Contents

ASSESSMENT OF PHAGOCYTIC ACTIVITY OF MONOCYTES AND GRANULOCYTES BY FLOW CYTOMETRY AND FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY METHODS: A PILOT STUDY 63

CHRONIC HEPATITIS B AND PREGNANCY: WHAT IS THE RISK OF PERINATAL TRANSMISSION? CLINICAL CASE REPORTS AND LITERATURE REVIEW 68

VITAMIN K ANTAGONISTS VERSUS DIRECT ORAL ANTICOAGULANTS FOR THE TREATMENT OF LEFT VENTRICULAR THROMBUS: A CASE REPORT AND LITERATURE REVIEW 78

QUALITY OF LIFE IN LITHUANIAN BREAST CANCER SURVIVORS: A COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS AND LITERATURE REVIEW 85

OSTEOPLASTY OF THE INTRAARTICULAR TIBIAL PROXIMAL FRACTURE USING ILIAC CREST BONE GRAFT: CLINICAL CASE 92

IMPACT OF PLANT BASED DIET ON HUMAN BODY AND LABORATORY TESTS RESULTS 96

ALGORITHM FOR LABORATORY DIAGNOSTICS OF INHERITED PLATELET FUNCTION DISORDERS 103

ECTOPIC PREGNANCY: A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE ON INNOVATIONS IN DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT 111