INTRODUCTION There have been many reports and papers on deficient, normal and high levels of copper in patients with thalassemia major. The aim of this study is to evaluate copper status in a series of more than 300 patients with thalassemia major and determine the degree of copper deficiency or excess. METHODS Three hundred and seventy patients with thalassemia major over 5 years of age were...

I define the plain Anabaptists by answering two essential questions: “Who are the plain Anabaptists” and “What are the plain Anabaptists?” In asking “Who are the plain Anabaptists?” I investigate several dimensions of identity. First, I trace the history of seven religious traditions within Anabaptism: the Swiss Brethren/Mennonites, the Low German/Russian Mennonites, the Hutterites, the Amish, ...

background and purpose: job stress is an important psychological factor. musculoskeletal disorders are among the most common causes of disability in industrialized and developing countries. therefore, this study aimed to assess job stress and its relationship with the prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders in office workers of zahedan university of medical sciences, iran. materials and methods...

Article history: Received: 3 Oct 2013 Accepted: 20 Nov 2013 Available online: 28 Apr 2014 ZJRMS 2014 July; 16(7): 42-44 Neurofibroma is a benign neoplasm derived from peripheral nerve cells. Neurofibroma can occur as a solitary tumor also it may associate with neurofibromatosis. Intraosseous neurofibroma is a rare tumor particularly in the oral cavity. So far, few cases of solitary intraosseous...

This study aims to compare quality gap of educational services at Zahedan University of Medical Sciences from students and faculties viewpoints. In a cross-sectional study, survey questionnaire was completed by two distinct groups of respondents- 230 faculty members and 384 students. Mass majority of the both groups declared there was negative gap in each of the five dimensions. Mean quality ga...

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1. MD of Hematology and Oncology, Genetic Researcher Center in Non-Communicable Disease, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zaheedan ,Iran, [email protected] 2. MSc of Hematology, Hematology Department, Allied Medical School, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, T...

Escherichia coli O157:H7 has been implicated in diarrhoea, dysentery, haemorrhagic colitis and uraemic haemolytic syndrome but is not routinely cultured in laboratories. We tested 322 samples from children referred with diarrhoea to a clinic in Zahedan, Islamic Republic of Iran. There were 21 sorbitol-negative E. coli isolated; serotyping revealed 4 strains positive for O157, out of which only ...