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Jul 2023 DOI 10.14302/issn.2470-5020.jnrt-23-4576
N. HECHAMCorresponding author
Background The evolution of multiple sclerosis (MS) is highly variable. Predicting this evolution at the beginning of the disease will help in the therapeutic management. The objective of this study was to describe the clinical characteristics and to identify early predictors of long-term disability…
May 2023
Fadoua BouguerraCorresponding author
Background and Aim Breast cancer is the second most common cause of brain metastases after lung cancer. However, the incidence of cerebral metastases from breast cancer has increased during the last years. The purpose of this study is to determine the prognostic value of chemotherapy after whole-bra…
Sep 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2694-1201.jsn-20-3554
Mitiku Getachew KumaraCorresponding author
Background Traumatic brain injury is an expanding major public health problem and the leading cause of death of the young and productive part of the world’s population. Research is mainly done in high-income countries where only a small proportion of the worldwide fatalities occur. Only few studies…
Mar 2019 DOI 10.14302/issn.2576-6694.jbbs-19-2625
Swee T TanCorresponding author
Chalkley counting has been regarded as a relatively reliable method of quantifying tumor angiogenesis. In this study we investigated the reliability of Chalkley counting in quantifying tumor angiogenesis in oral tongue squamous cell carcinoma (OTSCC) using CD34; and tumor vasculogenesis using angiot…
Apr 2017 DOI 10.14302/issn.2691-5014.jphn-17-1424
Christoph BaumannCorresponding author
Objective: To assess the effect of different treatment approaches on the course of anorexia nervosa (AN) over time. Methods: The subjects were 27 hospitalized AN patients. In our retrospective analysis we compared weight gain in two groups. While one group was treated with a standard oral refeeding…
Jan 2017 DOI 10.14302/issn.2379-8572.joa-16-1399
Muhammet fatih topuzCorresponding author
Aim: The relation between inflammation and cancer has been known since the 19th century. However, investigations on the pathogenesis and pathophysiology of this relation have begun recently. It was demonstrated that increased neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio is a poor prognostic factor in some malignanci…
Oct 2015 DOI 10.14302/issn.2379-8572.joa-15-691
Hany Abdel RahmanCorresponding author
Background. Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is a rare disease in the pediatric age group; it represents 1% of all pediatrics malignancies, however, it is the predominant malignancy arising in the nasopharynx in this age group. Although NPC is a chemo-radiosensitive disease yet, the optimal dose of ra…