conclusions the current study adds evidence to the association of tnf-α gene polymorphism and ms in this southern south iranian population which is consistent with the genetic analysis of ms in europeans (games) project reports and these two alleles reported in this study may be one of the genetic risk factor for ms. furthermore, this data can be used to build the iranian gene bank for future s...

background tnf-α is one of the most potent cytokines in proinflammatory reactions. results one hundred and twenty children with acute pyelonephritis were evaluated. urinary tnf-α/cr was 0.0051 ± 0.00083 pg/g creatinine. the authors found out a significant difference in urinary tnf-α/cr between patients who have normal and abnormal levels of urine leukocytes, urine protein, urine culture, erythr...

injection of synthetic fillers for soft tissue augmentation is increasing over the last decade. one of the most common materials used is hyaluronic acid (ha) that is safe and temporary filler for soft tissue augmentation. we present a case of 54-year-old female who experienced vascular occlusion and nasal alar necrosis following ha injection to the nasolabial folds. she suffered from pain, necr...

fat necrosis is a benign inflammatory process which can involve adipose tissue anywhere in the body. a previous history of trauma or surgery may or may not be present. information about the clinical and radiological appearance of this lesion is very important because it can mimic breast cancer. in this article, we review the features of fat necrosis in different imaging modalities including mam...

abstract fat necrosis secondary to pancreatitis can be either mild and self limited or create severe organ damage, but may rarely lead to abdominal opancreatic pseudotumor. we report a case of fat necrosis secondary to pancreatitis which clinically simulates transverse colon cancer.

conclusions in our study, no prominent effect was seen; therefore, in order to have a better perspective of crocin activity against cancerous cell lines, further studies are highly recommended. results the highest concentration of crocin significantly decreased ros production after 48 hours of treatment. however, crocin had no effect on the expression level of hsp (heat shock protein). addition...

abstract background: the varieties of treatment methods for the scaphoid non::::union:::: have always been a discussable issue for orthopaedic surgeons. the current study, considered to be review for treatment results of the patients who sustained the scaphoid non::::union:::: with or without avascular necrosis and compared these two groups clinically and radiologically. methods: the clinical a...

Although many researchers have shown that listeners are able to selectively attend to a target speech signal when a masking talker is present in the same ear as the target speech or when a masking talker is present in a different ear than the target speech, little is known about selective auditory attention in tasks with a target talker in one ear and independent masking talkers in both ears at...

The human ear is a new class of relatively stable biometrics. After decades of research of anthropometric measurements of ear photographs of thousands of people, it has been found that no two ears are alike, even in the cases of identical and fraternal twins, triplets, and quadruplets [1]. It is also found that the structure of the ear does not change radically over time. Ear biometric has play...