Iron deficiency anemia is the most common type in population. It causes many systemic clinical symptoms, including effects on cognitive functions. Therefore, this study aimed to observe individuals' changes resulting from iron deficiency, a preventable cause.
 Method: Cognitive scores of 112 individuals (56 with anemia-test group and 56 healthy individuals-control group) Montreal Assessmen...

We investigated the effects of vitamin B1 deficiency on the meiosis maturation of oocytes. Female Crl:CD1 (ICR) mice were fed a 20% casein diet (control group) or a vitamin B1-free diet (test group). The vitamin B1 concentration in ovary was approximately 30% lower in the test group than in the control group. Oocyte meiosis was not affected by vitamin B1 deficiency when the deficiency was not a...

objective: zinc deficiency is an important health problem in developing countries. the aim of this study was diagnosis of zinc deficiency among young female students of tehran university of medical sciences. materials and methods: this cross sectional study evaluated 420 medical and paramedical students of tehran university in 2005. all of them were female and in the first year of their educati...

Stochastic chemical reaction networks (CRNs) are complex systems that combine the features of concurrent transformation of multiple variables in each elementary reaction event and nonlinear relations between states and their rates of change. Most general results concerning CRNs are limited to restricted cases where a topological characteristic known as deficiency takes a value 0 or 1, implying ...

Iron deficiency is one of the most common nutritional problems in the world, It is frequently found in both developed and developing countries and mainly affects women of childbearing age. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship of iron deficiency anemia in pregnant women on neonatal weight. The study subjects were a group of 241 women aged between 20 and 34 years who wer...