BACKGROUND Demand for dialysis treatment exceeds its supply within the Veterans Health Administration (VA), requiring VA to outsource dialysis care by purchasing private sector dialysis for veterans on a fee-for-service basis. It is unclear whether outcomes are similar for veterans receiving dialysis from VA versus non-VA providers. We assessed the extent of chronic dialysis treatment utilizati...

BACKGROUND Tuberculosis is still a public health concern in Iran. The main challenge in monitoring epidemiological status of tuberculosis is to estimate its incidence accurately. OBJECTIVES We used a newly developed approach to estimate the incidence of tuberculosis in Sistan, an endemic area in southeast of Iran in 2012-13. PATIENTS AND METHODS This cross-sectional study was conducted on s...

PURPOSE Venous angioma (VA) is the most common congenital abnormality of the intracranial vasculature. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between VA and epilepsy and to identify the characteristics of children with VA and epilepsy. METHODS The records of all patients aged less than 18 years who underwent brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) at Pusan National University Hospita...

background: vertebrobasilar arterial territory nourishes one-quarter of human brain. it constitutes some vital and strategic parts of the central nervous system. methods: a number of keywords (vertebral, basilar, artery, and territory) were searched in medline (ovid and pubmed) as well as google, proquest, scopus, cochrane library, and science direct online databases. only articles containing a...

the genus calomyscus has long been considered monotypic and represented by the species c . bailwardi. finally in the most recent revision, eight geographic species were recognized: c . bailwardi, c. baluchi, c. elburzensis, c. grandis, c. hotsoni, c. mystax, c. tsolovi, and c . urartensis. since the taxonomic status of this genus remains somewhat controversial, karyological analysis may provide...

to identify and describe factors relating to quality of life (qol) for subjects with low vision and blindness in iran's sistan-baluchestan province, this research designed. this cross sectional study was done on subjects with vision disability who randomly selected and covered by the zahedan welfare organization, zahedan, iran. evaluations were made for the following factors related to visual i...

that extend the health care relationship beyond the traditional in-person synchronous encounters that for so long have been the centerpiece of patient/provider interactions. Connected health technologies include telehealth, telemedicine, patient portals, mobile health applications (mHealth), wearable monitoring devices, and other technologies that connect patients to their health care team or h...

Outflow tract ventricular arrhythmias (OT-VA) are common in healthy subjects without structural heart disease (SHD), and generally considered benign. However, athlete-specific data on the clinical meaning of different arrhythmia (VA) morphologies scarce. To assess prevalence SHD as well long-term sports medicine outcomes a cohort athletes with OT-VA undergoing comprehensive diagnostic assessmen...

Background: Xmn-1 polymorphism of 𝜸Gglobin gene (HBG2) is a prominent quantitative trait loci (QTL) in β-thalassemia intermediate (β-TI). In current study, we evaluated the frequency of Xmn-1 polymorphism and its association with β-globin gene (HBB) alleles and Hb F level in β-TI patients in Sistan and Balouchestan province, south-east of Iran. Subjects and Methods: 45 β-TI patients were enroll...