Medicina, Volume 47, Issue 2

Objective. The aim of the study was to establish the dynamics of β-glucuronidase activity in subjects suffering from type 1 diabetes and chronic untreated generalized periodontitis, subjects suffering from chronic untreated generalized periodontitis...

Up to now, many various techniques have been proposed for the repair of complete unilateral cleft lip. The aim of this study was to compare late results of three different surgical techniques (C. Tennison, R. Millard, and J. Olekas) used for the repa...

Background and objective. Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that is biochemically characterized by the accumulation of amyloid beta (Aβ) peptides in the brain. The current hypothesis suggests that Aβ oligomers rather than...

Objective. The aim of this study was to compare the perspectives of patients and health care staff on the quality of obstetric services in an obstetric department. Material and Methods. This study was carried out at the Department of Obstetrics, Hos...

Straipsnyje pateikiami literatūros duomenys apie mikrosatelitų nestabilumą ir heterozigotiškumo praradimą sergant įvairių lokalizacijų vėžiu. Šie genetiniai pokyčiai yra svarbūs kancerogenezei. Mikrosatelitų nestabilumo ir heterozigotiškumo praradima...

We report a technique of an arthroscopic concomitant Bankart repair with a transfer of the coracoid bone block and conjoint tendons for revision anterior shoulder instability. The operative procedure consists of an arthroscopic transfer of the conjo...

Kvėpavimas yra refleksinis, o kartu ir valingas veiksmas, todėl kvėpavimo intensyvumo pokyčiai arba kvėpavimo sulaikymai gali turėti įtakos organizmo vegetacinėms funkcijoms ir jų pokyčiams fizinių krūvių metu. Tyrimo tikslas. Nustatyti, ar nepakint...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the attitudes of Lithuanian secondary school children toward addictive behaviors, their promoting and preventive factors with regard to the age. Material and Methods. The study sample consisted of all 5th-, 9th-...

Gentamicin is still widely used in the treatment of patients in an intensive care unit (ICU). The efficacy of aminoglycosides correlates with the peak serum concentration (Cmax), and the toxicity with the minimum serum concentration (Cmin). The aim o...