To study the distribution of ocular involvement among persons with rheumatic disease, a cross-sectional survey was performed in 224 patients attending the Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Maharaj Nakorn Chiang Mai Hospital. Of these patients, 102 presented with rheumatoid arthritis, 74 systemic lupus erythematosus, 39 systemic sclerosis, 6 mixed connective tissue disease, 2 pol...

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mycoplasmas hominis, mycoplasmas genitalium and ureaplasma urealyticum are associated with infections of the genitourinary tract, reproductive failure, and neonatal morbidity and mortality. a multiplex pcr was developed for simultaneously detection of these mycoplasmas species in a single amplification reaction. the total number of 104 samples was collected from 104 women’s genital specimens wi...

torsion of the gallbladder with gangrene is a rare condition which is generally due to an abnormal anatomical variation of the organ i.e., loss of fixation of the organ to the inferior margin of the liver and the presence of a long meso cyst. the case considered is a seven year old boy who presented with acute abdominal pain. he underwent laparotomy 36 hours after having sustained blunt abdomin...

conclusions with the help of iranian traditional medicine, and according to the six essential principles, the temperament of the patient should be modified, the temperament which caused the disease should be eliminated, and the return of disease should be prevented. also, with the help of topical treatments, its scars should be removed. results physicians of iranian traditional medicine believe...

frequency of common etiologies of adult onset epilepsy is different in various studies. the aim of this study is to evaluate the frequency of common ‎etiologies of late adult onset epilepsies. ‎ all patients referred to razi and imam khomeini hospitals ‎in the year 2003 with at least two seizure attacks beginning after age of 50 were evaluated. in the majority of cases neuroimaging, electroence...

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...

objective: cardiac diseases are psycho-somatic disorders, and psychological aspects play an essential role in their initiation and exacerbation. the aim of this study was to gain appropriate knowledge in the epidemiology of co-morbid depression and anxiety disorder in cardiovascular outpatients. method: this study is descriptive with a sample of patients attending a cardio-vascular clinic. 238 ...

the purpose of this study was to investigate the incidence of different types of skin diseases among 657 children who were seen during one year period (oct. 1971-setp. 1972) at the skin clinics of the isfahan university hospital. the incidence of different types of skin disease was compared with those of the adults. in general this study shows that in isfahan area the incidence of skin infectio...

autistic disorders (ads) are neuro-developmental disorders in the category of pervasive developmental disorders chiefly described by three main deficits: 1) deviant communication, 2) impaired reciprocal social interaction, and 3) limited, repetitive and stereotypic patterns of behaviors or interests 1. the world-wide prevalence of ads is estimated to be 62/10,000 1. although various treatment r...