Introductory Chapter : Behcet ’ s Disease - An Overview

مطالعه ی ارتباط فراوانی بین پلی‌مورفیسم(rs4936742 (T>C ژن UBASH3B با بیماری بهجت در جمعیت شمال غرب ایران

Background and Objective: Behcet's disease is an inflammatory disorder with an unknown cause. Various polymorphisms of ubiquitin signaling, including rs4936742 polymorphism of UBASH3B gene, are associated with Behcet’s disease. UBASH3B is involved in the negative regulation of downstream T cell receptor signaling pathways. The purpose of this study was to investigate the possible associat...

Introductory Chapter: An Overview of Hydrogels

Isolated lesion of the cervical spine in a case of neuro-Behcet.

Behcet`s disease is characterized by small vessel vasculitis and involvement of multiple systems. In neuro-Behcet cases, spinal cord involvement is approximately 10-18%. Spinal cord lesions are often associated with cerebral or brainstem lesions, and isolated spinal cord involvement in Behcet`s disease is very rare. Here, we report a case with an isolated lesion of the cervical spine.

Epidemiology of Coronary Artery Disease

Epidemiology involves the study of the frequency, distribution, and impact of diseases within a community in order to address potential prevention or treatment of these conditions. Accordingly, evaluating the epidemiology of coronary artery disease (CAD) constitutes a particularly wide spectrum that cannot be comprehensively covered in a solitary book chapter. Consequently this first section wi...

Understanding E-services, Self Services and Mobile Communications: past Research and Future Directions

As the introductory chapter to the first book of “Advances in E-Services and Mobile Applications series”, this chapter provides a short overview of the e-service concept and discusses similarities and differences of the e-service concept in relation to other well established concepts such as services, goods, and self services. In addition the chapter provides a broad overview of the type of res...