PURPOSE To assess the time course of optical quality and intraocular scattering in relation to visual acuity after femtosecond lenticule extraction (FLEx) for the correction of myopia. METHODS This study evaluated 36 eyes of 36 patients with spherical equivalents of -4.38±1.53 D [mean ± standard deviation] who underwent FLEx. Before surgery, and 1 week and 1, 3 and 6 months after surgery, we ...

BACKGROUND There have been a limited number of studies comparing bone mass between patients with schizophrenia and the general population. The aim of this study was to compare the bone mass of schizophrenia patients with that of healthy subjects in Japan. METHODS We recruited patients (n = 362), aged 48.8 ± 15.4 (mean ± SD) years who were diagnosed with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disord...

BACKGROUND & PURPOSE Hyperplastic remodeling (HR) lesions are sometimes found on cerebral aneurysm walls. Atherosclerosis is the results of HR, which may cause an adverse effect on surgical treatment for cerebral aneurysms. Previous studies have demonstrated that atherosclerotic changes had a correlation with certain hemodynamic characteristics. Therefore, we investigated local hemodynamic char...

In this study, we investigated the pro- and antioxidant status of patients with a pathogenesis of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) in terms of their role in its pathogenesis. During the study period, 34 children and 41 adults were diagnosed with CCHF. The control group consisted of healthy age- and gender-matched children and adults. Serum levels of the total antioxidant capacity (TAC), t...

Oxidative stress is involved in a variety of diseases. Prospective studies investigating the relationship between oxidative stress biomarkers and the status and development of colorectal cancer (CRC) are scarce; previous studies have failed to establish a relationship between the serum total oxidant/antioxidant status and CRC. Therefore, we compared the total serum oxidant/antioxidant levels of...

OBJECTIVE To determine which trunk inclination directions most accurately predict multidirectional-seated limits of stability among individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI). DESIGN Predictive study using cross-sectional data. SETTING Pathokinesiology Laboratory. PARTICIPANTS Twenty-one individuals with complete or incomplete sensorimotor SCI affecting various vertebral levels participat...

up to now, there is no habitat suitability index model for common otter in iran. this species is an index species for clean ecosystems and consequently, an important animal. model prepared, considering dependent variables to show vital needs for this animal in the shenrood river located in the deylaman-dorfak prohibited hunting area in iran. hep method was applied and important factors were sel...

In this study, the changes caused by caffeic acid phenethyl ester (CAPE) in histopathological and biochemical parameters oxidant / antioxidant balance mice with experimental cadmium toxicity were investigated. Plasma paraoxonase (PON) activity, high-density lipoprotein (HDL), low density (LDL), total sialic (TSA), capacity (TAC), (TOC), oxidative stress index (OSI) analyzed on mice’s blood samp...

INTRODUCTION Periodontitis is a common problem affecting a significant population of the world. For the assessment of oxidative stress of an individual, total oxidation status (TOS) and total antioxidant capacity (TAOC) are the significant biomarkers. Hence, we planned the present study to assess malondialde-hyde (MDA), TOS, TAOC levels, and oxidative stress index (OSI) in generalized aggressiv...