Athletes fail to perform to the best of their ability if they become infected, stale, sore or malnourished. Excessive training with insufficient recovery can lead to a debilitating syndrome in which performance and well being can be affected for months. Eliminating or minimizing these problems by providing advice and guidelines on training loads, recovery times, nutrition or pharmacological int...

Multiple sclerosis is the most common neurological disease in young adults characterized by recurrent relapses and/or progression within the central nervous system. It is a complex disease in which several pathophysiological mechanisms such as axonal/neuronal damage, demyelination, inflammation, gliosis, remyelination and repair, oxidative stres and excitotoxicity, alteration of the immune syst...

Puberty is a crucial period of life during which dramatic hormonal changes induce notable modifications in linear growth, bone mass and body composition. These changes are associated with variations in some biochemical parameters such as markers of bone turnover and leptin, which may reflect changes in bone growth and fat mass, respectively. Children with growth hormone (GH) deficiency have red...

Implantation in humans is a complex process that involves embryo apposition and attachment to the maternal endometrial epithelium, traversing adjacent cells of the epithelial lining, and invasion into the endometrial stroma. These processes involve a variety of molecules which are not unique in themselves, but play unique roles in the process of implantation. The molecular dialogue that occurs ...

STUDY OBJECTIVES Biochemical and inflammatory markers in pleural inflammation were evaluated in pediatric cases of parapneumonic effusions, and interleukin (IL)-8 and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha concentrations were tested for possible differentiation of the complicated nature of effusions. PATIENTS Twenty-eight patients (12 female) who were admitted to Hacettepe University Childrens' Ho...