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HRCT findings in rats with long-term exposure to smokes of cigarette and biomass fuels
(ACADEMIC JOURNALS, 2010)
The harmful effects of tobacco's smoke have been well-known for years and several studies revealed that exposure to biomass smoke can markedly increase the prevalence of respiratory disorders. In this study, separate and ...
Venous thromboembolism risk in patients with lung cancer
(BAYCINAR MEDICAL PUBL-BAYCINAR TIBBI YAYINCILIK, 2010)
Background: The incidence of venous thromboembolism in lung cancer patients was investigated and the relationships between venous thromboembolism and histopathological types, stage, and treatment of the cancer, as well as ...
Predictive significance of KRAS point mutation in patients with non-small cell lung carcinoma relation to smoking and asbestos exposure in middle Anatolia population
(DRUNPP-SARAJEVO, 2010)
Persons who have been occupationally exposed to environmental mutagens have a substantially increased risk for somatic oncogene mutations. Structural mutation in viral kristen rat sarcoma oncogene homolog 2 (KRAS; v-Ki-ras ...
Habitual snoring in primary schoolchildren: prevalence, risk factors and school performance
(DRUNPP-SARAJEVO, 2010)
Objective: We aimed to determine the prevalence of snoring in primary school children in Sivas city and to evaluate the nighttime and daytime symptoms and learning problems that may be associated with sleep problems in ...
THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN PLASMA D-DIMER LEVELS AND COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA
(HOSPITAL CLINICAS, UNIV SAO PAULO, 2010)
BACKGROUND: Plasma D-dimer levels are directly related to the intra- and extra-vascular coagulation that occurs in acute and chronic lung damage in patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). OBJECTIVES: This study ...
Tissue specific epigenetic silencing of the distinct tumor suppressor genes in lung cancer
(ACADEMIC JOURNALS, 2010)
The role of aberrant methylation of the cytosine-guanine dinucleotide islands in the promoter region of tumor suppressor genes in lung cancer development is increasingly recognized. DNAs extracted from cancer tissue biopsies ...
A Frame-Shift Mutation in the SLC34A2 Gene in Three Patients with Pulmonary Alveolar Microlithiasis in an Inbred Family
(JAPAN SOC INTERNAL MEDICINE, 2010)
Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis (PAM) is a rare disease characterized by the presence of small calculi in the alveolar space. The SLC34A2 is thought to be responsible for the disease. We encountered three siblings of an ...
Performance of regional tuberculosis dispensaries in a province of Turkey in pre-DOTS era (1989-2002)
(DRUNPP-SARAJEVO, 2010)
Background: In recent years, very few dispensary staff has been striving to apply directly observed therapy (DOT) elsewhere in Turkey, but the overwhelming majority of TB dispensaries still continue their usual practice ...
Effects of long-term non-invasive home mechanical ventilation on chronic respiratory failure
(TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, 2010)
Objective: Chronic respiratory failure (CRF) is a syndrome defined by certain disturbances in arterial blood gases. Non-invasive mechanical ventilation (NIMV) is an increasingly used treatment modality in respiratory ...
The validity of the diagnostic methods in predicting pulmonary tuberculosis
(ACADEMIC JOURNALS, 2010)
In our study, we aimed to determine the validity of diagnostic methods for tuberculosis. Eighty-one people suspected to have tuberculosis were included in the study. The validity of the applied methods for the diagnosis ...