Background/objectives COVID-19 followed a mortal course in some young patients without
any underlying factors, however, it followed a very benign course in some very older …

Brucella spp. are gram-negative, facultative and intracellular bacteria that can cause
chronic zoonotic infections in humans (Young, 2005). The organism can be transmitted from …

Background Alzheimer's disease is a progressive, irreversible neurodegenerative disorder
characterized by loss of memory and cognitive skills. More than 90% of cases are sporadic …

OBJECTIVES: To investigate the association between Mycoplasma sp. infection and conventional
renal cell carcinoma (RCC). METHODS: Normal kidney, renal intratubular neoplasia, …

Transporter associated with antigen presenting (TAP) 1 and TAP2 genes are localized in the
major histocompatability complex (MHC) class II region and form a heterodimer playing a …

Background Previous studies have suggested that DNA repair enzyme polymorphisms may
bear prognostic value in metastatic colorectal carcinoma (MCRC). Methods We …

Objective The aim of this study was to investigate links among cytokine genetic variants and
generalized aggressive periodontitis (GAgP). Methods Thirty-five patients with generalized …

In order to investigate the association between IL-1β −511 C→T and IL-1 receptor antagonist
intron 2 variable tandem repeat polymorphisms, and febrile seizures in children, 90 …

Vitiligo is a common skin disorder characterized by patterned depigmentation, because of a
decrease of melanin pigment resulting from apparent melanocyte loss. The aim of this study …

Despite considerable progress in the pharmacotherapy of epilepsy, more than 30% of patients
are reported to be resistant to antiepileptic drugs. Multidrug resistance 1 (MDR1) gene …