BACKGROUND In minimal change nephrotic syndrome (MNCS), the most common primary nephrotic syndrome in children, approximately 95% of cases show excellent responses to steroid therapy. However, responding patients may become steroid dependent and experience serious side effects. Although oral cyclophosphamide has been recommended in these patients, long-term side effects such as gonadal toxicity...

background: muslim women tend to postpone their menstrual period using short course oral contraceptives (oc) during ramadan, muslims fasting month. recently, many cases of stroke, particularly cerebral vein thrombosis (cvt), have been reported in ramadan. objective: this work studies the incidence of cvt and its relation to ramadan. materials and methods: this is a cohort study conducted from o...

objectives: to describe the executive function of patients with traumatic injury admitted to rajaei hospital, shiraz, iran and to compare the executive function between normal individuals and those with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (adhd). methods: this was a case control study being performed during a 6-month period during spring and summer of 2013 in shiraz level i trauma center. ...

respiratory syncytial virus (rsv) is the major cause of lower respiratory tract infections in infants,and also an important factor for hospitalization during the winter months. to determine the prevalence and importance of rsv as a cause of acute lower respiratory tract infection, we carried out a prospective study during 5 months period from november to march 1998 in 6 pediatric hospitals. a n...

OBJECTIVE To compare results of a conventional obesity treatment program with those of an obesity treatment program that included education of owners of obese dogs. DESIGN Nonblinded prospective clinical trial. ANIMALS 60 obese dogs with a body condition score (BCS) of 8/9 or 9/9. PROCEDURE Dogs were randomly assigned to control or owner education (EDU) treatment groups. A 6-month weight ...