bullous pemphigoid is an immunobullous disease with high mortality and morbidity. different aspects and characteristics in the patients vary in different areas in the world. our objective was to study clinical and demographic characteristics of bullous pemphigoid in iranian patients. in a retrospective descriptive study, we reviewed 122 patients with bullous pemphigoid within 1987-2007. demogra...

introduction  self-efficacy in clinical performance had an important role in applying competencies; also competencies and self-efficacy in clinical performance influenced to quality care of nursing and midwifery students. so the present study aimed to define the relationship between clinical competencies and clinical self-efficacy among nursing and midwifery students. materials and methods  thi...

objective(s):familial mediterranean fever (fmf), an inherited autosomal recessive disorder, is frequently present among individuals of mediterranean origin. differences in the clinical manifestations of fmf between different ethnic groups have been documented. the aim of the present study was to determine the most common characteristics of fmf and the relationship between clinical findings and ...

background bronchiolitis is the most common lower respiratory tract infection in infants, which is often due to respiratory syncytial virus. the treatment is supportive; therefore, epidemiology, clinical, laboratory, and radiologic findings can help to prevent inappropriate use of antibiotics. objectives the aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical, and laboratory characteristics of bronc...

conclusions the highest frequency of fc was seen in younger than 20-month-old children. except for the lower incidence of positive history of prematurity and higher prevalence of gastroenteritis, results of the present study are relatively similar to other studies. patients and methods in this cross-sectional study, the patients with diagnosis of febrile seizure were the target population. we o...

conclusions this study showed that abdominal pain, fever, leukocytosis, and wbcs in the stool were associated with gastroenteritis infection caused by campylobacter. results there were 36 positive cultures (8.6%) for campylobacter, with frequencies of 6.4% and 10.3% for boys and girls, respectively (p = 0.16). the highest frequency of positive culture belonged to the age group over six years (p...

Chronic periaortitis includes a variety of conditions that have similar clinical and histopathological findings, and thus probably represents different manifestations of the same disease: idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis, perianeurysmal retroperitoneal fibrosis, and inflammatory abdominal aortic aneurysms. We describe the clinical and imaging characteristics of the nonaneurysmal form of chro...