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abstract：AIM:To assess the ability to work and employability of individuals taking part in opioid substitution treatment programs (OSTP). METHODS:The study was composed of two surveys. In the first survey, 237 of 480 patients enrolled in OSTP responded to the questionnaire about their employment status, opinion about employmen...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Bilban M,Kastelic A,Zaletel-Kragelj L

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The article considers available options to educate science editors in the fast-transforming digital environment. There is no single course or resource that can cover their constantly changing and diversifying educational needs. The involvement in research, writing, and reviewing is important for gaining editing skills...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Gasparyan AY,Yessirkepov M,Gorin SV,Kitas GD

更新日期：2014-12-01 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 analyze the incidence, transvaginal detection age, sonographic appearance, clinical course, and outcomes of pregnancy in cases with abnormal fetal brain structure and/or circulation, and to evaluate the clinical significance of sonographic abnormalities. METHODS:Serial observation of the fetal brain and intracr...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Pooh RK,Nakagawa Y,Nagamachi N,Pooh KH,Maeda K,Fukui R,Aono T

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To assess treatment outcomes of psychotherapy for war veterans suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and to investigate self-perceived social acknowledgment. METHODS:In this prospective cohort study, a set of psychological instruments was used to assess the level of posttraumatic stress symptoms (Cli...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Ljubotina D,Pantić Z,Francisković T,Mladić M,Priebe S

更新日期：2007-04-01 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：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：AIM:To evaluate the changes in the expression level of gonadal steroid, insulin, and leptin receptors in the brain of adult Sprague-Dawley female rats due to ovariectomy and/or chronic stress. METHODS:Sixteen-week-old ovariectomized and non-ovariectomized female Sprague-Dawley rats were divided in two groups and expos...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Ivić V,Blažetić S,Labak I,Balog M,Vondrak L,Blažeković R,Vari SG,Heffer M

更新日期：2016-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To assess long-term mental health outcomes in people who suffer from war-related posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) but do not receive appropriate treatment. METHODS:We interviewed 264 subjects from former Yugoslavia, who lived in Croatia, Serbia, Germany, and the United Kingdom. All of them had suffered from PT...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Priebe S,Matanov A,Janković Gavrilović J,McCrone P,Ljubotina D,Knezević G,Kucukalić A,Francisković T,Schützwohl M

更新日期：2009-10-01 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 examine relationships among combat exposure, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, depression, suicidality, nicotine dependence, and religiosity in Croatian veterans. METHODS:This cross-sectional study used Combat Exposure Scale (CES) to quantify the stressor severity, PTSD Checklist 5 (PCL) to quantif...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Šagud M,Petrović B,Vilibić M,Mihaljević-Peleš A,Vuksan-Ćusa B,Radoš I,Greš A,Trkulja V

更新日期：2018-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate molecular mechanisms of tissue-protective effects of antioxidants selenomethionine (SeMet) and D-pantethine (D-Pt) applied in combination with doxorubicin (Dx) in B16 melanoma-bearing-mice. METHODS:Impact of the chemotherapy scheme on a survival of tumor-bearing animals, general nephro- and hepatotoxic...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Panchuk RR,Skorokhyd NR,Kozak YS,Lehka LV,Moiseenok AG,Stoika RS

更新日期：2017-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Aim .To investigate if there are differences in medical ethics education between different schools of medicine in Spain, specifically between private and public schools and between recently founded schools and older ones. METHOD:The curricula of medical degrees from all Spanish faculties were reviewed for the 2014/20...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Ferreira-Padilla G,Ferrández-Antón T,Lolas-Stepke F,Almeida-Cabrera R,Brunet J,Bosch-Barrera J

更新日期：2016-10-31 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 evaluate scientific production among research fellows employed at the Zagreb University School of Medicine and identify factors associated with their scientific output. METHOD:We conducted a survey among research fellows and their mentors during June 2005. The main outcome measure was publication success, defin...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Polasek O,Kolcić I,Buneta Z,Cikes N,Pećina M

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article explores the merits of foregrounding the dichotomy of politicization vs de-politicization for our understanding of bio-objects in order to study their production, circulation, and governance in European societies. By asking how bio-objects are configured in science, policy, public, and media discourses an...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Maeseele P,Hendrickx K,Pavone V,Van Hoyweghen I

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To compare morbidity and mortality of patients with severe intra-abdominal infections after two types of surgical treatment, on-demand ("wait and see") relaparotomy and modified planned relaparotomy. METHODS:We prospectively analyzed the outcomes of 65 patients with severe peritonitis surgically treated in two Cro...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Rakić M,Popović D,Rakić M,Druzijanić N,Lojpur M,Hall BA,Williams BA,Sprung J

更新日期：2005-12-01 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：:The last three decades have witnessed a tremendous increase in female sports participation at all levels. However, increased sports participation of female athletes has also increased the incidence of sport-related injuries, which can be either acute trauma or overuse injuries. Overuse injuries may be defined as an im...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Ivković A,Franić M,Bojanić I,Pećina M

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To ascertain health priorities of older patients and treatment priorities of their general practitioners (GP) on the basis of a geriatric assessment and to determine the agreement between these priorities. METHODS:The study included a sample of 9 general practitioners in Hannover, Germany, and a stratified sample ...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Voigt I,Wrede J,Diederichs-Egidi H,Dierks ML,Junius-Walker U

更新日期：2010-12-01 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 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：AIM:To investigate the correlation between the length of the title of a scientific article and the number of citations it receives, in view of the common editorial call for shorter titles. METHODS:Title and the number of citations to all articles published in 2005 in 22 arbitrarily chosen English-language journals (n=...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Habibzadeh F,Yadollahie M

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using moral and empirical analysis, we analyzed and discussed the role of public health in prevention of war as well as its function during and after the war. The idea is to develop a theory and new strategy in the spirit of public health to improve practices in preserving and strengthening peace, to be prepared for t...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Lang S,Kovacić L,Sogorić S,Brborović O

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine whether a combination of cell targeting and sequence recognition of nucleic acids can provide specificity for the inhibition of viral gene expression. METHODS:Antisense oligonucleotides complexed to a protein-based DNA carrier system were used to target hepatocytes for the inhibition of human hepatiti...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Wu GY,Walton CM,Wu CH

更新日期：2001-08-01 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：: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：: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 determine the association of carotid atherosclerosis and right ventricular diastolic dysfunction (DD) among treated hypertensive Nigerian patients. METHODS:This was a single center cross-sectional study performed at the Cardiology Clinic of LAUTECH Teaching Hospital, Ogbomoso, Nigeria between January and Decemb...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Akintunde AA,Adebayo PB,Aremu AA,Opadijo OG

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate successes in the clinical management of severe diarrheal diseases in a busy referral hospital in Ghana, four years after the introduction of the World Health Organization's protocol for the clinical management of diarrhea and the establishment of an oral rehydration therapy Corner. METHOD:Data on the c...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Baffoe-Bonnie B,Addo-Yobbo E,Plange-Rhule J

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00