
EDITORIAL
Doina Azoicăi: Oncogenetics saves lifes [Page: 7]
INTERNAL MEDICINE - PEDIATRICS
UPDATES
1. Daciana Elena Brănişteanu, Cătălina Maria Voicu, D.C. Brănişteanu: Alopecia – a challenge for dermatologists [Page: 11]
2. Liana Rada Borza: A review on the cause-effect relationship between oxidative stress and toxic proteins in the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative diseases [Page: 19]
3. C. D. Popescu: Multiple sclerosis and pregnancy [Page: 28]
4. Tatiana Ţăranu, Şt. Toader, Irina Eşanu, Mihaela Paula Toader: Pruritus in the elderly. Pathophysiological, clinical, laboratory and therapeutic approach[Page: 33]
5. Paraschiva Postolache, Melania Costin, Emilia-Lidia Dumbravă (Chirilă), Doina-Clementina Cojocaru: Anxiety and depression in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: an open agenda for research [Page: 39]
ORIGINAL PAPERS
6. Luana Macovei, Isabella Brujbu: Psoriatic rheumatism. inflammatory arthropathy [Page: 45]
7. D. Alexa, Aurora Constantinescu, D. Baltag, B. Ignat, D.N. Paduraru, O. Bolbocean, C.D. Popescu: Parkinson’s disease and carotid intima-media thickness [Page: 52]
8. O. Mitu, M. Roca, Maria Magdalena Leon, F. Mitu: Predictive value of a positive exercise stress testing and correlations with cardiovascular risk factors [Page: 57]
9. Daniela Maria Tănase, Simona Daniela Ionescu, Anca Ouatu, V. Ambăruş, C. Rezuş, Cătălina Arsenescu-Georgescu:
Thyroid dysfunction and ischemic heart disease – clinical correlations, progressive implications and impact on the prognosis [Page: 63]
10. Codrina Bejan, Isabela Loghin, F. Roşu, G. Dorobăţ, Carmen-Mihaela Dorobăţ: Clinical features and evolution of organ dysfunctions in sepsis [Page: 71]
11. Emilia-Lidia Dumbravă (Chirilă), Doina-Clementina Cojocaru, Paraschiva Postolache: Orthostatic intolerance – an expression of autonomic disfunction in Parkinson’s disease [Page: 75]
CASE REPORTS
12. Alina-Costina Luca, C. Iordache: Infectious endocarditis with five localisations - case reports [Page: 81]
13. Simona Daniela Ionescu, Daniela Maria Tănase, Anca Ouatu, V. Ambăruş, Anca Dosa, Cătălina Arsenescu-Georgescu:Massive pericardial effusion associated with hypotiroidism [Page: 87]
14. I. Antohe, Angela Dascalescu, Cristina Burcoveanu, Doramina Ghiorghiu, Alina Dascalu, C. Danaila: Pact with the devil: alemtuzumab therapy, immune suppression and infectious complications in chronic lymphocytic leukemia [Page: 92]
15. Ioana Dana Alexa, Adina Carmen Ilie, Anca Moroşanu, Irina Crăcană, Ramona Onuţu, Ana Voica, A. Luca: A case of severe hypoalbuminemia associated with chronic congestive heart failure: the role of the tricuspid regurgitation [Page: 96]
16. Teodora Alexa, A. Luca, Irina Crăcană, Ramona Onuţu, Amalia Merticariu, C.Dănăilă: Leishmaniasis – an unusual cause of splenomegaly in Romania [Page: 101]
SURGERY
CASE REPORTS
17. M. E. Căpîlna, Simona Cristina Rusu, B. Szabo, Cristina Marian: Three synchronous primary pelvic cancers – a case report [Page: 107]
BASIC SCIENCES
ORIGINAL PAPERS
18. Ioana Cristina Amihăesei: Bipolar disorder, not so rare diagnosis: subtypes of different degrees of severity, diagnosis, therapy [Page: 111]
19. Gabriela Rusu, Gratiela Popa, Lacramioara Ochiuz, M. Nechifor, Liliana Tartau: Effects of some dopamine antagonists on spatial memory performance in rats - experimental research [Page: 116]
20. Mihaela Boancă, Aurica Chiriac, Loredana Niţă, Otilia Novac, Cătălina Elena Lupuşoru, V. Poroch, Liliana Tarţău: The effects of two polymeric matrices for indomethacin in cutaneous nociceptive reactivity in mice [Page: 125]
21. Raluca Stefania Stanescu, Gabriela Bordeianu, B. Stoica, Didona Ungureanu, M. Rusu, Elena Petrescu-Danila: RAD51 overexpression and resistance to genotoxic agents. A study in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe [Page: 133]
PREVENTIVE MEDICINE - LABORATORY
UPDATES
22. Cristina Brujbu, Andreea Macovei: Clinical, epidemiological and prophylactic aspects of dyspepsia [Page: 141]
ORIGINAL PAPERS
23. D. Tucaliuc, O. Alexa, Cristina Gabriela Tuchiluş, Ramona Gabriela Ursu, Elena Simona Tucaliuc, Luminiţa Smaranda Iancu:Retrospective study on the etiological spectrum and antibiotic resistance in infections associated with osteosynthesis materials [Page: 147]
24. Zsuzsánna Szász, Annamária Demeter, L. Bíró, H. Moldovan, Z. Ábrám , P. Boţianu , Paula Gliga: Smoking generated pm 2.5 exposure among Transylvanian students [Page: 154]
25. Lisandra Damian, Cătălina Elena Lupușoru, Cristina Mihaela Ghiciuc: Self-medication with antimicrobial drugs among university students in a Northeast region of Romania [Page: 160]
26. L. Miron, Raluca Filimon, F.D. Petrariu, Mioara Calipsoana Matei: Clostridium difficile epidemic outbreak in an oncology unit [Page: 165]
27. V. Poroch, Mihaela Boancă: Palliative care - integration model into oncological assistance for the patients of Regional Institute of Oncology Iasi [Page: 171]
CASE REPORTS
28. Annamária Demeter, Zsuzsánna Szász, H. Moldovan, Z. Ábrám , Mirela Gliga: The implications of hazardous waste neutralization on employees health: a case study [Page: 178]
29. Carmen Pânzaru, Maria Dan, M. O. Balasanian , Geanina Coadă, Gr. Tinică, E.R. Dabija: Subacute fungal endocarditis due to Acremonium spp: a case study and review of the literature [Page: 182]
DENTAL MEDICINE
ORIGINAL PAPERS
30. Mihaela Monica Scutariu, Norina Forna: Dental esthetics - instrument for recreating a new facial esthetic to the elderly patient [Page: 186]
31. I. Luchian, Dana Cristiana Maxim, Ioana Martu, Monica Tatarciuc, Silvia Martu: Young patients’ perception on different surgical management of the disto-oclusal gingival operculum in second mandibular molars [Page: 194]
32. Krisztina Mártha, Irina Zetu, Alexandru Ogodescu, Réka Gyergay, Sarolta Kovács: Study of dental and skeletal disorders in mono- and dizygotic twins [Page: 199]
33. Sorana Roşu, Irina Zetu, Alexandru Ogodescu, Éva Veiszenbacher, Krisztina I. Mártha: Examination of bolton index comparing the traditional method with a 2-dimensional digital measurement method [Page: 205]
34. Dana Feştilă, M.Ghergie, Alexandrina Muntean, A. Şerbănescu: The influence of functional therapy on facial and dental structures. case presentation [Page: 209]
PHARMACY
ORIGINAL PAPERS
35. Maria Apotrosoaei, Ioana Vasincu (Geangalau), Sandra Constantin, F. Buron, S. Routier, Lenuta Profire: Synthesis, characterization and antioxidant activity of some new thiazolidin-4-one derivatives [Page: 213]
36. Ioana Vasincu (Geangalau), Maria Apotrosoaei, Andreea Panzariu, F. Buron, S. Routier, Lenuta Profire: Development and optimization of the synthesis of new thiazolidin-4-one derivatives of ibuprofen [Page: 219]
37. Magdalena Birsan, Ileana Cojocaru, Mihaela Monica Scutariu, Iuliana Popovici: Research studies on in vitro and ex vivo yield of the miconazole nitrate from oral biomucoadhesive tablets [Page: 225]
38. Diana Lăcătușu, Mihaela Baican, Florina Crivoi: Effects of perfluorocarbon emulsion in rheology [Page: 232]
39. Alina Monica Miftode, Alina Ştefanache, A. Şpac, V. Dorneanu: Evaluation of free radical scavenging activity of some antioxidants [Page: 239]
40. Cătălina Daniela Stan, Maria Drăgan, D.E. Diaconu, Alina Ştefanache: Possibilities to acylate 7-aminocephalosporanic acid to obtain some cephalosporins [Page: 244]
MEDICAL BIOENGINEERING
ORIGINAL PAPERS
41. Lenuţa Kloetzer, Mădălina Poştaru, Corina Cheptea, D. Caşcaval, Anca-Irina Galaction: Nonconventional techniques for separation of biosynthetic amino acids [Page: 250]