Graffiti - visual memory of Croatian history.

abstract：AIM:To determine whether and in what concentrations the underground waters, stream waters, spring water, and tap water from the Zagreb area contain phthalates -- compounds used as plastic softeners, which have recently been ascribed carcinogenic, mutagenic, and teratogenic effects. METHOD:The presence of dimethyl phth...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Mihovec-Grdić M,Smit Z,Puntarić D,Bosnir J

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyzed forensic DNA samples from four cases of sexual assault, using the Y-chromosome-specific human DNA markers and a panel of autosomal short tandem repeats (STRs). The presence of male contribution was evaluated by the analysis of the Amelogenin locus. A panel of tetrameric Y-STR (DYS19, DYS390, DYS391, DYS392...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Cerri N,Ricci U,Sani I,Verzeletti A,De Ferrari F

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To study the effects of d- and l-limonene on pregnant rat myometrial contractility in vitro, and investigate how these effects are modified by other agents. D- and l-limonene (10(-13)-10(-8) M) caused myometrial contraction in a dose-dependent manner. METHODS:Contractions of uterine rings from 22-day-pregnant rats...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Hajagos-Tóth J,Hódi Á,Seres AB,Gáspár R

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brain death or neurologic death has gradually become recognized as human death over the past decades worldwide. Nevertheless, in Japan, the New York State, and the State of New Jersey, death is declared based not on brain death criteria, but on cardio-pulmonary criteria. In Japan, the 1997 Organ Transplant Law legaliz...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Kato Y

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine the diagnostic yield and criteria that could help to classify and interpret the copy number variations (CNVs) detected by chromosomal microarray (CMA) technique in patients with congenital and developmental abnormalities including dysmorphia, developmental delay (DD) or intellectual disability (ID), au...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Sansović I,Ivankov AM,Bobinec A,Kero M,Barišić I

更新日期：2017-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To define predictive factors for frequent attenders among preschool children in primary health care and investigate the association between socioeconomic factors and medical factors, as well as the reasons for child's appointment in the physician's office. METHODS:This retrospective study was conducted in 7 primar...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Stojanović-Spehar S,Blazeković-Milaković S,Bergman-Marković B,Matijasević I

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To analyze the success of three different treatment modalities for heroin addiction: methadone therapy, hospital therapy without methadone, and therapeutic community. METHODS:Ninety heroin addicts from the city of Split, Croatia, were systematically allocated to three groups, with 30 participants each, according t...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Vidjak N

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine the incidence of possible transfusion-related acute lung injury (TRALI) and related risk factors in cardiac surgery patients. METHODS:A single-center prospective cohort study was conducted from January 2009 to March 2010 at the Zagreb University Hospital Center, Croatia. Patient-, transfusion-, and su...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Zah-Bogovic T,Mesaric J,Hrabac P,Majeric-Kogler V

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the effectiveness of suture anchors in the reconstruction of chronic collateral ligaments of fingers. METHODS:We treated 8 patients, 6 with chronic instability of the collateral ligament of the thumb and 2 with the instability of the fifth finger, using the Statak suture anchor. A stable joint was achi...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Tuncay I,Ege A

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To compare sonographic measurements of fetal fat tissue in pregnancies complicated by gestational diabetes (GD), with patients undergoing either a diet only or a combined diet and insulin treatment, to those obtained in pregnancies with a normal glucose challenge test. METHODS:Forty-five singleton pregnancies comp...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Rigano S,Ferrazzi E,Radaelli T,Cetin ET,Pardi G

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To compare the growth patterns of Qatari preschool children aged 0-5 years with the growth reference charts developed by the American National Center for Health Statistics and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (NCHS/CDC). METHODS:The demographic data of weight, height, and age were collected in a cross-se...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Kamal AA,Bener A,Kareem Al-Mulla AM

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the results of current reforms in Macedonian health sector. METHOD:Description and situation analysis, covering the period 1991-1997, are focused on demographic and vital indicators, morbidity and mortality data, elements of health care system, legislation, health insurance, health care financing, and ...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Ivanovska L,Ljuma I

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Academic medicine is usually considered to be a tripartite composition of teaching, research, and health care services delivery or patient care. The meaning of each component varies with interpretation. Developing countries such as Malawi face particular challenges in the field of academic medicine, including research...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Muula AS,Lau C

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the circumstances of building of the Civic Hospital in Split in the light of new archival evidence. The study necessitated a thorough review of the older historiography and previously unpublished archival sources kept in the State Archives in Venice and Zadar. The findings showed that construction of t...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Brisky L,Fatović-Ferencić S

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine types and frequency of CAPN3 mutations in 29 unrelated Croatian families, analyzed during 6-year prospective and ongoing genetic and epidemiological study of muscular dystrophies in Croatia. METHODS:Mutation analysis included allele-specific polymerase chain reaction (PCR) or combination of PCR and re...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Milic A,Canki-Klain N

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine the physical activity level of the Croatian population in different domains of everyday life. METHODS:A random stratified sample of 1032 Croatians aged 15 years and older was interviewed using the official Croatian long version of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ). Total physica...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Jurakić D,Pedisić Z,Andrijasević M

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate whether the introduction of a vertical subject on research in biomedicine and founding of The Cochrane Collaboration branch at the University of Split School of Medicine influenced students' knowledge and attitudes toward evidence-based medicine (EBM), including the use of research literature. METHO...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Balajić K,Barac-Latas V,Drenjancević I,Ostojić M,Fabijanić D,Puljak L

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a paternity testing case in which a double incompatibility was found for two short tandem repeat (STR) markers, human fibrinogen alpha (FGA) and Penta E. Analysis of the trio (mother, father, and daughter) included the amplification with a battery of 15 autosomal short tandem repeats (STR) by using a commer...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Nutini AL,Mariottini A,Giunti L,Torricelli F,Ricci U

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Oncostatin-M, a member of the gp 130 family of cytokines, has been associated with inflammation, connective tissue production, and extracellular matrix turnover. Since the reperfused heart is associated with an intense inflammatory reaction followed by scar formation, we tested the hypothesis that oncostatin-M is u...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Gwechenberger M,Moertl D,Pacher R,Huelsmann M

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To analyze the haplotype of the Ezhava population of Kerala, south India, using 8 short tandem repeat (STR) loci on the Y chromosome and trace the paternal genetic lineage of the population. METHODS:Whole blood samples (n=104) were collected from unrelated healthy men of the Ezhava population over a period of one ...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Nair SP,Geetha A,Jagannath C

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To assess clinical and demographic characteristics of Turkish children and adolescents with obsessive-compulsive disorder. METHOD:The study comprised 47 children and adolescents (31 boys and 15 girls) aged between 9 and 15 years, who were diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder according to Diagnostic and Sta...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Diler RS,Avci A

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Corporate medical practice, a market economy, and a consumer culture are transforming health care. The service relationships of doctors with patients are now commodities. The doctor, directed by disease management protocols (to improve outcomes, reduce costs, and standardize care), is, in effect, providing programmed ...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Stoeckle JD

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate clinical features, diagnosis, and treatment of oral cancer in Jordan. METHOD:We retrospectively analyzed the medical records 118 consecutive patients treated for oral cancer from 1989 until 1998. RESULTS:The age of the patients ranged from 35 to 90 years (median 62.5 years); three quarters were men. N...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Ma'aita JK

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To select appropriate preprocessing methods for different substrates by comparing the effects of four different preprocessing methods on touch DNA samples and to determine the effect of various storage times on the results of touch DNA sample analysis. METHOD:Hand touch DNA samples were used to investigate the det...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Dong H,Wang J,Zhang T,Ge JY,Dong YQ,Sun QF,Liu C,Li CX

更新日期：2017-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:There may be valuable research going on in the developing and financially less-privileged countries, but it usually does not reach international visibility, in spite of a large number of scientific journals in these countries. Such journals are not only invisible but, by perpetuating a vicious circle of inadequacy, ma...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Marusić M,Marusić A

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To explore the economic justification for introducing ultrasound screening for developmental dysplasia of the hip in Croatia. METHODS:The analysis was based on the two formulas: that cost-benefit equals benefit/cost, and that net benefit equals benefit minus cost. Screening costs were expressed as a sum of trainin...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Bralić I,Vrdoljak J,Kovacić L

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To assess the workload of general practitioners (GPs) in Austria, with a focus on identifying the differences between GPs working in urban and rural areas. METHODS:Within the framework of the Quality and Costs of Primary Care in Europe (QUALICOPC) study, data were collected from a stratified sample of GPs using a ...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Hoffmann K,Wojczewski S,George A,Schäfer WL,Maier M

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To assess the influence of depression on patients' satisfaction with lumbar discectomy performed by two different surgical techniques. METHODS:A prospective matched-cohort analysis of classical lumbar discectomy following static imaging (n = 45) and microlumbar "key-hole" discectomy after dynamic CT/myelography (n...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Ljubicić Bistrović I,Ljubicić D,Ekl D,Penezić L,Mocenić D,Stancić MF

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To present a novel strategy for mapping quantitative trait loci (QTL), using human metapopulations. The strategy is based on the expectation that in geographic clusters of small and distinct human isolates, a combination of founder effect and genetic drift can dramatically increase population frequency of rare QTL ...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Rudan I,Biloglav Z,Carothers AD,Wright AF,Campbell H

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To make a survey of children's health and psychosocial needs after the 1992-1995 war in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. METHODS:Representative samples of school-age children (n=310) from 6 public schools in the Sarajevo Canton, their parents (n=280), and teachers (n=156) were surveyed by means of self-administer...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Baràth A

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00