Hyperactivity of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis and elevated cortisol (CORT) levels are characteristics of the pathophysiology of major depressive disorder. The aim of this study was to determine whether increased plasma CORT levels appear in patients with major depression and if effective antidepressant treatment by clomipramine (CLO) leads to regulation of CORT level. Plasma CO...

INTRODUCTION New evidence suggests that the efficacy of antidepressants occurs within the first weeks of treatment and this early response predicts the later response. The purpose of the present study was to investigate if the partial response in the first week predicts the response at the end of treatment in patients with major depressive disorder who are treated with either antidepressant med...

OBJECTIVE(S) Folic acid, a micronutrient supporting the natural defense system, may elevate antidepressant responses, although the lymphocyte serotonergic system has not been explored in folate-supplemented depressed patients. METHODS Twenty-seven patients were randomly assigned to groups receiving fluoxetine (20 mg) and folic acid (10 mg/day) or fluoxetine and placebo for 6 weeks. Clinical o...

introduction: cervical rib is relatively uncommon congenital abnormality that originates from the seventh cervical vertebrae and rarely from the sixth vertebrae. the purpose of this paper is to consider that this abnormal condition is an important cause of neurovascular compression at the thoracic outlet. methods: in this study all patients who were referred to radiology department of isfahan h...

introduction women with mosaic turner syndrome (ts) bearing the presence of y chromosome material or with complete androgen insensitivity syndrome (cais) is at risk of gonadal malignancy. two patients with characteristic features of these uncommon disorders are reported, and the surgical techniques of laparoscopic gonadectomy are reviewed and discussed. the aim of the present study is to report...

Soil permittivity estimation using Polarimetric Synthetic Aperture Radar (PolSAR) data has been an extensively researched area. Nonetheless, it provides ample scope for further improvements. The vegetation cover over the soil surface leads to a complex interaction of incident polarized wave with canopy and subsequently underlying surface. This paper introduces novel methodology estimate croplan...

In radar polarimetry, incoherent target decomposition techniques help extract scattering information from polarimetric synthetic aperture (SAR) data. This is achieved either by fitting appropriate models or optimizing the received wave intensity through diagonalization of coherency (or covariance) matrix. As such, depends on antenna configuration. Additionally, a descriptor that independent con...

The UK population is now diverse with nearly 7% of patients from the minority ethnic communities. The incidence and prevalence of coronary heart disease (CHD) is higher in many of these ethnic minority communities compared to their white counterparts. There have been repeated concerns raised about access to appropriate health care for patients from minority groups after CHD has been diagnosed. ...

an investigation was carried out on a young unrelated couple, both 29 years old, with two boys and three girls, 3 months to 8 years old. one boy and the mother were healthy, the other four children and the father were affected. the family, originally from the district of nour, in northern iran, near the caspian sea, was first counseled at the genetic clinic in tehran in 1984. several trips were...

thymoma is the most common neoplasm of anterior mediastinum with incidence peaks during the fourth, fifth and sixth decades of life. two-thirds of patients are asymptomatic and identified accidentally by chest x-rays . of the total, 40-70 % of patients have one or more parathymic syndromes of which myasthenia gravis (mg) is the most common and reported in 10-50% . gullain-barre syndrome (gbs) h...