Background Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and presence of malnutrition have been found to be associated with mortality and morbidity in various clinical conditions. We investigated the association between NLR and ...

Objective: To investigate the role of selenoprotein W1 (SEPW1) single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in etiopathogenesis of pre-eclampsia (PE) and its association with maternal selenoprotein W (SelW) and selenium levels. ...

Conclusion: Vitamin-D insufficiency/deficiency has led to reduced parenchymal blood supply and increased micro-vascular resistance in Hashimoto thyroiditis patients.

The common presenting symptoms of pancreatic cancer are abdominal pain, weight loss, and jaundice. Pancreatic adenocarcinoma presenting with diabetic ketoacidosis is a very rare emergent clinical condition. However, ...

Conclusions: Patients who had myeloproliferative disorders had a high prevalence of vitamin B-12 deficiency, despite high serum vitamin B-12 levels. Therefore, vitamin B-12 status should be evaluated in patients with ...

In myeloproliferative disorders (MPDs), vitamin B-12 levels are measured falsely elevated with conventional methods due to increased carrier protein synthesis. HoloTranscobalamine (HoloTC) assay is a first-choice method ...

Objective: The aim of the present study was to investigate whether copper, zinc and iron levels and copper/zinc, iron/zinc, iron/copper ratios in serum and erythrocytes are associated with lipid oxidation levels, ...

This study investigated the frequency of malnutrition in geriatric hemodialysis patients according to biochemical, anthropometric, bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA), modified quantitative subjective global assessment ...