CONTENTS    Volume 8, No. 3, 2013                         

EDITORIAL POINT OF VIEWCan We Cure Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus? Maybe Yes!...
Mircea CINTEZA

ORIGINAL PAPERSVitamin D Deficiency in Patients with Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus in Southern Region of Saudi Arabia
Mohammed ALHUMAIDI; Adnan AGHA; Mohamed DEWISH

The Role of Overnight Pulse-Oximetry in Recognition of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome in Morbidly Obese and Non Obese Patients
Stefan DUMITRACHE-RUJINSKI; George CALCAIANU; Dragos ZAHARIA; Claudia Lucia TOMA; Miron BOGDAN

Prevalence and Characteristics of Pulmonary Hypertension Associated with COPD – a Pilot Study in Patients Referred to a Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program Clinic
Daniela GOLOGANU; Cristina STANESCU; Teodora URSICA; Marius I. BALEA; Diana IONITA; Miron Alexandru BOGDAN

The Relationship between Alanerv® Consumption and Erythrocytes’ Glyoxalases I and II Activities and the Level of Some Serum Markers of Carbonyl Stress in Post-Acute Stroke Patients Undergoing Rehabilitation
Eliza OPREA; Delia CINTEZA; Mihai BERTEANU; Bogdan Nicolae MANOLESCU

Improvements in Cesarean Section Techniques: Arad’s Obstetrics Departments Experience on Adapting the Vejnovic Cesarean Section Technique
Cristian FURAU; Gheorghe FURAU; Voicu DASCAU; Gheorghe CIOBANU; Cristina ONEL; Casiana STANESCU

Perspectives of Iranian Medical Students about Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders
Mahsa GHAJARZADEH; Roshanak HABIBI; Neda AMINI; Abbas NOROUZI-JAVIDAN; Seyed Hassan EMAMI-RAZAVI

CASE REPORTSCoronary Balloon Angioplasty in a Severe Takotsubo Syndrome
Cristian A. UDROIU; Darko ZORMAN; Dragos VINEREANU

Unusual Disappearing Abdominal Bump: Spigelian Hernia
Anjay KUMAR; Pankaj Kumar GARG; Davinder DAHIYA; Ashish CHAURASIA

An Awareness of a Possible Cause of Obstruction Due to a Ureteric Aspergilloma Mistaken for Stone
Prabhdeep Singh NAIN; Rikki SINGAL; Arvind GOYAL; Kuldip SINGH; Harish MATTA; Samita SINGAL

Orbital Complications of Fungal Pan-Sinusitis in Uncontrolled Diabetes
Miruna NICOLAE; Cristian Radu POPESCU; Bogdan POPESCU; Raluca GRIGORE

STATE OF THE ARTBalloon Atrial Septostomy – Almost Half a Century After
Eliza CINTEZA; Mario CARMINATI

Diastolic Heart Failure in Hypertension: Possible Preventive Benefits of Nebivolol beyond Lowering Blood Pressure
Natalia PATRASCU

Premium Intraocular Lenses Use in Patients with Cataract and Concurrent Glaucoma: a Review
Raluca IANCU; Catalina CORBU