Abstract   Background: Hepatitis B virus infection is an important cause of liver morbidity and   mortality worldwide. HDV changes the natural course of HBV. The prevalence of HDV infection wasn’t determined in the various groups of HBV infection (carriers, acute hepatitis, chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis and HCC) in Iran. We aimed to research the prevalence of hepatitis D virus infection in v...

Immunologic abnormalities in patients with cirrhosis strongly correlate with severity of liver cirrhosis. The association between cirrhosis and human herpesvirus type 8 (HHV-8) infection is unclear. Plasma samples were obtained from 74 healthy control subjects and 59 patients with cirrhosis. The seropositive rates for HHV-8 antibodies in patients with cirrhosis (25/59 [42%]) were significantly ...

  Background :Timely diagnosis of liver cirrhosis is vital for preventing further liver damage and giving the patient the chance of transplantation. Although biopsy of the liver is the gold standard for cirrhosis assessment, it has some risks and limitations and this has led to the development of new noninvasive methods to determine the stage and prognosis of the patients. We aimed to design an...

background: rhabdomyosarcoma is a rare malignant soft tissue sarcoma and the most common sarcoma of childhood. the purpose of this study was to investigate the distribution of age and sex of patients, pathological subtypes and to determine the role of staging and classification of rms on treatment outcome. materials and methods: this retrospective study included patients who diagnosed with rms ...

to determine the rate of different types of arthritis in children. we prepared a retrospective descriptive study and included the whole 100 cases of arthritis referred to 17-shahrivar hospital, rasht, guilan during a 3 years period. using their medical files, data including age, sex, season of admission, history of trauma, signs and symptoms, lab findings and duration of hospitalization were co...

lichen planus (lp) is a chronic mucocutaneous disease widely recognized in adults, but uncommon in children. the purpose of this paper is to report two cases of lp in children. the diagnosis was made based on clinical and histopathological findings. the treatment consisted of antifungal and multivitamin therapy. regression of lesions was observed. the patients are still under follow up. althoug...

purpose : to determine the anatomical site and underlying causes of blindness and severe visual impairment (bl/svi), in schools for the blind in east azerbaijan state with determining potentially preventable and treatable causes. methods : between october 2003 and november 2004 a total of 124 students attending three schools for the blind in east azerbaijan state were examined clinically and da...

abstract background data on childhood and adolescent malignant tumors incidence are skimp in developing countries. in this study, we analyzed the incidence and trend of childhood and adolescent cancers in yazd city, center of iran between jan 2004 and dec 2013. materials and methods the various types of malignant tumors were grouped pursuant to the international classification for cancer in chi...

background : lindane is an insecticide which is used in commercial insecticides and food containers. caseâ presentation : herein, we reported on a 62-year-old man with liver cirrhosis 12 years after continuous exposure to lindane gas.the diagnostic workup showed no other possible cause, and findings of liver scintigraphy and clinical manifestations were compatible with substance-induced cirrhos...