Considering the incremental trend for incidence of renal failure and the significance of having a successful kidney grafting and for determination of the role of the intra-operative serum therapy in the success rate of the operation, this study was carried out on referrals of Taleghani hospital during the years 1991-1994. The cohort and analytical strategy of the present study was performed ...

The results of the use a combination cimicoxib and cyclophosphamide, in metronomic mode, neoadjuvant therapy complex breast carcinoma dogs are presented. This treatment regimen allowed to achieve stabilization process, volume tumor decreased by 60.77% indicators first day. regression was 39.23%. According hematological blood examination, 90th day therapy, number leukocytes 75.96%, lymphocytes 7...

This study is designed to evaluate the roles of oxidative and nitrosative stress in serum and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) patients. Oxidative stress markers thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS), 8-epi-PGF2α, conjugated diene and nitrosative stress markers nitrotyrosine, nitrit-nitrate were analysed in serum and CSF of 20 newly diagnosed ...

BACKGROUND Hyperferritinemia is often found in patients with chronic hepatitis C (CHC) and is predictive of poorer response to antiviral therapy. OBJECTIVE To investigate changes in ferritinemia during and after antiviral therapy. PATIENTS AND METHODS serum ferritin levels were measured in 262 CHC patients (163 males, mean age 48.5 years +/- 10.1) before and during antiviral therapy, and si...

BACKGROUND Disorders of antioxidant balance are considered to be involved in the toxicity associated with radiotherapy or chemotherapy. PATIENTS AND METHODS Serum alpha-tocopherol and retinol were determined, by high performance liquid chromatography, before and during therapy with a combination of paclitaxel and carboplatin in 28 patients with breast and ovarian cancer. Serum neopterin and c...

A three-month-old boy presented congenital hypopituitarism in which the hypothyroid state masked ACTH deficiency. Multiple anterior pituitary hormone deficiencies, including ACTH, were finally confirmed. High basal serum cortisol levels (up to 45.1,ug/dl) were observed during a stressful episode before L-thyroxine replacement therapy was started. Decreased morning serum cortisol levels (5.0 μg/...

introduction regular intake of n-3 fatty acids of marine origin have desirable effects on serum lipoproteins and reduce coronary vascular disease (cvd). n-3 fatty acid supplementation decreased serum triglyceride concentrations in studies in which most of the subjects were male. the effects of n-3 fatty acids supplementation in fat women especially postmenopausal fat women have received little ...

Treatment of kidney diseases with a combination therapy of allopathic and traditional medicines with special reference to the role herbal medicines in maintaining serum creatinine and Serum Urea Levels without the dialysis procedures, thereby the patient benefits in less dependence on dialysis and treatment. The aim of this study was to determine the long-term efficacy of hero-mineral preparati...

In two prospective studies of anticonvulsant therapy there was a high incidence of drug-induced skin reactions to phenytoin (7%) and carbamazepine (16.6%). High initial serum concentrations of these drugs appeared to be a factor influencing the occurrence of such skin reactions.