JOURNAL OF MEDICAL BIOCHEMISTRY / 2019-4 „JOURNAL OF MEDICAL BIOCHEMISTRY“Official Journal of the Serbian Society of Medical Biochemists EDITORIAL BOARDVolume: 38-4 REVIEW PAPERGiuseppe Lippi, Camilla MattiuzziPROJECT MANAGEMENT IN LABORATORY MEDICINE … 401ORIGINAL PAPERAleksandra Klisic, Nebojsa Kavaric, Ana NinicPREDICTIVE VALUES OF SERUM URIC ACID AND ALANINE-AMINOTRANSFERASE FOR FATTY LIVER INDEXIN MONTENEGRIN POPULATION … 407Mouna Bouksila, Mehdi Mrad, Wajih Kaabachi, Eya Kalai,Wided Smaoui, Sonia Rekik, Asma Krir, Nesrine Issaoui,Kamel Hamzaoui, Hela Sahli, Elhem Cheour El Kateb,Mohammed Karim Zouaghi, Afef BahlousCORRELATION OF FGF23 AND BALP WITH BONE MINERAL DENSITY IN HEMODIALYSIS PATIENTS … 418Hebatallah Ahmed Nasser, Nermeen Zakaria Abuel Ezz,Heidi Mohamed Abdel-Mageed, Rasha Ali RadwanBODY MASS INDEX AND C-REACTIVE PROTEIN ARE POTENTIAL PREDICTORS OF ASTHMA DEVELOPMENT IN EGYPTIAN POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME PATIENTS … 427Robert Nowak, Dorota Kostrzewa-NowakASSESSMENT OF SELECTED EXERCISE-INDUCED CD3+ CELL SUBSETS AND CELL DEATH PARAMETERS AMONG SOCCER PLAYERS … 437Elif Ates, Turan Set, Süleyman Caner Karahan, Cemile Biçer, Özcan ErelTHIOL/DISULPHIDE HOMEOSTASIS, ISCHEMIAMODIFIED ALBUMIN, AND FERROXIDASE AS OXIDATIVE STRESS MARKERS IN WOMEN WITH OBESITY WITH INSULIN RESISTANCE … 445Gianni Turcato, Fabian Sanchis-Gomar, Gianfranco Cervellin,Elisabetta Zorzi, Valentina Sivero, Gian Luca Salvagno,Andrea Tenci, Giuseppe LippiEVALUATION OF NEUTROPHIL-LYMPHOCYTE AND PLATELET-LYMPHOCYTE RATIOS AS PREDICTORS OF 30-DAY MORTALITY IN PATIENTS HOSPITALIZED FOR AN EPISODE OF ACUTE DECOMPENSATED HEART FAILURE … 452Evelia Leal-Ugarte, Valeria Peralta-Leal, Juan PabloMeza-Espinoza, Jorge Durán-González, Nelly Macías-Gómez, Anabel Bocanegra-Alonso, José Ramón Lara-RamosASSOCIATION OF THE MTHFR 677C>T POLYMORPHISM WITH OBESITY AND BIOCHEMICAL VARIABLES IN A YOUNG POPULATION OF MEXICO … 461Gian Franco Veraldi, Luca Mezzetto, Lorenzo Scorsone,Marco Macrì, Fabio Simoncini, Giuseppe LippiRED BLOOD CELL DISTRIBUTION WIDTH PREDICTS 1-MONTH COMPLICATIONS AFTER PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY … 468Aysun Sentürk Yıkılmaz, Sule Mine Bakanay, Sema Akinci,Murat Alisik, Özcan Erel, İmdat DilekTHIOL-DISULPHIDE HOMEOSTASIS IN ESSENTIAL THROMBOCYTHEMIA PATIENTS … 475Durmus Ayan, Mehmet Senes, Ayse Banu Çaycı,Sibel Söylemez, Nezaket Eren, Yüksel Altuntas, Feyza Yener ÖztürkEVALUATION OF PARAOXONASE, ARYLESTERASE, AND HOMOCYSTEINE THIOLACTONASE ACTIVITIES IN PATIENTS WITH DIABETES AND INCIPIENT DIABETES NEPHROPATHY … 481Refet Gojak, Vesna Hadžiosmanović, Rusmir Baljić,Lamija Zečević, Jozo Đorić, Željko MijailovićCD4/CD8 RATIO AS A PREDICTOR FOR THE OCCURRENCE OF METABOLIC SYNDROME IN HIV/AIDS PATIENTS DURING 6 MONTHS OF CART THERAPY … 489Mehmet Ali Uçar, Mesude Falay, Simten Dağdas,Funda Ceran, Selin Merih Urlu, Gülsüm ÖzetTHE IMPORTANCE OF RET-HE IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF IRON DEFICIENCY AND IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA AND THE EVALUATION OF RESPONSE TO ORAL IRON THERAPY … 496Füsun Sahin, Ayse Filiz Kosar, Ayse Feyza Aslan,Burcu Yiğitbas, Berat UsluSERUM BIOMARKERS IN PATIENTS WITH STABLE AND ACUTE EXACERBATION OF CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE: A COMPARATIVE STUDY . . 503Rasha A. Radwan, Nermeen Z. Abuelezz, Sahar M.Abdelraouf, Engy M. Bakeer, Abdullah A. Abd El RahmanDECREASED SERUM LEVEL OF GAMMA-AMINO BUTYRIC ACID IN EGYPTIAN INFERTILE FEMALES WITH POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME IS CORRELATED WITH DYSLIPIDEMIA, TOTAL TESTOSTERONE AND 25(OH) VITAMIN D LEVELS … 512TECHNICAL REPORTSRETRACTION/POVLAČENJE RADA … 519PROGRAM NAUČNIH, STRUČNIH SKUPOVA I EDUKATIVNIH SEMINARA … 520INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS … 523 Volume: 38 Belgrade, October – December 2019 Issue: 4JMB 2019; 38 (4): 401 – 534 © 2019 by SMBS, Belgrade