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Medicina, Volume 49, Issue 12

2013 December - 6 articles

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Articles (6)

  • Review
  • Open Access
5 Citations
1,261 Views
5 Pages

Functional Significance of Microsatellite Markers

  • Tatjana Sjakste,
  • Natalia Paramonova and
  • Nikolajs Sjakste

4 January 2014

The review summarizes literature data on the positive results of association studies between the length of microsatellite repeats and predisposition to pathologies. Actually, the data can be classified according to the localization of the microsatell...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
1,308 Views
7 Pages

Association Between Erectile Dysfunction and Asymptomatic Cardiovascular Damage in Middle-Aged Men

  • Vilma Dženkevičiūtė,
  • Žaneta Petrulionienė,
  • Virginijus Šapoka and
  • Vytautas Kasiulevičius

4 January 2014

Background and Objective. It has been proposed that the same cardiovascular risk (CV) factors predispose middle-aged men to the development of both coronary artery disease and erectile dysfunction (ED). Moreover, several recently published studies ha...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,518 Views
7 Pages

Resources of Residents for Potential Transition from Long-Term Care to Community

  • Lina Spirgienė,
  • Pirkko Elina Routasalo and
  • Jūratė Macijauskienė

4 January 2014

Background and Objective. Transition from long-term care to the community can have positive effects on residents’ health and quality of life and promote the feelings of happiness, safety, and independence. The aim of this study was to examine residen...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
1,488 Views
6 Pages

Increased Use of Antidepressants in Wuhan, China: a Retrospective Study From 2006 to 2012

  • Ping Gao,
  • Huanian Zhang,
  • Hua Xu,
  • Chengliang Zhang and
  • Dong Liu

4 January 2014

Objective. The aim of this study was to investigate the trend of antidepressant use and analyze the daily cost of antidepressants in Wuhan, China. Material and Methods. The data on the expenditure of antidepressants in Wuhan from 2006 to 2012 were re...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,239 Views
3 Pages

Outcome of the First Successful Heart-Lung Transplantation in the Baltic Countries

  • Raimondas Kubilius,
  • Kęstutis Malakauskas,
  • Loreta Jankauskienė,
  • Povilas Jakuška,
  • Ramūnas Bolys,
  • Evelina Pociūtė,
  • Vaidotas Boguševičius and
  • Rimantas Benetis

21 November 2013

Successful heart-lung complex transplantation was performed in a 48-year-old man. During the postoperative period, M. tuberculosis infection was diagnosed, and the treatment subsequently started. One year after, the patient was urgently hospitalized...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
1,524 Views
5 Pages

2 October 2013

Background and Objective. VKORC1, CYP2C9, and CYP4F2 are known to be responsible for the metabolism of warfarin. The aim was to explore the frequencies of these genotypes in the Russian population and compare the results with those for other populati...

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