introduction: considering the importance of prevention in periodontal diseases and the important role of aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans in induction and progression of these diseases, the aim of the present in vitro study was to compare the antimicrobial effects of chlorhexidine digluconate (chx), curcumin and light-emitting diode (led) laser, on this bacterium. methods: antimicrobial ac...

background: bone mineral density (bmd) changes during the course of rheumatoid arthritis (ra). the present study was designed to investigate the status of bmd in patients with ra treated with anti-rheumatic drugs. methods: bmd at the femoral neck (fn-bmd) and lumbar spine (ls-bmd) were measured by dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (dxa) method using norland densitometer. disease activity (da) wa...

lamotrigine (ltg), a newly developed antiepileptic drug (aed), is efficacious in treating refractory epilepsy. this study was designed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of ltg as add-on therapy in 40 children with refractory epilepsy. the trial was an open-labeled prospective study in children with drug-resistant epilepsy aged <14 years, who had at least 4 seizures per month in spite of recei...

abstract background: adjacent treatment fields are commonly used in external beam radiation therapy, such as mantle and inverted-y fields for the treatment of hodgkin’s disease and craniospinal fields used in the treatment of medulloblastoma and head and neck tumors when the lateral neck fields are placed adjacent to the anterior supraclavicular field. in each of these situations, there is a po...

background: vitamin d (vit d) is linked to various conditions including musculoskeletal, metabolic and   cardiopulmonary diseases. however, it is not clear whether correction of vit d deficiency exerts any beneficial effect in patients with pulmonary hypertension. methods: this study was a prospective uncontrolled longitudinal study. patients with pulmonary hypertension and vit d deficiency wer...

adrenal insufficiency is a life-threatening disorder which must be treated with glucocorticoid replacement and needs permanent dose adjustment during patient's different somatic situations. insufficient glucocorticoid doses result in adrenal crisis and must be treated with intravenous hydrocortisone. the patient was known with adrenal insufficiency and was treated optimally with fludrocortisone...

background: neuropathic pain (np) is a serious suffering medical condition that frequently leads to disability and life style changes. although the exact mechanisms of np are still unknown, recently the role of reactive oxygen species (ros) reported as an important factor for np. apoptosis, increase of atp production and reduction of antioxidants are also the other factors influencing in np. th...

objective: depression is a major health problem, which is not only underrecognized and undertreated, but is also associated with significant morbidity and mortality. it has been suggested that combination therapy rapidly reduces depressive symptoms in patients with moderate to severe depression and is more effective than monotherapy; but this suggestion remains controversial. serotonergic and n...

abstract background and aims: the number of new cancer cases with considerable mortality is increasing worldwide. since the inability of current therapies in treatment of patients and prevention the progress of tumors with fewer side effects, implementation of new methods is needed. gene therapy has widespread systemic cytotoxic effects against tumor cells. rotavirus nsp4 has been shown to elic...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa microsoftinternetexplorer4 background : work-related stress has increased during recent years throughout the world as well as in developing countries. studies demonstrate that work-related stress can have a negative effect on the quality of life, productivity, and as a result lead to considerable socioeconomic consequences. the purpose of the curren...