The internal carotid artery (ICA) is a paired artery that primarily supplies the anterior two-thirds of the brain, the pituitary gland, the eye structures, and some other cranial structures. The ICA variations or abnormalities have been more or less described; especially, bilateral ICA hypoplasia (ICAH) was a very rare description that inspired aut...

By Ljiljana Vasović, Ana Mrkaić, Miracle Wangsuwana, Dimitrije Đorđević, Milena Trandafilović

Depression is a mood disorder that prevents the patients from performing everyday activities, due to the constant presence of negative feelings. Depression is a worldwide medical disorder which is highly prevalent and has therefore become a huge financial burden for the health system. Biological, psychological, and social factors are most commonly ...

By Ina Konstantinović, Milena Trandafilović

Acute intermittent porphyria is a rare metabolic disorder of the hem biosynthetic pathway that can cause severe neurological symptoms involving the central, autonomic and peripheral nervous system. Diagnosis may be delayed due to variable symptoms that can mimic other diseases. A 23-year-old woman with abdominal pain, constipation, progressive deve...

By Stefan Todorović, Gordana Đorđević, Andrija Rančić, Dejan Aleksić

Lentigo maligna (LM) represents an in situ melanoma that develops on chronically photo-damaged skin. Clinical diagnosis of LM is often difficult, even for experienced dermatologists. The aim of the study was to analyze the clinical and dermoscopic features of patients with pathohistologically verified lentigo maligna (LM) and to determine a possibl...

By Danica Tiodorović, Danijela Popović, Slađana Cekić, Milica Radić, Aleksandar Popović, Nataša Vidović, Andrija Jović

Homocysteine is an amino acid that is formed in the metabolism of methionine as the quantitatively most important metabolite. Its chemical structure has been known for 90 years and its biological roles are still being investigated. Under normal conditions, homocysteine is present in plasma at the concentration of 5 - 9 mmol/l. When the cell capacit...

By Bojana Miladinović, Vladana Živković, Dušanka Kitić, Maja Nikolić

The aim of the study was to assess the effectiveness of robotic-assisted gait treadmill training (Lokomat) as an adjunct to traditional physiotherapy in improving the range of motion, muscle strength and decreasing spasticity in lower extremities in children with cerebral palsy. Twenty-six participants, with mean 7.69 ± 2.90 years, levels I-...

By Dragana Đurić, Snežana Ilić, Alameri Shaima, Almenhali Ameera, Al Tariq

Since 1999 continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) has been used to measure the amount of glucose in the interstitial fluid. CGM is crucial when it comes to developing the ambulatory glucose profile and giving information on time spent in range (TIR), percentage of time spent above and below range, as well as variability. It was in 1992 that Campbell e...

By Milovan Stojanović, Milica Pešić, Stevan Ilić, Marina Deljanin-Ilić, Vojislav Ćirić

Sleep disturbance is a frequent complaint of patients suffering from arterial hypertension (AH) for a long time. A hidden and uncontrolled increase in blood pressure (BP) makes the course of physiological processes more difficult, disrupts the regulation of biological rhythms, and increases the risk of cardiovascular complications even with a short...

By Mikhail Osadchuk, Inna Vasilieva, Ekaterina Mironova, Nikolay Korzhenkov, Maxim Trushin

Lemon balm has been used for centuries due to its strong sedative, antimicrobial and spasmolytic effects. Besides different types of extracts and essential oils, hydrolates (by-products obtained during essential oil extraction) are preparations of aromatic medicinal plants with potential pharmacological activity. To estimate Melissa officinalis lea...

By Nikola Stojanović, Sara Mladenović, Bogdan Stojiljković, Aleksandar Marković, Dragana Pavlović, Pavle Ranđelović, Jelena Zvezdanović, Ljiljana Stanojević

The aim of the paper was to evaluate the AgNOR parameters for the discrimination of benign from malignant breast tumors via a new approach - the total AgNOR area/nuclear area (TAA/NA). Three groups, consisting of control (n = 14), benign (n = 18) and malignant (n = 28) participants were included in the study. The AgNOR staining technique was perfor...

By Mehmet Koksal, Serap Dogan, Recep Eroz, Figen Ozturk, Ahmet Ozturk, Nurhan Cucer