Current Volume 16(3) 2010 (26)

26 Feb 2010   

Elevated level of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein is important in determining prognosis in chronic heart failure

Guliz Kozdag, Gokhan Ertas, [...] Teoman Kilic, Eser Acar, Aysen Agir, Tayfun Sahin, Metin Cetin, Ulas Bildirici, Dilek Ural - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2010; 16(3): CR156-161 :: ID: 878466

26 Feb 2010   

Global DNA methylation changes in blood of patients with essential hypertension

Iwona Smolarek, Eliza Wyszko, [...] Anna M. Barciszewska, Stanislaw Nowak, Iwona Gawronska, Anna Jablecka, Miroslawa Z. Barciszewska - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2010; 16(3): CR149-155 :: ID: 878465

26 Feb 2010   

Recurrence of Helicobacter pylori infection 1 year after successful eradication: a prospective study in Northern Iran

Fariborz Mansour-Ghanaei, Najmollah Taefeh, [...] Farahnaz Joukar, Sepiedeh Besharati, Mohammadreza Naghipour, Reza Nassiri - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2010; 16(3): CR144-148 :: ID: 878464

26 Feb 2010   

The role of iron overload and HFE gene mutations in the era of pegylated interferon and ribavirin treatment of chronic hepatitis C

Katarzyna Sikorska, Piotr Stalke, [...] Ewa Izycka-Swieszewska, Tomasz Romanowski, Krzysztof Piotr Bielawski - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2010; 16(3): CR137-143 :: ID: 878463

26 Feb 2010   

Breast cancer relapse prediction based on multi-gene RT-PCR algorithm

Elzbieta Pluciennik, Maciej Krol, [...] Magdalena Nowakowska, Renata Kusinska, Piotr Potemski, Radzislaw Kordek, Andrzej K. Bednarek - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2010; 16(3): CR132-136 :: ID: 878462

26 Feb 2010   

Palliative first-line treatment with weekly high-dose 5-fluorouracil as 24h-infusion and gemcitabine in metastatic pancreatic cancer (UICC IV)

Sandra Roehrig, Axel Wein, [...] Heinz Albrecht, Peter C. Konturek, Udo Reulbach, Gudrun Mannlein, Kerstin Wolff, Nicola Ostermeier, Werner Hohenberger, Eckhart G. Hahn, Frank Boxberger - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2010; 16(3): CR124-131 :: ID: 878461

26 Feb 2010   

Local infection after percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy in ENT tumor patients: evaluation of the influence of the abdominal thickness and other parameters

Konstantinos Mantsopoulos, Johannes Zenk, [...] Peter C. Konturek, Heinrich Iro - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2010; 16(3): CR116-123 :: ID: 878460

26 Feb 2010   

Comparative analysis of diagnostic probability estimates of some common diagnoses among family doctors, medical residents, and medical students reveals negative correlation between age and estimate of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

Peter Vajer, Agnes Szelvari, [...] Krisztian Voros, Peter Torzsa, Ajandek Eory, Klaudia Dunai, Ferenc Tamas, Laszlo Kalabay - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2010; 16(3): CR109-115 :: ID: 878459

26 Feb 2010   

Association between the interleukin-6 gene -572G/C and -597G/A polymorphisms and coronary heart disease in the Han Chinese

Xingwang Jia, Yaping Tian, [...] Ying Wang, Xinxin Deng, Zhennan Dong, Nikki Scafa, Xueji Zhang - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2010; 16(3): CR103-108 :: ID: 878458

26 Feb 2010   

Lens epithelial cell damage after exposure to deionized water to prevent posterior capsule opacification after phacoemulsification: an in vitro study

Marek Rekas, Adam Klus, [...] Andrzej Stankiewicz, Radoslaw Rozycki, Wojciech Kozlowski, Mariusz Kosatka - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2010; 16(3): BR102-106 :: ID: 878457

26 Feb 2010   

Relationship between serum HBV DNA level and liver histology in HBV carriers with normal ALT in Guilan province, Iran

Fariborz Mansour-Ghanaei, Rahmatollah Rafiei, [...] Farahnaz Joukar, Mohammadreza Naghipour, Sepiedeh Besharati, Keyvan Aminian, Zahra Atrkar-Roushan - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2010; 16(3): BR97-101 :: ID: 878456

26 Feb 2010   

Outside stenting of the vein graft decreases VEGF-A expression and induces significant down-regulation of VEGFR-1 in the intimal and medial layers after the re-endothelialization period

Michal Krejca, Andrzej Plewka, [...] Przemyslaw Szmagala, Danuta Plewka, Grazyna Nowaczyk, Janusz Skarysz, Krzysztof Bialek, Michal Guc, Andrzej Bochenek - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2010; 16(3): BR89-96 :: ID: 878455

26 Feb 2010   

Impact of pentadecapeptide BPC 157 on muscle healing impaired by systemic corticosteroid application

Danira Pevec, Tomislav Novinscak, [...] Luka Brcic, Kristijan Sipos, Ivana Jukic, Mario Staresinic, Sandro Mise, Iva Brcic, Danijela Kolenc, Robert Klicek, Tihomir Banic, Marko Sever, Ana Kocijan, Lidija Berkopic, Bozo Radic, Gojko Buljat, Tomislav Anic, Ivan Zoricic, Ivan Bojanic, Sven Seiwerth, Predrag Sikiric - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2010; 16(3): BR81-88 :: ID: 878454

26 Feb 2010   

Statins and ALS: the possible role of impaired LXR signaling

Jerzy Beltowski,

Med Sci Monit 2010; 16(3): RA73-78 :: ID: 878453

26 Feb 2010   

History of primary vasculitis in Latin America

Antonio Iglesias Gammara, Paola Coral, [...] Gerardo Quintana, Carlos E. Toro, Luis Felipe Flores, Eric L. Matteson, Jose Felix Restrepo - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2010; 16(3): RA58-72 :: ID: 878452

26 Feb 2010   

Conservative treatment of a rare case of multifocal adenoid cystic carcinoma of the breast: case report and literature review

Gianluca Franceschini, Daniela Terribile, [...] Ilaria Scafetta, Stefano Magno, Cristina Fabbri, Federica Chiesa, Alba Di Leone, Francesca Moschella, Assunta Scaldaferri, Simona Fragomeni, Valerio Vellone, Antonio Mule, Riccardo Masetti - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2010; 16(3): CS33-39 :: ID: 878450

26 Feb 2010   

Newly symptomatic central diabetes insipidus in ESRD with adult polycystic kidney disease following intracranial hemorrhage: the first reported case

Macaulay A.C. Onuigbo, Joseph Skalski

Med Sci Monit 2010; 16(3): CS29-32 :: ID: 878449

26 Feb 2010   

Spirometry follow-up in young children with hemato-oncologic diseases

Ori Efrati, Amos Toren, [...] Hadar Duskin, Gal Goldstein, Jeffrey M. Jacobson, Chaim Churi, Daphna Vilozni - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2010; 16(3): MT28-33 :: ID: 878448

26 Feb 2010   

Thyroid nodule with eggshell calcification and oncocytic thyroid cancer

Subhashini Yaturu, Laura Rainer

Med Sci Monit 2010; 16(3): CS25-28 :: ID: 878447

26 Feb 2010   

Double-balloon endoscopy for small intestinal disease: a single-center experience in Hungary

Peter Laszlo Lakatos, Henrik Csaba Horvath, [...] Laszlo Zubek, Gabor Pak, Peter Pak, Peter Fuszek, Anna Nagypal, Janos Papp - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2010; 16(3): MT22-27 :: ID: 878446

26 Feb 2010   

Early detection of retinal thickness changes in diabetes using Optical Coherence Tomography

Delia Cabrera DeBuc, Gabor Mark Somfai

Med Sci Monit 2010; 16(3): MT15-21 :: ID: 878445

26 Feb 2010   

Atorvastatin attenuates oxidative stress in patients with chronic kidney disease

Marcin Renke, Narcyz Knap, [...] Leszek Tylicki, Przemyslaw Rutkowski, Alexander Neuwelt, Wojciech Larczynski, Michal Wozniak, Boleslaw Rutkowski - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2010; 16(3): LET3-3 :: ID: 878467

26 Feb 2010   

The acquisition of reading fluency in an orthographically transparent language (Italian): an eye movement longitudinal study

Maria De Luca, Fabrizio Zeri, [...] Donatella Spinelli, Pierluigi Zoccolotti - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2010; 16(3): SC1-7 :: ID: 878444

26 Feb 2010   

Comparison of arterial pressure cardiac output monitoring with transpulmonary thermodilution in septic patients

Simon F. Boettger, Dragan Pavlovic, [...] Matthias Grundling, Michael Wendt, Orlando Hung, Dietrich Henzler, Hartmut Richard Kern, Christian Lehmann - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2010; 16(3): PR1-7 :: ID: 878443

26 Feb 2010   

Afghanistan, poppies, and the global pain crisis

Peter A. Clark, George P. Sillup, [...] Joseph A. Capo - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2010; 16(3): :: ID: 878451

20 May 2010 :   

Lateral rectus muscle as a new reference point in estimation of Graves’ ophthalmopathy activity

Agata Majos, Michał Pająk, [...] Marcin Elgalal, Marek Olszycki, Ludomir Stefańczyk - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2010; 16(1): 80-85 :: ID: 880588

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20 May 2010 :   

Patient specific implants, designed using Rapid Prototyping and diagnostic imaging, for the repair of orbital fractures

Marcin T. Elgalal, Marcin Kozakiewicz, [...] Piotr Loba, Bogdan Walkowiak, Marek Olszycki, Ludomir Stefańczyk - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2010; 16(1): 75-79 :: ID: 880587

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20 May 2010 :   

Comparison of efficacy of MR sequences used for detection of focal liver lesions

Andrzej Cieszanowski, Agnieszka Grodzicka, [...] Edyta Maj, Barbara Gornicka, Kaczynski Bartosz, Mariusz Grodzicki, Marek Krawczyk, Olgierd Rowinski - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2010; 16(1): 66-74 :: ID: 880586

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20 May 2010 :   

Brain MRI findings in preterm babies versus transfontanel sonography-own experience

Monika Bekiesinska-Figatowska, Ewa Helwich, [...] Hanna Bragoszewska, Anna Romaniuk-Doroszewska, Magdalena Rutkowska, Sylwia Szkudlinska-Pawlak, Ewa Adamska, Malgorzata Dzwonkowska - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2010; 16(1): 60-65 :: ID: 880585

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20 May 2010 :   

The imaging features of selected congenital tumors – own material and literature review

Marek Duczkowski, Agnieszka Duczkowska, [...] Monika Bekiesinska-Figatowska, Hanna Bragoszewska, Maria Uliasz, Elzbieta Jurkiewicz - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2010; 16(1): 52-59 :: ID: 880584

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20 May 2010 :   

Optimization of CT protocol for imaging of polytraumatized patients

Marcin Błaż, Piotr Palczewski, [...] Marek Gołębiowski, Wojciech Szeszkowski - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2010; 16(1): 48-51 :: ID: 880583

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20 May 2010 :   

Iliac artery in-stent restenosis evaluation in 64-row CT

Wojciech Poncyljusz, Aleksander Falkowski, [...] Marcin Sawicki, Monika Rać, Robert Juszkat - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2010; 16(1): 43-47 :: ID: 880582

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20 May 2010 :   

Hydrogel-coated coils for the treatment of cerebral aneurysms

Wojciech Poncyljusz, Aleksander Falkowski, [...] Marcin Sawicki, Ireneusz Kojder, Robert Juszkat - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2010; 16(1): 40-42 :: ID: 880581

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20 May 2010 :   

Technical aspects and short-term results of primary coiling of giant intracranial aneurysms: A 12-year, single-center experience

Zbigniew Serafin, Piotr Strześniewski, [...] Maciej Osmański, Władysław Lasek, Wojciech Beuth - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2010; 16(1): 33-39 :: ID: 880580

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20 May 2010 :   

Computed Tomographic Angiography in the diagnosis of brain death

Marcin Sawicki, Anna Walecka, [...] Romuald Bohatyrewicz, Wojciech Poncyljusz, Janusz Kordowski - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2010; 16(1): 28-32 :: ID: 880579

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20 May 2010 :   

Response of the hand’s small vessel to the cold immersion test, using a blood pool MRA contrast agent – the new perspective in evaluating vasospasm

Marek Olszycki, Agata Majos, [...] Piotr Grzelak, Ludomir Stefańczyk - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2010; 16(1): 24-27 :: ID: 880578

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20 May 2010 :   

Change of the brain proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy metabolite’s ratios with aging

Paweł Krukowski, Przemysław Podgórski, [...] Maciej Guziński, Paweł Szewczyk, Marek Sąsiadek - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2010; 16(1): 19-23 :: ID: 880577

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20 May 2010 :   

1H-MRS in mild cognitive impairment (MCI) – the role of particular metabolites in prediction of MCI conversion to AD

Jerzy Walecki, Agnieszka Pawłowska, [...] Tomasz Gabryelewicz, Jarosław B. Ćwikła, Maria Barcikowska, Tomasz Nesteruk - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2010; 16(1): 11-18 :: ID: 880576

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20 May 2010 :   

Usefulness of perfusion-weighted MR imaging in the differential diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease and mild cognitive impairment

Anna Zimny, Paweł Szewczyk, [...] Anna Czarnecka, Elżbieta Trypka, Renata Wojtyńska, Jerzy Leszek, Marek Sąsiadek - Show fewer authors

Med Sci Monit 2010; 16(1): 5-10 :: ID: 880575

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