OBJECTIVE The objectives of the current study were to translate and adapt Autism Treatment Evaluation Checklist (ATEC) into Persian language and to investigate its reliability and validity in an Iranian autistic sample. METHODS A total sample of 134 children with autism spectrum disorders aged 6-15 years were assigned to the study. The process of cross-cultural adaptation was performed accord...

Bayesian model and Markov chain Monte Carlo method were used to verify a sample of signature in Iran. In the Bayesian model, parameters were considered as quantities whose variations can be described by the prior distributions. A sample is taken from a population indexed by the parameters and prior distributions were updated and then posterior distribution was calculated. Markov chain Monte Car...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to determine the cumulative prevalence rate of every sexual dysfunctions (SDs) in Iranian population. METHODS We searched international database such as: PubMed/Medline, Scopus, PsychNET, and Scholar Google and Iranian database such as Iran Psych, IranDoc, IranMedex, and SID. Search duration was between 1990 and 2013. RESULTS From 449 articles were retri...

The protein tyrosine phosphatase non-receptor type 22 (PTPN22) gene, which encodes an intracellular lymphoid-specific phosphatase, is considered an important regulator of T-cell activation. We investigated a possible association between the PTPN22 C1858T (R620W) polymorphism and pulmonary tuberculosis in an Iranian population. Single nucleotide polymorphisms of PTPN22 C1858T (rs2476601) we...

cobitis avicennae is a new described species from iranian part of the tigris basin and little information is available on its different aspects of its biology and holomorphology. hence, this study was conducted to provide a detailed description of its osteological features. for this purpose, the specimens of c. avicennae were cleared and stained and a detailed description of its skeletal struct...

Dear Editor, I read the original article by Keshvari et al. published in the previous issue of the Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal with interest. 1 At first, the large number of samples (367 samples) was impressive. Although, sampling and genotyping performance of such large-scale specimen need many hours, the obtained results could reflect a clear view of distribution of HCV genotypes amo...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to determine which predictors influence the risk of relapse among a cohort of amphetamine-type substance (ATS) users in Iran. METHODS A Cox proportional hazards model was conducted to determine factors associated with the relapse time in the Matrix treatment program provided by the Iranian National Center of Addiction Studies (INCAS) between March 2010 and...

Skeletal and dental data for subadult analyses obtained from dry bones or various types of medical images, such as computed tomography (CT) scans conventional radiographs/x-rays, should be consistent repeatable to ensure method applicability across modalities support combining study samples. The present evaluates observer agreement epiphyseal fusion development stages on CT a U.S. sample the co...

Objective: To determine the distribution of different skeletal pattern in orthodontic patients visiting a tertiary center in midwestern Nepal. Materials & Method: A sample of 200 lateral cephalograms of Nepali patients visiting UCMS-College of Dental Surgery, Bhairahawa was obtained. The jaw base relationship was assessed from lateral cephalograms using angular measurement (ANB angle). Among th...

Background: The aim of this pilot study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of the third version of the Iranian Diabetes Attitude Scale (DAS-3). Methods: A sample of 100 patients with type2 diabetes, selected via a systematic random sampling method, completed the IR-DAS-3. The validity of the questionnaire was evaluated through concurrent and criterion validity, whereas its reliability ...