Eastern Journal of Medicine                                          EJM

 

Contents                                                                            Volume 5, Number 1, January 2000

 

 

 

ORIGINAL PAPERS

 

 

o        Is it effective to file medical malpractice litigations and the names of hospitals and physicians involved on the Internet or not?

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Cleophas R.J., Cleophas T.J.

 

o       Polymerase chain reaction in pulmonary tuberculosis

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Okutan O., Kartaloglu Z., Ilvan A., Cerrahoglu K., Kunter E., Aydilek R

 

o       Evaluation of a serological test for the diagnosis of tuberculosis using the 38kda antigen

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Abdelnoor A.M., Khaled G., Matar G.M., Khalil M.N., Ramadan F.

                                                                       

o        Effects of education on knowledge and attitude of breast self examination among 25+ years old women

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Ozturk M., Engin V.S., Kisioglu, A.N., Yilmazer G.

                                                                   

o      Random amplified polymorphic DNA typing of enterococcus faecalis  isolated  from Lebanese individuals

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Harakeh H.S., Uwaydah M., Matar G.M.

                                      

o       Hemoptysis: bronchoscopic-computed tomographic correlation in ninety eight cases

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Ekim H., Sanisoglu I., Akar H.

                                                                 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CASE REPORTS

 

 

o      Cervicothoracic pin migration following open reduction and pinning of a clavicular fracture (a case report)

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Abdelnoor J., Mantoura J., Nahas A.

 

o      Wilson’s disease presenting with severe hemolytic anemia (case report)

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Ozer E.A., Kasirga E., Ozer E., Atabay B., Yaprak I.

 

o        Hepatic  schistosomiasis (report of  a  case  accompanying  a  metastatic  tumor  in  the   liver)

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Sagol O., Ozen E., Simsek I., Ellidokuz E.

 

o      Urethral diverticulum and giant urethral stones occurring after scrotal flap urethroplasty

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Bayraktar Z., Tasci A.I., Caskurlu T., Cek M., Sevin G.

 

o       Squamous cell carcinoma of the kidney

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Odabas O., Karakok M., Yılmaz Y., Atilla M.K., Akman E., Aydin S

 

o       Crossed renal ectopy associated with tuberous sclerosis

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Yilmaz Y., Odabas O., Demirtas I., Atilla M.K., Dilek H., Bayrakli H

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

 

o       Peptic ulcer or inflammatory gastric disease?

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Kapicioglu S.