conclusions lower bmi, longer duration of marriage, shorter menstrual cycles, dyspareunia, and dysmenorrhea are predictive factors for diagnosis of endometriosis in infertile population. these clinical factors should be considered prior to diagnostic laparoscopy for infertility. results of 441 infertile women, 82 (18.6%) had endometriosis. no statistically significant difference was identified ...

objective: the aim of the present study was to compare the performance of laser fluorescence (lf) method with other conventional diagnostic techniques in detection of small occlusal caries in permanent teeth. materials and methods: prior to this in vitro diagnostic study, a pilot study assessed intra- examiner reliability and reproducibility. the occlusal surfaces of 90 extracted human premolar...

objective: the purpose of this study was to assess the prevalence and possible variables on changing the diagnosis of mood disorder patients to schizophrenia.  method: this study was a retrospective and comparative analytic research that was performed in 2006 in razi psychiatric hospital. the sample consisted of all the 176 patients who were hospitalized in 2000 with the diagnosis of mood disor...

background: to determine the mean and median delays in pulmonary tuberculosis (ptb) diagnosis among adults in one of the world’s highest gross domestic product per capita countries and identify patient and health system‑related reasons for these delays. methods: this is a cross‑sectional, face‑to‑face, prospective study of 100 subjects with confirmed ptb, conducted at main tuberculosis (tb) adm...

discussion peritoneal tb, although not very common, is still the important cause of not only abdominal symptoms but also female infertility. the need to pay more accurate attention to peritoneal tb in endemic areas, especially in young patients considered to have peritoneal carcinomatosis, seems very important. introduction tuberculosis (tb) is a disease with diverse clinical manifestations. it...

background early treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis (ptb) is necessary for a successful tuberculosis (tb) control program. objectives the objective of this study was to determine total treatment delay and its associated factors among ptb patients in ahvaz. patients and methods a retrospective study was performed among newly diagnosed ptb cases registered in 2010 at the ahvaz health center. tot...

A 61-year old male, an ex-pilot of an agricultural aeroduster, with a history of a Schistosoma mansoni infection following an accident in Sudan in 1986 (an exposure to the contents of a polluted water reservoir) was diagnosed three times due to abdominal complaints. The primary diagnosis was Leśniowski-Crohn's disease. Only three years later was an appropriate diagnosis made based on histopatho...

This article presents a methodology for using data from social networks, specifically Twitter, to diagnose leaks in drinking water distribution networks. The involves the collection of tweets citizens reporting leaks, extraction information tweets, and processing such run diagnosis. To demonstrate viability this methodology, 358 Twitter leak reports were collected analyzed Mexico City 1 May 31 ...