Thrombophilia: Women-Specific Reference Ranges Can Prevent Misdiagnosis in Women

Trimester-Specific Reference Ranges for Free Thyroxine Hormone in Iranian Pregnant Women

Introduction: Physiological changes during pregnancy affect thyroid function and also free thyroxine (FT4) assay methods. These impacts make immunoassays unreliable for detecting hypothyroxinemia during pregnancy. Due to pregnant women’s adequate consumption of iodine in Iran, reference ranges of FT4 needs to be obtained for this group. Materials and Methods: A total of 1077 Iranian pregnant wo...

Trimester-Specific Reference Ranges for Thyroid Hormones in Iranian Pregnant Women

Background. Due to many physiological changes during pregnancy, interpretation of thyroid function tests needs trimester-specific reference intervals for a specific population. There is no normative data documented for thyroid hormones on healthy pregnant women in Iran. The present survey was conducted to determine trimester-specific reference ranges for serum TSH, thyroxine (TT4), and triiodot...

Are TSH normal reference ranges adequate for pregnant women?

Recurrent urinary tract infection in women: can cranberry prevent it?

infection of the kidneys, bladder, ureters or urethra. Three episodes of UTI in the last one year or two episodes in six months is termed as recurrent UTI.1 60% of women experience UTI at some time in their life and a third of them experience recurrences most commonly occurring in the age groups of 25-29 years and more than 55 years.1 Gram negative bacteria, mainly Escherichia coli account for ...

Age-Related Prostate Specific Antigen Reference Ranges in Healthy Northern Iranian Men

Background: Prostate cancer is the third most common malignancy in men worldwide. Despite being a helpful biomarker in prostate cancer, prostate specific antigen (PSA) is affected by different factors including age, lifestyle, geographical region and ethnicity. Objective: To determine the age specific serum PSA level among healthy Northern Iranian men and to compare the results of our study wit...