A Probable Cause of Malaria

Parental consanguinity: a probable cause for the high incidence of permanent neonatal hypothyroidism

Introduction: To assess the relationship between parental consanguinity and permanent congenital hypothyroidism (PCH). Materials And Methods: From February 1998 to August 2002, cord dried blood spot samples, viz. only live births, in eight hospitals and a rural birth center in Tehran and Damavand were collected on Whatman BFC 180 filter papers. Samples with cord TSH  20 mU/L (two-site IRMA) ...

Lead toxicity: a probable cause of abdominal pain in drug abusers

  Abstract   Background: Lead toxicity is caused by ingestion, inhalation, or contact with particles or vapors containing lead. It can present with nonspecific signs and symptoms such as abdominal pain, constipation, irritability, difficulty concentrating, and anemia. In this study, we have tried to find a relationship between lead poisoning and drug abuse.   Methods: In a cross sectional study...

Probable effective factors on malaria situation and morbidity in Bandar

Introduction: Malaria has continued to be a public health problem in Bandar Abbas with a morbidity of 1093-5672 cases during last decades. Several years study on malaria cases showed differences in the disease epidemic curve in different parts of Bandar Abbas district. Therefore, this study was conducted to determine the malaria situation during 1998-2002, to find the probable effective facto...

The Probable Cause of Climate Fluctuations –

Pressoreceptor-autonomic oscillation; a probable cause of vasomotor waves.

I N A RECENT study of blood pressure response to intermittent flow and outflow of blood from the circulation (I), it was observed that after suddenly ceasing outflow and then beginning immediately the inflow of blood there usually followed in normal animals a series of damped oscillations in the blood pressure. This effect also occurred when the inflow of blood was suddenly stopped and was foll...