Validation of a short tandem repeat multiplex typing system for genetic individualization of domestic cat samples.

abstract：AIM:To compare the early biochemical response and rate of adverse effects in patients who received prednisolone (PRED)/azathioprine (AZA) and those who received budesonide (BUD)/AZA as the first-line treatment for autoimmune hepatitis. METHODS:The study involved 25 patients receiving PRED 30 mg/day + AZA 50 mg/day and...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Binicier OB,Günay S

更新日期：2019-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate breastfeeding practices among mothers of infants in the city of Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. METHODS:The cross-sectional self-report study was conducted among 326 mothers of infants visiting the Advisory Center for Infants at the Medical Center in Mostar and at the Children's Department of Mostar...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Simić T,Sumanović-Glamuzina D,Boranić M,Vuksić I,Boban A

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To elucidate whether Raman spectroscopy aided by extensive spectral database and neural network analysis can be a fast and confident biomarking tool for the diagnosis of various types of cancer. METHODS:Study included 27 patients with 11 different malignant tumors. Using Raman microscopy (RM) a total of 540 Raman ...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Pavićević A,Glumac S,Sopta J,Popović-Bijelić A,Mojović M,Bacić G

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate what Zagreb University students think about professor-student dating. METHODS:We surveyed 500 students from ten different Zagreb University schools using anonymous questionnaires. Twenty-five female and 25 male students from each school were asked to assess professor-student dating as either accepta...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Pulanić D,Skunca M,Jureković R,Obadić A,Ostojić-Pulanić B,Petrovecki M

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate long-term cognitive consequences of subarachnoid hemorrhage with good outcome and the opinion of patients and their relatives about these consequences. METHODS:The study included 10 patients surgically treated for subarachnoid hemorrhage due to the rupture of aneurysm of the anterior communicating arte...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Ravnik J,Starovasnik B,Sesok S,Pirtosek Z,Svigelj V,Bunc G,Bosnjak R

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To gain an initial perspective of mental health issues facing the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)-positive population at the University Hospital Center of Tirana (UHCT) HIV/AIDS Ambulatory Clinic. METHODS:From June-August 2009, we conducted semi-structured interviews with 79 patients (93% response rate) at the ...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Morrison SD,Banushi VH,Sarnquist C,Gashi VH,Osterberg L,Maldonado Y,Harxhi A

更新日期：2011-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To examine plasma concentration of IgA, IgM, IgG classes, and IgG1, IgG2, IgG3, and IgG4 subclasses in children with autism. METHODS:Infantile autism was diagnosed by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders (DSM)-IV and the International Classification of Diseases (ICD)-10 criteria. Plasma sampl...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Trajkovski V,Ajdinski L,Spiroski M

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:In an effort to help alleviate the lack of an adequate pediatric cardiac surgical service that existed in Croatia following 1991 the International Childrens Heart Foundation (ICHF) was asked to provide the necessary surgery. Initially, this project was undertaken as a humanitarian program to provide pediatric cardi...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Novick WM,Anić D,Ivancan V,Di Sessa TG

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate thyroid function and the presence of antithyroid autoantibodies in patients with sarcoidosis, compared to patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (controls). METHODS:Sera were obtained from 26 patients (19 women and 7 men) with active sarcoidosis, age and sex matched to 26 patients with dia...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Ilias I,Panoutsopoulos G,Batsakis C,Nikolakakou D,Filippou N,Christakopoulou I

更新日期：1998-12-01 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：AIM:To determine the usefulness of dental methods in the identification of victims in the railway accident in Zagreb (August 30, 1974) and midair collision of a British and a Slovenian airplane near Vrbovec (September 10, 1976). METHODS:There were 152 people killed in the railway accident, and 176 fatalities in the pl...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Dumancić J,Kaić Z,Njemirovskij V,Brkić H,Zecević D

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the influence of psychological and social factors on health risk behaviors, such as smoking, alcohol and psychoactive drug consumption among adolescents and to determine the prevalence of consuming various psychoactive substances. METHODS:The survey was conducted among adolescents in the Primorsko-g...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Malatestinić D,Mićović V,Kendel G,Baricev-Novaković Z

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine the human Y-chromosome haplogroup backgrounds of intermediate-sized variant alleles displayed by short tandem repeat (STR) loci DYS392, DYS449, and DYS385, and to evaluate the potential of each intermediate variant to elucidate new phylogenetic substructure within the human Y-chromosome haplogroup tree...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Myres NM,Ritchie KH,Lin AA,Hughes RH,Woodward SR,Underhill PA

更新日期：2009-06-01 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 establish the incidence of tumors of the central nervous system (CNS) in the population of Labin area in Istria, Croatia, characterized by very little population migration. METHOD:We retrospectively analyzed data on 175 patients (102 men and 73 women) diagnosed with CNS tumor according to the World Health Organ...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Materljan E,Materljan B,Sepcić J,Tuskan-Mohar L,Zamolo G,Erman-Baldini I

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the influence of 1991-1995 war on the prevalence, duration, and practice of breast-feeding Croatian children up to 5 years of age. METHOD:In 1996, interviews were conducted in households with children up to 2 years of age (757 children) and 2-5 years of age (1,180 children). Data for war-free areas,...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Zakanj Z,Armano G,Grgurić J,Herceg-Cavrak V

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:On behalf of the European Commission, a Cross-Border Health Care Project was undertaken to explore how citizens living in the Euregio Meuse-Rhine can obtain improved access to health services in the Member States concerned: Belgium, Germany, and The Netherlands. Main attention of the project is focused on practical is...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Hermans HE,den Exter A

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To assess the diagnostic value of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) in lung cancer (LC). We compared the ratios between healthy participants and all LC patients, as well patients with different pathohistological LC subtypes. METHODS:We retrieved the data on neutrophil, lym...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Nikolić I,Kukulj S,Samaržija M,Jeleč V,Žarak M,Orehovec B,Taradi I,Romić D,Kolak T,Patrlj L

更新日期：2016-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate maternal and paternal smoking habits during pregnancy and determine their correlation with pregnancy complications and newborn status. METHODS:The study included 499 pregnant women who delivered at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology in Uludag University School of Medicine, over a period of one...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Uncu Y,Ozcakir A,Ercan I,Bilgel N,Uncu G

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To provide a screening tool to reduce time and sample consumption when attempting mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplogroup typing. METHODS:A single base primer extension assay was developed to enable typing, in a single reaction, of twelve mtDNA haplogroup specific polymorphisms. For validation purposes a total of 147...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Nelson TM,Just RS,Loreille O,Schanfield MS,Podini D

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A basic premise of this article is that the political and ethnic division of the city of Mostar imperils community health planning efforts beyond those normally encountered in the aftermath of war. Bosnia and Herzegovina is divided among ethnic groups, and the city of Mostar is further subdivided between the Croatian ...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Pyle GF,Thompson CR,Oresković S,Bagaric I

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To estimate the incidence of postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) in the population of Zagreb, Croatia, and to determine the patients' demographic and clinical characteristics. METHODS:From 2012-2017, we identified patients with POTS by a retrospective analysis of medical records at University Hospital...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Adamec I,Crnošija L,Ruška B,Pavičić T,Junaković A,Krbot Skorić M,Pekmezović T,Habek M

更新日期：2020-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The attainment of the fifth Millennium Development Goal requires adequate national reserves of skilled birth attendants. Nurses, midwives, and their equivalents form the frontline of the formal health system are a critical element of global efforts to reduce ill-health and poverty in the poorest areas of the world. Pl...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Wirth M

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To assess the seroprevalence of human metapneumovirus (hMPV) in Croatia. METHODS:During 2005, a total of 137 serum specimens from Croatian patients aged from 6 days to 51 years, without respiratory symptoms, were collected at the Croatian National Institute of Public Health. The sera were examined using the indire...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Ljubin Sternak S,Vilibić Cavlek T,Falsey AR,Walsh EE,Mlinarić Galinović G

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To analyze the main indicators of income inequality, objective and subjective poverty, material deprivation, and the role of public social transfers in the reduction of poverty in 15 old and 10 new member states of the European Union (EU), undergoing post-communist socio-economic transition, as well as in Croatia, ...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Matković T,Sucur Z,Zrinscak S

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To test the hypothesis that tSSEP findings reflect clinical and MRI MS lesions, the aim of this study was to investigate tSSEP changes in patients with clinically isolated syndrome (CIS) in relation to clinical and brainstem MRI findings. The second aim was to investigate whether the interpretation of the tSSEP res...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Krbot Skorić M,Adamec I,Crnošija L,Gabelić T,Barun B,Zadro I,Butković Soldo S,Habek M

更新日期：2016-12-31 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the administration of antipyretics to children with upper respiratory tract infections (URTI) by their parents or guardians without consultation with physicians, and compare epidemiological and clinical characteristics of patients who received antipyretics and of untreated patients. METHODS:A prospecti...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Andabaka T,Globočnik T,Vukelić D,Esposito S,Baršić B

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To compare the health-related quality of life of unemployed and employed women with disabilities and establish factors affecting their life satisfaction. METHODS:The study included 318 women with disabilities, 160 of whom were employed and 158 unemployed, paired according to age and region of residence. The health...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Barisin A,Benjak T,Vuletić G

更新日期：2011-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To assess the intrahepatic and extrahepatic bile duct diameter dilatation after laparoscopic cholecystectomy with magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography. METHODS:Forty-eight patients (35 women, mean age 54.58±11.83 years) underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy because of gallstones. The intrahepatic and extra...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Pavlović T,Trtica S,Troskot Perić R

更新日期：2020-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydrocephalus is a common brain disorder that is treated only with surgery. The basis for surgical treatment rests on the circulation theory. However, clinical and experimental data to substantiate circulation theory have remained inconclusive. In brain tissue and in the ventricles, we see that osmotic gradients drive...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Krishnamurthy S,Tichenor MD,Satish AG,Lehmann DB

更新日期：2014-08-28 00:00:00