In vivo acute effects of orally administered hydro-ethanol extract of Catha edulis on blood glucose levels in normal, glucose-fed hyperglycemic, and alloxan-induced diabetic rats M

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In vivo acute effects of orally administered hydro-ethanol extract of Catha edulis on blood glucose levels in normal, glucose-fed hyperglycemic, and alloxan-induced diabetic rats

M. A. DALLAK, I. M. BINJALIA, M. A. ALKHATEEB, L. O. NWOYE, A. S. SHATOOR, H. S. SOLIMAN, F. H. ALHASHEM ...

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Effectiveness of a 20% Miswak extract against a mixture of Candida albicans and Enterococcus faecalis

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Association of tumor necrosis factor-_ polymorphisms with susceptibility and clinical outcomes of rheumatic heart disease

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Do components of metabolic syndrome contribute to cardiac autonomic neuropathy in non-diabetic patients?

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Diagnostic yield and therapeutic impact of transthoracic echocardiography in patients with potential cardiac sources of cerebral embolism

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Evaluation of patients’ knowledge on warfarin in outpatient anticoagulation clinics in a teaching hospital in Qatar IMRAN F. KHUDAIR, YOLANDE I. HANSSENS ...

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Effects of high dose orally administered paracetamol for heel prick pain in premature infants

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The practice of medicine and the utilitarian redefinition of the beginning and end of human life

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