background: icterohemorrhagic form of leptospirosis has a high mortality rate. in this study, the clinical manifestations, epidemiologic and laboratory findings and outcome of weil’s disease were investigated. methods: a descriptive cross- sectional study was conducted on 66 consecutive patients with icterohemorrhagic leptospirosis who were admitted to razi hospital (the therapeutic center of i...

how to cite this article: javadzadeh m. cockayne syndrome. iran j child neurol. autumn 2014;8;4(suppl.1):18-19. pls see pdf.

background: kallmann syndrome (kal s) is an isolated form of hypogonadotrophic hypogonadism in combination with a defect in smell sensation. depending on the genetic form of the disease, a number of non-reproductive, non-olfactory abnormalities may also be existent. in the present report, we describe a male with kal s associated with hearing loss, and the successful treatment of his sexual and ...

background: sj?gren’s syndrome is an autoimmune syndrome involving the exocrine glands specially the salivary and lacrimal glands leading to xerostomia and xerophtalmia. this paper presents a case with primary sj?gren’s syndrome that severe dental caries were the first clinical manifestation. case presentation: a 42-year-old man was referred to the school of dentistry, tehran university of medi...

conclusions according to the results, although the effect of this method of the behavioral part of this syndrome was not significant, regarding the results of other researches for the effectiveness of this method of decreasing the pms, it is hoped to use for reducing the symptoms by more researches in this area of complementary medicine together with other common treatments in gynecological are...

conclusions getting a complete knowledge of the condition and evaluating different treatment modalities to treat thoracic insufficiency syndrome. results a direct enlargement of the thorax that will thus provide sufficient space for lung growth; the correction of both the three-dimensional thoracic deformity and the progressive scoliosis. recent findings have revealed that veptr instrumentation...

conclusions according to the results of this meta-analysis, there was a high risk of nafld in women with pcos. we suggest evaluating patients with pcos regarding nafld. results we finally included seven eligible studies. according to chi-squared test, there was a significant heterogeneity (73.6%) between studies (p = 0.001). nafld prevalence was significantly higher in patients with pcos compar...

Background:The current study aimed at evaluating the association between thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) level in upper normal limits with metabolic syndrome, modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular disease, and its components according to Adult Treatment Panel III of National Cholesterol Education Program. Methods</...

Background: ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI ) are common types of acute coronary syndrome which are associated with the risk factors of age, obesity, hypertension, and diabetes. Objective: The present study aimed to examine the effects of age on the risk factors and clinical sym...