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Recommended precaution procedures protect healthcare workers from Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus
(ELSEVIER SCI LTD, 2013)
Objectives: The Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) virus can spread from person to person and may cause nosocomial outbreaks among healthcare workers (HCWs). The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have ...
Smoking Habits of Relatives of Patients with Cancer: Cancer Diagnosis in the Family is an Important Teachable Moment for Smoking Cessation
(ASIAN PACIFIC ORGANIZATION CANCER PREVENTION, 2013)
Background: In this study we aimed to determine the rate and habitual patterns of smoking, intentions of cessation, dependence levels and sociodemographic characteristics of relatives of patients with a diagnosis of cancer. ...
Evaluation of the Prevertebral Soft Tissue Thickness by Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Patients with Mild Neck Problem
(TURKISH NEUROSURGICAL SOC, 2013)
AIM: We encountered no study conducted on the evaluation of prevertebral soft tissue (PVST) thickness by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) during our literature search. Measuring PVST thickness by MRI in the cervical region ...
Effects of Alendronate on Kidney Tissue of Ovariectomized Rats
(KAFKAS UNIV, VETERINER FAKULTESI DERGISI, 2013)
Alendronate is an aminophosphanate, selective inhibitory of bone resorbtion, used for treatment of osteoporosis in postmenopause. It is known that changes occurring in postmenopausal period effect the quality of life. In ...
The role of heparan sulphate in pathogenesis of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever disease
(MALARIA RESEARCH CENTRE, INDIAN COUNCIL MEDICAL RESEARCH-ICMR, 2013)
Background & objectives: Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a viral infection typically transmitted by tick bite. This study is to define the level of heparan sulphate (HS) in serum/urine since HS may play a role ...
The Importance of Needle Echogenity in Ultrasound Guided Axillary Brachial Plexus Block: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Study
(IVYSPRING INT PUBL, 2013)
Objective: In this study we aimed to compare the echogenic needles and the nerve stimulation addition to non-echogenic needles in ultrasound guided axillary brachial plexus block for upper extremity surgery. Methods: 90 ...
Prevalence of migraine and co-morbid psychiatric disorders among students of Cumhuriyet University
(SPRINGER-VERLAG ITALIA SRL, 2013)
Backround: The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of migraine and associated psychiatric disorders among university students at Cumhuriyet University of Sivas in Turkey. Methods: A total of 1601 university ...
Prevelance of Common YMDD Motif Mutations in Long Term Treated Chronic HBV Infections in a Turkish Population
(ASIAN PACIFIC ORGANIZATION CANCER PREVENTION, 2013)
In the current study we aimed to show the common YMDD motif mutations in viral polymerase gene in chronic hepatitis B patients during lamivudine and adefovir therapy. Forty-one serum samples obtained from chronic hepatitis ...
Clinical Features and Prognostic Factors of Hodgkin's Lymphoma: A Single Center Experience
(AVES YAYINCILIK, 2013)
Background: Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) is a B cell lymphoma characterized by the presence of Reed-Sternberg cells. HL comprises 1% of all cancer cases and 14% of all lymphoma cases. Aims: We designed a retrospective study to ...
New Convergence Definitions for Sequences of Sets
(HINDAWI LTD, 2013)
Several notions of convergence for subsets of metric space appear in the literature. In this paper, we define Wijsman I-convergence and Wijsman I*-convergence for sequences of sets and establish some basic theorems. ...