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The Moldovan Medical Journal, Vol. 63, No 5, November 2020

The Moldovan Medical Journal, Vol. 63, No 5, November 2020

 

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  • The Moldovan Medical Journal. November 2020, Vol. 63, No 5 
    Unknown author (The Scientific Medical Association of the Republic of Moldova, 2020)
    The Moldovan Medical Journal is an international scientific double-blind peer-reviewed periodical edition, 4 per year, of the Scientific Medical Association of the Republic of Moldova designed for specialists in the areas ...
  • Precancerous gastric lesions: pathophysiology and symptomatology 
    Botezatu, Adriana; Bodrug, Nicolae; Istrate, Viorel (The Scientific Medical Association of the Republic of Moldova, 2020)
    Background: Independent risk factors for chronic atrophic gastritis, gastric intestinal metaplasia and gastric cancer are: Helicobacter pylori infection (especially virulent CagA strains), genetic factors (advanced age, ...
  • Applicability of next generation genetic testing in epilepsy through whole exome sequencing 
    Catereniuc, Daniela; Chelban, Viorica; Groppa, Stanislav (The Scientific Medical Association of the Republic of Moldova, 2020)
    Background: Epilepsy affects around 1% of the general population. With already acknowledged strong genetic contributions, >50% of epilepsy cases still remain undiagnosed. This is primordially due to the multifactorial ...
  • Acute transverse myelitis in a HIV-positive patient with COVID-19 
    Nemtan, Victor; Hacina, Evghenia; Topciu, Galina; Manole, Elena; Lisnic, Vitalie; Thurnher, Majda; Kummer, Rüdiger von (The Scientific Medical Association of the Republic of Moldova, 2020)
    Background: Immunocompromised status keeps on being a challenge for a physician, especially in the context of the coronavirus disease – 19 (COVID-19) pandemic. The predominant clinical presentations are related to the ...
  • The risk factors for developing primarily detected pulmonary tuberculosis requiring hospitalization 
    Feller, Veronica; Ustian, Aurelia (The Scientific Medical Association of the Republic of Moldova, 2020)
    Background: The risk factors assessment and updating will enable to establish an efficient and targeted policy in the fight against tuberculosis, thus providing a much more efficient management of the limited resources ...
  • The morbidity rate of acute stroke among adult population in both Moldova and India 
    Ciobanu, Gheorghe; Melnicov, Victoria; Nasarudeen, Nasarulla (The Scientific Medical Association of the Republic of Moldova, 2020)
    Background: According to the WHO, over 15 million people worldwide suffer from stroke annually, 5.5 million die and 5 million become permanently disabled. According to the latest WHO data published in 2017, Stroke Deaths ...
  • Early detection of urinary bladder tumors with narrow band imaging 
    Vladanov, Ivan; Pleșacov, Alexei; Scutelnic, Ghenadie; Ghicavii, Vitalii (The Scientific Medical Association of the Republic of Moldova, 2020)
    Background: Early diagnosis at the incipient stages of bladder tumors is one of the current issues discussed in modern urology. Although the main method of diagnosis remains cystoscopy, new methods of visualization and ...
  • The development of the automated information system of pharmaceutical staff management 
    Adauji, Stela; Croitoru, Galina; Safta, Vladimir (The Scientific Medical Association of the Republic of Moldova, 2020)
    Background: The automated evidence of any systemic personal data represents an important tool to provide good functionality of that system. It absolutely refers to the pharmaceutical system as well, which is a part of the ...
  • Neuromodulatory approach in paroxysmal neurological disorders 
    Leahu, Pavel; Groppa, Stanislav (The Scientific Medical Association of the Republic of Moldova, 2020)
    Background: Nowadays, neuro-modulation offers different devices and techniques in the treatment of neurological patients suffering from paroxysmal disorders, such as epilepsy and migraine. Among non-pharmacologic therapies, ...
  • Assessment of bronchiectasis in adult HIV/AIDS patients 
    Munteanu, Oxana; Rusu, Doina; Tambala, Diana; Botnaru, Victor (The Scientific Medical Association of the Republic of Moldova, 2020)
    Background: Immunodeficiencies should be suspected in cases of primary identified bronchiectasis in adults. Moldova is among the countries with a continuous increase in the number of HIV-infected adults. Impaired immune ...
  • S100 protein in molecular subtypes of breast cancer 
    Carpenco, Ecaterina (The Scientific Medical Association of the Republic of Moldova, 2020)
    Background: Cancer research is mainly focused on the tumor cells themselves, the tumor microenvironment being largely neglected. Antigen presenting cells are a heterogeneous population that infiltrates the tumor and can ...
  • Functional features in interstitial lung diseases 
    Calaras, Diana; Rusu, Doina; David, Aliona; Botnaru, Victor (The Scientific Medical Association of the Republic of Moldova, 2020)
    Background: Interstitial lung diseases (ILD) are a group of disorders that are generally thought to commonly share a restrictive ventilatory defect and reduced diffusing capacity for carbon monoxide (DLCO). The aim was to ...
  • Reorganization and resilience of brain networks in focal epilepsy 
    Ciolac, Dumitru (The Scientific Medical Association of the Republic of Moldova, 2020)
    Background: Epilepsy has been considered as a brain network disorder. Advanced computational tools have granted a non-invasive window to explore the brain networks in epilepsy. Studying the reorganization of brain networks ...