In patients infected with HIV, respiratory disorders can occur in the absence of identifiable infection or neoplasms. As a cause of these non-specific pulmonary manifestations both Epstein Barr virus and HIV-I have been implicated. Numerous recent advances have been made in our understanding through morphological and functional studies on cell populations recovered in bronchoalveolar lavage (BA...

Letter to the Editor We read with interest the case report by Dobranici et al. about a 23-year-old female with dilated cardiomyopathy and left ventricular hypertrabeculation / non-compaction (LVHT) who also suffered from chronic toxoplasmosis [1]. The article raises a number of concerns. Since LVHT develops during life in single cases (acquired LVHT) and since there is uncertainty about the pat...

Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is widely used by patients worldwide. Financial factors may influence the decision to use CAM. National Health Systems are requested to consider CAM in their health plans.

objective: this study aimed to evaluate the non-compliance rate in patients with bipolar i disorder (bid). methods: the patients admitted to iran psychiatric hospital who were diagnosed as a case of the first episode mania of bipolar i disorder (dsm-iv-tr) by 2 psychiatrists followed by one of them in a longitudinal, prospective and naturalistic study. in the follow-up early non-compliance/irre...

dear editor we read the article by bagheri et al with great interest (1). we found the study interesting and comprehensive as four groups of patients, including operative and nonoperative in either pure dislocation or fracture dislocation, were compared in terms of mayo wrist score, grip strength, range of motion and radiographic parameters. it seems that the results were comparable to studies ...

background thrombolytic therapy in patients with sub-massive pulmonary embolism (smpte) needs further assessment. objectives the current study aimed to assess a potential benefit of thrombolytic and non-thrombolytic therapy in patients with smpte. patients and methods one hundred-nineteen patients were enrolled with smpte from 2006 to 2010 in the tertiary care center of rajaie medical and resea...