{"title":"An osteoporosis knowledge assessment instrument - development and validation.","authors":"Daniela Taneva, Angelina Kirkova-Bogdanova, Marieta Todorova, Veselina Bukova","doi":"10.3897/folmed.66.e120535","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3897/folmed.66.e120535","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>The consequences of osteoporotic fractures are extremely detrimental to the individual as well as to society. Adopting effective preventative measures is a top public health priority.</p>","PeriodicalId":12415,"journal":{"name":"Folia medica","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140853654","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Folia medicaPub Date : 2024-04-30DOI: 10.3897/folmed.66.e114887
Krasimir Kraev, Bozhidar Hristov, Petar Uchikov, Mariya Kraeva, Mariela Geneva-Popova, Stanislava Popova, Yordanka Basheva-Kraeva, Nina S Stoyanova, Vesela Mitkova-Hristova
{"title":"Prognostic models of drug-induced neutralizing antibody formation in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis treated with TNF-α blockersockers.","authors":"Krasimir Kraev, Bozhidar Hristov, Petar Uchikov, Mariya Kraeva, Mariela Geneva-Popova, Stanislava Popova, Yordanka Basheva-Kraeva, Nina S Stoyanova, Vesela Mitkova-Hristova","doi":"10.3897/folmed.66.e114887","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3897/folmed.66.e114887","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>This study aimed to construct prognostic mathematical models utilizing multifactorial regression analysis to assess the risk of developing drug-induced neutralizing antibodies in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, and ankylosing spondylitis treated with tumor necrosis factor alpha blockers.</p>","PeriodicalId":12415,"journal":{"name":"Folia medica","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140859964","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Presence of single nucleotide polymorphisms in transforming growth factor β and insulin-like growth factor 1 in class II malocclusions due to retrognathic mandible.","authors":"Prashant Sharma, Amol Patil, Sonakshi Sharma, Tanisha Rout, Pragati Hemgude, Anand Sabane","doi":"10.3897/folmed.66.e115709","DOIUrl":"10.3897/folmed.66.e115709","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>The aim of this study was to evaluate specific single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) of transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-β) (rs1800469) and insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) (rs17032362) genes in Class II individuals with a normal maxilla and retrognathic (short) mandible.</p>","PeriodicalId":12415,"journal":{"name":"Folia medica","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140862019","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Folia medicaPub Date : 2024-04-30DOI: 10.3897/folmed.66.e119114
Asel Usdat Ozturk, Ekin Dogan, Venus Seyedoskuyi, Berk Senguler, Asli Topaloglu-Ak
{"title":"Evaluation of calcium hydroxide root canal filling materials by cone beam computed tomography and three-dimensional modeling.","authors":"Asel Usdat Ozturk, Ekin Dogan, Venus Seyedoskuyi, Berk Senguler, Asli Topaloglu-Ak","doi":"10.3897/folmed.66.e119114","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3897/folmed.66.e119114","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of filling pastes in resin prototype primary molars by cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) and 3D modeling.</p>","PeriodicalId":12415,"journal":{"name":"Folia medica","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140862599","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Folia medicaPub Date : 2024-04-30DOI: 10.3897/folmed.66.e121218
Vanya R Kozhuharov, Dzhevdet Chakarov, Stanislava Ivanova, Kalin Ivanov
{"title":"Development and validation of a high-performance thin-layer chromatography method for detection of sibutramine in dietary supplements.","authors":"Vanya R Kozhuharov, Dzhevdet Chakarov, Stanislava Ivanova, Kalin Ivanov","doi":"10.3897/folmed.66.e121218","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3897/folmed.66.e121218","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>In the period between 1997 and 2010, sibutramine-containing drugs were widely prescribed for obesity and over-weight management. Due to safety concerns, in 2010 all medicines containing sibutramine were urgently withdrawn from the USA and European pharmaceutical market. Although sibutramine is no longer available in pharmaceutical products, there have been numerous reports of mislabeled weight-loss dietary supplements containing sibutramine.</p>","PeriodicalId":12415,"journal":{"name":"Folia medica","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140847319","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Folia medicaPub Date : 2024-04-30DOI: 10.3897/folmed.66.e109225
Igor Vasilev, Igor Mamenko, Roman Simonov, Tatiana Novitskaya, Viacheslav Zhuravlev, Petr Yablonskiy
{"title":"Intrathoracic non-tuberculous mycobacteriosis with endobronchial lesion in a child aged 11 with HIV infection diagnosed by bronchoscopic biopsy, EBUS-TBNA and confocal laser endomicroscopy.","authors":"Igor Vasilev, Igor Mamenko, Roman Simonov, Tatiana Novitskaya, Viacheslav Zhuravlev, Petr Yablonskiy","doi":"10.3897/folmed.66.e109225","DOIUrl":"10.3897/folmed.66.e109225","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The diagnosis of intrathoracic non-tuberculous mycobacteriosis (NTM) is challenging. We report a case of a pediatric pulmonary NTM with endobronchial lesion and lymphadenitis in a child with HIV infection diagnosed by bronchoscopic biopsy, EBUS-TBNA and probe-based confocal laser endomicroscopy (pCLE). The pCLE showed a large number of highly fluorescent cells and zones of density and disorganized elastin fibers at alveolar areas. A combination of diagnostic endoscopic procedures is required to establish the diagnosis of NTM.</p>","PeriodicalId":12415,"journal":{"name":"Folia medica","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140857159","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Folia medicaPub Date : 2024-04-30DOI: 10.3897/folmed.66.e119961
Edon Behluli, Enis Veseli, Argjira Veseli
{"title":"Evaluation of oral health status in pregnant women and its correlation with calcium and phosphate levels.","authors":"Edon Behluli, Enis Veseli, Argjira Veseli","doi":"10.3897/folmed.66.e119961","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3897/folmed.66.e119961","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>This study aimed to analyze the oral health conditions of pregnant women. The analysis involves evaluating two key indices: the decayed, missing, and filled teeth (DMFT) index and the basic erosive wear examination (BEWE) index. Furthermore, this study investigated potential correlations between calcium (Ca) and phosphate (P) levels within specific time intervals and the aforementioned oral health indices.</p>","PeriodicalId":12415,"journal":{"name":"Folia medica","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140874576","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Folia medicaPub Date : 2024-04-30DOI: 10.3897/folmed.66.e104433
Georgi Yankov, Magdalena Alexieva, Silvia Ivanova, Stefka Yankova, Evgeni Mekov
{"title":"A giant synovial sarcoma of the left lung.","authors":"Georgi Yankov, Magdalena Alexieva, Silvia Ivanova, Stefka Yankova, Evgeni Mekov","doi":"10.3897/folmed.66.e104433","DOIUrl":"10.3897/folmed.66.e104433","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Primary pulmonary synovial sarcoma is an extremely rare and aggressive neoplasm that primarily affects young people and has a poor prognosis. Establishing this diagnosis requires the exclusion of a wide number of other neoplasms with multimodal clinical, imaging, histological, immunohistochemical, and cytogenetic assessment. We present a case of synovial sarcoma of the left lung in a 44-year-old man, diagnosed immunohistochemically after left lower lobectomy with atypical resection of the 5th segment. Imaging, diagnostic workup, histological and immunohistochemical characteristics, surgical treatment, and prognosis are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":12415,"journal":{"name":"Folia medica","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140851891","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Folia medicaPub Date : 2024-04-30DOI: 10.3897/folmed.66.e117148
Lorenzo Andreani, Edoardo Ipponi, Alfio Damiano Ruinato, Tommaso Lupi, Federico Di Sacco, Duccio Volterrani, Luca Coccoli, Rodolfo Capanna
{"title":"Can FDG-PET assess the response to chemotherapy and predict tissue necrosis in osteosarcoma and Ewing sarcoma?","authors":"Lorenzo Andreani, Edoardo Ipponi, Alfio Damiano Ruinato, Tommaso Lupi, Federico Di Sacco, Duccio Volterrani, Luca Coccoli, Rodolfo Capanna","doi":"10.3897/folmed.66.e117148","DOIUrl":"10.3897/folmed.66.e117148","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Osteosarcoma (OS) and Ewing sarcoma (ES) represent the pediatric population's most common malignant bone tumors. 18-Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography has been shown to be effective in both the diagnostic and staging phases of cancer treatment. In recent years, some studies have also explored the possibility that FDG-PET could have a prognostic role.</p>","PeriodicalId":12415,"journal":{"name":"Folia medica","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140848405","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Folia medicaPub Date : 2024-04-30DOI: 10.3897/folmed.66.e116202
Panagoula Oikonomou, Christina Nikolaou, Konstantinos Romanidis, Michael Pitiakoudis, Isaak Kesisoglou, Konstantinos Sapalidis
{"title":"A comparison of surgical treatments for tertiary hyperparathyroidism. A systematic review.","authors":"Panagoula Oikonomou, Christina Nikolaou, Konstantinos Romanidis, Michael Pitiakoudis, Isaak Kesisoglou, Konstantinos Sapalidis","doi":"10.3897/folmed.66.e116202","DOIUrl":"10.3897/folmed.66.e116202","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Tertiary hyperparathyroidism develops in patients who have secondary hyperparathyroidism that persists despite successful kidney transplantation or in patients who are on chronic dialysis.</p>","PeriodicalId":12415,"journal":{"name":"Folia medica","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140874575","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}