Abdominal Wall Endometriosis at the Cesarean Section Scar.

Abdominal wall endometriosis is atypical localization of the extra-pelvic endometriosis with non-specific symptoms and is difficult for diagnosis. Cesarean scar endometriosis (CSE) is the most common type of abdominal wall endometriosis, which usually develops after obstetric operations. We report a case of a 33-year-old woman who had two previous cesarean sections presented with a mass in the subcutaneous tissue of the abdominal wall, approximately 4 cm superior to the Pfannenstiel incision, 5 years after her second lower segment caesarean section.

Protective potential effects of hydroalcoholic extract of L. (Lamiaceae) against paraquat-induced lung fibrosis: An experimental study in rats.

Objective: Paraquat (PQ) is a highly toxic herbicide that causes pulmonary fibrosis (PF), and no specific antidote is available against it. L. is a plant that exhibits antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities.

Effects of Resident Education and Self-Implementation of Integrated Pest Management Strategy for Eliminating Bed Bug Infestation in Ahvaz City, Southwestern Iran.

Background: Bed bugs as blood-sucking insects have become a public health problem in urban communities throughout the world. The objective of this study was to determine the effects of resident education and self-implementation of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) strategy for eliminating bed bug infestation in infected apartments in Ahvaz City, Iran.

Methods: This interventional study was conducted in seventy apartments infested with bed bug () in Ahvaz City, southwest Iran, during a 6-month period.

HLA Haplotype Association with Celiac Disease in Albanian Pediatric Patients from Kosovo.

Genetic predisposition to celiac disease (CD) is strongly associated with the presence of HLA alleles in the individual genotype encoding HLA-DQ2 and/or HLA-DQ8 heterodimers. The main aim of this study was to analyze the HLA-A, -B, -DRB1, and -DQ allele and five-locus haplotype frequencies in 60 Albanian pediatric CD patients and 124 non-CD children from Kosovo. The most prevalent haplotype in patients was the ancestral AH 8.

Chemical Composition and Repellency of Essential Oil against under Laboratory Conditions.

Background: The common bed bug (), a nocturnal blood-feeding ectoparasite, is considered an urban pest with public health importance in human environments. We aimed to determine the repellency effect of oregano essential oil, , against this pest under laboratory conditions.

Methods: The essential oil was prepared from dried leaves using hydro-distillation method.

Gallbladder ascariasis in Kosovo - focus on ultrasound and conservative therapy: a case series.

Background: Ascaris lumbricoides is one of the most common intestinal infections in developing countries, including Kosovo. In contrast to migration to the bile duct, migration of the worm to the gallbladder, due to the narrow and tortuous nature of the cystic duct, is rare. When it does occur, it incites acalculous cholecystitis.

Carpal spasm in a girl as initial presentation of celiac disease: a case report.

Background: Celiac disease is an immune-mediated disorder elicited by ingestion of gluten in genetically susceptible persons. This disorder is characterized by specific histological changes of the small intestine mucosa resulting in malabsorption. This case was written up as it was an unusual and dramatic presentation of celiac disease.

Pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokine profiles in fetal growth restriction.

The purpose of this investigation was to measure cytokine production by maternal peripheral blood lymphocytes from women with intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) and from healthy pregnant women, and to investigate the relationship between cytokine profiles and IUGR. Thirty-six women with IUGR and 22 control healthy pregnant women with normal fetal growth were studied. Levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines (IFNy, TNFa, IL-8, IL-12, IL-18, IL-23) and anti-inflammatory cytokines (IL-4, IL- 10, IL-13) produced by mitogen-stimulated peripheral blood mononuclear cells were measured by ELISA.

Changes in the diameter and valve closure time of leg veins in primigravida women during pregnancy.

Objective: The aim of this study was to monitor the changes that develop in leg veins of primigravida women during pregnancy.

Methods: Sixty primigravida women volunteered to undergo clinical evaluation and duplex ultrasound examination of both lower limb veins to monitor changes in vein diameter and valve closure time (VCT) during pregnancy and 3 months postpartum by duplex ultrasound. A total of four readings were taken for each subject, one reading for each trimester and the last reading at 3 months postpartum.

Modulation of Cytokine Production by the Dydrogesterone Metabolite Dihydrodydrogesterone.

Problem: Previous studies have shown that dydrogesterone, the orally administered progestogen, upregulates the production of Th2 cytokines and downregulates Th1 cytokine production. This study was designed to ascertain whether dihydrodydrogesterone (DHD), the major metabolite of dydrogesterone, is similarly capable of modulating cytokine production by peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from women with a history of unexplained recurrent miscarriage.

Method Of Study: Mitogen-stimulated PBMC from women with unexplained recurrent miscarriage were exposed to progesterone or dydrogesterone or DHD, and the levels of pro-inflammatory (IFN-γ, TNF-α) and anti-inflammatory (IL-4, IL-10, IL-13) cytokines were estimated by ELISA.

Comparing the Accuracy of the Three Dehydration Scales in Children with Acute Diarrhea in a Developing Country of Kosovo.

Background: Although diarrhea is a preventable disease, it remains the second leading cause of death (after pneumonia) among children aged under five years worldwide. The World Health Organization (WHO) scale, the Gorelick scale, and the Clinical Dehydration Scale (CDS) were created to estimate dehydration status using clinical signs. The purpose of this study is to determine whether these clinical scales can accurately assess dehydration status of children in a developing country of Kosovo.

Dermatoglyphics and Reproductive Risk in a Family with Robertsonian Translocation 14q;21q.

Aim: The present study is carried out to evaluate the risk of giving birth to children with Down syndrome in a family with Robertsonian translocation 14q;21q, and to find the dermatoglyphic changes present in carriers of this translocation.

Methods: Cytogenetics diagnosis has been made according to Moorhead and Seabright method, while the analysis of prints (dermatoglyphics analysis) was made with the Cummins and Midlo method.

Results: Cytogenetic diagnosis has been made in a couple who suffered the spontaneous miscarriages and children with Down syndrome.

Is parental consanguinity associated with reduced ovarian reserve?

This observational study assessed whether women descending from consanguineous unions have reduced ovarian reserve compared with daughters of non-consanguine couples. Two hundred and ninety-one women (≤39 years) were treated in a tertiary care centre in Kuwait. Women underwent a complete anamnesis, including an evaluation of the possible presence of parental consanguinity, transvaginal ultrasound on day 2/3 of the cycle to obtain the antral follicle count (AFC), determination of serum concentrations of FSH, LH, oestradiol and in case of low ovarian reserve (AFC < 9) anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH).

Performance of clinical signs in the diagnosis of dehydration in children with acute gastroenteritis.

Background: Acute evaluation and treatment of children presenting with dehydration represent one of the most common situation in the pediatric emergency department. To identify dehydration in infants and children before treatment, a number of symptoms and clinical signs have been evaluated. The aim of the study was to describe the performance of clinical signs in detecting dehydration in children.

Inhibitory Effects of Physalis alkekengi L., Alcea rosea L., Bunium persicum B. Fedtsch. and Marrubium vulgare L. on Mushroom Tyrosinase.

Background: The key enzyme in the process of melanin biosynthesis is tyrosinase. Skin hyperpigmentation and browning of foods are undesirable phenomena which tyrosinase represents. Therefore, tyrosinase inhibitors have been used increasingly for medicinal and cosmetic products.

Molecular basis for the effects of zinc deficiency on spermatogenesis: An experimental study in the Sprague-dawley rat model.

Introduction: The objective of this study is to investigate the molecular mechanisms underlying the effects of zinc deficiency on spermatogenesis in the Sprague-Dawley (SD) rat.

Materials And Methods: Three groups of eight adult male SD rats were maintained for 4 weeks on a normal diet as control, zinc deficient diet and zinc deficient diet with zinc supplementation of 28 mg zinc/kg body weight respectively. Using standard techniques, the following parameters were compared between the three groups of experimental animals at the end of 4 weeks: (a) Serum zinc, magnesium (Mg), copper (Cu), selenium (Se) and cadmium (Cd), (b) serum sex hormones, malondialdehyde (MDA), superoxide dismutase (SOD) and glutathione peroxidase (GPX), (c) interleukin-4 (IL-4), tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α), Bcl-2, Bax and caspase-3 expression in the testes, (d) assessment of apoptosis of testicular cells using electron microscopy and (e) testicular volume and histology using the orchidometer and Johnsen score, respectively.

Characteristics of rotavirus diarrhea in hospitalized children in kosovo.

Background: Diarrhea is a leading cause of child mortality worldwide. Rotavirus is one of the most common causes of severe diarrhea and dehydration in children. Authors reviewed epidemiological and clinical data of the rotavirus diarrhea in Kosovo.

The usefulness of clinical and laboratory parameters for predicting severity of dehydration in children with acute gastroenteritis.

Background: An accurate assessment of the degree of dehydration in infants and children is important for proper decision-making and treatment. This emphasizes the need for laboratory tests to improve the accuracy of clinical assessment of dehydration. The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between clinical and laboratory parameters in the assessment of dehydration.

Sensitivity and specificity of procalcitonin to determine etiology of diarrhea in children younger than 5 years.

Aim: The aim of this study is to assess the sensitivity and specificity of procalcitonin to determine bacterial etiology of diarrhea.

The Examinees And Methods: For this purpose we conducted the study comprising 115 children aged 1 to 60 months admitted at the Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Pediatric Clinic, divided in three groups based on etiology of the diarrhea that has been confirmed with respective tests during the hospitalization. Each group has equal number of patients - 35.

Vitamin D - Dependent Rickets, Type II Case Report.

Aim: The aim of this work the report of one case with vitamin D-dependent rickets, type II.

Methods: Diagnosis has been established based on anamnesis, physical examination, laboratory findings and radiological examination.

Results: A female child (age 25 months) has been hospitalized due to bone deformity, bone pain, alopecia and walking difficulties.

Study of the Protective Effect of Teucrium polium L. Extract on Acetaminophen-Induced Hepatotoxicity in Mice.

In the present study, protective effect of Teucrium polium L. (Labiatae) extract on acetaminophen-induced hepatotoxicity was investigated in mice. Animals were divided into six groups, each group consist of 8 mice.

Cytogenetic study in children with down syndrome among kosova Albanian population between 2000 and 2010.

Conflict Of Interest: none declared.

Aim: The aim of this research was to ascertain the frequency of three basic cytogenetical types of Down syndrome among Kosova Albanian population and to evaluate the maternal age effect on the frequency of births of children with Down syndrome.

Methods: Cytogenetics diagnosis has been made according to the standard method of Moorhead and Seabright.

X-linked hypophosphatemic rickets.

Aim: The aim of this work was the presentation of one case with X-linked hypophosphatemic rickets.

Methods: Diagnosis has been established based on the anamnesis, physical examination, anthropometric measurements, laboratory tests and radiological examination.

Results: A male patient (age 3 years) has been hospitalized due to the growth delay, bone deformity, bone pain and walking difficulties.

Reproductive risk of the silent carrier of Robertsonian translocation.

Aim: The aim of this study was the evaluation of risk among the couples various types of Robertsonian translocations.

Methods: Cytogenetic diagnosis has been carried out according to the Moorhead and Seabright method.

Results: Cytogenetics diagnosis was performed in 17 couples having Robertsonian translocations.

Causes of infectious acute diarrhea in infants treated at pediatric clinic.

Aim: The aim of this work has been a presentation of causes of acute infectious diarrhea.

Material And Methodology: The examinees have been the infants treated at the Pediatric Clinic. The diagnosis has been established on the basis ofanamnesis, physical examination and feces examination on bacteria, viruses, protozoa and fungi.