Background and Objective. The level of dehydration has been known to be a predisposing factor for the development of decompression sickness in divers. The aim of this study was to determine the level of dehydration in ...

Aim: Diabetes is an important cause of mortality and morbidity affecting especially individuals with its complications. We aimed to draw attention to the fact that MPV and hsCRP can be evaluated as warning parameters in ...

Aim: Degenerative valvular heart disease (DVHD) may cause serious cardiac problems and mortality. Determination of the factors related to DVHD may render possible the prevention and/or slowing down the progression of DVHD. ...

Acute kidney injury (AKI) and chronic kidney disease (CKD) have many common points regarding risk factors, etiology, clinical and laboratory factors. We aimed in this review to discuss the outcome, the risk of CKD, ...

Multiple executive processes are suggested to be engaged at Stroop test, and time-frequency analysis is acknowledged to improve the informative utility of EEG in cognitive brain research. We aimed to investigate event-related ...

Galactosyltransferase core-1 beta3-galactosyltransferase-1 (C1GALT1) and core 1 3-galactosyltransferase-specific molecular chaperone (COSMC) are required for the O-glycosylation of the IgA1 hinge region. IgA nephropathy ...

Renal cholesterol crystal embolism (also called renal atheroembolism) is a cause of acute kidney injury with increasing frequency. It is usually seen in patients older than 60 years of age with diffuse atherosclerotic ...

Aim: The most important cause of death in end-stage renal disease is cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). Endothelial dysfunction (ED) is one of the most important steps in the pathogenesis of CVD. Apelin is a peptide recently ...