13 articles in this issue
Swaroopa Maralla, D. Bharathi
Over the past decade the biotechnological world has changed the way we lived and emerged from the research laboratory to the market and has reached to the consuming public and government. The biotechnological advancement is widely debated, contested, wide... see more
Amardeep Tembhare, Shila Shelke, Poonam Shivkumar Varma, Surekha Tayade
Worldwide Iron deficiency anemia (IDA) affects 25% population and in India it affects 80% of pregnant. Prospective interventional study was conducted to know the efficacy of intravenous (IV) iron sucrose in the management of IDA in pregnant women. Pregnan... see more
Pankaj Hiwarkar, Rahul Ranjan, Rashmi Deshpande
Objectives: C oronary artery disease (CAD) is the leading cause of death worldwide. The aim of study was to identify the pattern of prevalence of risk factors in CAD patients presenting for surgical revascularization by coronary artery bypass grafting (CA... see more
Sudharani Chintagunta, Katukuri Pavani, Geeta Kiran Arakkal
Introduction: Cutaneous vasculitis hasvaried clinical manifestations. It may be idiopathic or associated with a spectrum of underlying conditions. Skin is involved in both small vessel vasculitisand medium vessel vasculitis. Majority ofvasculitic cases ar... see more
Mary Hazarika Bhuyan, R K Bhuyan
Background: To determine the accuracy of MRI in determining the characteristics of musculoskeletal tumors, [including both skeletal (primary/secondary) and soft tissue tumors] and correlation of MRI findings with histopathological study. Methods: 50 conse... see more
Prakash S., Arumugasamy K, Saravanan S., Purushotaman S, Manoj G Tyagi
Gastric ulcers of the stomach are a serious disorder which if untreated could lead to some times life threating consequences. In hypergastrinemic states such as Zollinger-Ellison syndrome, or where acid secretion has to be inhibited by more than 20% over ... see more
Dilip Kumar Mehta, Rajeev Shrestha, Dil I. Mansur, Shobha Shah, Retina Shrestha, Binod Timalsina
Background: Palmaris longus muscle is one of the superficial muscles of flexor compartment of forearm. Its main function is to anchor the skin and fascia of the hand. It is a weak flexor of the hand at wrist and tenses the palmar aponeurosis. It is one of... see more
Raminder Sandhu, Shalley Dahiya, Raman Kumar Sharma
Background: Identification of Candida to species level is required to reduce morbidity and mortality as non albicans candida species are being recovered with greater frequency nowadays.CHROM Agar has the advantage of rapid identification and speciation of... see more
Angie M.S. Tosson, Khalda S. Amr, Mohamed B. Taher
Objectives: Down syndrome (DS) may be associated with congenital heart defects (CHD). Folate-metabolizing genes have been suspected as risk factors in DS and in CHD. We investigated the role of methylenetetrahydrofolatereductase( MTHFR ) C677T andA1298Cpo... see more
Bidut Prava Mohanty, Malaya Ranjan Mahananda
The present study shows the impact on reproductive health hazards of coal mine male workers in Lakhanpur open cast mines due to toxic effects of coal dust contain heavy metals. The study was conducted on the reproductive health status of the male workers ... see more
Guat Siew Chew, Elsa Molina, Tengku Sifzizul Tengku Muhammad
The regulation of the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) isoforms in macrophages by cytokines is of potentially crucial importance in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. However, the precise mechanisms by which different cytokines modulate... see more
Ramprasad R., Ankur Mittal, Biju R., SivaPrasad Y., GaneshKumarReddy M., Sunil Santosh
Introduction :The surgical treatment of aseptic nonunion often represents a more challenging situation for the orthopaedic surgeon than treatment of the primary fracture. In fact, it may be necessary not only to rivitalize the nonunion area, but also to e... see more
Rohit Kumar Singh, Manjunath M., Raja Reddy G.V.
Granular cell tumor is a soft tissue neoplasm that originates in the nervous system and arises at virtually any body site, but is mainly found in the skin, oral cavity or digestive tract. Most are benign and reportedly malignant cases are rare, occurring ... see more