how to cite this article: karimzadeh p, jafari n, alai mr, jabbehdari s, ahmad abadi f, nejadbiglari h. homocystinuria: diagnosis and neuroimaging findings - of iranian pediatric patients. iran j child neurol. 2015 winter;9(1):94-98. abstract objective homocystinuria is a neurometabolic diseases characterized by symptoms include neurodevelopmental delay, lens dislocation, long limbs and thrombo...

calcineurin (can) is a ca2+/calmodulin (ca2+/cam)-dependent serine/threonine protein phosphatase expressed in most mammalian tissues but found at higher concentration in brain. in the last decade there have been a steadily increasing number of studies identifying neuronal can as a primary suspect in neuronal vulnerability, synapse loss, dendritic atrophy, synaptic dysfunction and neuroinflammat...

internationally early intervention programmes for infants and preschoolers with disabilities have proved to be remarkably successful. in many countries, they began with teachers for visually impaired or hearing impaired children visiting the family home to teach parents how they could overcome the child's impairments. the logic of early intervention was inequitable. for example, the sooner...

breast conservation surgery combined with radiation therapy is now an accepted option for the treatment of early breast cancer. so we decided to evaluate the results of such treatment in our first group of patients treated by this method. from 1992 to 1996 , one hundred patients with stage i and ii breast cancer treated with breast conservative surgery (lumpectomy or quadrantectomy). were irrad...

objective: satisfaction and postoperative care of women who undergo cesarean section is an important aspect and demand due attention. hunger and thirst are frequently encountered after cesarean delivery. these increase distressing symptom and unsatisfaction. the aim of this paper was to detect the effect of early post cesarean feeding on mothers' satisfaction. materials and methods: this study ...

The therapeutic effect of stroke is hampered by the lack of neuroprotective drugs against ischemic insults beyond the acute phase. Carnitine plays important roles in mitochondrial metabolism and in modulating the ratio of coenzyme A (CoA)/acyl-CoA. Here, we investigate the neuroprotective effects of l-carnitine (LC) and Acetyl-l-carnitine (ALC) pre-treatment on ischemic insults under the same e...

how to cite this article: ghofrani m. an overview of leukodystrophy (ld). iran j child neurol. autumn 2014; 8:4(suppl. 1):1-2.   pls see pdf.