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Medicina, Volume 49, Issue 7

2013 July - 7 articles

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Articles (7)

  • Review
  • Open Access
22 Citations
1,947 Views
9 Pages

Mildronate and its Neuroregulatory Mechanisms: Targeting the Mitochondria, Neuroinflammation, and Protein Expression

  • Vija Klusa,
  • Ulrika Beitnere,
  • Jolanta Pupure,
  • Sergejs Isajevs,
  • Juris Rumaks,
  • Simons Svirskis,
  • Zane Dzirkale and
  • Ivars Kalvinsh

4 August 2013

This review for the first time summarizes the data obtained in the neuropharmacological studies of mildronate, a drug previously known as a cardioprotective agent. In different animal models of neurotoxicity and neurodegenerative diseases, we demonst...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,444 Views
5 Pages

The Effect of Nebulized Dorzolamide/Timolol Fixed Combination Mist versus Drops on Retrobulbar Blood Flow and Intraocular Pressure in Glaucoma Patients

  • Ingrida Janulevičienė,
  • Lina Šiaudvytytė,
  • Rūta Baršauskaitė,
  • Vaida Dilienė,
  • Loreta Kuzmienė,
  • Brent Siesky and
  • Alon Harris

4 August 2013

Objective. The aim of this study was to evaluate intraocular pressure (IOP), retrobulbar blood flow (RBF), and ocular side effects after the application of topical dorzolamide/timolol fixed combination (DTFC) drops vs topical nebulized DTFC mist in p...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
1,679 Views
6 Pages

Insufficient Assessment of Sexual Dysfunction: A Problem in Gynecological Practice

  • Ieva Briedite,
  • Gunta Ancane,
  • Andrejs Ancans and
  • Renars Erts

4 August 2013

Background and Objective. Sexual health is an important part of a woman’s life and well-being. Female sexual dysfunction is a complicated problem, it is often underestimated in the healthcare process, and its management is complex. Giving women the o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,044 Views
8 Pages

Heredity of Cognitive Functions and Personality in Twins

  • Loreta Kalasūnienė,
  • Antanas Goštautas and
  • Algimantas Sinkus

4 August 2013

Background and Objective. The inheritance of cognitive functions and personality is still a problem under investigation. A classical method, investigation of twins, is often used to find relative contributions from genetics and the environment to qua...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
1,325 Views
6 Pages

Treatment of Tuberculosis in South Kazakhstan: Clinical and Economical Aspects

  • Talgat Maimakov,
  • Laura Sadykova,
  • Zhanna Kalmataeva,
  • Kural Kurakpaev and
  • Kastytis Šmigelskas

4 August 2013

Background and Objective. Since 1990, the tuberculosis incidence rate in Eastern Europe and post-Soviet republics has been increasing in many countries including Kazakhstan. This problem is particularly important in Kazakhstan regions with limited fi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,456 Views
5 Pages

Rare Refractory Kawasaki Disease in an Adolescent Boy With Cardiac and Diffuse Coronary Artery Involvement

  • Rima Šileikienė,
  • Jolanta Kudzytė,
  • Antanas Jankauskas,
  • Liutauras Labanauskas,
  • Vilma Rakauskienė,
  • Nemira Jurkienė and
  • Rimantas Kėvalas

Kawasaki disease is an acute multisystemic vasculitis occurring predominantly in infants and young children and rarely in adolescents and adults. At elderly age, Kawasaki disease may remain unrecognized with a subsequent delay in appropriate therapy...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
1,434 Views
6 Pages

Vitamin D Status and Its Seasonal Variations and Association With Parathyroid Hormone Concentration in Healthy Women in Riga

  • Aivars Lejnieks,
  • Anda Slaidina,
  • Agnis Zvaigzne,
  • Una Soboleva,
  • Gulsena Eivazova,
  • Ilze Daukste and
  • Sandra Lejniece

The aim of the study was to describe the vitamin D status and its seasonal variations in women living in Riga, Latvia, to examine an association between the concentrations of plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] and parathyroid hormone (PTH), and to...

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