Yayıncı "Dove Medical Press Ltd" için listeleme
Toplam kayıt 19, listelenen: 1-19
-
Antihormonal treatment associated musculoskeletal pain in women with breast cancer in the adjuvant setting
(Dove Medical Press Ltd, 2016)Purpose: Antihormonal treatment is an effective therapy in the adjuvant setting. However, musculoskeletal pain is a common adverse effect encountered in patients receiving this treatment. We aimed to evaluate the risk ... -
Can low brain-derived neurotrophic factor levels be a marker of the presence of depression in obese women?
(Dove Medical Press Ltd, 2014)Objective: Depression is a common condition in obese women that can result in severe impairment of their physical and social functioning. A deficiency of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is involved in the mechanism ... -
Clinical usefulness of red cell distribution width to angiographic severity and coronary stent thrombosis
(Dove Medical Press Ltd, 2016)Background: Red cell distribution width (RDW) is a quantitative measurement and shows heterogeneity of red blood cell size in peripheral blood. RDW has recently been associated with cardiovascular events and cardiovascular ... -
Combination therapies for the management of nocturia and its comorbidities
(Dove Medical Press Ltd, 2015)Nocturia is the most bothersome lower urinary tract symptom. It has a multifactorial etiology. It had been thought nocturia was a nonspecific symptom of lower urinary system dysfunction, but it has been determined that ... -
Decreased serum levels of brain-derived neurotrophic factor in schizophrenic patients with deficit syndrome
(Dove Medical Press Ltd, 2015)Background: Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is a well-established neurotrophin that plays a role in the pathophysiology of numerous psychiatric disorders. Many studies have investigated the serum BDNF levels in ... -
Detection of subclinical atherosclerosis and diastolic dysfunction in patients with schizophrenia
(Dove Medical Press Ltd, 2013)Background: Patients with schizophrenia have a higher risk for cardiovascular diseases, which is associated with early mortality compared with the nonschizophrenic population. Early diagnosis of cardiovascular diseases in ... -
Effect of intravitreal ranibizumab on serous retinal detachment in branch retinal vein occlusion
(Dove Medical Press Ltd, 2018)Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of initial intravitreal ranibizumab injection on visual acuity (VA) and central macular thickness (CMT) for the treatment of macular edema (ME) with and without ... -
Impact of telephonic interviews on persistence and daily adherence to insulin treatment in insulin-naive type 2 diabetes patients: dropout study
(Dove Medical Press Ltd, 2016)Objective: The objective of this study is to evaluate the impact of sequential telephonic interviews on treatment persistence and daily adherence to insulin injections among insulin-naive type 2 diabetes patients initiated ... -
Increased serum dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate in the first episode but not in subsequent episodes in male patients with schizophrenia
(Dove Medical Press Ltd, 2014)Background: Many studies have investigated the relationship between blood levels of dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) and its sulfate ester (DHEA-S), cortisol, progesterone, and testosterone and the onset, prognosis, symptom ... -
Increased serum levels of apoptosis in deficit syndrome schizophrenia patients: a preliminary study
(Dove Medical Press Ltd, 2016)Background: Schizophrenia is a chronic and debilitating disorder, the etiology of which remains unclear. Apoptosis is a programmed cell death mechanism that might be implicated in neuropsychiatric disorders, including ... -
Neurological soft signs might be endophenotype candidates for patients with deficit syndrome schizophrenia
(Dove Medical Press Ltd, 2015)Background: Schizophrenia is a chronic, disabling, disorder that affects approximately 1% of the population. The nature of schizophrenia is heterogeneous, and unsuccessful efforts to subtype this disorder have been made. ... -
Possible association between vitamin D deficiency and restless legs syndrome
(Dove Medical Press Ltd, 2014)Background and aim: Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is a distressing sleep disorder that occurs worldwide. Although there have been recent developments in understanding the -pathophysiology of RLS, the exact mechanism of the ... -
A rare cause of fever in an adult: a case of familial Mediterranean fever
(Dove Medical Press Ltd, 2018)Background: Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is a hereditary autoinflammatory disease characterized by recurrent fever attacks and serositis. Nonspecific manifestations of the FMF can mimic many common acquired disorders ... -
Recurrent squamous cell carcinoma of the skin treated successfully with single agent cetuximab therapy
(Dove Medical Press Ltd, 2016)Recurrent squamous cell carcinoma of the skin is a rare but difficult to treat condition. Frequently, the disease presents itself in elderly patients with poor performance status and bearing many comorbidities, thus the ... -
Reduced serum brain-derived neurotrophic factor in patients with first onset vitiligo
(Dove Medical Press Ltd, 2014)Purpose: Vitiligo is an acquired pigmentary skin disease that can cause serious cosmetic problems. There have been numerous and well established studies that have demonstrated the comorbidity of various psychiatric disorders ... -
Reduced serum paraoxonase 1 (PON1) activity in patients with schizophrenia treated with olanzapine but not quetiapine
(Dove Medical Press Ltd, 2013)Background: Second generation antipsychotics (SGAs) are currently the most prescribed drugs in the treatment of schizophrenia. Despite their advantages, which include greater improvement in negative symptoms, cognitive ... -
Segmentation and removal of fibrovascular membranes with high-speed 23 G transconjunctival sutureless vitrectomy, in severe proliferative diabetic retinopathy
(Dove Medical Press Ltd, 2016)Aim: To evaluate the effectiveness and safety of high-speed (5,000 cuts per minute) 23 G transconjunctival sutureless vitrectomy (TSV) in severe diabetic fibrovascular proliferation (DFVP). Patients and methods: In this ... -
Soluble urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor is a novel biomarker predicting acute exacerbation in COPD
(Dove Medical Press Ltd, 2015)Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a chronic inflammatory condition, and progresses with acute exacerbations. (AE). During AE, levels of acute phase reactants such as C-reactive protein (CRP) and ... -
Streptococcus pneumoniae sepsis as the initial presentation of systemic lupus erythematosus
(Dove Medical Press Ltd, 2016)Objective: Infections are among the most important causes of morbidity and mortality in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) but are rare initial presentation of the disease. Therefore, in this study, we describe ...