Background: Peperomia pellucida has been widely used in traditional medicine. Recently, its existing forms are still conventional such as juice and infusum; therefore, it needs to be formulated more practically and in uniform weight such as tablet form. The objective of this research was to get the optimum formula of P. pellucidaextract tablet. Methods: P. pellucida extract tablets were pro…
Abstract Objectives: To determine the factors that may be used as the prog¬nostic parameter for the therapeutic efficacy of neoadjuvant chemo¬therapy, which can be used to revising the management of early stage cervical cancer patients with large lesions. Methods: This was a retrospective cohort study. The study was con¬ducted in the Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital, Faculty of Medi¬cine…
Abstract Objective: To describe the prevalence of violence in women visiting Puskesmas Kecamatan Makassar by their partners and their associa¬tion with socio-demographic factors and gender role perception. Methods: A cross-sectional study using validated WHO question¬naires was conducted on 141 women visiting Puskesmas Makassar in December 2011 to identify presence of physical, sexual or …
Objective: To find out the diagnostic value of CA125 and HE4 as a tumor marker, and also RM1 and ROMA as a malignancy predictor in patients with ovarian tumors. Methods: This study was a diagnostic study using cross-sectional design.This study was performed in Jakarta from November 2010 to May 2011. One hundred and twenty eight serum samples of patients diagnosed with ovarian tumors were col…
Objective: To know the relationship between p53 expression and prostate specific antigen (PSA) serum level in prostate cancer patients. Material & method: Specimens were studied from patients with pathological diagnosis of prostate cancer in Sardjito Hospital Yogyakarta during 2007 to 2008. The p53 expression was measured by immunohistochemical staining. The stains were done in Department ofAna…
Pasak bumi is popular as an aphrodisiac. Traditionally, pasak bumi infusion is used to increase libido and duration of erection. The research was focused on: Activity level of FSH cells after three days of pasak bumi treatment. The research was carried out by evaluation using immunohistochemistry method via antibody anti FSH staining. The result of the research showed that a dosage of 18 mg/200…
Objective: To determine the association between p53 expression and the level of organ confinement in patient with prostate cancer in Sardjito Hospital, Yogyakarta. Material & method: Prostate specimens were obtained from patients with clinical stage T1-T2 prostatic adenocarcinoma in Sardjito Hospital between January 2007 and December 2008. Samples were processed and immunohistochemically staine…
Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF) is an infectious disease caused by dengue virus and spread by Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes. Among the 14 kecamatans in Yogyakarla City, Ngampilan was one of the highest cases of DHF in 2011, i.e. 38 cases. This study was aimed to understand the factors related with those DHF incidence by conducting an observational study employed case-control desi…