Medicina, Vol. 55, Pages 421: Advanced Drug-Eluting Poly (Vinyl Chloride) Surfaces Deposited by Spin Coating

Medicina, Vol. 55, Pages 421: Advanced Drug-Eluting Poly (Vinyl Chloride) Surfaces Deposited by Spin Coating Medicina doi: 10.3390/medicina55080421 Authors: Oana Cristina Duta Maxim Maximov Roxana Trusca Anton Ficai Denisa Ficai Cornelia-Ioana Ilie Lia-Mara Ditu Ecaterina Andronescu Background and objectives: Medical devices such as catheters are used on a large scale to treat heart and cardiovascular diseases. Unfortunately, they present some important drawbacks...

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Medicina, Vol. 55, Pages 417: Mitigation of Radiation-Induced Lung Pneumonitis and Fibrosis Using Metformin and Melatonin: A Histopathological Study

Medicina, Vol. 55, Pages 417: Mitigation of Radiation-Induced Lung Pneumonitis and Fibrosis Using Metformin and Melatonin: A Histopathological Study Medicina doi: 10.3390/medicina55080417 Authors: Farhood Aliasgharzadeh Amini Rezaeyan Tavassoli Motevaseli Shabeeb Musa Najafi Background and objectives: Pneumonitis and fibrosis are the most common consequences of lung exposure to a high dose of ionizing radiation during an accidental radiological or nuclear...

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Medicina, Vol. 55, Pages 419: Mesothelioma Mortality Rates in Greece for the Period 2005–2015 Is Increased Compared to Previous Decades

Medicina, Vol. 55, Pages 419: Mesothelioma Mortality Rates in Greece for the Period 2005–2015 Is Increased Compared to Previous Decades Medicina doi: 10.3390/medicina55080419 Authors: Evdoxia Gogou Chrissi Hatzoglou Sotirios G. Zarogiannis Foteini Malli Rajesh M. Jagirdar Konstantinos I. Gourgoulianis Background and Objective: To present summary statistics regarding malignant mesothelioma (MM) mortality in Greece during the period 2005–2015 and compare it with...

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Medicina, Vol. 55, Pages 420: The Effect of a Low-Cost Body Weight-Supported Treadmill Trainer on Walking Speed and Joint Motion

Medicina, Vol. 55, Pages 420: The Effect of a Low-Cost Body Weight-Supported Treadmill Trainer on Walking Speed and Joint Motion Medicina doi: 10.3390/medicina55080420 Authors: Ventura Charrette Roberts Background and Objectives: Gait training with body weight-support has been shown to improve the walking speed of individuals with movement disorders. The AccesSportAmerica Gait Trainer is a low-cost, pre-market gait rehabilitation device that alters the stride characteristics...

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Medicina, Vol. 55, Pages 418: A Retrospective Study about the Impact of Switching from Nested PCR to Multiplex Real-Time PCR on the Distribution of the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Genotypes

Medicina, Vol. 55, Pages 418: A Retrospective Study about the Impact of Switching from Nested PCR to Multiplex Real-Time PCR on the Distribution of the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Genotypes Medicina doi: 10.3390/medicina55080418 Authors: Prete Ronga Addati Magrone Abbasciano Carlo Santacroce Background and objectives: Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most prevalent etiological agent of viral sexually-transmitted infection. This study retrospectively evaluated...

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