Fathpour , Gholamreza
Dpartment of Pediatrics, school of Medicine, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr Iran
[ 1 ] - Niemann Peak Disease Type A in Necropsy of the Liver of a Four-Month-Old Female with Fe-ver and Pancytopenia
Niemann-pick disease is a severe disorder in sphingolipid metabolism and esterification of cholesterol which results in accumulations of sphingomyelin in different tissues. This disease is characterized with hepatosplenomegaly, fever and foam cell appearance in microscopic examination of bone marrow, liver and spleen. The case presented in this study is a four-month-old female infant with chief...
[ 2 ] - The protective role of deferoxamine in the prevention of doxorubicin-induced hepatic fibrosis in children: A randomized controlled clinical trial
Background: This study aimed to investigate the protective effects of Deferoxamine (DFO) against hepatic fibrosis in treatment of pediatric cancer patients. Methods: In this prospective randomized controlled trial, 61 treatment-naïve children (2-18 years) with different types of cancer who referred to a tertiary teaching hospital in South of Iran were enrolled. They were randomly assigned to 3...