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Original research

• Practical prediction model for the risk of 2-year mortality of individuals in the general population (7 March, 2016)

  Alexander Goldfarb-Rumyantzev, Shiva Gautam, Robert S Brown
• The role of 99m Tc-RBC scintigraphy in lower gastrointestinal hemorrhage (8 March, 2016)

  Sangeethapriya Duraiswamy, Nathan Schmulewitz, Don C Rockey
• Bone mineral density and biochemical markers of bone metabolism in predialysis patients with chronic kidney disease (11 March, 2016)

  Nuri Fidan, Ayca Inci, Melahat Coban, Cevval Ulman, Seyhun Kursat
• Cut-off values of blood mercury concentration in relation to increased body mass index and waist circumference in Koreans (18 February, 2016)

  Suhyun Bae, Soo-Jung Park, Kyung-Jin Yeum, Beomhee Choi, Young-Sang Kim, Nam-Seok Joo
• Endothelin-1 concentrations are correlated with the severity of knee osteoarthritis (25 February, 2016)

  Zhe Zhao, Enqi Li, Qing Cao, Jie Sun, Baotong Ma
• Novel myokine: irisin may be an independent predictor for subclinic atherosclerosis in Behçet's disease (3 March, 2016)

  Abdullah Icli, Erkan Cure, Medine Cumhur Cure, Ali Ugur Uslu, Sevket Balta, Sevket Arslan, Davut Sakiz, Adem Kucuk
• Increased expression of vascular endothelial growth factor is associated with hypertrophic ligamentum flavum in lumbar spinal canal stenosis (8 March, 2016)

  Napaphat Jirathanathornnukul, Worawat Limthongkul, Wicharn Yingsakmongkol, Weerasak Singhatanadgige, Vinai Parkpian, Sittisak Honsawek
• Gonadotropin ratio affects the in vitro growth of rhesus ovarian preantral follicles

  (15 March, 2016)

  Yoon Young Kim, Jun-Won Yun, Jong Min Kim, Chung Gyu Park, Zev Rosenwaks, Hung Ching Liu, Byeong-Cheol Kang, Seung-Yup Ku
• Detection of chromosomal changes in chronic lymphocytic leukemia using classical cytogenetic methods and FISH: application of rich mitogen mixtures for lymphocyte cultures (8 March, 2016)

  Dorota Koczkodaj, Sylwia Popek, Szymon Zmorzyński, Ewa Wąsik-Szczepanek, Agata A Filip
• LINE-1 hypomethylation and mutational status in cutaneous melanomas (10 March, 2016)

  Dimitrius T Pramio, Paula C Pennacchi, Silvya S Maria-Engler, Antônio H J F M Campos, João P Duprat, Dirce M Carraro, Ana C V Krepischi