BACKGROUND Due to negligence, Persian (Iranian) traditional medicine has had a weak presence in the world of research for a long time. However, in recent years, a variety of activates by research and faculty centers have created awareness and a platform to introduce and promote Persian medicine to the world. The aim of this study is to present and analyze scientific achievements of Persian medi...

BACKGROUND Assessing growth is a useful tool for defining health and nutritional status of children. The objective of this study was to construct growth reference curves of Iranian infants and children (0-6 years old) and compare them with previous and international references. METHODS Weight, height or length of 2107 Iranian infants and children aged 0-6 years old were measured using a cross...

BACKGROUND Cytochrome P450 2C19 (CYP2C19) is important in metabolism of wide range of drugs. CYP2C19*17 is a novel variant allele which increases gene transcription and therefore results in ultra-rapid metabolizer phenotype (URM). Distribution of this variant allele has not been well studied worldwide. The aim of present study was to investigate allele and genotype frequencies of CYP2C19*17 in ...

The Gilaki and Mazandarani occupy the South Caspian region of Iran and speak languages belonging to the North-Western branch of Iranian languages . It has been suggested that their ancestors came from the Caucasus region, perhaps displacing an earlier group in the South Caspian . Linguistic evidence supports this scenario, in that the Gilaki and Mazandarani languages (but not other Iranian lang...

Raana Zakeri, Shirin Nosratnejad. MSc of Health Services Management, School of Management and Medical Informatics, Iranian Center for Evidence-Based Medicine, Iranian Center of Excellence for Health Management, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran; PHD in Health Economic, Iranian Center of Excellence in Health Services Management, Department of Health Services Management, School ...

Mitra Torabi, Farnaz Naeemzadeh, Vida Ebrahimi, Negar Taleschian-Tabrizi, Fariba Pashazadeh, Hossein Nazemie. Students’ Research Committee, Iranian Evidence-Based Medicine Center of Excellence, School of Pharmacy, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran; Students’ Research Committee, Iranian Evidence-Based Medicine Center of Excellence, School of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medic...

This article provides empirical results on the patterns of native and immigrant geographic mobility in France. Using longitudinal data, we measure mobility from one French municipality (commune) to another over time and estimate the effect of the initial municipality’s ethnic composition on the probability of moving out. Relying on a unique methodology, we try to correct for biases related to s...

In order to diagnose allergic rhinitis (AR), skin prick tests and serum specific IgE level are the most common used methods. But there are some conditions which the results of both methods do not correlate with the clinical presentation of AR. Nasal provocation test is the method of detecting local IgE at the shock organ. There are some variations of NPT in terms of dosage, allergen administrat...

Abstract Ancient “ Bai Yue ” (百越) and Austronesian are indigenous peoples with very close relationship, distributing from south China, Southeast Asia, the Pacific Islands. The relationship between Proto-Austronesian has long been studied in both Chinese Euro-American academies. During most of twentieth century, historians archaeologists mainly discussed origins Malay ethnics as one branch withi...