background: nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (nafld) is becoming a significant problem especially through substantial increase in the incidence of obesity worldwide. currently it is the most common cause of abnormal serum aminotransferase levels both in low- and middle-income countries and in high-income countries and despite its high prevalence, well-defined screening recommendations are curre...

capture elisa system was developed for diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis (vl) using a monoclonal antibody raised against an antigen previously detected in the urine of vl patients. urine samples from confirmed vl cases from yemen, nepal, spain, sudan and brazil were tested in the capture elisa in comparison with urine samples from endemic and non-endemic areas along with urine samples from pa...

background: prolongation of qt interval is one of the most important abnormalities in cardiovascular system of cirrhotic patients. the aim of this survey was determination of propranolol effect on frequency adjusted qt interval (qtc). materials and methods: thirty six cirrhotic patients (m/f=20/16, mean age:56 â± 3.8 years) and 40 healthy age and sex matched controls (m/f=25/15, mean age: 58 â±...

haptoglobin (hp) is a mammalian serum glycoprotein showing a genetic polymorphism with three types, 1-1, 2-2 and 1-2. hp appears to conserve the recycling of heme-iron by forming an essentially irreversible but non-covalent complex with hemoglobin which is released into the plasma by erythrocyte lysis. as an important consequence, haptoglobin-hemoglobin complex (hp-hb) shows considerable antiox...

Objective: Diabetes is now known as one of the chronic diseases that besides body have negative effects on the psychological status of patients. The present study aimed to assess the physical and mental attributes of patients to evaluate and compare life expectancy and mental health among diabetic patients with normal ones. Materials and Methods: This was an analytic cross-sectional study, tha...