Acta Clinica Croatica - Vol. 48 / No. 1
Zagreb, March 2009


 

ORIGINAL SCIENTIFIC PAPERS

Cognitive and Depressive Disorders in Multiple Sclerosis
Azra Alajbegović, Nataša Loga, Naida Tiro, Salem Alajbegović, Veselin Cindro, Izet Hozo

Coexistence of Papillary Carcinoma and Hashimoto's Thyroiditis
Dubravka Mateša-Anić, Neven Mateša, Nina Dabelić, Zvonko Kusić

Duration of Delirium in the Acute Stage of Stroke
Zikrija Dostović, Dževdet Smajlović, Osman Sinanović, Mirjana Vidović

The Analgesic Effect of Magnesium Sulfate in Patients Undergoing Thoracotomy
Jana Kogler

Traumatic Epidural Hematomas in Posterior Cranial Fossa
Bogdan Ašanin


PROFESSIONAL PAPERS

The Effect of Travoprost 0.004% as an Adjuvant to Timolol 0.5% Therapy
Željko Kovačić, Robert Stanić, Veljko Rogošić, Lovro Bojić, Milan Ivanišević, Vesna Ćapkun

Comparison of 18F-FDG Positron Emission Tomography and Computed Tomography
in Patients with Colorectal Carcinoma and Lymphoma: Our Initial Clinical Experience

Božena Coha, Karmela Radmilović, Jasna Gardašanić, Mirna Daković,
Mario Štefanić, Azra Latić, Drago Mitrečić


Natural History of Brucellosis in an Endemic Region in Different Time Periods
Mile Bosilkovski, Marija Dimzova, Krsto Grozdanovski


CASE REPORT

Symptoms of Annular Pancreas Exacerbated By Pregnancy
Mario Ledinsky, Ivan Suić, Nenad Babić, Stipan Kujundžić

Posttraumatic High-Flow Priapism: Case Report, Current Management Options and Literature Review
Goran Benko, Goran Štimac, Josip Katušić, Anđela Barišić, Borislav Spajić, Ognjen Kraus

Intraventricular Location of Metastatic Breast Carcinoma: A Case Report
Tomislav Sajko, Krešimir Rotim, Nenad Kudelić, Hrvoje Krpina, Leandra Miletić


REVIEWS

Most Common Clinical Presentations of Cutaneous Mastocytosis
Vedrana Bulat, Liborija Lugović Mihić, Mirna Šitum, Marija Buljan, Iva Blajić, Jana Pušić

New Concepts of Neural Regulation in Human Nasal Mucosa
James N. Baraniuk, Samantha J. Merck


BOOK REVIEWS

NEWS

HISTORICAL REVIEW

ON NOTABLE BOOKS IN OUR MEDICAL HISTORY


Abstract Book of the 7th symposium on Experimental Rhinology and Immunology of the Nose (Serin),
13 - 15 November 2008, Dubrovnik, Croatia


Immunologic Evaluation of Patients with Recurrent Ear, Nose and Throat Infections
Sina Abdollahzade, Asghar Aghamohammadi, Alireza Karimi, Mohsen Naraghi, Amir Arvin Sazgar

Upper-Lower Airway Interaction Measured By Local and Systemic Inflammatory
Parameters (Inflammometers) in Adult Asthma and Rhinitis

Sonja Badovinac, Andrea Vukić-Dugac, Dijana Krmpotić, Bojana Butorac-Petanjek,
Marta Koršić, Sanja Popović-Grle


Study of a Long-Term Effect of Topical Capsaicin Treatment in Nasal Polyposis
Tomislav Baudoin, Hrvoje Ćupić, Josip Hat, Livije Kalogjera

IL-8 Production and Apoptosis of Nasal Epithelial Cells in Response to Dexamethasone
Sonja Bobic, Ina Callebaut, Valerie Hox, Jan L. Ceuppens, Cornelis M. Van Drunen,
Wytske J. Fokkens, Peter W. Hellings


Role of VEGF and PLGF in Allergic Airway Inflammation
Sonja Bobic, Vanessa De Vooght, Ina Callebaut, Valerie Hox, Jan L. Ceuppens, Peter W. Hellings

Allergic Rhinitis and Asthma in Children
Katerina Boškovska, Jane Buzarov, Slavica Kostadinova, Lidija Petruševska, Marija Maneva

The Effects of Staphylococcus Aureus Enterotoxin B on Granulocyte Chemotaxis
and Survival through the Activation of Epithelial Cells

Ina Callebaut, Kristien Reekmans, Sonja Bobic, Greet Hens, Dominique Bullens,
Jan Ceuppens, Claus Bachert, Peter W. Hellings


Allergic Rhinitis and Bronchial Asthma, a Single Disease?
Gabriela Ramona Cioaca, Miltiade Staicus, Virgil Paunescu

Cllnical and Immunological Evolution of Non-Allergic Rhinitis
Inmaculada Dońa Diaz, Carmen Rondon Segovia, María José Torres Jaén,
José Juan Romero Andreu, Dolores Ruiz Ros, José Luis Rodríguez-Bada, Miguel Blanca Gómez


Subclinical Investigations by Medical Mycologists within Human Habitations Beneficial
in the Case Diagnosis of Chronic Rhinosinusitis with Nondescript Cause

Josef Dumanov, Dennis Hooper, Ritchie Shoemaker, Michael Rudenko

Efficient Purification of Eosinophils from Human Tissues: A Comparative Study
Alon H. Nissim Ben Efraim, Ariel Munitz, Francesca Levi-Schaffer, Ron Eliashar

Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery (FESS) Improved Asthma Symptoms
As Well As PEFR and Olfaction in Patients with Nasal Polyposis

Anders Ehnhage, P. Olsson, Karl Gustav Kölbeck, Maria Skedinger,
Barbro Dahlén, M. Alenius, Pär Stjärne


Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide is a Potent Primer for Mast Cell Recruitment
to the Allergic Airway: A Novelbiophysical Association of F-Actin

Amr El-Shazly

Skin Prick Testing - Help in Treatment of Chronic Allergic Rhinosinusitis?
Mohamed Eletriby, Ola Mohamed, Ali Hamed

Detection of iNKT Cells in the Nasal Secretion of Allergic Rhinitis Patients
Mohammad Fereidouni, Farahzad Jabbari Azad, Reza Farid Hossini, Abdol Reza Varasteh, Lena AI-Harthi

Effects of Proinflammatory Stimuli on Glucocorticoid Receptor Activation in Airway Fibroblasts
Laura Fernandez-Bertolin, Laura Pujols, Mireya Fuentes, Isam Alobid,
Cristina Embit, Jordi Roca-Ferrer, Joaquim Mullol, Cesar Picado


Can Histological Findings Predict Surgical Outcome in Patients Operated for Nasal Polyps?
Marko Velimir Grgić, Tomislav Baudoin, Hrvoje Ćupić, Mirjana Kujundžić Tiljak

Correlation between Subjective and Objective Parameters of Nasal Polyps
Valerie Hox, Ina Callebaut, Ellen Dillissen, Jan L. Ceuppens, Peter W. Hellings

Staphylococcus aureus Enterotoxin B Facilltates Allergic Sensitization
Wouter Huvenne, Ina Callebaut, Bert Verbinnen, Greet Hens, Jeroen Vanoirbeek,
Paul Van Cauwenberge, Phillipe Gevaert, Claus Bachert, Jan L. Ceuppens, Peter W. Hellings


The Effect of Doxycycllne-Coated Stents on Postoperative Healing Quality after Sinus Surgery
Wouter Huvenne, Nan Zhang, E. Tijsma, A. Driessen, B. Hissong, J. Huurdeman, G. Holtappels,
S. Claeys, Paul Van Cauwenberge, H. Nelis, T. Coenye, Claus Bachert


Eotaxin-1, -2, and -3 Immunoreactivity and Protein Concentration in the Nasal Polyps
of Eosinophilic Chronic Rhinosinusitis Patients

Katsuhisa lkeda, Toru Yao, Yuko Kojima, Akemi Koyanagi, Hidenori Yokoi, Tatsuya Saitoh,
Kenji Kawano, Masayuki Furukawa, Takeshi Kusunoki


Caveolar Transport through Nasal Epithelium of Birch Pollen Allergen Bet v 1 in Allergic Patients
Sakari Joenväärä, Pirkko Mattila, Jutta Renkonen, Sanna Toppila-Salmi, Antti Mäkitie, Risto Renkonen

The Relationship between Allergic Rhinitis and Personality Traits Using
Symptom Checklist-Go Revised Questionnaire

Ebrahim Karimi, Mona Heidarali, Mehdi Bakhshaee

Inhibitory Action of Roxythromycin on Histamine Release and Prostaglandin D2
Production from Beta-Defensin 2-Stimulated Mast Cell

Kaori Kase

Type I and Type III Interferon Expression during Rhinovirus Infection
Musa R. Khaitov, Vasile Laza-Stanca, Michael R. Edwards, Ross P. Walton, Sebastian L. Johnston

Clinical Manifestation of Odontogenic Sinusitis
Soo Whan Kim, Ji Hong Kim, Jin Hee Cho, Jun Myung Kang, Sung Won Kim

Assessment of the Prevalence and Possible Risk Factors of Self-reported Asthma and Allergic Rhinitis
in the Population of a Rural District near Amsterdam, A Ga2len Study

Jurriaan Kok, Yvette Smulders, Cornelis M. Van Drunen, Wytske J. Fokkens

Effect of Subcutaneous Immunotherapy on Symptom and Medication Scores
for Rhinoconjunctivitis: A 3-Year Study

Elena S. Korovkina, Marina A. Mokronosova

Use of RhinolightŇ in the Treatment of Allergic Rhinitis
Edyta Krzych-Falta, Magdalena Arcimowicz, Adam Lusawa, Ewa M. Galkowska, Boleslaw K. Samolinski

Chronic Rhinosinusitis with Nasal Polyposis -The Role of Aspergilus
and Dematiaceous Family Fungi in Pathogenesis

Asen Kutsarov, Vanya Tzvetkova, Rumjana Koleva, Albena Todorova, Svetla Gecheva, Tanja Aleksovska

Non-Allergic Rhinitis, and Not Only Allergic Rhinitis, is Associated with Increased Exhaled No Levels
Andrei Malinovschi, Christer Jansen, Marieann Högman, Kjell Torén,
Dan Norbäck, Giovanni Rolla, Anna-Carin Olin


Impaired Lung Function in Children with Allergic Rhinitis without Asthma
Iva Mrkić, Davor Plavec, Boro Nogalo, Mirjana Turkalj

Allergic Rhinitis in Children
Carlos Nunes

A Double-Blind Cross-Over Controlled Study of Pranlukast, a Leukotriene Receptor Antagonist,
Against Japanese Cedar Pollinosis Using the OHIO Chamber

Kimihiro Okubo, Kazuhiro Hashiguchi, Minoru Gotoh, Shuichiro Endo, Hidenori Suzuki, Keisuke Masuyama

Nasal Inflammation after Nasal Provocation Test in Patients with Work-Related Rhinitis
Gianni Pala, Patriza Pignatti, Marta Pisati, Luca Perfetti, Gabriella Banchieri, Gianna Moscato

The Effect of Ginkgo Biloba on the Expression of Intermediate-Early Antigen (C-FOS)
in the Experimentally-Induced Anosmic Mouse

Chan-Soon Park, Jin-Hee Cho, Soo-Hwan Kim

An Update on Specific Immunotherapy for Allergic Rhinitis
Giovanni Passalacqua

Nasal Beclomethasone Plus Loratadine in Patients With Rhinitis and Concomitant Asthma
Željko Paunović

Is Aspirin the Reason?
Erjola Piluri, Mesonjesi Eris, Qirko Etleva

Aspergillus Spp. are One of Triggering Factors of Nasal Polyposis
Pavel Protasov, Anna Antropova, Marina Mokronosova, Tatiana Zheltikova

Update on Glucocorticoid Receptor Regulation
Laura Pujols

Effects of the Reversible Proteasome Inhibitor MG262 on Fibroblast Proliferation and Function
Laura Pujols, Mireya Fuentes, Laura Fernandez-Bertolin, Isam Alobid, N. Agell,
Jordi Roca-Ferrer, Joaquim Mullol, Cesar Picado


Aspirin Bronchial Challenge Decreases Peripheral Blood Eosinophils both in Nasal
Polyposis/Aspirin Asthma and Healthy Individuals

Mira Radulović Pevec, Branko Pevec, Asja Stipić Marković

Intranasal Recombinant Alfa-2 Interferon Treatment of Persistent Often Recurrent Herpes Virus Infections
Michael Rudenko, Andrey Sirnbirtcev, Irene Rudenko, Andrey Zabelev, Andrey Shernshura

Relevance of Epithelial Damage and Basement Membrane Thickness to Eosinophilic
Infiltration in Nasal Polyps of Chronic Rhinosinusitis

Tatsuya Saitoh, Hirotomo Honma, Takeshi Kusunoki, Toru Yao, Kenji Kawano, Yuko Kojima,
Katsumi Miyahara, Junko Onoda, Hidenori Yokoi, Katsuhisa Ikeda


Analysis of TLR2 Promotor Polymorphism in Chronic Sinusitis
Kathrin Scheckenbach, Adam Chaker, Matthias Hauer, Simone Hindersin, Martin Wagenmann

Increased IL-17 and Rantes Levels in Induced Sputum of Allergic Rhinitis Subjects
after Single Nasal Allergen Challenge

Aleksandra Semik -Orzech, Adam Barczyk, Ryszard Wiaderkiewicz, Wladyslaw Pierzchala

Impact of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Patients with Chronic Rhinosinusitis
on Symptom Scores in Sinonasal Outcome Test

Dražen Shejbal, Siniša Stevanović, Elvira Koić, Livije Kalogjera

Prevalence of Symptoms Indicative of Acute and Chronic Rhinosinusitis and the Influence of
Personal, Environmental and Occupational Circumstances, First Report on the GA2LEN Survey

Yvette Smulders, Jurriaan Kok, Cornelis M. VanDrunen, Wytske J. Fokkens

Subjective vs. Objective Smell Assessment in Different Subgroups of Patients with Impaired Olfaction
Darko Solter, Davor Vagić, Tomislav Baudoin, Livije Kalogjera

Stress Effects on Allergic Inflammation of the Airways
Pontus Stierna, Susanna Georen

Relation between Cellular Infiltration and Markers in Patients with Chronic Rhinosinusitis
Davor Vagić, Livije Kalogjera, Tomislav Baudoin, Krešo Zurak, Goran Geber

A New Method of Studying the Human Nasal Microcirculation In Vivo
Using Sidestream Dark Field (SDF) Imaging

Anne-Marije Van Kuijen, Can lnce, Cornelis M. Van Drunen, Wytske J. Fokkens

Is Nasal Hyperreactive Response to Non-Isotonic Aerosol Related to the Level of Inflammation?
Krešo Zurak, Davor Vagić, Tomislav Baudoin, Darko Soller, Livije Kalogjera

The European Position Paper on Rhinosinusitis and Nasal Polyps (EP30S)
Wytske Fokkens

Immune Mechanisms of the Link between Allergic Rhinitis and Asthma and the Aria Update 2008
Ruby Pawankar

Upper Airway in CF and PCD: Diagnostics and Treatment
Andrew Bush, Royal Brompton Hospital & Imperial

Acknowledgement to Referees

Index to volume 47, 2008


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