OBJECTIVES In cases of "spina bifida," a detailed prenatal imaging assessment of the exact morphology of neural tube defects (NTD) is often limited. Due to the diverse clinical prognosis and prenatal treatment options, imaging parameters that support the prenatal differentiation between open and closed neural tube defects (ONTDs and CNTDs) are required. This fetal MR study aims to evaluate the ...

OBJECTIVE Insulin resistance (IR) is associated with low adiponectin and elevated high sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP). Osteoprotegerin (OPG) has been shown to be elevated in type 2 diabetes, but whether it reflects underlying IR is unclear. We aimed to compare the ability of serum OPG with adiponectin and hsCRP to act as a marker for IR in individuals with normal and abnormal glucose to...

Amaç: Bu araştırmanın amacı diyabet polikliniğine gelen Tip 2 diyabetli hastaların beslenme bilgi düzeylerini belirlemektir.Yöntem: Tanımlayıcı tipteki araştırma gerekli izinler alınarak eğitim ve hastanelerinin, başvuran toplam 100 hasta ile yürütüldü. Veriler sosyodemografik, tanıtıcı özelliklerini içeren 27 soru ölçen 20 olmak üzere 47 sorudan oluşan yarı yapılandırılmış formuyla toplandı. V...

Hypertensive patients with angiographically normal coronary arteries may have myocardial ischemia when metabolic demand increases. Abnormal epicardial coronary artery vasomotion in response to sympathetic stimulation may contribute to ischemia in such patients. We studied the vasomotor response of smooth coronary arteries to a cold pressor test in 10 hypertensive patients without other risk fac...

The association of varicoceles with infertility is well established, but the exact effect of varicoceles on semen quality among patients with infertility is still poorly known. The study aimed to examine the prevalence of varicoceles among Chinese men with infertility and to examine the factors associated with semen quality.This was a cross-sectional study of 5447 male patients treated for infe...

Background: Working memory has been reported to be impaired in schizophrenia, but there are inconsistencies in the literature. Therefore, we undertook the current study with the objective of assessing both auditory and visuospatial working memory tasks in a sample of schizophrenia patients in comparison to normal controls, and its correlation with psychopathology. Method: The sample comprised o...

The maximum volume of air tolerated within a rectal balloon was less in colitic patients than in normal subjects (p < 0 001). Smaller volumes were tolerated by patients with a spontaneously bleeding mucosa than by those with less severe inflammation (p <0 001). Severe urgency of defaecation with incontinence was experienced by about half those with spontaneous mucosal haemorrhage butwas infrequ...