BACKGROUND Recent studies have suggested that oxidative stress (OS) may have a contribution in the pathogenesis of endometriosis. However, the results of previous studies regarding OS in endometriosis are controversial. The objective of this study was to compare the serum levels of OS markers in endometriosis versus the control group. METHODS This case-control study was carried out on 30 wome...

Background Until now, no study has been reported investigating the association between β-thalassemia minor and Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection. This study was designed to compare H. pylori infection rate between β-thalassemia minor patients and healthy controls. Methods A number of 100 β-thalassemia minor patients (50 males, 50 females) and 100 gender-matched healthy controls were p...

BACKGROUND The use of assisted reproductive technology (ART) is increasing in the world. The rate, efficacy and safety of ART are very different among countries. There is an increase in the use of intra cytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), single fresh embryo transfer (ET) and frozen-thawed embryo transfer (FET). OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to compare pregnancy rate in fresh ET a...

a comparative study on patient satisfaction with hospital services in amol     nazari r* [1] , babaalipour mouziraji f [2] , sharif nia sh [3] , amini j [4] , akbari s [5]     received: 5 april, 2011 accepted: 19may, 2011    abstract:  background & aims: patient satisfaction is one of the main indicators for measuring effectiveness of health system. patient satisfaction in different areas is in...

Correction to: An Ex vivo Analysis of Apical Transportation in Root Canals Prepared with BT Race Rotary and Hand K-Flexofile by Cone Beam Computed Tomography   Abbas Mesgarani1, Azadeh Zakariaie2, Azam Haddadi Kohsar1, Sina Haghanifar3, Jamshid Yazdani Charati4, Arman Ebrahimi5   1 Assistant Professor, Department of Endodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Mazandaran University of Medical S...

In the worldwide medical literature, only one case of inlet patch shows a kissing pattern on endoscopy. This article describes 69-year-old female patient who came to gastroenterology clinic, Rohani hospital, Babol University Medical Sciences (Iran) for an examination indigestion. Endoscopy showed two polyps in background maroon just below upper esophageal sphincter, oppositely positioned view p...