Vahid Ziaee

Professor of Pediatric Rheumatology, Children's Medical Center, Pediatrics Center of Excellence, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

[ 1 ] - Assessment of Sexual Maturation among Boys in Special Schools of Tehran, Iran

Background: Due to lack of detailed standards of sexual maturity in individuals with Intellectual, sensory and motor disability in Iran and the importance of timing of onset of puberty in these individuals, a study is necessary. By knowing the onset of puberty, physiologic and behavioral changes can be traced in these people, as well as the potential impact of the puberty on the underlying dise...

[ 2 ] - اثر روزه‌داری ماه رمضان بر اسمولاریته، غلظت بعضی از الکترولیت‌‌های سرمی و پارامتر‌های خونی

مقدمه: در ماه رمضان حدود 400 میلیون مسلمان به روزه‌داری می‌پردازند. با وجود مطالعه‌های متعدد انجام شده در مورد اثر فیزیولوژیک این فریضه همچنان ابعاد ناشناخت‌های از آن باقیمانده است. این مطالعه برای تعیین اثر روزه‌داری ماه رمضان بر تغییرهای اسمولاریته‌ی سرم و آزمون‌های کلیوی در افراد روزه‌دار جوان سالم اجرا شد. مواد و روش‌ها: این مطالعه‌ی کوهورت در سال 1380 در 80 دانشجوی سالم (41 مرد و 39 زن) ان...

[ 3 ] - Sensitivity and specificity of adenosine deaminase in diagnosis of juvenile idiopathic arthritis

  Background :Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) is one of the most common chronic rheumatic diseases in children with unknown etiology and pathogenesis. It also has no diagnostic test and its clinical diagnosis is made through ruling out other types of arthritis. The aim of this study was to evaluate the level of ADA (Adenosine Deaminase) in the serum of JIA patients and to compare it with th...

[ 4 ] - ارتباط نمایه توده بدنی و آمادگی جسمانی در 513 دانشجوی پزشکی

Background: As future health care providers, medical students should be aware of the relationship between health and physical fitness, giving them an advantage toward attaining proper physical fitness. The exercise and fitness habits of first-year medical students in Iran are not known. This study examines the relationship between the body mass index (BMI) of an unselected group of first-year m...

[ 5 ] - Whole Exome Sequencing for Mutation Screening in Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis

Background: Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is an immune system disorder characterized by uncontrolled hyper-inflammation owing to hypercytokinemia from the activated but ineffective cytotoxic cells. Establishing a correct diagnosis for HLH patients due to the similarity of this disease with other conditions like malignant lymphoma and leukemia and similarity among its two forms is dif...