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Medicina, Volume 49, Issue 10

2013 October - 6 articles

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Articles (6)

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
1,344 Views
8 Pages

Independent Pretreatment Predictors of Graves’ Disease Outcome

  • Dalia Daukšienė,
  • Albertas Daukša and
  • Narseta Mickuvienė

4 November 2013

Background and Objective. Current treatment options of Graves’ disease (GD) are often unsatisfactory. This study aimed at determining the independent baseline predictors of medical treatment failure in GD.

Material and Methods
. A retrospective study...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
1,591 Views
4 Pages

Maternal Serum Soluble HLA-G Levels in Missed Abortions

  • Fatih Keskin,
  • Ahmet Karatas,
  • Mustafa Albayrak,
  • Ismail Bıyık,
  • Müşerref Erkan,
  • Hilmi Demirin and
  • Serdar Dilbaz

4 November 2013

Background and Objective. It is unclear how immune tolerance develops to a semiallograft fetus in pregnancy. Human leukocyte antigen G (HLA-G) expressed by extravascular trophoblasts plays an important role in the recognition of the gestational tissu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,453 Views
8 Pages

The Influence of Self-Stretching Based on Postisometrical Relaxation, Static Stretching Combined with Stabilizing Exercises, and Stabilizing Exercises Only on the Flexibility of One-Joint and Two-Joint Hip Flexors

  • Dariusz Czaprowski,
  • Justyna Leszczewska,
  • Aleksandra Kolwicz,
  • Paulina Pawłowska,
  • Agnieszka Kędra,
  • Aleksandras Kriščiūnas,
  • Juozas Raistenskis and
  • Ireneusz M. Kowalski

4 November 2013

Background and Objective. The limitations of muscle flexibility are a common dysfunction of the musculoskeletal system. Therefore, various therapeutic techniques are used in rehabilitation programs to increase their flexibility. The aim of this prosp...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
1,473 Views
6 Pages

The Effect of Atmospheric Temperature and Pressure on the Occurrence of Acute Myocardial Infarction in Kaunas

  • Ričardas Radišauskas,
  • Vidmantas Vaičiulis,
  • Rūta Ustinavičienė and
  • Gailutė Bernotienė

4 November 2013

Objective. The aim of the study was to evaluate the impact of meteorological variables (atmospheric temperature and pressure) on the daily occurrence of acute myocardial infarction (AMI).

Material and Methods
. The study used the daily values of atmos...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,377 Views
9 Pages

4 November 2013

Background and Objective. A constant gap has appeared in infant mortality among the 3 Baltic States - Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania – since the restoration of independence in 1991. The aim of the study was to compare infant mortality rates in all th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,344 Views
4 Pages

Incidentally Diagnosed Malignant Coronary Artery Anomaly: A Clinical Case

  • Domas Golubickas,
  • Justina Motiejūnaitė,
  • Antanas Jankauskas,
  • Rimvydas Šlapikas and
  • Algidas Basevičius

4 November 2013

The incidence of congenital coronary artery anomalies is estimated to range between 1% and 2% in the general population. The separate types of coronary artery anomalies are even rarer – the left main coronary artery arising from the right coronary si...

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