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Screening for mild cognitive impairment among noncommunicable disease patients attending a rural primary health center in Puducherry, South India

Screening for mild cognitive impairment among noncommunicable disease patients attending a rural primary health center in Puducherry, South India

February 4, 2019 by Editor-in-Chief

Yuvaraj Krishnamoorthy, Gokul Sarveswaran, Manikandanesan Sakthivel, Tanveer Rehman, Marie Gilbert Majella, S Ganesh KumarDepartment of Preventive and Social Medicine, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, IndiaDOI: 10.4103/jnsbm.JNSBM_90_18 ABSTRACT Background: Cognitive impairment among noncommunicable disease (NCD) patients causes significant burden…

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Clinical and epidemiological profile of patients with cleft lip and palate anomaly: 10-year experience from a tertiary care center in the sub-himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh in Northern India

Clinical and epidemiological profile of patients with cleft lip and palate anomaly: 10-year experience from a tertiary care center in the sub-himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh in Northern India

February 4, 2019 by Editor-in-Chief

Vijay Kumar Diwana1, Gunjan Gupta1, Rajesh Chauhan1, Kunal Mahajan2, Aditi Mahajan1, Ranjan Gupta3, Kanika Mahajan31Department of Plastic Surgery, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India2Department of Cardiology, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India3Department of Prosthodontics, HP Government Dental College,…

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Routine screening of renal function before intravenous contrast examination: Is this required in the Indian scenario?

Routine screening of renal function before intravenous contrast examination: Is this required in the Indian scenario?

February 4, 2019 by Editor-in-Chief

Onkar B Auti1, KV Manoj1, Vellaichamy M Annapandian2, DG Santosh Kumar1, K Murugan1, GA Karthik1, Venkatraman Bhat1, Vimal Raj11Department of Radiology, Narayana Health City, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.2Department of Academic Research, Narayana Hrudayalaya Foundations, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.DOI: 10.4103/jnsbm.JNSBM_27_18 ABSTRACT Background: Serum creatinine (SC)…

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Emphasizing the importance of sexual healthcare among middle and old age groups: A high time to re-think?

Emphasizing the importance of sexual healthcare among middle and old age groups: A high time to re-think?

February 4, 2019 by Editor-in-Chief

Patrice A Rabathaly1, Vijay Kumar Chattu21Department of Social and Environmental Health Research, Faculty of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK2Department of Para Clinical Sciences, Public Health Unit, Faculty of Medical Sciences, The University of the…

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The frequency and spectrum of HBB gene mutation in β-Thalassemia patients in Saudi Arabia

The frequency and spectrum of HBB gene mutation in β-Thalassemia patients in Saudi Arabia

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Raniah S Alotibi1, Eman Alharbi1, Bushra Aljuhani1, Bdoor Alamri1, Mohieldin Elsayid1, Naif M Alhawiti1, Fazal Hussain2, Fahad Almohareb2, Cherry Colcol2, Shoeb Qureshi31Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.2King…

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Suprapubic approach for laparoscopic appendectomy

Suprapubic approach for laparoscopic appendectomy

August 26, 2013 by Editor-in-Chief

Manish K Singh1, Mani K Kumar2, Lalit Mohan31Department of Surgery, Narayan Medical College and Hospital, Jamuhar, Sasaram, Bihar, India.2Department of Pediatrics, Narayan Medical College and Hospital, Jamuhar, Sasaram, Bihar, India.3Department of Pharmacology, Narayan Medical College and Hospital, Jamuhar, Sasaram, Bihar, India.DOI: 10.4103/0976-9668.116987…

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Evaluation of protective effect of N-acetyl cysteine on arsenic-induced hepatotoxicity

Evaluation of protective effect of N-acetyl cysteine on arsenic-induced hepatotoxicity

August 26, 2013 by Editor-in-Chief

Pudari Hemalatha1, Alla Gopala Reddy1, Yerradoddi Ramana Reddy2, Pabbathi Shivakumar11Department of Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Veterinary Science, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India.2Department of Animal Nutrition, College of Veterinary Science, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India.DOI: 10.4103/0976-9668.116986 ABSTRACT Objective: The present study…

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Comparative morpho-physiological and biochemical responses of lentil and grass pea genotypes under water stress

Comparative morpho-physiological and biochemical responses of lentil and grass pea genotypes under water stress

August 26, 2013 by Editor-in-Chief

Dibyendu TalukdarDepartment of Botany, Plant Cell and Stress Biology Lab, R.P.M. College, University of Calcutta, Uttarpara, Hooghly, West Bengal, India.DOI: 10.4103/0976-9668.116983 ABSTRACT Background: Both lentil (Lens culinaris Medik.) and grass pea (Lathyrus sativus L.) in the family Fabaceae are two important cool-season…

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Comparative evaluation of microleakage of various retrograde filling materials: An in vitro study

Comparative evaluation of microleakage of various retrograde filling materials: An in vitro study

August 26, 2013 by Editor-in-Chief

Virat Galhotra1, Anjali Sofat2, Inder K Pandit3, Ramandeep Singh Gambhir4, Nikhil Srivastava5, Neeraj Gugnani31Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Gian Sagar Dental College and Hospital, Rajpura, Punjab, India.2Department of Prosthodontics, Gian Sagar Dental College and Hospital, Rajpura, Punjab, India.3Department of Pedodontics and…

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Establishment of norms of the beta angle to assess the sagittal discrepancy for Nellore district population

Establishment of norms of the beta angle to assess the sagittal discrepancy for Nellore district population

August 26, 2013 by Editor-in-Chief

Mandava Prasad1, Karnati Praveen Kumar Reddy1, Ashok Kumar Talapaneni1, Nellore Chaitanya1, Myla Vijay Bhaskar Reddy1, Rajendra Patil21Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, Narayana Dental College and Hospital, Chinthareddypalem, Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, India2Department of Oral Medicine, Diagnosis & Radiology, Narayana Dental College and…

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