objective: this study aimed to estimate the prevalence of lichenoid reactions to anti hyperglycemic agents. materials and methods: in this cross-sectional descriptive and analytic study, we examined the oral mucosa of 411 patients at the age of 29 to 85 in 3 groups who consumed various antihyperglycemic agents. results: in overall, 31 patients had lichenoid reactions (12 patients taking glibenc...

The defining feature of diabetes mellitus is the presence of hyperglycemia. The most common forms of diabetes mellitus are type 1 diabetes mellitus, in which an absolute deficiency of insulin ensues consequent to pancreatic beta cell destruction, and type 2 diabetes mellitus, in which insulin resistance may lead to hyperglycemia. Obesity is an important risk factor for type 2 diabetes mellitus,...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Diabetes mellitus leads to a higher risk of ischemic stroke and worse outcome compared to the general population. However, there have been few studies on white matter (WM) damage after stroke in diabetes mellitus. We therefore investigated WM damage after stroke in mice with diabetes mellitus. METHODS BKS.Cg-m(+/+)Lepr(db)/J (db/db) type 2 diabetes mellitus mice and db(...

fasting serum chromium, total cholesterol hdl-cholesterol, ldl-cholesterol, triacytglycerot and blood sugar were determined in fifty two diabetic patients with no other organic diseases anil compared with those obtained from a control group including fourty two healthy volunteers matched for age, sex ami body mass irutex (bmi). fasting serum chromium and hdl-cholesterol were significantly lower...

objectives: diabetes mellitus is associated with biochemical, physiological and pathological alterations in the liver. the aim of this study was to investigate the effects of hydroalcoholic extract of prangos ferulacea (l.) lindle (p.f) on changes in rats´ liver structure and serum activities of alanin and aspartate aminotransferases after alloxan injection. materials and methods: in this study...

background: most adult patients with diabetes have at least one comorbid chronic condition and approximately 40% have three or more. the purpose of this study was to investigate detailed characteristics of studies examining comorbidities of diabetes in iran and to identify knowledge gaps in this field. methods: all documents published by iranian authors in national and international journals un...

background according to several studies, diabetes mellitus has been recognized as one of the main risk factors for pulmonary tuberculosis (ptb). objectives the main purpose of this study was to determine the frequency of smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis (tb) in patients with diabetes. materials and methods this cross-sectional study was conducted from april 2010 to december 2011 in ali asg...

background: pregnant women with previous gestational diabetes mellitus are at increased risk of progressive carotid artery disorders. the current study evaluated carotid intima-media thickness (imt) in pregnant women with gestational diabetes at two time points of mid-term and full-term pregnancy to determine whether gestational diabetes mellitus causes increased imt. methods: this cross-sectio...

background: a number of former studies have shown that tuberculosis (tb) is higher in diabetes mellitus (dm) patients than non-diabetics. both dm and tb are major public health problems in iran, and because of the lack of investigation in this field in the region, we conducted this study to evaluate the prevalence of dm in admitted pulmonary tuberculosis patients. methods: the medical files of ...