background: ischemic heart disease (ihd) is the main cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, and a considerable part of these patients attend to emergency departments, which increases the burden to these busy departments. the aim of this study was to develop a prediction model enabling prediction of all cause emergency department (ed) visits in patients with documented coronary stenosis in ...

increased susceptibility of birds to avian pathogens in intensive husbandry system has emphasized on necessity of improvement of innate and specific immune responses of birds by the fast establishment of a beneficial microflora and immune stimulator factors to guarantee healthy and low-price products. during this study, 192 one-day-old broiler chicks (ross-380) in four groups with three replica...

a 64-year-old male presented with neurofibromatosis 1 and cushing’s syndrome. clinically he was over weight, depressed with extensive skin bruising and hypertension. his 24 hours urinary metanephrines, urinary 5hiaa, gut peptides and chromgranin levels were normal. his renal function and renal mri scan was also normal. his cortisol failed to suppress on overnight dexamethsone suppression test. ...

During 2000 and 2001, the prevalence of fungal diseases of alfalfa was surveyed underenvironmental conditions in Zanjan province, Iran. In total, 15 genera of fungal pathogens wereisolated from plants sampled from the fields. All of these disease interactions had not been previouslyrecorded in Zanjan and Colletotrichum truncatum, Leptotrochila medicaginis, Phoma medicaginis,Rhizoctonia crocorum...

Mycobacterium aviumsubspecies paratuberculosis (MAP), as an obligate intracellular bacterium, causes paratuberculosis (Johne’s disease) in ruminants. Plus, MAP has consistently been isolated from Crohn’s disease (CD) lesions in humans; a notion implying possible direct causative ...

In order to describe the proportion and pattern of culling in commercial goatherds, this survey was carried out in an industrialized goatherd in Torbat-e-Jam, Iran, over a period of 18 years from 1996 to 2013. In total, the data of 3945 goats were used in this study. Finally, out of all samples, 499 (12%) goats were culled. The involuntary culling was performed mainly due to shortage disorders ...

background : in recent years, due to its distinct geographical circumstances and position in a gorge, and accumulation of pollutants in surface air, isfahan, iran has become one of the most polluted cities in the iran in terms of air pollution. the purpose of this study was to estimate cardiovascular and respiratory diseases attributed to particulate matter of less than 10 microns (pm 10 ) in i...

introduction: α1-antitrypsin deficiency (α1-atd) is one of the most common genetic disorders in white race, a usual cause of liver disease in children, and hepatopulmonary involvement in children and adult. the aim of this case description is presenting a child with early lung disease without liver parenchymal disorder. case presentation: we describe a 13 year old boy because of exertional dysp...