A rare thyroid disorder mimicking mitochondrial disease
Introduction. Patients affected with Allan-Herndon-Dudley syndrome (AHDS) have a deficiency of monocarboxylate transporter 8 (MCT8), a protein primarily responsible for the transport of triiodothyronine (T3) into the brain. This X-linked disorder affects almost exclusively males with clinical presentation encompassing developmental delay, axial hyp...
By Adrijan Sarajlija, Slađana Todorović, Biljana Alimpić, Maja Čehić
Effect of type of sport, weekly physical exertion and body mass index on values of bone turnover markers in elite female athletes
Introduction. The aim of the study was to determine the level of bone turnover markers (serum middle fragment of osteocalcin and b-CrossLaps) in young female athletes involved in different sports, as well as to determine the relation between bone turnover markers (BMT) and type of sports activity, weekly physical exertion and body mass index. Metho...
By Nenad Ponorac, Tanja Šobot, Nela Rašeta
Therapeutic swimming
The beneficial influence of water on the human body has been known since ancient times. Water as a therapeutic agent has a very wide application whereas a therapeutic effect of water is based on physical characteristics, thermal and mechanical effects. For the field of therapeutic gymnastics, the mechanical action of water has a special significa...
By Milomir Trivun, Jovica Tošić, Vladan Marković
Prevencija dijabetesne nefropatije
Neprekidni porast broja bolesnika sa dijabetesnom nefropatijom u terminalnojinsuficijenciji bubrega zahteva da se više pažnje posveti prevenciji ove bolesti.Savremene mere prevencije dijabetesne nefropatije zasnivaju se na poznavanjunjene patogeneze. Dva glavna patogenetska faktora u nastanku dijabetesnenefropatije su hiperglikemija i poveća...
By Ljubica Djukanović
Značaj kvantitativne ultrazvučne osteodenzitometrije u ranom otkrivanju osteoporoze
Uvod. Rano otkrivanje osteoporoze predstavlja prvi korak u uspješnoj prevenciji,liječenju i rehabilitaciji. Zlatni standard u dijagnostici osteoporoze jemjerenje mineralne gustine kosti (BMD) na slabinskoj kičmi i kuku metodomdvostruke ekspozicije X zracima (DEXA). Jedan od metoda mjerenja gustinekosti na periferiji, koja se dijagnostikuje u...
By Milić Lazić, Goran Spasojević