Occupational Exposure of Dentists to Electromagnetic Fields Produced by Magnetostrictive Cavitrons Alters the Serum Cortisol Level

Occupational Exposure of Dentists to Electromagnetic Fields Produced by Magnetostrictive Cavitrons Alters the Serum Cortisol Level

May 9, 2012

S. M. J. Mortazavi1, S Vazife-Doost2, M Yaghooti3, S Mehdizadeh4, A Rajaie-Far51Medical Physics & Medical Engineering Department; The Center for Research on Radiological Sciences, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.2Department of Surgery, School of Dentistry, Rafsanjan University of…

Postprandial Lipemia in Pre- and Postmenopausal Women

Postprandial Lipemia in Pre- and Postmenopausal Women

May 9, 2012

Gaffar S Zaman1, Sajida Rahman2, Jalelur Rahman21Department of Clinical Biochemistry, College of Medicine, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia.2Prathima Institute of Medical Sciences, Karimnagar, Andhra Pradesh, India.DOI: 10.4103/0976-9668.95961 ABSTRACT Background and Objective: The increased risk for coronary artery disease observed in postmenopausal…

Natural Selection in a Population Group of Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Natural Selection in a Population Group of Andaman and Nicobar Islands

May 9, 2012

Anup K Kapoor, Jaspreet KaurDepartment of Anthropology, University of Delhi, Delhi, India.DOI: 10.4103/0976-9668.95966 ABSTRACT Background: Natural selection is a continuous process that operates in populations to weed out deleterious genes and preserve the genes that increase the chances of survival, procreation, and…

A Rare Case of Gliomatosis Cerebri Presenting as Dementia

A Rare Case of Gliomatosis Cerebri Presenting as Dementia

May 9, 2012

Manish Gutch, MK Ansari, Nirdesh Jain, Himanshu YadavDepartment of Internal Medicine, CSMMU, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.DOI: 10.4103/0976-9668.95973 ABSTRACT Dementia with the onset before the age of 65 years is classified as early-onset dementia. Although uncommon, it has considerable impact on the lives…

Hypokalemic Quadriparesis: An Unusual Manifestation of Dengue Fever

Hypokalemic Quadriparesis: An Unusual Manifestation of Dengue Fever

May 9, 2012

Manish Gutch, Avinash Agarwal, Amrendra AmarDepartment of Internal Medicine, CSMMU, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.DOI: 10.4103/0976-9668.95976 ABSTRACT Dengue is the most important mosquito-borne, arboviral infection found in tropical and sub-tropical climates. Clinical presentation varies from a severe flu-like illness to a potentially lethal…

Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs Misleading the Diagnosis of Periapical Abscess

Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs Misleading the Diagnosis of Periapical Abscess

May 9, 2012

JP Angeline Archana1, AC Jesudoss Prabhakaran21Ramakrishna Dental College, Coimbatore, India2Department of Pharmacology, Meenakshi Medical College and Research Institute, Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu, India.DOI: 10.4103/0976-9668.95978 ABSTRACT Periapical abscesses are common but may rarely be a subclinical infection in dental clinics. If an infection progresses…

Isolated Facial Cutaneous Sarcoidosis

Isolated Facial Cutaneous Sarcoidosis

May 9, 2012

Sumir Kumar1, Ravinder Garg2, Simmi Aggarwal3, Jaskanwal Kaur11Department of Dermatology, GGS Medical College and Hospital, Faridkot, Punjab, India.2Department of Medicine, GGS Medical College and Hospital, Faridkot, Punjab, India.3Department of Radiodiagnosis, GGS Medical College and Hospital, Faridkot, Punjab, India.DOI: 10.4103/0976-9668.95980 ABSTRACT Isolated cutaneous…

Congenital Hypoparathyroidism Presenting as Recurrent Seizures in an Adult

Congenital Hypoparathyroidism Presenting as Recurrent Seizures in an Adult

May 9, 2012

Sourya Acharya1, Samarth Shukla2, Dinesh Singh1, Rohit Deshpande1, SN Mahajan11Department of Medicine, JNMC, DMIMS Univ., Sawangi, Meghe, Wardha-442 004, Maharashtra, India.2Department of Pathology, JNMC, DMIMS Univ., Sawangi, Meghe, Wardha-442 004, Maharashtra, India.DOI: 10.4103/0976-9668.95981 ABSTRACT Hypocalcemia due to hypoparathyroidism may manifest as serious…

Peripheral Ossifying Fibroma

Peripheral Ossifying Fibroma

May 9, 2012

Parveen Dahiya1, Reet Kamal2, Gaurav Saini3, Shweta Agarwal41Department of Periodontics, Himachal Institute of Dental Sciences and Research, Paonta Sahib, Dist: Sirmour, India.2Department of Oral Pathology, HP Govt. Dental College, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India3BK Civil Hospital, Faridabad, Haryana, India.4Department of Periodontics, Teerthankar Mahaveer…

A Rare Case of Mucopolysaccharidosis: Hunter Syndrome

A Rare Case of Mucopolysaccharidosis: Hunter Syndrome

May 9, 2012

Prathima Gajula1, Karthikeyan Ramalingam2, Dinesh Bhadrashetty31Department of Pediatrics and Preventive dentistry, Indira Gandhi Institute of Dental Sciences, Pondichery, India.2Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Surendera Dental College and Research Institute, Sriganganagar, Rajasthan, India.3Professor of Oral Surgery and Consultant Maxillofacial Surgeon, Suraksha Dental…