Pain evaluation in a sample of Turkish children with cerebral palsy and its association with dependency level, verbal abilities, and the quality of life of patients and sociodemographic status, depression, and quality of life of their caregivers.

Objectives: This study aims to evaluate pain in children with cerebral palsy (CP), to investigate its association with dependency level, verbal abilities, and the quality of life (QoL) of children and sociodemographic status, depression levels, and QoL of their caregivers.

Patients And Methods: Between February 2016 and April 2016, a total of 85 children (56 males, 29 females; mean age 7.1±2.

Efficacy of vitamin E and selenium for the prevention of intra-abdominal adhesions in rats: uterine horn models.

Objective: This study compares the efficacies of vitamin E and selenium, both individually and in combination, for the prevention of postoperative intra-abdominal adhesions in rats.

Methods: Forty-seven female rats were divided into five groups. The sham animals (S group, n = 7) were given only laparotomies and intraperitoneally received 0.

Effects of sildenafil citrate on torsion/detorsion-induced changes in red blood cell and plasma lipid peroxidation, antioxidants, and blood hematology of male rats.

Objective: The aim of this work was to determine effects of intrapertoneally-administered sildenafil citrate (SC) for prevention testicular injury after unilateral testicular torsion/detorsion (T/D) in rats on red blood cell (RBC) and plasma lipid peroxidation, antioxidants and blood hematology.

Study Design: Thirty seven adult male Wistar albino rats were divided into four groups: sham operated (group 1), T/D+saline (group 2), T/D+0.7mg SC (group 3) and T/D+1.

Protective effect of sildenafil citrate on contralateral testis injury after unilateral testicular torsion/detorsion.

Objectives: This study was designed to investigate prevention of contralateral testicular injury with sildenafil citrate after unilateral testicular torsion/detorsion.

Methods: Thirty-seven adult male rats were divided into four groups: sham operated (group 1, n = 7), torsion/detorsion + saline (group 2, n = 10), torsion/detorsion + 0.7 mg of sildenafil citrate (group 3, n = 10) and torsion/detorsion + 1.

The comparison of methylene blue and vitamin E in prevention of abdominal postoperative adhesion formation in rat uterine horn models: Biochemical and histopathologic evaluation.

Purpose: To compare the effects of vitamin E and 1% methylen blue solutions on prevention of experimentally induced adhesions in rats.

Methods: Thirty seven female Spraque Dawley rats were randomized into four groups. First group was kept as sham operated group.

Surgery-induced changes in red blood cell and plasma lipid peroxidation, enzymatic and non-enzymatic antioxidants, and blood hematology of female rats: protective role of methylene blue and vitamin E.

Objective: The aim was to determine the effects on red blood cell (RBC) and plasma lipid peroxidation, antioxidants and blood hematology of intraperitoneally administered vitamin E (VE) and 1% methylene blue (MB) solutions for prevention of adhesions in rats.

Study Design: Thirty-seven female Sprague-Dawley rats were randomized into four groups. An adhesion model was constituted on the left uterine horn in three of the groups.

Moderate exercise combined with dietary vitamins C and E counteracts oxidative stress in the kidney and lens of streptozotocin-induced diabetic-rat.

Oxidative stress has a key role in the pathogenesis of diabetes-induced cataract formation and nephropathy. Daily moderate exercise and vitamins C and E (VCE) supplementation can be beneficial to diabetes due to reducing blood glucose and free radical production. The aim of this study was to analyze the effect of moderate exercise with vitamin VCE on lipid peroxidation (LP) and antioxidative systems in the kidneys and lens of streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats.

The effects of hormone replacement therapy combined with vitamins C and E on antioxidants levels and lipid profiles in postmenopausal women with Type 2 diabetes.

Background: Recent studies have demonstrated that oxidative modification of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) involving the formation of lipid peroxides (MDA), exerts several biological effects that may contribute to the onset and progression of cardiovascular diseases in postmenopausal women with Type 2 diabetes (DPMW). Therefore, the aim of our study was to evaluate the effect of hormone replacement therapy (HRT), vitamin C and E (VCE) treatments on lipid profiles, glucose and MDA levels as well as antioxidant vitamins and enzymes in plasma and red blood cells (RBC) in diabetic or non-diabetic postmenopausal women (PMW).

Methods: Oral HRT and VCE supplementation for 6 weeks were compared with HRT treatment in 40 non-diabetic PMW and 40 DPMW.

Lipid peroxidation and antioxidants in plasma and red blood cells from patients with pemphigus vulgaris.

In pemphigus vulgaris, the increased production of reactive oxygen species from activated neutrophils decreases concentrations of antioxidant vitamins and enzymes in plasma and red blood cells (RBC), resulting in oxidative stress. We compared lipid peroxidation, a measure of reactive oxygen species production, antioxidant vitamins, reduced glutathione (GSH), glutathione peroxide (GSH-Px), and catalase enzyme activity in blood samples obtained from 18 nonsmoking pemphigus vulgaris patients and an equal number of age- and gender-matched, healthy control subjects. Plasma and RBC lipid peroxidation levels (malonyl dialdehyde) were significantly higher (p < 0.