six months administration of bromocriptine mesylate significantly decreased glycated hemoglobin (hba1c), fasting blood sugar, postprandial blood sugar, and weight of 22 indian obese patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus with no serious adverse events. therefore, the novel mechanism of action, efficacy and acceptable safety profile makes this drug an attractive option for treatment of obese typ...

conclusions the study indicated that the rate of p. jirovecii infection is similar to those reported from asian, indian and african countries. the similarity of the genetic pattern between iranian and indian isolates is probably due to their close geographical proximity. patients and methods we used two nested pcr and pcr-rflp assays to amplify mt lsu rrna and dhps genes in 126 samples obtained...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the extent to which risk factor patterns associated with coronary artery disease (CAD) in patients of Indian origin and in those of North European origin undergoing coronary angiography for suspected angina were reflected in their apparently healthy sons aged 15-30 years. DESIGN Prospective study in which risk markers were measured in patients of Indian origin and in ...

BACKGROUND Tamoxifen is generally considered a safe drug for Indian women with breast cancer. Indian women seem to tolerate tamoxifen therapy better than western women, but there are no data regarding safety and local adverse effect profiles in typical Indian populations. METHODS AND RESULTS A total of 3,000 case records of patients who had received tamoxifen daily for any period of time, bet...

the employment is a requisite if one wants to have a normal life, decent meals and a place to stay; it socializes the people and gives them some survival and esteem feeling in the society. besides that employment boosts personal well fear, morale integrity and self confidence. in india economy is diverse where employees are employed in agriculture, handicraft, a wide range of modern industries,...

hyperdontia or supernumerary teeth in both arches without any syndromic manifestation are extremely rare. supernumerary teeth are commonly associated with gardner’s syndrome, cleft lip and palate, cleidocranial dysplasia and trichorhinophalangeal syndrome. five cases of non-syndromic multiple premolars of maxillary and mandibular arches in indian patients are presented here. this case series re...

Background: Until now, trimodal distribution of HbS has been seen by six different studies in the world when associated with alpha-thalassemia with confirmation by corresponding alpha-genotyping studies. The RBC indices reduce as alpha-globin genes reduce in sickle cell trait (SCT) patients, which decreases the extent of intra-vascular sickling and thus betters the clinical cou...

BACKGROUND Visceral leishmaniasis (VL), a widely distributed systemic disease caused by infection with the Leishmania donovani complex (L. donovani and L. infantum), is almost always fatal if symptomatic and untreated. A rapid point-of-care diagnostic test for anti-Leishmania antibodies, the rK39-immunochromatographic test (rK39-ICT), has high sensitivity and specificity in South Asia but is le...

Background. Some of the patients with melasma perhaps have pigmented cosmetic dermatitis. However, cosmetic contact sensitivity in melasma remains poorly studied particularly in the Indian context. Objectives. To study cosmetic contact sensitivity in patients with melasma. Materials and Methods. 67 (F : M = 55 : 12) consecutive patients with melasma between 19 and 49 years of age were patch tes...