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Duration of diabetes and prevalence of diabetic retinopathy: Istanbul Diabetic Retinopathy Study-IDRS results 1
(2007)
Aim: To find out the prevalence of diabetic retinopathy (DR) in patients with type 1 (T1DM) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Materials and methods: The study group consists of diabetic patients applying to the Diabetes ...
Analysis of agreement among definitions of metabolic syndrome in nondiabetic Turkish adults: A methodological study
(2007)
Background. We aimed to explore the agreement among World Health Organization (WHO), European Group for the Study of Insulin Resistance (EGIR), National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP), American College of Endocrinology ...
A Very Rare Venous Anomaly in a Living Liver Donor: Left Hepatic Venous Connection to the Right Atrium
(2007)
In humans, three main hepatic veins drain the liver into the inferior vena cava below the diaphragm. This report represents the first living donor liver that had a rare anatomic variation of the left hepatic vein draining ...
The effects of sperm morphology and motility on the outcome of intracytoplasmic sperm injection
(2007)
Objective: The outcome of intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) treatments was evaluated and compared with sperm morphology and motility classifications in order to determine whether strict criteria or motility could aid ...
Double right coronary artery originating from separate orifices - A case report and review of the literature
(Elsevier Ireland Ltd, 2007)
[No abstract available]
JNK pathway regulates estradiol-induced apoptosis in hormone-dependent human breast cancer cells
(2007)
Estrogen is known to stimulate breast cancer development in humans. Ironically, high doses of estrogen can induce regression of hormone-dependent breast cancer in postmenopausal women. The mechanism by which estrogen induces ...
Health-related quality of life in patients with coronary artery disease
(2007)
BACKGROUND AND RESEARCH OBJECTIVES: In recent years, health-related quality of life (HRQoL) has been increasingly used as an indicator of health outcome. The aims of the study were to compare the HRQoL of patients with ...
The effects of combined ?-tocopherol, ascorbic acid, and selenium against cadmium toxicity in rat intestine
(Begell House Inc., 2007)
In this study, the effects of combined antioxidants treatment against cadmium toxicity were investigated microscopically, immunohistochemically, and biochemically in small intestine of Sprague Dawley rats. The rats were ...
Simvastatin induces apoptosis in human breast cancer cells: p53 and estrogen receptor independent pathway requiring signalling through JNK
(Elsevier, 2007)
The effect of simvastatin, a widely used statin for the treatment of hypercholesterolemia, was investigated in the estrogen receptor (ER)-positive MCF-7, and the ER-negative MDA-MB 231 human breast cancer cell lines. ...
Turkish women's level of knowledge on and attitude toward sexual health
(ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD, 2007)
Objective: Sexuality is a basic human function that can affect general well-being and overall life quality. The aim of this study was to assess the level of knowledge on and attitude toward sexuality of a subgroup of Turkish ...