cervical cancer is, globally known to be, one of the most common cancers among women especially indeveloping countries. more than 90% of cervical cancers are associated with high-risk humanpapillomaviruses (hpvs) particularly hpv types 16 and 18. two major strategies have been developed forprevention and treatment of cervical cancer and other hpv-associated malignancies; the first one is based ...

Background: Candida albicans (C. albicans) may have cariogenic potential but its role in caries etiology has not been established. The aim of this study was to determine C. albicans in supragingival dental plaque and infected dentine of cervical and proximal in early childhood caries (ECC). Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out on 6o children aged 2-5 years, which were divided int...

conclusions the results showed that acupressure is a safe technique and leads to cervical ripening. thus, regarding the desired results that were achieved when mothers applied acupressure themselves, it could be suggested that it is beneficial for mothers to be trained to apply this method at home. results there was a significant difference between mothers’ educations in the three groups. most ...

conclusions although, the qol in cervical cancer survivors was good, treatment of related symptoms can influence the qol and improve the care of these patients. results cervical cancer survivors stated a good qol. however, its score was negatively associated with symptoms including short breathing, lack of appetite, nausea and vomiting, sleep disorders, peripheral neuropathy, and menopausal sym...

to evaluate the effect of intrauterine cephapirin on treatment of endometritis 39 holstein dairy cows that affected with postpartum endometritis were selected and randomly assigned to two experimental designs. in experiment 1, 6 out of 14 cows were 25 to 30 days after parturition were treated by intrauterine oxytetracycline. another 8 cows were treated by intrauterine cephapirin (metri-care). i...

conclusion gray scale sonography in combination with doppler sonography could be a trustworthy technique in differentiating metastatic lymph nodes from reactive ones. although, circulation pattern had a higher diagnostic accuracy in the present study, combination of sonographic characteristics could be more beneficial in differentiating metastatic cervical nodes from reactive ones. results the ...

background prediction of skeletal growth is necessary for growth modification and surgical orthodontic treatments and is usually done by assessing skeletal maturity indicators in hand-wrist radiographs. the use of growth stages of cervical vertebrae in lateral cephalograms has been suggested to avoid overexposure. objectives this study seeks to assess the degree of agreement between hand-wrist ...

objective: an assessment of  nonoperative and operative intervention in regards  to  neurological  improvement  following  traumatic  closed  cervical spinal cord injury (csci). method: a retrospective evaluation of a cohort of patients with a csci from c3 to t1 was reviewed. the analysis included a total of 13 eligible patients. the  neurologic  and  functional outcomes  were  recorded  from  ...