Croatian medical journal
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Croatian medical journal · Aug 2020
Helicobacter pylori-related precancerous lesions in Turkey: a retrospective endoscopic surveillance study.
To assess the relationship between Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection and atrophic gastritis (AG) and intestinal metaplasia (IM) development and to assess the rate of dysplasia or gastric cancer development in patients with AG and/or IM. ⋯ H. pylori infection has an important role in the development of AG and IM. H. pylori density is directly related to atrophy and metaplasia degree.
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Croatian medical journal · Aug 2020
Serum C-reactive protein to albumin ratio as a novel inflammation biomarker in psoriasis patients treated with adalimumab, ustekinumab, infliximab, and secukinumab: a retrospective study.
To assess C-reactive protein to albumin ratio (CAR) before and after treatment with biological agents in patients with psoriasis to determine whether CAR can be used as an inflammation biomarker. ⋯ CAR may be a good indicator of systemic inflammation in psoriasis patients treated with biological agents.
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Croatian medical journal · Aug 2020
The use of infrared technology as a novel approach for studies with female laboratory animals.
To determine the changes in skin temperature and brown adipose tissue (BAT) activity throughout the estrous cycle as well as the regularity of the estrous cycle in mice. ⋯ Establishing the pattern of temperature and BAT activity changes could be used to determine the estrous cycle phase before performing experiments without disturbing the animal. However, since the regulation of BAT activity during the estrous cycle was age-dependent, very complex, and varied significantly from women, further studies are needed to develop a non-invasive method for determining the phase of the estrous cycle.
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Croatian medical journal · Aug 2020
Vitamin D receptor polymorphisms in spontaneous preterm birth: a case-control study.
To evaluate the association between the FokI (rs2228570), ApaI (rs7975232), Bsml (rs1544410), TaqI (rs 731236), and Cdx2 (rs11568820) single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene and spontaneous preterm birth (SPTB), as well as their effect on clinical characteristics of women with SPTB and their newborns. ⋯ The TT genotype of the VDR FokI polymorphism is associated with newborn birth weight in women of European origin with SPTB.