the aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and type of ophthalmic diseases among horse populations in the suburbian riding clubs of tehran. ophthalmologic examinations were performed in 901 horses and ocular lesions were diagnosed in 40 (4.4%) animals. in the 54 eyes of these horses that had ocular defects, 103 ocular abnormalities were detected. of those horses affected, 65% showed ...

 Background:It is possible that some hamate hook fractures are not diagnosed or treated, thereby affecting the study of their natural history. Study of the prevalence of incidental hamate hook fractures, nonunions, and other abnormalities on computed tomography (CT) ordered for another reason could document a subset of undiagnosed and untreated hamate hook fractures which might change our under...

background: acute lymphoblastic leukemia (all) is the sixth most common malignancy in iran. cytogenetic analysis of leukemic blasts plays an important role in classification and prognosis in all patients. the purpose of this study was to define the frequency of chromosomal abnormalities of all patients in adults and children in fars province, iran. methods: in this cross-sectional study, we eva...

background abnormalities of external genitalia in male children nurseries and inguinal hernia are the most common congenital disorders in children. we aimed to determine prevalence rate of inguinal hernia and other genital among children nurseries, in shahrood-iran. materials and methods in this descriptive cross-sectional study, we examined 920 children nurseries boys. physical examination of ...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Transient ischemic attack (TIA) patients may deteriorate rapidly. MRI is being increasingly used to assess such patients. One possible mechanism of neurological worsening is the presence of perfusion abnormalities. We sought to identify what proportion of TIA patients had evidence of perfusion abnormalities on MRI. METHODS TIA patients were prospectively enrolled and ha...