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Pituitary incidentalomas - How often is too often?

INTRODUCTION Clinical nonfunctional pituitary microadenomas, also known as incidentalomas are accidental observations made due to the application of high resolution imaging techniques as computed tomography or magnetic resonance. There are no standards regarding the follow-up of these tumors and taking into account their increased frequency among general population (during the last years they w...

Pituitary incidentalomas - How often is too often?

Homocysteine is a sulfurated amino acid used for the synthesis of methionine. The last decade's researches proved that hyperhomocysteinemia is an independent risk factor for atherosclerotic vascular disease. The vascular injury induced by several mechanisms of hyperhomocysteinemia is the hallmark of homocysteine's atherogenic properties. Hyperhomocysteinemia is present in 85% of the patients wi...

In whom, how and how often is surveillance for hepatocellular carcinoma cost-effective?

BACKGROUND Despite well known worldwide differences in hepatocellular carcinoma incidence, which reflect different risk profiles, current recommendation of surveillance with ultrasound and alpha-fetoprotein twice-a-year has been restricted to cirrhotic patients. To evaluate the generalizability of this recommendation, we reviewed the clinical charts of hepatocellular carcinoma cases in a Mexica...

How to Select a Specified Area for Research?

سخن سردبیر Editorial مجله دانشگاه علوم پزشکی رفسنجان دوره 22، فروردین 1402، 2-1 چگونه یک حوزه مشخص برای پژوهش را انتخاب نمائیم؟ How to Select a Specified Area for Research? محسن رضائیان[1] Mohsen Rezaeian برای محققین جوان، انتخاب یک حوزه مشخص برای انجام پژوهش‌های‌شان بسیار ضروری است. پژوهش‌گران جوان به جای آن که توان و نیروی خود را مصروف موضوعات پژوهشی متفاوتی نمایند، با...