An assessment of adherence to asthma medication guidelines: findingsfrom a tertiary care center in the state of Penang, Malaysia

Raja Ahsan AFTAB, Amer Hayat KHAN, Syed Azhar Syed SULAIMAN, İrfhan ALI, Azmi HASSALI, Fahad SALEEM

The association of vaspin rs2236242 and leptin rs7799039 polymorphism with metabolic syndrome in Egyptian women

Amina ALNORY, Hoda GAD, Gehan HEGAZY, Olfat SHAKER

The clinical and laboratory characteristics, treatments, and outcomes of patients with Brucella epididymo-orchitis (BEO) compared to those without BEO*

Hasan NAZ, Pinar KORKMAZ, Figen ÇEVİK, Nevil AYKIN

Interlukine-17 and TGF-ß levels in patients with acute brucellosisbefore and after treatment

Masoomeh SOFIAN, Amitis RAMEZANI, Alia MOUSAVI, Mohammad BANIFAZL, Shima CHEREI, Ali CHEREI, Arezoo AGHAKHANI

The role of apelin in the assessment of response to chemotherapyand prognosis in stage 4 nonsmall cell lung cancer

Sinem ÖZSARI, Gürsel ÇOK, Ali VERAL, Timur KÖSE

Cognitive impairment one year after ischemic stroke: predictorsand dynamics of significant determinants

Margarita Lubomirova ALEXANDROVA, Maya Penkova DANOVSKA

The impact of calcineurin inhibitors and mammalian target of rapamycininhibitors on anxiety and depression scores in kidney transplant patients

Ebru Gök OĞUZ, Gülay Ulusal OKYAY, Hadim AKOĞLU, Güner Karaveli GÜRSOY, Zafer ERCAN, Özgür MERHAMETSİZ, Başol CANBAKAN, Mehmet Deniz AYLI

The relationship of mean platelet volume with retinopathy in type 2 diabetes mellitus

Asli Araz GÜNGÖR, Gül GÜRSOY, Fatih GÜNGÖR, Seyit Murat BAYRAM, Eray ATALAY

Chronic liver diseases and iron: a concise review with emphasis on hypotransferrinemia and hypohepcidinemia

Naciye Şemnur BÜYÜKAŞIK, Yahya BÜYÜKAŞIK

Cost analysis and evaluation of nosocomial infections in intensive care units

Uğur KOSTAKOĞLU, Sedat SAYLAN, Mevlüt KARATAŞ, Serap İSKENDER, Firdevs AKSOY, Gürdal YILMAZ

An investigation on the prevalence and efficiency of immunochromatographic testing in suspected malarial patients of Rawalpindi and Islamabad, Pakistan

Saima JABEEN, Sobia KANWAL, Mazhar QAYYUM, Umair FARRUKH, Shahzad Abdul HAMEED

Differentiated thyroid cancer in patients with prolactinoma

Abbas Ali TAM, Cafer KAYA, Cevdet AYDIN, Reyhan ERSOY, Bekir ÇAKIR

Radiation dose to breasts from a cardiac computed tomography angiographyscanogram can be reduced by switching tube position

Mustafa Erdem SAĞSÖZ, Rüstem Berhan PİRİMOĞLU

Lung transplantation in Turkey: lessons from surgeons and pulmonologists

Gül DABAK, Levent DALAR, Erdal TAŞÇI, Stephen CLARK

Comparison of ultrasonographic and laboratory findings of acute cholecystitis between elderly and nonelderly patients

Zeliha Asiltürk LÜLLECİ, Sebahat BAŞYİĞİT, Ferdane Pirinççi SAPMAZ, Metin UZMAN, Ayşe KEFELİ, Abdullah Özgür YENİOVA, YAŞAR NAZLIGÜL

The incidence of pressure ulcer in patients on mechanical ventilation andeffects of selected risk factors on pressure ulcer development*

Özgül KARAYURT, Özay AKYOL, Necmiye KILIÇASLAN, Nuray AKGÜN, Ümran SARGIN, Melike KONDAKÇI, Hanim EKİNCİ, Neslihan SARI

Relationship between gestational transient thyrotoxicosis and vitamin D

Ferit Kerim KÜÇÜKLER, Yasin ŞİMŞEK, Ümit GÖRKEM, Berçem Ayçiçek DOĞAN, Serdar GÜLER

The increasing incidence of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma in women in Turkey

Atila EROĞLU, Yener AYDIN, Bayram ALTUNTAŞ, Betül GÜNDOĞDU, Ömer YILMAZ

Colistin efficacy in the treatment of multidrug-resistant and extremelydrug-resistant gram-negative bacterial infections*

Çiğdem Banu ÇETİN, Deniz Özer TÜRK, Şebnem ŞENOL, Gönül Dinç HORASAN, ÖZLEM TÜNGER

Factors affecting treatment success in community-acquired pneumonia

Canan GÜNDÜZ, Mehmet Sezai TAŞBAKAN, Abdullah SAYINER, Aykut ÇİLLİ, Oğuz KILINÇ, Ayşin Şakar COŞKUN

Efficacy of mitomycin-C and infliximab in reducing adhesionand fibrosis following strabismus surgery*

Emin Serbülent GÜÇLÜ, Ayşe Ayça SARI, Erdem DİNÇ, Tuba Özcan METİN, Banu Coşkun YILMAZ, Bahar TAŞDELEN

Serum procalcitonin and C-reactive protein kinetics as indicators of treatmentoutcome in hospitalized patients with community-acquired pneumonia

Mehmet Sezai TAŞBAKAN, Canan GÜNDÜZ, Abdullah SAYINER, Aykut ÇİLLİ, Burcu Çelenk KARABOĞA, Ayşin Şakar COŞKUN, Feride Durmaz YAMAN, Oğuz KILINÇ, Öznur Kiliç SOYLAR

Behçet syndrome: the vascular cluster

Hasan YAZICI, Emire SEYAHİ

Examination of factors affecting women?s barrier perception to participate in breast cancer screenings in a region affiliated with a family health center in Turkey

Fatma ERSİN, Perihan POLAT

Health-related quality of life of pediatric renal transplant recipientsand their parents: the role of associated factors and clinical counseling

Bahar BÜYÜKKARAGÖZ, Necla BUYAN, Nahide DOĞRUCAN, Bülent ÇELİK

The effects of sebum configuration on Demodex spp. density

Hatice Gamze DEMİRDAĞ, Hamdi ÖZCAN, Şule GÜRSOY, Gülçin Beker AKBULUT

Effect of methylprednisolone injection on interleukin-4 and interferon-gamma expression following hepatitis B vaccination in mice

Peter UGHACHUKWU, Paul OKONKWO, Prince UNEKWE, John OGAMBA

Neurological outcome after cardiac arrest: a prospective study of the predictive ability of prognostic biomarkers neuron-specific enolase, glial fibrillary acidic protein, S-100B, and procalcitonin

Gülay OK, Demet AYDIN, Koray ERBÜYÜN, Canan GÜRSOY, Fatma TANELİ, Sema BİLGE, Gönül Dinç HORASAN

Therapeutic effects of intralipid and medialipid emulsionsin a rat model of verapamil toxicity

Fatma Akgün ŞAHİN, Sidika Hülya ÇELEBİ, İrfan GÜNGÖR, Demet COSKUN, Elif Ergüven KAYA

Effect of resveratrol on resistin and apelin gene expressions in adipose tissue of diabetic rats

Sadegh ZAREI, Massoud SAIDIJAM, Jamshid KARIMI, Reza YADEGARAZARI, Azam Rezaei FARIMANI, Solmazsaadat HOSSEINI-ZIJOOD, Mohammad Taghi GOODARZI

The frequency of buccopalpebral reflex in Parkinson disease

Hülya ESER, Yasemin ÜNAL, Gülnihal KUTLU, Ruhsen ÖCAL, Levent Ertuğrul İNAN

Evaluation of cutaneous anthrax cases during an outbreak in the east region of Turkey

Esra Kural ÜNÜVAR, Deniz Bahar Akgün KARAPINAR, Nazli Dizen NAMDAR

The effect of cotinine concentrations in seminal plasma and follicular fluid on the pregnancy outcomes of couples undergoing assisted reproductive techniques

FÜSUN TERZİOĞLU, Bensu KARAHALİL, Çiğdem YÜCEL, Rukiye TÜRK

The efficacy of oral ribavirin on clinical and laboratory parameters inCrimean?Congo hemorrhagic fever: an observational study from Turkey*

Günay ERTEM, Meliha Çağla SÖNMEZER, Fatih TEMOÇİN, Çiğdem Ataman HATİPOĞLU, Necla TÜLEK, Behiç ORAL

Genotypic analysis of Escherichia coli strains that cause urosepsis in the Aegean region

Betül GİRAY, Füsun Bahriye UÇAR, Sabire Şöhret AYDEMİR

The common genetic variants of toll-like receptor and susceptibilityto adenoid hypertrophy: a hospital-based cohort study

Mehmet Ali BABADEMEZ, Talih ÖZDAŞ, Sibel ÖZDAŞ

Prevalence of infectious agents in patients with systemic sclerosis:defining the control group

Davide Giuseppe RIBALDONE, Rinaldo PELLICANO

Boswellia serrata gum resin aqueous extract upregulatesBDNF but not CREB expression in adult male rat hippocampus

Mohammad KHALAJ-KONDORI, Farzaneh SADEGHI, Mohammad Ali HOSSEINPOURFEIZI, Farzam SHAIKHZADEH-HESARI, Aylar NAKHLBAND, Mohammad RAHMATI-YAMCHI

Rigorous evaluation of the patterns of nickel sensitization inchildren with atopic dermatitis is needed

Nikoleta BRANKOV, Sharon E. JACOB

Adulthood behavioral and neurodevelopmental effects of being raised byan ambivalent mother in rats: what does not kill you makes you stronger

Refia Aslihan DÖNMEZ, Selçuk CANDANSAYAR, Okşan DERİNÖZ, Özlem GÜLBAHAR, Hayrunnisa BOLAY

Determination of genotypic varieties and genotyping of multiple drug-resistant tuberculosis by the RFLP and spoligotyping methods

Tekin KARSLIGİL, Ayşen BAYRAM, Fahriye EKŞİ

Study of mouse induced pluripotent stem cell transplantation intoWistar albino rat cochleae after hair cell damage*

Mustafa Kürşat GÖKCAN, Selçuk MÜLAZİMOĞLU, Emre OCAK, Pinar CAN, Murat ÇALIŞKAN, Ömer BEŞALTI, Serpil Dizbay SAK, Gülşah KAYGUSUZ

Should antibiotics be administered after endoscopic mucosalresection in patients with colon polyps?

Zhimeng SHI, Hui QIU, Huangang LIU, Honggang YU

The protective effects of hydrogen on HO-1 expression in the brainafter focal cerebral ischemia reperfusion in rats

Xifeng WANG, Lianshuang ZHANG, Wei ZHAO, Tongshen LIU

Determination of reference range with the indirect method of the 25-hydroxyvitaminD3 test in the Balıkesir region, Turkey

Medine ALPDEMİR, Mehmet Fatih ALPDEMİR

The effect of pneumoperitoneum on intravascular fibrinolytic activity in rats

Kürşat DİKMEN, Asiye Uğraş DİKMEN, Hasan BOSTANCI, Ahmet KARAMERCAN, Abdullah Münci YAĞCI, Murat AKIN, Bülent AYTAÇ

Analysis of diabetes-related cerebellar changes in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats

Nuriye Güzin ÖZDEMİR, Feray AKBAŞ, Tuğba KOTİL, Adem YILMAZ

Effects of crocin on experimental obesity and type-2 diabetes

Ömer HAZMAN, Laçine AKSOY, Ahmet BÜYÜKBEN

Anticyclic citrullinated peptide antibody in rheumatoid arthritis:a cross-sectional study in Iran

İrandokht Shenavar MASOOLEH, Asghar HAJIABBASI, Habib ZAYENI, Atefeh GHANBARI, Violet Zaker ESTEGHAMATI, Banafsheh Ghavidel PARSA, Amir HASSANKHANI

The common genetic variants of toll-like receptor and susceptibilityto adenoid hypertrophy: a hospital-based cohort study

Sibel ÖZDAŞ, Mehmet Ali BABADEMEZ, Talih ÖZDAŞ

The effect of cotinine concentrations in seminal plasma and follicular fluid on the pregnancy outcomes of couples undergoing assisted reproductive techniques

Çiğdem YÜCEL, Füsun TERZİOĞLU, Rukiye TÜRK, Bensu KARAHALİL

Interlukine-17 and TGF-ß levels in patients with acute brucellosisbefore and after treatment

Shima CHEREI, Masoomeh SOFIAN, Alia MOUSAVI, Mohammad BANIFAZL, Ali CHEREI, Arezoo AGHAKHANI, Amitis RAMEZANI

Efficacy of mitomycin-C and infliximab in reducing adhesionand fibrosis following strabismus surgery

Tuba ÖZCAN METİN, Ayşe Ayça SARI, Bahar TAŞDELEN, Erdem DİNÇ, Banu ÇOŞKUN YILMAZ, Emin Serbülent GÜÇLÜ

Author response to Letter to the editor: Rigorous evaluation of the patterns of nickel sensitization in children with atopic dermatitis is needed

Ayşenur KAYA, Ayşegül AKAN, Can Naci KOCABAŞ, Emin DİBEK MISIRLIOĞLU, Müge TOYRAN, Ersoy CİVELEK, Emine VEZİR, Dilek AZKUR, Mustafa ERKOÇOĞLU

Effect of methylprednisolone injection on interleukin-4 and interferon-gamma expression following hepatitis B vaccination in mice

Peter UGHACHUKWU, Paul OKONKWO, John OGAMA, Prince UNEKWE

Differentiated thyroid cancer in patients with prolactinoma

Cevdet AYDIN, Bekir ÇAKIR, Abbas Ali TAM, Cafer KAYA, Reyhan ERSOY

Examination of factors affecting women's barrier perception to participate in breast cancer screenings in a region affiliated with a family health center in Turkey

Perihan POLAT, Fatma ERSİN

Cognitive impairment one year after ischemic stroke: predictorsand dynamics of significant determinants

Maya Penkova DANOVSKA, Margarita Lubomirova ALEXANDROVA

The effects of sebum configuration on Demodex spp. density

Gülçin BEKER AKBULUT, Şule GÜRSOY, Hatice Gamze DEMİRDAĞ, Hamdi ÖZCAN

Radiation dose to breasts from a cardiac computed tomography angiography scanogram can be reduced by switching tube position

Mustafa Erdem SAĞSÖZ, Rüstem Berhan PİRİMOĞLU

The impact of calcineurin inhibitors and mammalian target of rapamycininhibitors on anxiety and depression scores in kidney transplant patients

Hadim AKOĞLU, Başol CANBAKAN, Ebru GÖK OĞUZ, Mehmet Deniz AYLI, Zafer ERCAN, Özgür MERHAMETSİZ, Gülay ULUSAL OKYAY, Güner KARAVELİ GÜRSOY

Neurological outcome after cardiac arrest: a prospective study of the predictive ability of prognostic biomarkers neuron-specific enolase, glial fibrillary acidic protein, S-100B, and procalcitonin

Gönül DİNÇ HORASAN, Sema BİLGE, Fatma TANELİ, Koray ERBÜYÜN, Gülay OK, Demet AYDIN, Canan GÜRSOY

Comparison of ultrasonographic and laboratory findings of acute cholecystitis between elderly and nonelderly patients

Abdullah Özgür YENİOVA, Metin UZMAN, Ayşe KEFELİ, Sebahat BAŞYİĞİT, Ferdane PİRİNÇÇİ SAPMAZ, Zeliha ASİLTÜRK LÜLLECİ, Yaşar NAZLIGÜL

The relationship of mean platelet volume with retinopathy in type 2 diabetes mellitus

Eray ATALAY, Gül GÜRSOY, Fatih GÜNGÖR, Seyit Murat BAYRAM, Aslı Araz GÜNGÖR

The role of apelin in the assessment of response to chemotherapyand prognosis in stage 4 nonsmall cell lung cancer

Timur KÖSE, Sinem ERMİN, Gürsel ÇOK, Ali VERAL

Evaluation of cutaneous anthrax cases during an outbreak in the east region of Turkey

Nazlı DİZEN NAMDAR, Deniz Bahar AKGÜN KARAPINAR, Esra KURAL ÜNÜVAR

Rigorous evaluation of the patterns of nickel sensitization inchildren with atopic dermatitis is needed

Nikoleta BRANKOV, Sharon E. JACOB

An assessment of adherence to asthma medication guidelines: findingsfrom a tertiary care center in the state of Penang, Malaysia

Raja Ahsan AFTAB, Amer Hayat KHAN, Syed Azhar SYED SULAIMAN, Irfhan ALI, Azmi HASSALI, Fahad SALEEM

Prevalence of infectious agents in patients with systemic sclerosis: defining the control group

Recep KEŞLİ, Hüseyin BİLGİN, Hilal KOCABAŞ

Analysis of diabetes-related cerebellar changes in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats

Tuğba KOTİL, Adem YILMAZ, Feray AKBAŞ, Nuriye Güzin ÖZDEMİR

Genotypic analysis of Escherichia coli strains that cause urosepsis in the Aegean region

Betül GİRAY, Füsun Bahriye UÇAR, Sabire Şöhret AYDEMİR

Effects of crocin on experimental obesity and type-2 diabetes

Laçine AKSOY, Ömer HAZMAN, Ahmet BÜYÜKBEN

Behçet syndrome: the vascular cluster

Emire SEYAHİ, Hasan YAZICI

Therapeutic effects of intralipid and medialipid emulsionsin a rat model of verapamil toxicity

Elif ERGÜVEN KAYA, İrfan GÜNGÖR, Fatma AKGÜN ŞAHİN, Sıdıka Hülya ÇELEBİ, Demet COŞKUN

The frequency of buccopalpebral reflex in Parkinson disease

Yasemin ÜNAL, Levent Ertuğrul İNAN, Ruhsen ÖCAL, Hülya ESER, Gülnihal KUTLU

Chronic liver diseases and iron: a concise review with emphasis on hypotransferrinemia and hypohepcidinemia

Naciye Şemnur BÜYÜKAŞIK, Yahya BÜYÜKAŞIK

Relationship between gestational transient thyrotoxicosis and vitamin D

Ümit GÖRKEM, Yasin ŞİMŞEK, Ferit Kerim KÜÇÜKLER, Berçem AYÇİÇEK DOĞAN, Serdar GÜLER

Cost analysis and evaluation of nosocomial infections in intensive care units

Uğur KOSTAKOĞLU, Sedat SAYLAN, Gürdal YILMAZ, Mevlüt KARATAŞ, Serap İSKENDER, Firdevs AKSOY

Colistin efficacy in the treatment of multidrug-resistant and extremelydrug-resistant gram-negative bacterial infections

Şebnem ŞENOL, Özlem TÜNGER, Çiğdem Banu ÇETİN, Gönül DİNÇ HORASAN, Deniz ÖZER TÜRK

Determination of genotypic varieties and genotyping of multiple drug-resistant tuberculosis by the RFLP and spoligotyping methods

Fahriye EKŞİ, Tekin KARSLIGİL, Ayşen BAYRAM

The clinical and laboratory characteristics, treatments, and outcomes of patients with Brucella epididymo-orchitis (BEO) compared to those without BEO

Pınar KORKMAZ, Hasan NAZ, Nevil AYKIN, Figen ÇEVİK

Study of mouse induced pluripotent stem cell transplantation intoWistar albino rat cochleae after hair cell damage

Mustafa Kürşat GÖKCAN, Emre OCAK, Selçuk MÜLAZİMOĞLU, Ömer BEŞALTI, Murat ÇALIŞKAN, Pınar CAN, Serpil DİZBAY SAK, Gülşah KAYGUSUZ

The association of vaspin rs2236242 and leptin rs7799039 polymorphism with metabolic syndrome in Egyptian women

Olfat SHAKER, Amina ALNORY, Hoda GAD, Gehan HEGAZY

The efficacy of oral ribavirin on clinical and laboratory parameters inCrimean?Congo hemorrhagic fever: an observational study from Turkey

Fatih TEMOÇİN, Behiç ORAL, Çiğdem ATAMAN HATİPOĞLU, Necla TÜLEK, Günay ERTEM, Meliha Çağla SÖNMEZER

The increasing incidence of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma in women in Turkey

Ömer YILMAZ, Atila EROĞLU, Yener AYDIN, Bayram ALTUNTAŞ, Betül GÜNDOĞDU

Health-related quality of life of pediatric renal transplant recipientsand their parents: the role of associated factors and clinical counseling

Necla BUYAN, Bülent ÇELİK, Bahar BÜYÜKKARAGÖZ, Nahide DOĞRUCAN

Anticyclic citrullinated peptide antibody in rheumatoid arthritis:a cross-sectional study in Iran

Irandokht SHENAVAR MASOOLEH, Asghar HAJIABBASI, Habib ZAYENI, Atefeh GHANBARI, Violet ZAKER ESTEGHAMATI, Banafsheh GHAVIDEL PARSA, Amir HASSANKHANI

Effect of resveratrol on resistin and apelin gene expressions in adipose tissue of diabetic rats

Jamshid KARIMI, Massoud SAIDIJAM, Sadegh ZAREI, Reza YADEGARAZARI, Azam REZAEI FARIMANI, Soulmaz-Sadat HOSSEINI-ZIJOUD, Mohammad Taghi GOODARZI

Serum procalcitonin and C-reactive protein kinetics as indicators of treatmentoutcome in hospitalized patients with community-acquired pneumonia

Feride DURMAZ YAMAN, Ayşin ŞAKAR ÇOŞKUN, Öznur KILIÇ SOYLAR, Oğuz KILINÇ, Aykut ÇİLLİ, Burcu ÇELENK KARABOĞA, Canan GÜNDÜZ, Mehmet Sezai TAŞBAKAN, Abdullah SAYINER

Factors affecting treatment success in community-acquired pneumonia

Mehmet Sezai TAŞBAKAN, Oğuz KILINÇ, Canan GÜNDÜZ, Ayşın ŞAKAR COŞKUN, Aykut ÇİLLİ, Abdullah SAYINER

An investigation on the prevalence and efficiency of immunochromatographic testing in suspected malarial patients of Rawalpindi and Islamabad, Pakistan

Saima JABEEN, Umair FARRUKH, Shahzad Abdul HAMEED, Sobia KANWAL, Mazhar QAYYUM

Determination of reference range with the indirect method of the 25-hydroxyvitaminD3 test in the Balıkesir region, Turkey

Medine ALPDEMİR, Mehmet Fatih ALPDEMİR

Boswellia serrata gum resin aqueous extract upregulatesBDNF but not CREB expression in adult male rat hippocampus

Mohammad KHALAJ-KONDORI, Mohammad RAHMATI-YAMCHI, Mohammad Ali HOSSEINPOURFEIZI, Farzam SHAIKHZADEH-HESARI, Aylar NAKHLBAND, Farzaneh SADEGHI

Lung transplantation in Turkey: lessons from surgeons and pulmonologists

Stephen CLARK, Levent DALAR, Erdal TAŞÇI, Gül DABAK

The protective effects of hydrogen on HO-1 expression in the brainafter focal cerebral ischemia reperfusion in rats

Xifeng WANG, Lianshuang ZHANG, Tongshen LIU, Wei ZHAO

Adulthood behavioral and neurodevelopmental effects of being raised byan ambivalent mother in rats: what does not kill you makes you stronger

Refia Aslıhan DÖNMEZ, Okşan DERİNÖZ, Hayrunnisa BOLAY, Özlem GÜLBAHAR, Selçuk CANDANSAYAR

Should antibiotics be administered after endoscopic mucosalresection in patients with colon polyps?

Honggang YU, Zhimeng SHI, Huangang LIU, Hui QIU

The incidence of pressure ulcer in patients on mechanical ventilation andeffects of selected risk factors on pressure ulcer development

Neslihan SARI, Necmiye KILIÇASLAN, Melike KONDAKÇI, Özay AKYOL, Özgül KARAYURT, Nuray AKGÜN, Ümran SARGIN, Hanım EKİNCİ