on symptoms, asthma exacerbations, steroiddependence, and small airways in patients with severe eosinophilic asthma
İNSU YILMAZ, SAKİNE NAZİK BAHÇECİOĞLU, MURAT TÜRK, NURİ TUTAR, GÜLDEN PAÇACI ÇETİN, and BAHAR ARSLAN
Pages 1953-1959
Evaluation of extensively drug-resistant gram-negative bacteremia among solid-organtransplant recipients: a multicenter study
TUĞBA YANIK YALÇIN, ÖZLEM AZAP, ADEM KÖSE, YAŞAR BAYINDIR, ELİF MUKİME SARICAOĞLU, GÜLE ÇINAR, YEŞİM UYGUN KIZMAZ, EBRU KURŞUN, HİKMET EDA ALIŞKAN, AYŞE YASEMİN TEZER TEKÇE, OYA ÖZLEM EREN KUTSOYLU, TUFAN EGELİ, ALPAY ARI, YURDAGÜL ALBAYRAK, and HATİCE ÇABADAK
Pages 1960-1968
Investigation of oxidative stress status in cumulus cells in patıents with in vitrofertilization
RABİA TURAL, CENGİZ KARAKAYA, MEHMET ERDEM, ZEYNEP AYKOL, RECEP ONUR KARABACAK, and MUSTAFA KAVUTÇU
Pages 1969-1975
Mid-term results of total hip arthroplasty with subtrochanteric Z-osteotomy in Crowetype 3-4 developmental hip dysplasia
VEDAT BİÇİCİ, İZZET BİNGÖL, and TAMER SAZAK
Pages 1976-1983
Serum growth differentiation factor-15 analysis as a malnutrition marker inhemodialysis patients
DİDEM TURGUT, DENİZ İLHAN TOPCU, CEMİLE CANSU ALPEREN, and SIDIKA ESRA BASKIN
Pages 1984-1993
The prevalence of complementary and alternative medicine use among Turkish patientswith primary headache
BÜŞRA SÜMEYYE ARICA POLAT and AYŞE ÇAĞLAR SARILAR
Pages 1994-1999
Predictors of full functional recovery in endovascularly treated patients with aneurysmalsubarachnoid hemorrhage
FATİH UZUNKAYA and AYŞEGÜL İDİL SOYLU
Pages 2000-2006
Volume and T2 relaxation time measurements of quadriceps femoris and hamstringmuscles are reliable and reproducible
ŞERİFE ŞEYMA TORĞUTALP, ÖMER ÖZKAN, ŞAFAK PARLAK SAĞOL, HATİCE KADER KARLI OĞUZ, and FEZA KORKUSUZ
Pages 2007-2014
Wnt signaling pathway activities may be altered in primary Sjogren's syndrome
AHMET KARATAŞ, ZÜHAL ÖMERCİKOĞLU, BURAK ÖZ, ADİLE FERDA DAĞLI, ONUR ÇATAK, FAZİLET ERMAN, KAZIM ŞAHİN, NEVZAT GÖZEL, and SÜLEYMAN SERDAR KOCA
Pages 2015-2022
Increased incidence of malignancy in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism
MELİA KARAKÖSE, MUHAMMET KOCABAŞ, MUSTAFA CAN, HATİCE ÇALIŞKAN BURGUCU, İLKER ÇORDAN, MUSTAFA KULAKSIZOĞLU, and FERİDUN KARAKURT
Pages 2023-2028
Transient minimal hydronephrosis on contralateral kidney in infants with unilateralhydronephrosis: Is it an early sign of worsening of the affected kidney?
MIRZAMAN HUSEYNOV, RAHŞAN ÖZCAN, ŞENOL EMRE, NUR CANPOLAT, SEBUH KURUĞOĞLU, HALUK BURÇAK SAYMAN, MEHMET ELİÇEVİK, YUNUS SÖYLET, SABRİ NAFİZ CENK BÜYÜKÜNAL, and HALUK EMİR
Pages 2029-2035
Evaluation of proprioception in patients who underwent ACL reconstruction:measurement in functional position
SİNEM SUNER KEKLİK, NEVİN AYSEL GÜZEL, GAMZE ÇOBANOĞLU, NİHAN KAFA, MUHAMMET BAYBARS ATAOĞLU, and ZEKERİYA ÖZTEMÜR
Pages 2036-2042
Long term neurological sequela of isolated infarctions according to the topographicareas of thalamus
AYGÜL TANTİK PAK, ZAHİDE MAİL GÜRKAN, SEBAHAT NACAR DOĞAN, and YILDIZHAN ŞENGÜL
Pages 2043-2049
Determinants of remission in a case series of medullary thyroid carcinoma
TUĞÇE APAYDIN, EREN İMRE, and DİLEK YAVUZ
Pages 2050-2056
Effect of decompressive hemicraniectomy in patients with acute middle cerebral arteryinfarction
HALİL İBRAHİM SÜNER, ANIL TANBUROĞLU, EMRE DURDAĞ, SONER ÇİVİ, AYLİN GÜNEŞLİ YETİŞKEN, ÖZGÜR KARDEŞ, ÇAĞATAY ANDİÇ, and KADİR TUFAN
Pages 2057-2065
Outcomes of the conservative management of the patients with endometrialintraepithelial neoplasia/endometrial cancer: Wait or treat!
ESRA İŞÇİ BOSTANCI, YASİN DURMUŞ, SİNEM AYŞE DURU ÇÖTELİ, FULYA KAYIKÇIOĞLU, and NURETTİN BORAN
Pages 2066-2072
Dental and temporomandibular joint alterations in rheumatoid arthritis patients andtheir association with salivary oxidative stress
DENİZ YAMAN, DUYGU GÖLLER BULUT, GÜLBAHAR USTAOĞLU, EMRE AVCI, and MURAT TAŞÇI
Pages 2073-2079
Circulating miR-29c-3p is downregulated in patients with acromegaly
HAKAN KORKMAZ, KUYAŞ HEKİMLER ÖZTÜRK, and BORA TORUS
Pages 2080-2086
An alternative supplemental feeding method for preterm infants: the supplementalfeeding tube device
MÜJDE ÇALIKUŞU İNCEKAR, SEDA ÇAĞLAR, FATMA KAYA NARTER, EMRİYE TERCAN TARAKCI, EMİNE ÖZPINAR, and ESRA DEMİRCİ ECEVİT
Pages 2087-2094
Can treating critically-ill haematological malignancy patients in a separate intensive careunit decrease intensive care unit mortality?
ŞAHENDER GÜLBİN AYGENCEL BIKMAZ, NAZLIHAN BOYACI DÜNDAR, MELDA TÜRKOĞLU, ZEYNEP ARZU YEGİN, ZÜBEYDE NUR ÖZKURT, and ABDULLAH MÜNCİ YAĞCI
Pages 2095-2100
Two different methods of lidocaine inhalation before diagnostic flexible bronchoscopy:effects on post-bronchoscopy respiratory symptoms
HASAN YÜKSEL, ADEM YAŞAR, ARZU AÇIKEL, İSMET TOPÇU, and ÖZGE YILMAZ
Pages 2101-2106
The study of Tau and phospho Tau protein levels in attention deficit and hyperactivity
HATİCE SARAÇOĞLU, ESER KILIÇ, and ESRA DEMİRCİ
Pages 2107-2111
Is CONUT score a prognostic index in patients with diffuse large cell lymphoma?
GÜLSÜM AKGÜN ÇAĞLIYAN, SİBEL HACIOĞLU, BAŞAK ÜNVER KOLUMAN, KADİR İLKKILIÇ, RUKİYE NAR, MEHMET NURİ BAŞER, ASLI BOZDEMİR, HANDE ŞENOL, NİLAY ŞEN TÜRK, VEYSEL EROL, ONURCAN YILDIRIM, ÖMER ÇAĞLIYAN, and NİL GÜLER
Pages 2112-2119
Investigation of the effects of propofol/ketamine versus propofol/fentanyl on nauseavomiting administered for sedation in children undergoing magnetic resonance imaging:a prospective randomized double-blinded study
HACI SEMİH GÜRCAN, AYŞE ÜLGEY, ÖZLEM ÖZ GERGİN, SİBEL SEÇKİN PEHLİVAN, and KARA MEHMET YILDIZ
Pages 2120-2126
Extracorporeal carbon dioxide removal (ECCO2R) in COPD and ARDS patients withsevere hypercapnic respiratory failure. A retrospective case-control study
VOLKAN İNAL and SERDAR EFE
Pages 2127-2134
Flow cytometric analysis of platelet surface glycoproteins in the diagnosis of thirty-twoTurkish patients with Glanzmann thrombasthenia: a multicenter experience
BERKAY SARAYMEN, SABAHATTİN MUHTAROĞLU, MUSTAFA YAVUZ KÖKER, NAZAN SARPER, EMİNE ZENGİN, CANAN ALBAYRAK, DAVUT ALBAYRAK, OSMAN BÜLENT ZÜLFİKAR, SAYİME BAŞAK KOÇ ŞENOL, ESMA BENTLİ, SEMİH YILMAZ, AYSUN ÇETİN, BÜLENT ESER, and MUSTAFA ÇETİN
Pages 2135-2141
The inhibition of Src kinase suppresses the production of matrix metalloproteinases infrom synovial fibroblasts and inhibits MAPK and STATs pathways
DEMET YALÇIN KEHRİBAR, METİN ÖZGEN, SERVET YOLBAŞ, AHMET YILDIRIM, NEŞE BAŞAK TÜRKMEN, EBRU ÖNALAN, OSMAN ÇİFTÇİ, İBRAHİM HANİFİ ÖZERCAN, and SÜLEYMAN SERDAR KOCA
Pages 2142-2149
Synergistic effect of vancomycin combined with cefotaxime, imipenem, or meropenemagainst Staphylococcus aureus with reduced susceptibility to vancomycin
ARPASIRI SRISRATTAKARN, CHONTHICHA CHAIYAPOKE, SIRIKARN BOONCHAROEN, SUJINTANA WONGTHONG, AROONWADEE CHANAWONG, PATCHARAPORN TIPPAYAWAT, RATREE TAVICHAKORNTRAKOOL, and AROONLUG LULITANOND
Pages 2150-2158
Effects of tacrolimus on c-fos in hippocampus and memory performances instreptozotocin model of Alzheimer's disease of rats
AYŞE KÖYLÜ, BERRİN ZÜHAL ALTUNKAYNAK, and BURCU DELİBAŞ
Pages 2159-2166
Lutein/zeaxanthin isomers regulate neurotrophic factors and synaptic plasticity intrained rats
CEMAL ORHAN, FÜSUN ERTEN, BEŞİR ER, MEHMET TUZCU, NURHAN ŞAHİN, ÖZNUR ECE DURMAZ KURŞUN, Vijaya Juturu, and KAZİM ŞAHİN
Pages 2167-2176
The role of anakinra in the modulation of intestinal cell apoptosis and inflammatoryresponse during ischemia/reperfusion
MUHAMMED KANDEMİR, NECDET FATİH YAŞAR, METE ÖZKURT, RUMEYSA ÖZYURT, NURİYE EZGİ BEKTUR, and NİLÜFER ERKASAP
Pages 2177-2184
Effects of intracerebroventricularly administered opioid peptide antagonistson tissue glycogen levels in rats after exercise
AYŞE ŞEBNEM İLHAN, ŞEVİN GÜNEY, and SİBEL DİNCER
Pages 2185-2192
Histopathological effects of aloe vera on wound healing process in penile fracture model:an experimental study
KADİR TURGAY AKGÜL, ENGİN DOĞANTEKİN, ELİF ÖZER, MUSTAFA SIRRI KOTANOĞLU, YUSUF GÖKKURT, and SEMA HÜCÜMENOĞLU
Pages 2193-2197
Possible antiapoptotic and neuroprotective effects of magnesium sulphate on retina in apreterm hypoxic-ischemic rat model
SERHAT İMAMOĞLU, EBRU YALIN İMAMOĞLU, SERKAN ERDENÖZ, ALEV CUMBUL, ÜNAL USLU, ŞAMİL AKTAŞ, and HÜSNÜ FAHRİ OVALI
Pages 2198-2205
Comparison of the effect of bipolar coagulation and fibrillar structured oxidizedcellulose on formation epidural fibrosis in rats
EYÜP ÇETİN, BURAK EREN, FEYZA KARAGÖZ GÜZEY, AZMİ TUFAN, ABDURRAHİM TAŞ, MUSTAFA ÖRNEK, BÜLENT UYANIK, and TUĞÇE ÇAY
Pages 2206-2212
Effects of regular whey protein consumption on rat thyroid functions
GÖKHAN AKKURT, BAHAR KARTAL, MUSTAFA ALİMOĞULLARI, SEVİL ÇAYLI, and EBRU ALİMOĞULLARI
Pages 2213-2221
The effect of carbon monoxide releasing molecule-2 (CORM-2) on healing of ischemiccolon anastomosis in rats
ALİ KEMAL KAYAPINAR, METİN ERCAN, KADİR KORAY BAŞ, SEDA YAMAK, UĞUR ERÇİN, MEHMET AKİF TÜRKOĞLU, and ERDAL BİROL BOSTANCI
Pages 2222-2231
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
