HBs Ag and HCV Status Need to Be Specified Before Using Assisted Reproductive Technique

[Evaluation of HBs Ag, HCV and HIV Ag-Ab Assays using Bio-Rad Elite Microplate Analyzer.].

BACKGROUND In this study, we evaluated the performance of Elite microplate analyzer (Bio-Rad Laboratories, France) and the related assays (ULTRA line) for the detection of hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). METHODS Seroconversion panels, HBsAg positive/HBsAg negative (n=99/n=1,422), anti-HCV positive/negative (n=97/n=1,670), and anti-HIV p...

(HBs-Ag) and anti-HCV Antibody Among Health Care Workers of Canton Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Do Antibiotic Beads Need to be Removed?

Background: Polymethylmethacrylate antibiotic impregnated beads can be an effective treatment for chronicosteomyelitis or an adjuvant in the treatment of open fractures. It remains unclear however whether the beads causelong-term adverse events if not removed. The purpose of this study was to determine if removal of antibiotic beads wasrequired in order to avoid long term comp...

O-14: Assisted Reproductive Technique History in Iran

Background Infertility is a major problem with a prevalence around 9% in the world and a life time prevalence of about 25% in Iran. Assisted reproductive technique (ART), came into the world on 1978 with the birth of Luise Brown, but early days of ART in Iran was not clear. The aim of this study is to investigate the history of ART in Iran and its time line in this Islamic society. MaterialsAnd...

religious status of using assisted reproductive technologies in human reproduction

introduction: to draw a general picture of the current iranian-law and shiah fiqh position as to the assisted reproduction: -whether allowed or not, - and, to show how and what changes could occur in this field. materials and methods: examination of the iranian legislation and judicial decisions, consideration of jurisprudential verdicts of the eminent shiah jurists and interpretation of the or...