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Medicina, Volume 49, Issue 4

April 2013 - 8 articles

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Articles (8)

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
1,925 Views
10 Pages

Atomic Force Microscopy as a Tool for the Investigation of Living Cells

  • Inga Morkvėnaitė-Vilkončienė,
  • Almira Ramanavičienė and
  • Arūnas Ramanavičius

Atomic force microscopy is a valuable and useful tool for the imaging and investigation of living cells in their natural environment at high resolution. Procedures applied to living cell preparation before measurements should be adapted individually...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,421 Views
5 Pages

New Insights Into Pathophysiological Mechanisms Regulating Conventional Aqueous Humor Outflow

  • Daiva Paulavičiūtė-Baikštienė,
  • Rūta Baršauskaitė and
  • Ingrida Janulevičienė

The aim of the article was to overview the pathophysiology of the conventional outflow pathway, trabecular meshwork, and intraocular pressure and to discuss the options of future glaucoma treatment directed to improvement in aqueous outflow. The lite...

  • Article
  • Open Access
38 Citations
2,076 Views
8 Pages

Association Between Polymorphisms of VDR, COL1A1, and LCT Genes and Bone Mineral Density in Belarusian Women With Severe Postmenopausal Osteoporosis

  • Pavel Marozik,
  • Irma Mosse,
  • Vidmantas Alekna,
  • Ema Rudenko,
  • Marija Tamulaitienė,
  • Heorhi Ramanau,
  • Vaidilė Strazdienė,
  • Volha Samokhovec,
  • Maxim Ameliyanovich and
  • Nikita Byshnev
  • + 3 authors

Background and Objective. Variation of osteoporosis in the population is the result of an interaction between the genotype and the environment, and the genetic causes of osteoporosis are being widely investigated. The aim of this study was to analyze...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,251 Views
6 Pages

Relevance of Nasal Potential Difference in Diagnosis of Cystic Fibrosis Among Children

  • Arūnas Valiulis,
  • Iveta Skurvydienė,
  • Valdonė Misevičienė,
  • Jūratė Kasnauskienė,
  • Laimutė Vaidelienė and
  • Algirdas Utkus

Objective. The aim of this study was to estimate the significance of nasal potential difference (NPD) in the diagnosis of cystic fibrosis (CF) in children with clinical symptoms suggestive of the disease, positive sweat test results, and/or genetical...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,153 Views
5 Pages

Background and Objective. Although previous studies have provided new information on bone repair, there are still gaps in knowledge about resorptive and formative processes during bone repair at the electron microscopic level. The aim of this study w...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,109 Views
6 Pages

Surgical Treatment of Ventricular Septal Defect Following Myocardial Infarction: A Case Report

  • Eglė Ereminienė,
  • Rūta Jurgaitienė,
  • Rimantas Benetis,
  • Giedrė Bakšytė and
  • Giedrė Stanaitienė

Ventricular septal defect after myocardial infarction is a rare but often life-threatening mechanical complication. The keys of management are a prompt diagnosis of ventricular septal defect and an aggressive approach to stabilize patient’s hemodynam...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,242 Views
7 Pages

29 March 2013

Background and Objective. In this study, we attempted to determine whether the C/T polymorphism of the ET-1 gene was significantly associated with changes in several clinical characteristics after the 16-week combined exercise program in overweight m...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
1,238 Views
4 Pages

24 September 2012

We report the case of the osteochondroma of the fibular head in a 40-year-old female patient who underwent an endoscopic extirpation of a relapsed benign tumor. Initially, open surgery was performed, and the tumor was removed 3 years ago. Following t...

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