BACKGROUND/AIMS Endometriosis is regarded as a complex disese, in which genetic and environmental factors contribute to the disease phenotype. Whether vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) -460 C/T and +405 G/C polymorphisms are associated with susceptibility to endometriosis was investigated. PATIENTS AND METHODS Diagnosis of endometriosis was made on the basis of laparoscopic findings. ...

Imam Syafi'i is well known as a jurist, but he also has works in the field of literature. His literary form poetry are composed using rules arudh and qawafi. In Arabic poetry, rhythm musicality poem determined by consistency Arudh Qawafi, therefore purpose this study to find analyze shortcomings advantages Shafi'i imam with descriptive qualitative method. The results found two rhythms that exis...

AIMS To compare the performance of the Sentinel blood culture system with two other systems for the recovery of streptococci and anaerobes. METHODS Blood cultures were taken from 55 patients one to two minutes after dental extraction. The samples were tested by the radiometric Bactec 460; the Isolator 10, which works by lysis centrifugation; and Sentinel, a fully automated system, which detec...

BACKGROUND Some studies have investigated the effects of polymorphisms in the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) gene on responsiveness to chemotherapy for colorectal cancer (CRC) and have shown inconclusive results. METHODS Eligible studies that assessed the associations between polymorphisms in the VEGF gene and response to chemotherapy in CRC were searched in the PubMed, Embase and ...

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