12 articles in this issue
Qurratu Aini Musthafa, Zakiah Jubri, Mohd Zufri, Noor Akmal Shareela Ismail
Premature coronary artery disease is a concerning epidemic around the world. Therefore, there is a need to find useful biomarkers for a diagnostic tool to screen for the disease. This review aims to explore studies utilizing single nucleotide polymorphism... see more
Praveen Kumar
Uncoupling Proteins are the unique anionic transporters present on the inner membrane of Mitochondria. These proteins are known for its association with obesity and type 2 diabetes, skeletal muscles and heart diseases in this new era, it play important ro... see more
Mithun Chandra Konar, Nabanita Kora, Kamirul Islam, Archan Sil, Taraknath Ghosh, Kaustav Nayek
Objectives: To determine the correlation between weight, height and body mass index (BMI) of the mothers with their term intra-uterine growth restricted (IUGR) neonates birth weight. Material and methods: An observational, cross sectional study was conduc... see more
Rashni B J, Bhutesh Kumar Sharma, Sultana Furruqh
Background: Serum protein electrophoresis (SPE) is a diagnostic laboratory test that separates and quantifies several classes of serum proteins and that identifies and characterizes the monoclonal gammopathies (M-protein). Aims and Objective: This study w... see more
Vijay T, Suresh N, Kumar SN, Jyothsna P, Venugopal R.
Objective: Andhra Pradesh (A.P), a southern state in India, is faced with a significant burden of diabetes. Few studies are there mentioning the prevalence in some parts of the state and as a state as a whole. There is limited information regarding the gl... see more
Sudhindra Rao Mananje, Vidya Baleguli
Context: There is accumulating evidence implicating inflammation originating from adipose tissue as a potential pathway in the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM). This study is performed to ascertain the association of 3 markers of inflammation... see more
Ram S Kaulgud, Rekha Arun Walwekar, Vijayalaxmi P B
Objectives : 1) To determine the proportion of treatment compliance among hypertensive study participants. 2) To identify social demographic factors that affect treatment compliance among hypertensive study participants. Methodology: Study was descriptive... see more
Vijay T, Baruah DK, Ushakiran P, Sudha J, Sudhakar K, Srinivas A.
Aim: To determine the status of dyslipidemia management with statins in In-patients with known Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) confirmed by angiographic findings. Methods: This study has been conducted in a corporate cardiac centre at Visakhapatnam, Andhra ... see more
Pragathesh Singh K, Dr Latha D, Monisha M, Esther Monisha M, Muthulaxmi V, Dr Vijayalakshmi S, Dr.Radhika Jevanand
Background: Acne vulgaris is the most common bacteria causing chronic inflammatory skin disorder of pilosebaceous unit that affects areas containing the largest oil glands, including the face involving abnormalities in sebum production. Acne vulgaris is c... see more
Deepti Kumari
AIM: Present study was done to assess the prevalence of dry eye among patients attending Out patient department of Ophthalmology at Ascoms Hospital,Jammu. METHOD : This hospital based randomized prospective study was done on 100 eyes to assess the prevale... see more
Rinku Sah, Rajendra Gurung, Nimesh Poudyal, Ratna Baral, Suman Rijal, Shyamal Kumar Bhattacharya
Background: Enteric opportunistic parasites are the leading cause of gastrointestinal tract infection in patients with HIV/AIDS. This study was carried out to establish the occurrence of intestinal coccidian parasitic infection among the HIV positive pati... see more
Deepak Bhushan, Bhoomika Thakore, Manju Butani
Majority of the phaeochromocytomas are seen in the adrenal medulla, with a few being extra-adrenal. We present a case of a forty-seven year old hypertensive man who was taken up for a retroperitoneal tumour excision. On manipulation of the tumour there wa... see more