Quantitative Estimation of Sodium, Potassium and Total Protein in Saliva of Diabetic Smokers and Nonsmokers: A Novel Study

Quantitative Estimation of Sodium, Potassium and Total Protein in Saliva of Diabetic Smokers and Nonsmokers: A Novel Study

August 26, 2013

Basavaraj Kallapur1, Karthikeyan Ramalingam2, Bastian3, Ahmed Mujib4, Amitabha Sarkar2, Sathya Sethuraman21Department of Oral Pathology and Oral Biology, Al-jabal Al-gharbi University, Gharian, Libya.2Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Surendera Dental College and Research Institute, Sriganganagar, Rajasthan, India.3Mahe Institute of Dental Sciences, Mahe, Puduchery,…

Modified Hodge Test: A Useful and the Low-Cost Phenotypic Method for Detection of Carbapenemase Producers in Enterobacteriaceae Members

Modified Hodge Test: A Useful and the Low-Cost Phenotypic Method for Detection of Carbapenemase Producers in Enterobacteriaceae Members

August 26, 2013

KV Ramana, Ratna Rao, CH. V Sharada, MA Kareem, L Rajashekar Reddy, MS Ratna ManiDepartment of Microbiology, Apollo Health City, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India.DOI: 10.4103/0976-9668.117009 ABSTRACT Background: The global spread of antimicrobial resistance has acquired greater significance in the public…

Immunohistochemical Evaluation of Oral Epithelial Dysplasia using Cyclin-D1, p27 and p63 Expression as Predictors of Malignant Transformation

Immunohistochemical Evaluation of Oral Epithelial Dysplasia using Cyclin-D1, p27 and p63 Expression as Predictors of Malignant Transformation

August 26, 2013

Abilasha Ramasubramanian, Pratibha Ramani, Herald J Sherlin, Priya Premkumar, Anuja Natesan, Chandrasekar ThiruvengadamDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, Saveetha University, No. 162, Poonamallee High Road, Velappanchavadi, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India.DOI: 10.4103/0976-9668.117011 ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the degree of…

Plasma Total Cholesterol Level and Some Related Factors in Northern Iranian People

Plasma Total Cholesterol Level and Some Related Factors in Northern Iranian People

August 26, 2013

Gholamreza Veghari1, Mehdi Sedaghat2, Hamidraza Joshghani1, Farhad Niknezad3, Abdolhamid Angizeh2, Ebrahim Tazik2, Pooneh Moharloei2, Samieh Banihashem21Department of Biochemistery and Nutrition, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran.2Deputy of Health, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran.3Department of Microbiology, Golestan University of Medical…

Minor Salivary Glands and Dental Caries: Approach Towards a New Horizon

Minor Salivary Glands and Dental Caries: Approach Towards a New Horizon

August 26, 2013

Ankita Tandon1, Narendra Nath Singh2, Gadiputi Sreedhar21Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India.2Kothiwal Dental College and Research Centre, Moradabad, India.DOI: 10.4103/0976-9668.117000 ABSTRACT Introduction: Reduction of functioning minor salivary glands may contribute to emergence of mucosal infections, mucosal…

Relative fat Distribution in Relation to Menarcheal Status Among Bengalee Hindu Girls of West Bengal, India

Relative fat Distribution in Relation to Menarcheal Status Among Bengalee Hindu Girls of West Bengal, India

August 26, 2013

Mithu Bhadra1, Ashish Mukhopadhyay2, Raja Chakraborty1, Kaushik Bose3, Slawomir Koziel4, Stanley Ulijaszek51Department of Anthropology, Dinabandhu Mahavidyalaya, Bongaon, West Bengal, India.2Acharya Prafulla Chandra College, New Barrackpore, West Bengal, India.3Vidyasagar University, Midnapore, India.4Institute of Anthropology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wroclaw, Poland.5Institute of Social and…

Alterations in Serum Lipid Profile Patterns in Oral Cancer

Alterations in Serum Lipid Profile Patterns in Oral Cancer

August 26, 2013

Simranjit Singh, Venkatapathy Ramesh, Balakrishnan Premalatha, Karthikshree Vishnu Prashad, Koliyan RamadossDepartment of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Mahatma Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Dental Sciences, Puducherry, India.DOI: 10.4103/0976-9668.116994 ABSTRACT Background: Alterations in serum lipids have long been associated with cancer as lipids play an…

The Effect of Periodontal Treatment on C-reactive Protein: A Clinical Study

The Effect of Periodontal Treatment on C-reactive Protein: A Clinical Study

August 26, 2013

Santosh Kumar1, Samir Shah1, Shilpa Budhiraja1, Khushboo Desai1, Chirag Shah1, Dhaval Mehta21Department of Periodontics, Karnavati School of Dentistry, Uvarsad, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India2Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Karnavati School of Dentistry, Uvarsad, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, IndiaDOI: 10.4103/0976-9668.116991 ABSTRACT Background: Chronic periodontitis in amultifactorial…

Response of Antioxidative Enzymes to Arsenic-Induced Phytotoxicity in Leaves of a Medicinal Daisy, Wedelia Chinensis Merrill

Response of Antioxidative Enzymes to Arsenic-Induced Phytotoxicity in Leaves of a Medicinal Daisy, Wedelia Chinensis Merrill

August 26, 2013

Tulika Talukdar1, Dibyendu Talukdar21Department of Botany, Systematics and Plant Taxonomy Section, University of Kalyani, Kalyani, Nadia, India.2Department of Botany and Plant Cell and Stress Biology Lab, R.P.M. College, University of Calcutta, Uttarpara, Hooghly, West Bengal, India.DOI: 10.4103/0976-9668.116989 ABSTRACT Background: Wedelia chinensis Merrill…

Suprapubic approach for laparoscopic appendectomy

Suprapubic approach for laparoscopic appendectomy

August 26, 2013

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…