landscape metrics quantifies structural features of the landscape. one of the advantages of these metrics is a possibility to use them in fast cumulative assessment of the development activities in the environment. in this paper, the cumulative effects of road network expansion on the tree cover of gorgan, kordkuy, aliabad townships in golestan province were investigated. to prepare the require...

Autoimmune diabetes is characterized by an early mononuclear infiltration of pancreatic islets and later selective autoimmune destruction of insulin-producing beta cells. Lymphocyte homing receptors have been considered candidate targets to prevent autoimmune diabetes. L-selectin (CD62L) is an adhesion molecule highly expressed in naive T and B cells. It has been reported that blocking L-select...

BACKGROUND To analyze the immune phenotype of T-lymphocyte infiltrations in surveillance renal biopsies with stable renal function early post-transplantation (median time 40 days, range from 18 to 85 days). METHODS One hundred and twenty-five surveillance biopsies with interstitial T-lymphocyte infiltration between non-atrophic tubules in the cortex (14 with subclinical rejection, 32 with bor...

HYPOTHESIS Complications of vascular procedures performed for tumor infiltration of major vessels or for the rescue of complex tumor resections may significantly affect perioperative patient outcome and long-term patient survival rate. DESIGN AND PATIENTS Retrospective review of 39 patients undergoing major resection for malignancy between April 1980 and April 1998; 35 patients underwent majo...

AIM Amyloidosis is a common disorder in adults. Secondary amyloidosis in patients with mycosis fungoides (MF) after photochemotherapy with 8-methoxypsoralen followed by ultraviolet A (PUVA) treatment has not been reported. Our aim is to describe the clinical and histological features of PUVA phototherapy-induced secondary amyloidosis. MATERIALS AND METHODS Sixty-one patients with MF treated w...

BACKGROUND Little is known about the precise nature of the relationship between dysmenorrhoea (DM) and endometriosis. Our aim was to evaluate the relationship between the severity of DM in women with posterior deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) and indicators of the extent of their disease. METHODS Various indicators of the extent of DIE were recorded during surgery in 209 women. The sever...