The role of circulating miRNAs in the diagnosis of osteoporosis miRNAs in osteoporosis.

Objective: Osteoporosis, defined as a systemic skeletal disease, is characterized by increased bone fragility and fracture risk. Studies have shown that dysregulation of the functions of miRNAs or the mechanisms they mediate may be an important pathological factor in bone degeneration. Therefore, the aim of the study was to determine the role of miRNAs, which are thought to play a role in bone metabolism, in osteoporosis.

Relationship Between Urinary Angiotensinogen and Mortality in Patients with Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction.

Background: Activation of the reninangi otens in-aldosterone system has an important role in the pathophysiology of heart failure with reduced ejection fraction. While the effects of systemic reninangi otens in-aldosterone system activation on heart failure with reduced ejection fraction are well known, the impact of the local reninangi otens in-aldosterone system on heart failure with reduced ejection fraction is not fully understood because of limited clinical research. This study aimed to investigate the effect of urinary angiotensinogen level, an accepted indicator of local reninangi otens in-aldosterone system activation, on all-cause mortality in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction.

Nucleated red blood cells as predictor of all-cause mortality in emergency department.

Bacground: Nucleated red blood cells (NRBCs) are immature erythrocytes that are not normally detected in the blood of healthy adults. The detection of these cells in peripheral blood is associated with increased mortality and poor prognosis. In this study, we aimed to investigate whether NRBCs predict for all causes of death in patients admitted to the emergency department (ED).

Determination of NF-κB and RANKL levels in peripheral blood osteoclast precursor cells in chronic kidney disease patients.

Purpose: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a progressive condition characterized by irreversible loss of functional nephron mass due to variety of causes; an inevitable complication of CKD is metabolic bone disease, and this pathology is called as renal osteodystrophy (ROD). In this study, we aimed to determine the levels of serum sRANKL and intracellular NF-κB levels in peripheral blood osteoclast precursor cells in patients with stage 3 CKD.

Materials And Methods: Forty-one male patients aged 35-60 with CKD identified as stage 3 according to GFR calculated on the basis of creatinine values and 27 healthy male subjects with age ranging from 40 to 60 as control group were included in this study.

The Role of Oxidative Stress and Inflammatory Mediators in Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo.

Objective: Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) is the most common peripheral cause of vertigo. It can be defined as transient vertigo induced by rapid changes in head position associated with a characteristic paroxysmal positional nystagmus. The aim of this study was to search for the possible role of oxidative stress and inflammatory mediators in the pathogenesis of BPPV.

Association between teething and independent walking in healthy children.

Developing teeth provide a reliable indication of maturation and biological age. The objective of this study was to establish whether there is any association between the time of emergence of the first primary tooth and the time when independent walking occurs. A cross-sectional study was conducted with a sample of 206 healthy children (95 girls and 111 boys) aged 12 to 60 (mean: 29.

Dermatoglyphic features in patients with multiple sclerosis.

Objective: To examine dermatoglyphic features to clarify implicated genetic predisposition in the etiology of multiple sclerosis (MS).

Methods: The study was conducted between January and December 2013 in the Departments of Anatomy, and Neurology, Cumhuriyet University School of Medicine, Sivas, Turkey. The dermatoglyphic data of 61 patients, and a control group consisting of 62 healthy adults obtained with a digital scanner were transferred to a computer environment.

Geometric analysis of medio-lateral position of patella: a new measuring tool.

Background: Evaluation of medio-lateral position of patella is necessary for diagnosis and treatment of patellofemoral diseases.

Objective: In the present study, we aimed to evaluate medio-lateral patellar position differences and to define a new practical measuring tool which enables us to analyze relationships of the points at the knee.

Materials And Methods: Total of 120 healthy volunteers (60 men and 60 women) were included in our study and both of their knees were measured.

Frontal lobe morphometry with MRI in a normal age group of 6-17 year-olds.

Background: Morphometric data of the frontal lobe are important for surgical planning of lesions in the frontal lobe and its surroundings. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques provide suitable data for this purpose.

Objectives: In our study, the morphometric data of mid-sagittal MRI of the frontal lobe in certain age and gender groups of children have been presented.

Magnetic resonance imaging mesencephalic tectum dimensions according to age and gender.

Objective: To analyze and classify normal MRI tectum length and colliculus dimensions according to age and gender.

Methods: Tectum length and colliculus diameters were measured on the T1 midsagittal and axial cranial MR images in the radiology archive of 532 (344 women, 188 men) patients aged 37.36+/-21.

Diploe thickness and cranial dimensions in males and females in mid-Anatolian population: an MRI study.

Background: The objective of this study is the classification of the thickness of diploe and dimensions of cranium at different points of cranium in men and women according to age groups.

Material And Method: In the radiology archive, measurements were made at different points in magnetic resonance (MR) images of 305 (188 females and 117 males) patients, the average ages of whom were 40.98±20.

A rare variation of the right middle suprarenal artery.

According to general knowledge, the suprarenal gland is supplied by three sources: the phrenic artery, the abdominal aorta and the renal artery. Since the gland lacks a hilus, and particularly because of its clinical importance, anatomical arterial sources and branching is still not uniform and it needs to be determined by detail. In this study, the right middle suprarenal artery arising from the right renal artery was observed on the right side of a 45-year-old male cadaver.

A cadaver with azygos lobe and its clinical significance.

Although an azygos lobe is a rare anomaly of the lung, its radiological appearance has been well defined. Clinically, the azygos lobe has been accepted as a normal variation that can simulate various diseases. However, on chest roentgenograms, this anomaly may appear to be present if there are any other pathological conditions.