In this study, we examine the effect of children on divorce risks in first and subsequent marriages in Sweden and compare risk patterns in the two types of marriages based on register data. We examine the impact of parity and the age of the youngest child while standardizing for age at marriage, premarital childbearing, calendar year, and marital duration. We apply our models to Swedish registe...

Introduction: Tuberculosis infection caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis is one of the most common infectious diseases, especially in countries such as Iran. The course treatment and number drugs used vary depending on severity disease parts body involved. resistant to has increased recent years. Thus, this study was conducted investigate frequency distribution response patients with Sirjan, M...

OBJECTIVE To describe the etiological characteristics of intellectual disability in one Iranian center. METHODS In a cross-sectional study, 64 cases with mental retardation (MR) were examined in the Intellectual Rehabilitation & Welfare Care Center of Vardavard, Iran between April and September 2008. Cases were diagnosed with MR or showed delay/regression of developmental milestones. We studi...

Background: Hepatitis B virus infection is a worldwide health problem. Vertical transmission is a route of Hepatitis B virus infection that is regarded as a considerable factor in Hepatitis B virus prevention program all over the world. Objective: This study was conducted to screen the hepatitis B surface antigen, hepatitis B surface antibody and hepatitis B e antigen in pregnant women. Methods...

proximal spinal muscular atrophy (sma) is one of the most common autosomal recessive disorders. sma has an estimated incidence of 1 in 10,000 live births. the clinical picture of sma is quite variable and childhood sma has been classified into 3 types. type i, werdnig-hoffmann disease, is the most acute and severe, with an onset before the age of 6 months and death usually occurring before the ...