Ali Davati

Dept. of Anatomical Sciences and Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran

[ 1 ] - Expression of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor in Nasal Polyp and Chronic Rhinosinusitis

Background: Nasal inflammatory disorders such as chronic rhinosinusitis and nasal polyp are among the most prevalent complications with high socioeconomic costs. Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) plays a key role in angiogenesis and cell proliferation. In the present study the effect of VEGF on the development and prognosis of chronic rhinosinusitis and nasal p...

[ 2 ] - Effect of Phototherapy on Serum Level of Calcium, Magnesium and Vitamin D in Infants with Hyperbilirubinemia

Background and Objective: Phototherapy is one of the therapy methods for jaundice caused by hyperbilirubinemia. Vitamin D and bilirubin have two distinct routes of metabolism yet part of their syntheses is common in the liver and thus they may influence each other’s synthesis. One of the consequences of phototherapy not previously studied in detail is hypocalcaemia and hypomagn...