background: ornithobilharziosis as one of the parasitic infections may give rise to serious economic problems in animal husbandry. the aim of the study was to prepare and compare the somatic and excretory-secretory (es) antigens of o. tur­kestanicum in gel diffusion test. methods: excretory-secretory (es) and somatic antigens of ornithobilharzia turkestanicum were prepared from collected worms ...

psychological or behavioral interventions that attenuate the effects of stress may be useful in promoting immunocompetence and delaying hiv disease progression and cd4 count level. mindfulness-based stress reduction (mbsr) is a behavioral intervention that has as its foundation the practice of insight-oriented (or mindfulness) meditation. in this study, we examined the effects of mbsr upon psyc...

background and objective: the outcome of hepatitis b virus (hbv) infection may be influenced by host factors like human leukocyte antigen (hla). we have investigated hla-a and drb1 alleles in patients with persistent hepatitis b infection compared to subjects who had spontaneously recovered from hbv infection. to complete the findings of this study we performed another survey in certain hla all...

extramedullary plasmacytoma is a rare neoplasm characterized by monoclonal proliferation of plasma cells. most lesions occur in the head and neck, primarily in the upper aerodigestive tract. the nasal cavity and nasal septum are the most common sites of occurrence. in this report, three patients admitted in our clinic with history of nasal obstruction and/or epistaxis. patients were diagnosed w...