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Medicina, Volume 48, Issue 1

January 2012 - 8 articles

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Articles (8)

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
1,249 Views
7 Pages

Introduction of Novel Semiquantitative Evaluation of 99mTc-MIBI SPECT Before and After Treatment of Glioma

  • Vytenis Pranas Deltuva,
  • Nemira Jurkienė,
  • Ilona Kulakienė,
  • Adomas Bunevičius,
  • Algimantas Matukevičius and
  • Arimantas Tamašauskas

5 February 2012

Background and Objective. There is a need for objective semiquantitative indexes for the evaluation of results of single-photon emission tomography (SPECT) in patients with brain glioma. The aim of this study was to validate the total size index (TSI...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,287 Views
9 Pages

Clinical and Pathological Findings of Fatal 2009–2010 Pandemic Influenza A (H1N1) Infection in Estonia

  • Kadri Tamme,
  • Ave Minajeva,
  • Vivika Adamson,
  • Kaarina Ristmägi,
  • Jaak Põder and
  • Irja Lutsar

4 February 2012

The aim of this study was to analyze all deaths from A (H1N1) in Estonia during the 2009–2010 epidemic to find out the reasons of high mortality and optimize management strategies for future influenza epidemics. Material and Methods. A retrospective...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,174 Views
4 Pages

Primary Epithelioid Sarcoma of the Neck: a Rare Case Report

  • Viktoras Rudžianskas,
  • Elona Juozaitytė,
  • Arturas Inčiūra,
  • Valdas and
  • Milda Rudžianskienė

4 February 2012

This report presents a case of a neck epithelioid sarcoma in a 20-year-old man with poor prognosis. The patient underwent surgery followed by external beam radiotherapy and brachytherapy performed as a boost. The treatment was well-tolerated, and the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
1,577 Views
8 Pages

3 February 2012

Dementia with Lewy bodies was first recognized as a separate entity about 30 years ago. The prevalence varies from 0% to 5% in the general population, and this disease accounts for 0% to 30.5% of all dementia cases. Dementia with Lewy bodies is consi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
1,463 Views
9 Pages

Prevalence of Human Papillomavirus Types 16, 18, and 45 in Women With Cervical Intraepithelial Changes: Associations With Colposcopic and Histological Findings

  • Kristina Jarienė,
  • Daiva Vaitkienė,
  • Arnoldas Bartusevičius,
  • Eglė Tvarijonavičienė,
  • Meilė Minkauskienė,
  • Rūta Nadišauskienė,
  • Valdemaras Kruminis and
  • Mindaugas Kliučinskas

3 February 2012

The aim of the study was to determine the prevalence of human papillomavirus (HPV) types 16, 18, and 45 in women with cervical intraepithelial changes caused by high-risk HPV in relation to colposcopic and histological findings. Material and Methods...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
1,362 Views
8 Pages

Components of Left Ventricular Ejection and Filling in Patients With Aortic Regurgitation Assessed by Speckle-Tracking Echocardiography

  • Vaida Mizarienė,
  • Silvija Bučytė,
  • Diana Žaliaduonytė-Pekšienė,
  • Regina Jonkaitienė,
  • Jūratė Janėnaitė,
  • Jolanta Vaškelytė and
  • Renaldas Jurkevičius

3 February 2012

The aim of our study was to evaluate left ventricular (LV) longitudinal, radial, and rotational function and its relationship with conventional LV parameters of systolic and diastolic function in patients with aortic regurgitation (AR) by speckle-tra...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,404 Views
9 Pages

Noninvasive Monitoring of Cerebrovascular Autoregulation Response to Resistance Exercises

  • Vytautas Petkus,
  • Aurija Kalasauskienė,
  • Arminas Ragauskas,
  • Romanas Chomskis,
  • Gražina Krutulytė and
  • Laimutis Kalasauskas

2 February 2012

Background and Objective. A novel noninvasive monitor is presented by demonstrating its capabilities to perform the real-time estimation of dynamics in cerebrovascular autoregulation in athletes during their training. The aim was to explore the chara...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
1,300 Views
6 Pages

Frequency of HLA-DRB1 Gene Alleles in Patients With Multiple Sclerosis in a Lithuanian Population

  • Renata Balnytė,
  • Daiva Rastenytė,
  • Dalia Mickevičienė,
  • Antanas Vaitkus,
  • Erika Skrodenienė and
  • Astra Vitkauskienė

10 January 2012

The aim of the present study was to investigate the influence of HLA-DRB1 alleles on the genetic susceptibility to multiple sclerosis in the Lithuanian population. Material and Methods. A total of 120 patients with multiple sclerosis and 120 unrelat...

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