OBJECTIVE To evaluate the viral antibodies in new Iranian multiple sclerosis (MS) patients. METHODS In a cross-sectional study, sera from 61 MS patients and 60 healthy individuals were collected from January 2009 to March 2010 in the Immunology Department of Arak University of Medical Sciences, Arak, Iran, and examined for the presence of the anti-Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), human herpes virus ...

fakharian e1 (md), tagharrobi z 2 * (msc), mirhoseini f3 (msc), rasoulinejad sa2 (phd), akbari h4 (msc), ameli h5 (msc)    1 neurosurgery department, kashan medical faculty, kashan university of medical sciences, kashan, iran   2 health & management nursing department, kashan nursing & midwifery faculty,   kashan university of medical sciences, kashan, iran   3 anesthesiology department, kashan...

competency- based mastery learning: a planned clinical experience for nursing students     baghaei r [1] , mohammadpour y [2] *, habibzade h [3] , rasouli d [4] , khalilzadeh h [5] , jafarizadeh h [6]    received: 2 may, 2011 accepted: 6 july, 2011   abstract  background & aims: clinical education is one of the most important and crucial parts of nursing education. successful clinical education...

contents   ◘ neoadjuvant chemotherapy in bladder cancer adib sereshki m.m. kashan university of medical sciences, iran 1 ◘ new advances of proteomics in early detection of pancreatic cancer adib sereshki m.m. kashan university of medical science, iran 1 ◘ peripheral blood changes in pulmonary tuberculosis before and after treatment eishi a., rahimi e. urmia university of medical sciences, iran ...

assessment of communication skills level among medical college students: verbal, listening, and feedback skills     barati m [1] , moeini b [2] *, samavati a [3] , salehi o [4]     received: 23 oct, 2011 accepted: 19 jan, 2012     abstract   background & aims: communication skills are among the most important characteristics that a medical student requires. since, communications skills have not...

the relationship between caring burden and coping strategies in hemodialysis patients caregivers     abbasi a [1] , ashrafrezaee n [2] , asayesh h [3] *, shariati a [4] , rahmani h [5] , mollaei e [6] , bathaei sa [7] , shoori bidgoli a [8]     received: 8 mar, 2012 accepted: 21 jun , 2012    abstract   bachground & aims: patients with end stage renal disease require long term treatment and car...

conclusions these results indicated that chronic administration of mdma affects liver as well as lipoprotein profile in male rats. the exact mechanism of action needs further investigation. background ecstasy is used to improve mood and cordiality; however, based on some reports, it is neurotoxic to human users. objectives because of the euphoria induced by mdma (3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetami...

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