Publications by authors named "Z Milovanovic"

Article Synopsis
  • Postmenopausal vaginal discomfort, often caused by vulvovaginal atrophy (VVA), leads to symptoms like dryness, itching, and pain during sex, affecting women’s sexual health.
  • A pilot study involving 84 sexually active postmenopausal women aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a micro-ablative fractional CO laser in relieving VVA symptoms and enhancing sexual function.
  • Results showed significant improvements post-treatment, with nearly all participants returning to normal vaginal health scores and higher sexual function scores, indicating that the fractional CO laser is a promising treatment for VVA.
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Oxidative stress status, as a disruption of redox homeostasis, in the blood sera of Wistar rats caused by repeated application of selected acetylcholinesterase reactivators - asoxime, obidoxime, K027, K048, K074, and K075 were evaluated. Throughout this study, each oxime in a dose of 0.1 of LD/kg im was given 2x/week for 4 weeks.

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We present herein an extension to our recently developed and published method termed "Fractionation of Nodal Cell Suspension" (FNCS). The method enables efficient subcellular fractionation into nuclear (N) and cytosolic (C) compartments of extremely fibrous and problematic metastatic axillary lymph node (mALN) tissue, using the entire nodule. For the purpose of the present study, a case of invasive lobular breast cancer (BC) patient with pT2N3aMx status and defined primary tumor markers (ERα 8, PR-B 8, and HER2 score 0) was available.

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Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is the most aggressive breast cancer subtype and is associated with high recurrence rates, a high incidence of distant metastases and poor overall survival. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of PD-L1, EGFR and AR expression in TNBC promotion and progression. To that end, we analyzed the immunohistochemical expression of these genes in 125 TNBC patients and their relation to clinicopathological parameters and survival.

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: The aim of the present work was to compare the characteristics of delta and omicron variants of COVID-19 infection in pregnant women, the association of infection with comorbidity, clinical manifestation of the disease, type of delivery, and pregnancy outcome. : The study was designed as an observational, retrospective study of a single center. The analysis included the cohort of women who had SARS-CoV-2 infection during pregnancy and/or childbirth in the period from 1 March 2020 to 30 June 2023.

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