Background: The hair goat of Anatolia is a breed that has adapted to rugged and mountainous areas known be very resistant diseases. As the world faces problem climate change, we believe knowing hematological characteristics goats will provide great benefits for breeding. Objectives: This study was performed determine possible differences in blood parameters adult (male female) during out breedi...

BACKGROUND. A number of side effects have been observed in patients treated for hematological diseases with alpha-interferon (IFN). In several cases side effects consisted of immunological disorders. Autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) is the most typical example of an IFN-induced immune-mediated complication. CASE SERIES. In 10 years we observed 9 patients with various hematological disorders w...

Abstract Carbamazepine (CBZ) is one of the oldest antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) that still used for treatment tonic-clonic seizures in children. Long-term use AEDs induces potential toxic effects may remain undetermined a long time. Earlier studies have revealed wide spectrum hematological toxicities associated with CBZ. This study was conducted to unveil carbamazepine as an monotherapy on and imm...

Background: Lead is known to be a highly toxic heavy metal which has a wide range of effect on human health. It has been proven that probiotics are able to bind heavy metals and remove them from the environment. In this study, the effect of Lactobacillus fermentum (L. fermentum) and its cytoplasmic extract were investigated on the hematological and body weight parameters in lead exposed rats. ...

Diethylcarbamazine (DEC) treatment for lymphatic filariasis can be accompanied by adverse drug reactions. Severe adverse reactions are usually uncommon but once happen, they could be acute and sometimes life-threatening. We report here a case of 15-year-old patient who was treated with DEC and developed severe adverse reactions including fever, headache, dizziness, chest pain, sore throat, coug...

background: shell is one of the most important by-products of shrimp processing methods which can potentially pollute the environment, whereas shrimp shell contain large amounts of chitin and chitosan and can be used as immune and growth stimulator in aquaculture. objectives: the purpose of present study was to investigate the effect of oral administration of chitosan extracted from litopenaeus...