Volume 41(2); 2024 Mar

Editorials

Emerging Technologies in Healthcare and Laboratory Medicine: Trends and Need for a Roadmap to Sustainable Implementation

Damien Gruson, Tuğba Kemaloğlu Öz

Balkan Med J. 2024 Mar; 41(2): 85–86. Published online 2024 Mar 1. doi: 10.4274/balkanmedj.galenos.2024.2024-1-16

PMCID:: PMC10913117

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Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare: A Revolutionary Ally or an Ethical Dilemma?

Selçuk Korkmaz

Balkan Med J. 2024 Mar; 41(2): 87–88. Published online 2024 Mar 1. doi: 10.4274/balkanmedj.galenos.2024.2024-250124

PMCID:: PMC10913124

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Invited Review

Obliteration of the Processus Vaginalis After Testicular Descent

Feridun Cahit Tanyel

Balkan Med J. 2024 Mar; 41(2): 89–96. Published online 2024 Mar 1. doi: 10.4274/balkanmedj.galenos.2024.2023-12-111

PMCID:: PMC10913120

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Original Articles

High Incidence of CPLANE1-Related Joubert Syndrome in the Products of Conceptions from Early Pregnancy Losses

Gjorgji Bozhinovski, Marija Terzikj, Katerina Kubelka-Sabit, Dijana Plaseska-Karanfilska

Balkan Med J. 2024 Mar; 41(2): 97–104. Published online 2024 Mar 1. doi: 10.4274/balkanmedj.galenos.2024.2023-10-72

PMCID:: PMC10913109

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SOCS3, Transcriptionally Activated by NR4A1, Induces Apoptosis and Extracellular Matrix Degradation of Vaginal Fibroblasts in Pelvic Organ Prolapse

Xin Jin, Qing Hu, Meiying Qin, Yitong Yin, Zhijun Xia

Balkan Med J. 2024 Mar; 41(2): 105–112. Published online 2024 Mar 1. doi: 10.4274/balkanmedj.galenos.2023.2023-10-60

PMCID:: PMC10913121

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Serum Neopterin, Biopterin, Tryptophan, and Kynurenine Levels in Patients with Fabry Disease

Tuğçe Uçar, Mehmet Şerif Cansever, Esra Isat, Tanyel Zubarioğlu, Ayşe Çiğdem Aktuğlu Zeybek, Birol Topçu, Nurhan Seyahi, Ertuğrul Kıykım

Balkan Med J. 2024 Mar; 41(2): 113–120. Published online 2024 Mar 1. doi: 10.4274/balkanmedj.galenos.2024.2023-10-98

PMCID:: PMC10913122

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Burden and Epidemiology of Mental Disorders in the Middle East and North Africa from 1990 to 2019: Findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study

Mohammad Effatpanah, Amin Nakhostin-Ansari, Fateme Gorgani, Samaneh Tanhapour Khotbehsara, Shakiba Seifi, Hadis Nasoori, Amir Hossein Memari, Seyed Reza Darijani

Balkan Med J. 2024 Mar; 41(2): 121–129. Published online 2024 Mar 1. doi: 10.4274/balkanmedj.galenos.2024.2023-11-55

PMCID:: PMC10913114

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Development of a Nomogram Using the Inflammatory Risk Score for Prognostication in Moderate and Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma Associated with Hepatitis B Virus

Hongyao Chen, Renyi Yang, Xiaopeng Yu, Kexiong Li, Peisen Xue, Wei Peng, Puhua Zeng

Balkan Med J. 2024 Mar; 41(2): 130–138. Published online 2024 Mar 1. doi: 10.4274/balkanmedj.galenos.2024.2023-12-8

PMCID:: PMC10913116

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Microfilariae Prevalence and its Association with Anemia Among First-time Blood Donors in Lambaréné, Gabon

Soulemane Parkouda, Mahmoudou Saidou, Cyrille Bisseye

Balkan Med J. 2024 Mar; 41(2): 139–143. Published online 2024 Mar 1. doi: 10.4274/balkanmedj.galenos.2023.2023-9-86

PMCID:: PMC10913112

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Clinical Image

Cutaneous Larva Migrans

Paulo Ricardo Martins-Filho, Daniele Machado Reinheimer, Roberto Fernandes Soares-Neto

Balkan Med J. 2024 Mar; 41(2): 144. Published online 2024 Mar 1. doi: 10.4274/balkanmedj.galenos.2023.2023-10-47

PMCID:: PMC10913113

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Cortical Reflex Myoclonus in a Patient with Hyperammonemic Encephalopathy

Futoshi Eto, Megumi Toko, Shoichi Takahashi, Hirofumi Maruyama

Balkan Med J. 2024 Mar; 41(2): 145–146. Published online 2024 Mar 1. doi: 10.4274/balkanmedj.galenos.2023.2023-9-96

PMCID:: PMC10913111

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Unexpected Radiologic Findings of a Botryoid Wilms Tumor with Extension into the Bladder

Merve Yazol, Mehmet Arda İnan, Öznur Leman Boyunağa

Balkan Med J. 2024 Mar; 41(2): 147–148. Published online 2024 Mar 1. doi: 10.4274/balkanmedj.galenos.2023.2023-9-93

PMCID:: PMC10913123

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Scientific Letters

Diagnostic Dilemma: Acute Mesenteric Ischemia may Mimic Acute ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction

Bülent Özlek, Özcan Dere, Fatoş Dilan Köseoğlu

Balkan Med J. 2024 Mar; 41(2): 149–150. Published online 2024 Mar 1. doi: 10.4274/balkanmedj.galenos.2023.2023-10-81

PMCID:: PMC10913115

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Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein: Diagnostic and Prognostic Role in Psychomotor Development Dynamics in Patients with Congenital Heart Defects after Cardiovascular Surgery

Lacramioara Eliza Chiperi, Adina Hutanu

Balkan Med J. 2024 Mar; 41(2): 151–152. Published online 2024 Mar 1. doi: 10.4274/balkanmedj.galenos.2023.2023-11-10

PMCID:: PMC10913118

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Turkish Journals Removed from Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) in the Last 10 Years

Zafer Koçak, Kadri Kiran

Balkan Med J. 2024 Mar; 41(2): 153–154. Published online 2024 Mar 1. doi: 10.4274/balkanmedj.galenos.2023.2023-11-136

PMCID:: PMC10913110

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Letter to the Editor

Comparison of Mean Arterial Pressure and Abdominal Perfusion Pressure for Organ Dysfunctions

Seher Yanatma

Balkan Med J. 2024 Mar; 41(2): 155–156. Published online 2024 Mar 1. doi: 10.4274/balkanmedj.galenos.2024.2024-1-21

PMCID:: PMC10913119

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