Balkan Medical Journal

Editorial

Drivers of Inflammation; Clonal Hematopoiesis: Clinical Implications

Tuğcan Alp Kırkızlar, Mutlu Arat
DOI : 10.4274/balkanmedj.galenos.2026.2026.240426

Original Article

Association of Time-to-Peak of Renal Blood Flow with Outcomes in Heart Failure: An Exploratory Comparative Analysis with Conventional Predictors

Yue Li, Zhiqiang Yang, Pei Yin, Lizhuo Li, Qingzhen Zhao, Chao Liu
DOI : 10.4274/balkanmedj.galenos.2026.2026-1-32

Reduction in Albuminuria with Dapagliflozin Exhibits Substantial Interindividual Variability: A Real-World Study Utilizing a Big Data Approach

Jinfang Song, Yongru Zhuang, Chenling Wu, Yi Xu, Ya Chen, Tao Wang, Xiaoxing Yin, Fen Xie
DOI : 10.4274/balkanmedj.galenos.2026.2025-12-261

Downregulation of IL16 Expression Induces Chemotherapeutic Drug Sensitivity via Increased Degradation of Mutant TP53 in Acute Myeloid Leukemia Cells

Heng Zhang, Pengfei Qin, Anqiao Li, Zhenqian Huang, Sida Peng, Haiming Li, Lihua Xu
DOI : 10.4274/balkanmedj.galenos.2026.2025-12-245

Machine Learning-Based Magnetocardiography Model Aids in Diagnosing Non-ST-Segment Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome in Acute Chest Pain

Junting Li, Yuheng Zhou, Ruizhe Wang, Jiaojiao Pang, Min Xiang, Xiaolin Ning
DOI : 10.4274/balkanmedj.galenos.2026.2026-1-319

SLC16A3-Induced Lactate Remodeling Drives Immune Evasion in Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma via an Autocrine GPR81-ERK-c-MYC Feedback Loop

Shidong Zuo, Jinkai Dong, Yuhao Dong, Chengwei Fu, Xuechao Li, Baobo Zhao, Lu Wang, Yongjie Zhang, Lingsheng Kong, Tao Yang, Lijun Chen
DOI : 10.4274/balkanmedj.galenos.2026.2026-1-247

Integrating the Interaction Between Extrathyroidal Extension and Tumor Size to Optimize T Stage in Differentiated Thyroid Cancer

Hui Ouyang, Xiaolin Dou, Botao Sun, Jinlong Chen, Hongyan Zai, Xinying Li, Fada Xia
DOI : 10.4274/balkanmedj.galenos.2026.2026-1-269

Nocturnal Hypoxemia and Incident Coronary Artery Disease in Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Results from the Sleep Apnea Patients in Skaraborg Study

Yüksel Peker, Henrik Holtstrand Hjälm, Helena Glantz, Aylin Pıhtılı, Erik Thunström
DOI : 10.4274/balkanmedj.galenos.2026.2026-3-213

Brief Report

ATM Variants and Breast Cancer Risk in North Macedonia: Focus on the Regionally Enriched p.(Leu2492Arg) Variant

Ivana Maleva Kostovska, Sanja Kiprijanovska, Predrag Noveski, Marija Vujovikj, Marija Terzic, Dijana Plaseska-Karanfilska
DOI : 10.4274/balkanmedj.galenos.2026.2026-1-289

Clinical Image

A "Beret-Like" Giant Congenital Melanocytic Nevus of The Scalp with Nodal Nevus on a Girl: A Surgical Challenge

Zequn Qiu, Zhang Rundong, Guocheng Zhang, Hao Chen, Yan Wang
DOI : 10.4274/balkanmedj.galenos.2026.2025-12-224

Pulmonary Sequestration with a Descending Aorta-Sized Aberrant Artery

Gaku Yamaguchi
DOI : 10.4274/balkanmedj.galenos.2026.2026-2-56

Asymptomatic Sight-Threatening Retinopathy in Multisystem Incontinentia Pigmenti Due to Neglected Ophthalmic Screening

Yizhou Yin, Chong Tang, Yanlai Zhang
DOI : 10.4274/balkanmedj.galenos.2026.2026-2-142

LBBAP Unmasks Severe Aortic Stenosis and Percutaneous Closure of Post-AVR Iatrogenic VSD

Mert Doğan, Ahmet Hakan Ateş, Hayrettin Hakan Aykan, Uğur Canpolat, Kudret Aytemir
DOI : 10.4274/balkanmedj.galenos.2026.2026-3-200

Land Leech Bite Associated Rickettsia japonica Infection in an Elderly Woman in Zhejiang, China

Keye Xu, Fanfan Yang, Yuhui Liu, Jiaqi Qiu, Chenjun Zeng
DOI : 10.4274/balkanmedj.galenos.2026.2026-4-220

A Rare Blood Cyst with Calcification Located in the Right Atrium

Leizhi Ku, JiaJia Lu, Xiaojing Ma
DOI : 10.4274/balkanmedj.galenos.2026.2026-3-153

Scientific Letter

Infection-Triggered Presumed Isolated Necrotizing Digital Vasculitis Presenting as Systemic Vasculitis

Elif Kılıç Könte, Ece Aslan, Nergis Akay, Sezgin Şahin, Özgür Kasapçopur
DOI : 10.4274/balkanmedj.galenos.2026.2026-1-135

Epidemiology and Clinical Characteristics of Pediatric Acute Postinfectious Glomerulonephritis in Montenegro: A Nationwide Retrospective Study

Željka Rogač, Dragana Majiċ, Brankica Spasojeviċ
DOI : 10.4274/balkanmedj.galenos.2026.2026-1-139

Additional PML and RARA Rearrangements Accompanying PML::RARA in a Case of Acute Promyelocytic Leukaemia with Myeloblast Morphology

Zhan Su, Wei Wang, Lingjie Sun, Ying Li, Xiangcong Yin, Hongguo Zhao
DOI : 10.4274/balkanmedj.galenos.2026.2025-12-103

Genotype-Phenotype Correlation in Tuberous Sclerosis Complex: Insights from Thirty-three Patients from North Macedonia

Marija Gjorgjievska, Gjorgji Bozhinovski, Lejla Muaremoska Kanzoski, Marija Babunovska, Emilija Cvetkovska, Irena Rambabova-Bushljetik, Dijana Plaseska-Karanfilska
DOI : 10.4274/balkanmedj.galenos.2026.2025-12-307