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Objective: Prevalence of Toxoplasmosis which was increased in immune compromised patients were investigated in patients with chronic renal failure undergoing hemodialysis in Van region Method: Toxoplasma gondii (T. gon...

AIM: White coat hypertension has been described as continuously higher clinical blood pressure levels than day-time blood pressure levels. It has been known that the increased clinic blood pressure measurement in patient...

OBJECTIVE: Cardiac autonomic dysfunction (COD) is one of the important factors implicated in the pathogenesis of primary hypertension (HT). Heart rate variability (HRV) measurement has been used widely to determine the C...

OBJECTIVE: It is known that diabetes may cause to hypercoagulability. The pathogenetic mechanism of coagulation activation is not completely clear and the origin is multifactorial. While chronic hyperglycemia is consider...

OBJECTIVE: Atherosclerotic vascular disease (AVD) is the most frequent complication seen in hemodialysis (HD) patients. Evidence suggests that inflammation may play a role in the pathogenesis and progression of atheroscl...

Gastrointestinal (GI) tractus involvement of HenochSchönlein syndrome (HSS) is well known. The aim of this study was to assess the radiographic and endoscopic findings ofGI tract in children with HSS. This study include...

OBJECTIVE: Apelin-13 is a biomarker that was shown to be related to cardiovascular disease risk in peritoneal dialysis patients. The aim of our study was to investigate the association of serum apelin-13 levels with infl...

Neutrophile abnormalities have been reported in chronic renal failure patients. In this study, the effect of l-carnitine on neutrophile chemiluminescence (CL) response (invitro and invivo) was investigated in patients on...

Transfusion Transmitted Virus (TTV) is a DNA virus and it was first isolated from a patient with posttransfusion hepatitis in 1997. Prevalence of TTV differs in different geographic areas. There are evidences that virus ...

OBJECTIVE: Stem cells may be involved in the repair processes of renal tissues during various disorders. We aimed to search the presence of recipient originated cells in renal allograft tissues from patients with various...

OBJECTIVE: Red-cell distribution width (RDW) is a parameter routinely used for diagnosis of different anemia types. Recent studies have shown the RDW relationship with mortality in general population and patients with ca...