head JofIMAB
Journal of IMAB - Annual Proceeding (Scientific Papers)
Publisher: Peytchinski Publishing Ltd.
ISSN: 1312 773X (Online)
Year: 2022 April-June; Vol. 28, issue 4,
DOI: 10.5272/jimab.2022284
Subject Collection: Medicine and Dental&Oral Medicine
Page: 4593 - 4752
Date of close: 30 December 2022

CONTENTS: (PDF 460 KB)

J of IMAB. 2022 Oct-Dec;28(4):4593-4595; DOI: https://doi.org/10.5272/jimab.2022284.4593
Subject Area: Public Health
Publication Type - Original article
KEY DETERMINANTS FOR RETENTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF MEDICAL SPECIALISTS IN BULGARIA
Zlatina ShotarovaORCID logo email,
Department of Public Administration, Faculty of Management and Administration, University of national and world economy, Sofia, Bulgaria.
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J of IMAB. 2022 Oct-Dec;28(4):4596-4600; DOI: https://doi.org/10.5272/jimab.2022284.4596
Subject Area: Public Health
Publication Type - Original article
LEVELS OF INDICATOR POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS IN HUMAN MILK FROM VARNA REGION, BULGARIA
Temenuga Trifonova1ORCID logo, Stanislava Katelieva Georgieva1ORCID logo email, Zlatina Peteva1ORCID logo, Darina Hristova2ORCID logo,
1) Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University - Varna, Bulgaria.
2) Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Faculty of Public Health, Medical University - Varna, Bulgaria.

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J of IMAB. 2022 Oct-Dec;28(4):4601-4605; DOI: https://doi.org/10.5272/jimab.2022284.4601
Subject Area: Public Health
Publication Type - Original article
PATIENTS' OPINIONS ON OUTPATIENT MEDICAL CARE DURING THE COVID-19 CRISIS
Tihomira ZlatanovaORCID logo email, Nikolay PopovORCID logo,
Department of Health Economics, Faculty of Public Health, Medical University, Sofia, Bulgaria.
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J of IMAB. 2022 Oct-Dec;28(4):4606-4611; DOI: https://doi.org/10.5272/jimab.2022284.4606
Subject Area: Dental Medicine
Publication Type - Original article
COMPARATIVE SIMULATION TESTINGWITH FUNCTIONAL LOADING OF TWO DENTURE FRAMEWORK MATERIALS – A PILOT STUDY
Bojana ChuchulskaORCID logo email, Zlatina TomovaORCID logo, Angelina VlahovaORCID logo, Ilian HristovORCID logo,
Department of Prosthetic dental medicine, Faculty of dental medicine, Medical University – Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
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J of IMAB. 2022 Oct-Dec;28(4):4612-4617; DOI: https://doi.org/10.5272/jimab.2022284.4612
Subject Area: Dental Medicine
Publication Type - Review article
MAJOR CHANGES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF CALCIUM SILICATE-BASED CEMENTS IN DENTISTRY
Desislava Tsanova-ToshevaORCID logo email, Ivanka DimitrovaORCID logo,
Department of Conservative Dentistry, Faculty of Dental medicine, Medical University - Sofia, Bulgaria.
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J of IMAB. 2022 Oct-Dec;28(4):4618-4621; DOI: https://doi.org/10.5272/jimab.2022284.4618
Subject Area: Medicine
Publication Type - Original article
ANALGESIC ЕFFECT OF 25% GLUCOSE AND NON-NUTRITIVE SUCKING IN TERM NEWBORNS – COMPATIVE ANALYSIS
Penka Petleshkova1ORCID logo email, Maya Krasteva1ORCID logo, IIliyana Pacheva2ORCID logo, Nataliya Vilmosh3ORCID logo, Snezhana Dragusheva4ORCID logo,
1) Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical Faculty, Medical University -Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
2) Department of Pediatrics and Genetic Diseases, Medical Faculty, Medical University -Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
3) Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology, Medical Faculty, Medical University - Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
4) Department Nursing Care, Faculty of Public Health (EPH), Medical University - Plovdiv, Bulgaria.

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J of IMAB. 2022 Oct-Dec;28(4):4622-4625; DOI: https://doi.org/10.5272/jimab.2022284.4622
Subject Area: Medicine
Publication Type - Original article
A STUDY ON THE ROLE OF THE RB1 GENE AS A PROGNOSTIC FACTOR IN UNTREATED PATIENTS WITH B-CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA
Vanya Slavcheva1ORCID logo email, Svetlana Angelova2ORCID logo, Georgi Balatzenko2ORCID logo, Tzvetan Lukanov3ORCID logo, Pencho Tonchev4ORCID logo,
1) Hematology Clinic - UMBAL, Medical University, Pleven, Bulgaria.
2) National Center for the Treatment of Hematological Diseases - Sofia, Bulgaria.
3) Laboratory of immunodiagnostics - UMBAL, Pleven, Bulgaria.
4) Department of propaedeutics of surgical diseases, Medical University, Pleven, Bulgaria.

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J of IMAB. 2022 Oct-Dec;28(4):4626-4629; DOI: https://doi.org/10.5272/jimab.2022284.4626
Subject Area: Medicine
Publication Type - Case report
TUMOR MASSES IN THREE OF THE FOUR HEART CHAMBERS
Vladimir Kornovski1ORCID logo email, Andrey Andreev1ORCID logo, Vera Semerdzhieva1ORCID logo, Iana Simova2, 4ORCID logo, Toni Vekov3, 4ORCID logo,
1) Cardiac Surgery Department, "Heart and Brain" Hospital, Burgas, Bulgaria.
2)Cardiology Department, "Heart and Brain" Hospital, Pleven, Bulgaria.
3)Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University Pleven, Bulgaria.
4)Bulgarian Cardiac Institute.

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J of IMAB. 2022 Oct-Dec;28(4):4630-4633; DOI: https://doi.org/10.5272/jimab.2022284.4630
Subject Area: Medicine
Publication Type - Case report
THE TRIATRIAL HEART (COR TRIATRIATUM) – RARE ADULT CONGENITAL HEART DEFECT
Vladimir Kornovski1ORCID logo email, Sezgin Syuli1ORCID logo, Vera Semerdzhieva1ORCID logo, Iana Simova2, 4ORCID logo, Toni Vekov3, 4ORCID logo,
1) Cardiac Surgery Department, "Heart and Brain" Hospital, Burgas, Bulgaria.
2)Cardiology Department, "Heart and Brain" Hospital, Pleven, Bulgaria.
3)Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University Pleven, Bulgaria.
4)Bulgarian Cardiac Institute.

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J of IMAB. 2022 Oct-Dec;28(4):4634-4639; DOI: https://doi.org/10.5272/jimab.2022284.4634
Subject Area: Dental Medicine
Publication Type - Original article
APPLICATION OF PLATELET RICH FIBRIN IN SURGICAL PERIODONTAL THERAPY: A CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL
Antoaneta Mlachkova1ORCID logo email, Velitchka Dosseva-Panova1ORCID logo, Ivan Ivanov1ORCID logo, Dimitar Parvanov2ORCID logo, Hristina Maynalovska1ORCID logo,
1) Faculty of Dental Medicine, Department of Periodontology, Medical University - Sofia, Bulgaria.
2) Nadezhda Women's Health Hospital, Research Department, Sofia, Bulgaria.

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J of IMAB. 2022 Oct-Dec;28(4):4640-4643; DOI: https://doi.org/10.5272/jimab.2022284.4640
Subject Area: Public Health
Publication Type - Original article
ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS' INFORMATION NEEDS IN CONDITIONS OF EPIDEMIC DISTRIBUTION OF CARDIOVASCULAR RISK FACTORS
Tanya PopovaORCID logo email, Dimitrina BlagoevaORCID logo, Nadia ManolovaORCID logo,
Department of Health Care, Faculty of Public Health, Medical University – Sofia, Bulgaria.
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J of IMAB. 2022 Oct-Dec;28(4):4644-4649; DOI: https://doi.org/10.5272/jimab.2022284.4644
Subject Area: Medicine
Publication Type - Original article
CHARACTERIZATION OF HYPERTENSION AND MIGRAINE IN RELATION TO SEX, AGE AND AB0 BLOOD GROUP AFFILIATION
Gergana PanayotovaORCID logo, Stanislav IvanovORCID logo, Evgeniya N. IvanovaORCID logo email,
Department of Developmental Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Plovdiv "Paisii Hilendarski", Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
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J of IMAB. 2022 Oct-Dec;28(4):4650-4654; DOI: https://doi.org/10.5272/jimab.2022284.4650
Subject Area: Medicine
Publication Type - Review article
AGE AND GENDER DIFFERENCES IN PARKINSON’S DISEASE: A REVIEW
Desislava Marinova1ORCID logo email, Maya Danovska1ORCID logo, Yoanna Todorova1, 2ORCID logo, Trayana Obreshkova2ORCID logo,
1) Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Medical University - Pleven, Bulgaria.
2) UMHAT “Dr Georgi Stranski”, Medical University - Pleven, Bulgaria.

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J of IMAB. 2022 Oct-Dec;28(4):4655-4659; DOI: https://doi.org/10.5272/jimab.2022284.4655
Subject Area: Dental Medicine
Publication Type - Original article
EVALUATION OF THE ADHESION AND MORPHOLOGY OF STEM CELLS FROM APICAL PAPILLA IN DIRECT CONTACT WITH MTA AND BIODENTINE
Krasimir Hristov1ORCID logo email, Nikolay Ishkitiev2ORCID logo, Marina Miteva2ORCID logo, Nataliya Gateva1ORCID logo,
1) Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Medical University, Sofia, Bulgaria.
2) Department of Medical Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Medical University, Sofia, Bulgaria.

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J of IMAB. 2022 Oct-Dec;28(4):4660-4665; DOI: https://doi.org/10.5272/jimab.2022284.4660
Subject Area: Medicine
Publication Type - Original article
PRENATAL FACTORS FOR NEONATAL JAUNDICE
Tatyana D. Itova1ORCID logo email, Victoria A. Georgieva2ORCID logo,
1) Department of Neonataoalgy, University Hospital Medica Ruse Ltd., Ruse, Bulgaria.
2) Clinic of Neonatology, UMHATDr G. Stranski, Medical University, Pleven, Bulgaria.

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J of IMAB. 2022 Oct-Dec;28(4):4666-4670; DOI: https://doi.org/10.5272/jimab.2022284.4666
Subject Area: Dental Medicine
Publication Type - Original article
INFLUENCE OF BLOOD CONTAMINATION ON SURFACE CHANGES OF MINERAL TRIOXIDE AGGREGATE AND BIODENTINE
Kremena MarkovaORCID logo email, Neshka ManchorovaORCID logo, Nadya BibovaORCID logo,
Department of Operative Dentistry and Endodontics, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Medical University-Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
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J of IMAB. 2022 Oct-Dec;28(4):4671-4675; DOI: https://doi.org/10.5272/jimab.2022284.4671
Subject Area: Medicine
Publication Type - Review article
ACETYLCHOLINE AND ITS SYNTHESIZING ENZYME CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSPHERASE IN THE ENTERIC NERVOUS SYSTEM
Desislava M. Marinova1ORCID logo email, Miroslav L. Dobrev1ORCID logo, Tihomir R. Rashev1ORCID logo, Iskren K. Gerasimov1ORCID logo, Vladislav Nankov2ORCID logo, Stefan V. Trifonov1ORCID logo,
1) Department of Anatomy, Histology, Cytology and Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Medical University - Pleven, Bulgaria.
2) Scientific Research Laboratory, Medical University, Pleven, Bulgaria.

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J of IMAB. 2022 Oct-Dec;28(4):4676-4682; DOI: https://doi.org/10.5272/jimab.2022284.4676
Subject Area: Biology
Publication Type - Original article
ASSESSMENT OF THE BIOACCUMULATION OF MICROPLASTICS IN THE BLACK SEA MUSSEL Mytilus galloprovincialis L., 1819
Sevginar Ibryamova1ORCID logo, Stephany Toschkova1ORCID logo, Darina Ch. Bachvarova1ORCID logo, Aysel Lyatif1, Elitca Stanachkova1ORCID logo, Radoslav Ivanov1ORCID logo, Nikolay Natchev1, 2ORCID logo, Tsveteslava Ignatova-Ivanova1ORCID logo email,
1) Department of Biology, Faculty of natural sciences, Shumen University, Bulgaria.
2) Unit for Integrative Zoology, Department of Evolutionary Biology, University of Vienna, Austria.

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J of IMAB. 2022 Oct-Dec;28(4):4683-4687; DOI: https://doi.org/10.5272/jimab.2022284.4683
Subject Area: Medicine
Publication Type - Original article
COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF THE GLENOID COMPONENT IN REVERSE SHOULDER ARTHROPLASTY
Svetoslav DobrilovORCID logo email,
Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, University Hospital "St. Marina", Medical University - Varna, Bulgaria.
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J of IMAB. 2022 Oct-Dec;28(4):4688-4690; DOI: https://doi.org/10.5272/jimab.2022284.4688
Subject Area: Public Health
Publication Type - Original article
PRE-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS (PREP) OF HIV INFECTION – A CRUCIAL TOOL FOR REDUCING THE BURDEN UPON THE PUBLIC HEALTH
Ivaylo Pakov1, 2ORCID logo email, Elena Birindzhieva2, Ivva Philipova3ORCID logo, Kalina Terzieva1ORCID logo, Galya Gancheva1ORCID logo,
1) Department of Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Public Health, Medical University-Pleven, Bulgaria.
2) Checkpoint Sofia – Centre for Sexual Health, Sofia, Bulgaria.
3) National Center of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Sofia, Bulgaria.

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J of IMAB. 2022 Oct-Dec;28(4):4691-4694; DOI: https://doi.org/10.5272/jimab.2022284.4691
Subject Area: Medicine
Publication Type - Original article
SURGICAL APPROACH AND OUTCOMES AFTER HAEMORRHOIDECTOMY
Konstantin KostovORCID logo email,
Department of General, Visceral and Emergency Surgery, UMHATEM "N. I. Pirogov" – Sofia, Bulgaria.
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J of IMAB. 2022 Oct-Dec;28(4):4695-4699; DOI: https://doi.org/10.5272/jimab.2022284.4695
Subject Area: Dental Medicine
Publication Type - Original article
EVALUATING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ORAL HEALTH PROGRAM IN DENTALHOME AFTER 2 YEARS
Ralitsa Bogovska-GigovaORCID logo email, Rossitza KabaktchievaORCID logo,
Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Medical University, Sofia, Bulgaria.
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J of IMAB. 2022 Oct-Dec;28(4):4700-4703; DOI: https://doi.org/10.5272/jimab.2022284.4700
Subject Area: Public Health
Publication Type - Original article
TEACHERS' AWARENESS OF DISORDERS IN STUDENTS WITH EPILEPSY
Dimitrina BlagoevaORCID logo email, Tanya PopovaORCID logo,
Department of Health Care, Faculty of Public Health, Medical University - Sofia, Bulgaria.
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J of IMAB. 2022 Oct-Dec;28(4):4704-4710; DOI: https://doi.org/10.5272/jimab.2022284.4704
Subject Area: Dental Medicine
Publication Type - Original article
A QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY AMONG DENTISTS ON THE USE OF INTRACANAL MEDICAMENTS IN ORTHOGRADE ENDODONTIC TREATMENT
Jasmina MironovaORCID logo email, Elka RadevaORCID logo,
Department of Conservative Dentistry, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Medical University – Sofia, Bulgaria.
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J of IMAB. 2022 Oct-Dec;28(4):4711-4714; DOI: https://doi.org/10.5272/jimab.2022284.4711
Subject Area : Dental Medicine
Publication Type - Original article
RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY ANALYSIS OF CORONARY DENTIN OF VITAL AND ENDODONTICALLY TREATED TEETH
Ekaterina Karteva1ORCID logo email, Neshka Manchorova1ORCID logo, Teodora Karteva1ORCID logo, Zhelyazko Damyanov2ORCID logo,
1) Operative Dentistry and Endodontics, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Medical University, Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
2) Institute of Mineralogy and Crystallography, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria.

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J of IMAB. 2022 Oct-Dec;28(4):4715-4719; DOI: https://doi.org/10.5272/jimab.2022284.4715
Subject Area : Dental Medicine
Publication Type - Review article
MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ASSESSMENT OF THE ROOT CANAL SYSTEM
Angela Gusiyska1ORCID logo, Evgeni Stanev1ORCID logo, Radosveta Vasileva1ORCID logo, Miryana Raykovska2ORCID logo, Elvira Gyulbenkiyan1ORCID logo email,
1) Department of Conservative Dentistry, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Medical University - Sofia, Bulgaria.
2) Institute for Information and Communication Technologies, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria.

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J of IMAB. 2022 Oct-Dec;28(4):4720-4723; DOI: https://doi.org/10.5272/jimab.2022284.4720
Subject Area : Medicine
Publication Type - Original article
THE IMPACT OF GLEASON SCORE FROM THE BIOPSY AND FROM THE RADICAL PROSTATECTOMY ON THE BIOCHEMICAL PROGRESSION-FREE SURVIVAL
Boyan LazarovORCID logo email, Tosho GanevORCID logo,
Clinic of urology, MHAT "Sveta Anna-Varna", Varna, Bulgaria.
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J of IMAB. 2022 Oct-Dec;28(4):4724-4727; DOI: https://doi.org/10.5272/jimab.2022284.4724
Subject Area : Dental Medicine
Publication Type - Original article
COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF DIFFERENT METHODS FOR THE CARIES-DIAGNOSIS OF OCCLUSAL SURFACES OF THE FIRST PERMANENT MOLARS
Nedana GeorgievaORCID logo email, Krasimir HristovORCID logo, Nataliya GrancharovaORCID logo,
Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Medical University- Sofia, Bulgaria.
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J of IMAB. 2022 Oct-Dec;28(4):4728-4730; DOI: https://doi.org/10.5272/jimab.2022284.4728
Subject Area : Medicine
Publication Type - Original article
CURRENT MODE OF TREATMENT OF THE HEPATIC HYDATID CYST
Konstantin KostovORCID logo email,
Department of General, Visceral and Emergency Surgery, UMHATEM "N. I. Pirogov" – Sofia, Bulgaria.
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J of IMAB. 2022 Oct-Dec;28(4):4731-4734; DOI: https://doi.org/10.5272/jimab.2022284.4731
Subject Area : Medicine
Publication Type - Original article
BONE RESORPTION MARKER BETA-CROSSLAPS FOR EARLY MONITORING OF OSTEOPOROSIS TREATMENT WITH DENOSUMAB
Tatyana Simeonova1ORCID logo email, Krasimira Stefanova2ORCID logo, Pavlina Yordanova-Laleva3ORCID logo, Boryana Ruseva1ORCID logo, Aneliya Dimitrova1ORCID logo,
1) Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Medical University - Pleven, Bulgaria.
2) Diagnostic Consulting Center II - Pleven, Bulgaria.
3) Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University-Pleven, Bulgaria.

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J of IMAB. 2022 Oct-Dec;28(4):4735-4737; DOI: https://doi.org/10.5272/jimab.2022284.4735
Subject Area : Medicine
Publication Type - Original article
MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY FROM COVID-19 IN A DIALYSIS CENTER IN NORTHERN BULGARIA
Biser Borisov1ORCID logo email, Elena Borisova2ORCID logo, Desislava Lubomirova3ORCID logo, Pavlina Glogovska2ORCID logo,
1) Department of Nephrology and Dialysis, Faculty of Medicine, Medical University, Pleven, Bulgaria.
2) Department of Pulmonology and Phtisiology, Faculty of Medicine, Medical University, Pleven, Bulgaria.
3) Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University, Pleven, Bulgaria.

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J of IMAB. 2022 Oct-Dec;28(4):4738-4741; DOI: https://doi.org/10.5272/jimab.2022284.4738
Subject Area : Medicine
Publication Type - Case report
GASTRIC ULCER PENETRATING TO THE DUODENOJEJUNAL FLEXURE – MANAGEMENT AND PITFALLS. CASE REPORT AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE
Georgi Popivanov1ORCID logo email, Alexander Kacarov2, Marina Konaktchieva2, Roberto Cirocchi3ORCID logo, Tsvetelina Paicheva1ORCID logo, Marin Penkov4, Kirien Kjossev1, Ventsislav Mutafchiyski1,
1) Department of Surgery, Military Medical Academy, Sofia, Bulgaria.
2) Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Transplantology, Military Medical Academy, Sofia, Bulgaria.
3) Department of Surgical Science, University of Perugia, Italy.
4) Department of imaging diagnostic, UHAT “Sv. Ivan Rilski”, Sofia, Bulgaria.

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J of IMAB. 2022 Oct-Dec;28(4):4742-4748; DOI: https://doi.org/10.5272/jimab.2022284.4742
Subject Area : Medicine
Publication Type - Original article
MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS FOR ASSESSMENT OF THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN BONE DENSITY, BIOGENIC ELEMENTS CONTENT, AND THE LEVEL OF OXIDATIVE STRESS IN OSTEOPOROTIC WOMEN
Radka Tomova1ORCID logo email, Svetla Asenova1ORCID logo, Rodina Nestorova2ORCID logo, Bisera Atanasova3ORCID logo, Liliya Atanasova4ORCID logo, Mariana Nikolova5ORCID logo, Miglena Slavova6ORCID logo,
1) Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Pleven, Bulgaria.
2) Rheumatology centre "Saint Irina" Sofia, Bulgaria.
3) Department of Clinical Chemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Sofia, Bulgaria.
4) Department of Physics and Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Sofia, Bulgaria.
5) Department of Mental Health, Social work and Integrative Medicine, Middlesex University, London, United Kingdom.
6) IEES, Bulgarian Academy of Science, Sofia, Bulgaria.

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J of IMAB. 2022 Oct-Dec;28(4):4749-4752; DOI: https://doi.org/10.5272/jimab.2022284.4749
Subject Area : Medicine
Publication Type - Case report
A CURE FOR RECENTLY ACQUIRED HEPATITIS C
Radka Komitova1, 2ORCID logo email, Georgi Kiprin3ORCID logo, Elica Golgocheva-Markova4ORCID logo,
1) Department of Infectious Diseases, Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
2) Department of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital St. George, Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
3) Department of Gastroenterology, University Hospital Eurohospital, Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
4) National Reference Laboratory "Hepatitis viruses", National Center of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Sofia, Bulgaria.

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