conclusions high prevalence of thyroid antibodies in euthyroid patients with pcos refers to the importance of investigation for thyroid autoimmune state in those patients. objectives the aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence and levels of thyroid antibodies in euthyroid women with pcos in syria. patients and methods this study included 56 euthyroid women with pcos and 30 healthy wome...

background worldwide, the incidence of inflammatory bowel disease (ibd) is increasing. this study aims to evaluate the diagnostic value of two serological markers, atypical perinuclear anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (atypical-p-anca) and anti-saccharomyces cerevisiae antibodies (asca), with the intent to determinetheir relationship to ulcerative colitis (uc) and crohn's disease (cd), in...

introduction: although the hepatitis e virus mostly causes a self-limited disease in general population, but the disease is more severe in pregnant women. hepatitis e accounts for about 10% of pregnancy associated deaths in southern asia. but the prevalence in iran is almost unclear, so this study is aimed to investigate the seroprevalence of anti-hev igg among a population of pregnant women in...

background: since pars abad district had been known as a focus of visceral leishmaniasis (vl) in ardabil province but the prevalence of the disease in nomadic tribes has not been determined, thus, this study was conducted. methods: this descriptive cross- sectional study was conducted on children up to 12yr old of nomadic tribes from pars abad county, ardabil province, iran in 2015. for each in...