*Corresponding author: Ali Ghorbani, Department of Nephrology, Golestan Hospital, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran. E-mail: [email protected] Implication for health policy/practice/research/medical education: The initiation of erythropoietin therapy for the purpose of renoprotection may need to be sooner than that for erythropoiesis, because erythropoietin may...

The increasing incidence of tuberculosis (TB) is a major concern to public health policy-makers. To assess knowledge about TB and the DOTS strategy among medical students in a high incidence area of the Islamic Republic of Iran, a questionnaire designed around the national TB programme guidelines was given to 80 interns in Golestan and Mazandaran medical schools in December 2007. The overall me...

Distribution, biodiversity and biotechnology of Sambucus ebulus L. are not investigated yet (Caprifoliaceae family).There are 20-25 species of the genus of Sambucus L. are known in the world but in Iran, it is etermined only one species, Sambucus ebulus, that distributed in three Northern Provinces next to Caspian Sea (Golestan, Mazandaran and Gillan province). In this short paper, Distribution...

This work first studies the effects of several Low Impact development methods on urban flood control. The Analytic Hierarchy Process-Preference Ranking Organization Method for Enrichment Evaluation (AHP-PROMETHEE) combination method is then used to select best design. A drainage system in Golestan town Semnan under a 5-year return period investigated as case study. LID are selected based region...

Myiasis, the invasion of live human tissue by larva of Diptera, is reported in the nasal cavity of a 5.5-year-old Iranian girl. She was referred from Golestan Province to the Shaheed Rajaei Heart Center in Tehran. In the 41th day after admission, a live parasite was found in her nasal secretions suction identified presumably as a second instar larvae of a facultative myiasis, Woholfartia nuba (...

Nematode were determined in 189 soil and root samples collected from 18 olive nurseries in Golestan province (northern Iran), between 2004 and 2008. which contain eight species belonging to eight grnera The important nematodes detected, in order of decreasing frequency of infestation (percentage of samples), were Aphelenchus avenae, Meloidogyne javanica, Irantylenchus sp., Pratylenchus thornei,...

background: infection with helicobacter pylori might be related to chronic gastritis, peptic ulcer and gastric adenocarcinoma. given the high prevalence of helicobacter infection in our region, this study was designed to determine the age trend of helicobacter pylori contamination in golestan province in 2008. materials andmethods: this cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out on 1028 ...

toxoplasma gondii as an apicomplexan zoonotic parasite is able to infect humans and almost all other warm-blooded animals. wild and domestic felids are the main definitive hosts. also, canids such as dogs and jackals have been introduced as mechanical vectors since t. gondii oocysts can pass their intestinal tract and spread by feces in environment. toxoplasmosis is a common zoonotic disease in...

Golestan province is located in north of Iran, in the south east of Caspian Sea. Stomach cancer data were identified and collected through the 18 Pathology Laboratory centers, where male populations are referred. Using a structured questionnaire, trained personnel conducted in-person interviews to collect information on stomach cancer. Newly diagnosed cases which were detected by histologic or ...

INTRODUCTION The purpose of this study was to compare the short-term and long-term kidney transplant outcomes in diabetic and nondiabetic patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS We studied all kidney recipients in Golestan hospital, Ahwaz, from 1995 to 2003. The patients were divided into two groups of diabetic and nondiabetic, and 1-year, 2-year, and 5-year survival rates of the patient and the kidn...