Mehmet Sahin

..Bone scintigraphy is sensitive in the diagnosis of joint involvement allowing earlier diagnosis and showing the presence of articular involvement, especially in SI joints...

..We report here the case of a male patient who acquired Fasciola hepatica infection after an initial response to IFN-alpha therapy with a favorable outcome...

..01) and catalase (p < 0.001) activities in liver tissue when compared with VCM alone. It can be concluded that erdosteine may prevent VCM-induced oxidative changes in liver by reducing reactive oxygen species...

..Thus, we aimed to determine the frequency and clinical importance of aPL isotypes in Turkish patients with SLE...

..Hodgkin's lymphoma should be considered in the differential diagnosis of PMR. These musculoskeletal syndromes should alert the physician to possible paraneoplastic manifestations of an evolving neoplasm...

..In this study, we aimed to reveal the prevalence and correlation of IgG, IgA, and IgM isotypes of antibodies to cardiolipin (aCL) and antiphosphatidylserine (aPS) with clinical and laboratory manifestations of SLE patients...

..Thus, we recommend that bone scintigraphy can be used in patients with FMF to determine the presence of arthritis, especially in sacroiliac joints, even asymptomatic...

..However, he died after the second session of hemodialysis. Patients with BD should be followed up for new developing thrombosis even during an immunosuppressive treatment...

..This study provides indications that apigenin and lycopene, which are considered as chemopreventive agents, to be effective in vitro on endothelial cells and angiogenesis...

..We also investigated the relationship between parathyroid hormone (PTH) and calcium homeostasis in this study...

..In conclusion, we observed that colchicine induced protective effects on oxidative stress by modulating vitamin E, β-carotene and Ca²+-release levels in FMF patients with a remission period...

..006). PI values tended to correlate with FEF25-75, although, this was not statistically significant (p = 0.057). This study shows that no changes occur in alveolar-capillary permeability in RA patients without lung alterations...

..Besides, we have found SAM can block endothelial cell proliferation and the migration of cells towards growth factors-rich media. In conclusion, our study suggests that SAM may be used against angiogenesis as a natural bio-product...

..These results are evidence for increased plasma ADMA levels and decreased plasma NO levels as risk factors for cardiovascular events in BD patients. Inhibition of NO synthesis by ADMA may contribute to vascular involvement in BD...

..To compare the efficacy and safety of viscocanalostomy and trabeculectomy in patients with primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG)...

..Hemorrhagic detachment of Descemet's membrane can cause visual acuity deterioration and should be recognized as a rare complication of viscocanalostomy...

..However, tissue Doppler echocardiography has never been used in any of these studies. Aortic stiffness, a cardiovascular risk factor, may also precede ventricular dysfunction...

..We suggest that KNK437 is a useful agent for enhancing the efficiency of hyperthermic therapy which has less toxic side-effects in prostate cancer...

..The plasma neopterin levels were investigated in coronary artery ectasia (CAE) patients to investigate the role of inflammation...

..This hypothesis has discussed the importance of the usage of DNA methylation inhibitors together with SAM to prevent tumor progression and genome instability or changes resulting in additional diseases...

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..01, respectively). Plasma TM levels did not show a significant relation with clinical manifestations. Increased plasma TM levels are associated with active disease and may reflect the presence of endothelial cell activation and/or injury...

..The aim of the study was to determine if plasma CT-1 is associated with diastolic heart failure (DHF) and to investigate the relationship between CT-1 and echocardiographic parameters...

..This report describes management of a 25-year-old woman with idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome, severe mitral stenosis, and pulmonary arterial hypertension...

..Cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors have been used to block angiogenesis and tumor proliferation. In this review, the recent studies related to the role of cyclooxygenase-2 in several cancer types and tumor-induced angiogenesis were compiled...

..Response to low-dose corticosteroid treatment was delayed in the first patient, but the symptoms were relieved better in the second one...

..These findings also suggest that LA-induced changes in antioxidant enzyme activities in rat peripheral organs may contribute to their versatile effects observed in vivo...

..89, P < 0.001). The results of our study have revealed that in SLE patients, antinucleosome antibody could be a useful parameter for the assessment of disease activity or renal involvement...