Zahit Bolaman

..It has been suggested by some investigators that oral (p.o.) cobalamin treatment may be as effective in the treatment of this condition, with the advantages of ease of administration and lower cost...

..The mechanism of the antithrombotic action of statins is unclear. We evaluated the effects of atorvastatin on the coagulation parameters and homocysteine levels of patients with primary hypercholesterolemia...

..R463C (i.e., 1504C-->T) mutation may predict neurological involvement in Gaucher's disease. We report a 36-year-old Turkish man with type I Gaucher's disease with homozygous R463C mutation without neurological involvement...

..Here we report a rare patient with myelodysplastic syndrome, EMD and hermaphroditism. To our knowledge this is the first case of MDS, EMD and hermaphroditism...

..LG is a rare disease and a difficult diagnosis in the routine clinical practice. This report emphasises that, LG should be considered especially when there are migratory nodules of varying sizes in lungs...

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..Therefore, amifostine may ameliorate the adriamycin-induced acute cardiotoxicity...

..In conclusion, malignancy and bone marrow involvement should be considered when associated with leukoerythroblastic picture and TTP...

..Although there is no definitive evidence for early application of TPE in severe hypertriglyceridemia-induced acute pancreatitis yet, therapy with TPE may be of benefit, improving the clinical course...

..In conclusion, cytogenetic examination may be important in both the development and the diagnosis of hematological malignancies and solitary tumors. So the patients should be followed closely...

..Therapeutic apheresis (TA) is carried out for a broad spectrum of diseases and syndromes...

..The possibility of a relationship between CML and the chemotherapeutic agents in colorectal carcinoma should be further evaluated...

..The pathophysiology of 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) cardiotoxicity is still controversial. The objective of this study was to assess the influence of high-dose leucovorin and infusional 5-FU regimen (HDLV5FU) on cardiac tissues...

..To compare the effects of simvastatin and atorvastatin on hemostatic parameters...

..Cardiac involvement is not well defined in myeloproliferative disorders (MPD). The purpose of this study was to evaluate the cardiac involvement by transthoracic echocardiography in MPD...

..The aim of this study is to investigate the endoscopic lesions, and Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) positivity in patients with myeloproliferative disorders (MPD)...

..Therefore, a relationship between iron metabolism and thrombopoiesis should be considered. The aim of this study was to evaluate the platelet parameters in women with IDA...

..Eye findings were recovered after one month. Ocular relapse should be considered if there are ocular findings after ASCT for MM. Bortezomib and steroid may be useful for ocular extramedullary relapse of MM (Fig. 2, Ref. 8)...

..001). Hypocholesterolemia are seen in the patients with MM. Hypocholesterolemia may be due to increased LDL clearance and utilization of cholesterol by myeloma cells...

..Blastocystis hominis may play a role in the development of IDA either on its own or in conjunction with some other agent...

..To report our experience using high-dose methylprednisolone (HDMP) treatment in a patient with primary acquired pure red cell aplasia (PRCA) who failed to respond to conventional prednisone therapy...

..L4-5 spondylodiscitis was revealed on the lumbar magnetic resonance imaging. He responded to antibiotic treatment. Infective endocarditis should be considered in patients with fever and low-back pain due to spondylodiscitis...

..Extravasation of vesicant drugs from CCP can cause tissue necrosis; it is therefore essential that ports be carefully assessed and used by experienced staff to lessen the likelihood of such an unpleasant complication...

..During the control period she had no convulsion. In young patients TA should be kept in mind as a rare cause in convulsion etiology. Intracranial involvement of TA must be evaluated especially if there is a headache and convulsion...

..Type I gastric carcinoid tumors are only rarely solitary and patients with tumors < 1 cm in size may benefit from endoscopic polypectomy...

..In a patient presenting with fever of unknown origin, microscopic polyangiitis should also be considered in the differential diagnosis...

..capitatus should be considered as an important opportunistic pathogen especially in patients with hematologic malignancies. The data of this study demonstrated that the lowest MIC values for B.capitatus strains were with voriconazole...

..In our case the pericardial effusion was probably due to extramedullary haematopoiesis because it improved with chemotherapy. Follow-up with echocardiography was sufficient in this case...

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..Hypercholesterolemia and hypertriglyceridemia are independent risk factors for atherosclerotic heart diseases. Moreover acute pancreatitis may occur in patients with severe hypertriglyceridemia...

..Splenic infarction may be the first evidence of thrombosis in PV. The reduction of platelet counts with platelet-apheresis, anti-platelet drugs, and careful clinical observation may be satisfactory in the treatment of splenic infarction...

..After six months of bromocriptine treatment her prolactin level was normal and no adenoma was detected in pituitary MRI. PCOS and prolactinoma association should be taken into account in PCOS cases with mild hyperprolactinoma...

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..We studied serum levels of osteotrophic cytokines including interlukin (IL)-1, IL-6, IL-8 and tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) in patients with various hyperthyroid states...

..The frequency of acquired APC resistance (APCR) in the smoking and non-smoking subjects with normal follow-up of pregnancy and the outcome observed in these two groups were documented...

..The purpose of this trial was to determine the spectrum of diseases with fever of unknown origin (FUO) in Turkey...

..Relapse did not occur again. Conclusively, brucellosis must be considered as a cause of orchitis in especially endemic regions where cattle dealing is widespread. The patients must be followed for relapse during at least 1 year...

..Aspiration smears of lymph node revealed a population of plasmacytoid cells at various stages of maturation. The patient was successfully treated with local radiotherapy and has remained progression-free for more than 20 months...

..We showed that this method may be used safely for detection of the PT G20210A gene mutation, and the prevalence of PT G20210A mutation is significantly higher in patients with VT than in the healthy population in the southeast of Turkey...

..We investigated the incidence of factor V Leiden G1691A, methylene tetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) C677T, and prothrombin G20210A mutation in 27 Turkish IBD patients with no history of thromboembolic disease...