conclusions beliefs in health locus of control and type of illness in female patient group are predictors of illness acceptance (p = 0,0009). patients and methods three methods were applied: multidimensional health locus of control scale by k.a. wallston, b.s. wallston and r. devellis; the acceptance of illness scale by b.j. felton, t.a. revenson, and g.a. hinrichsena; and a personal questionna...

background: saffron (crocus satious l.) provides a variety of promising preventive and therapeutic effects with non-considerable side effects. objective: based on our knowledge, this is the first study that simultaneously has reviewed the effect of saffron extract and its constituents on the factors associated with neuropsychological, cardiovascular, and gastrointestinal tract diseases. methods...

The ectodermal dysplasias are rare diseases with hypodontia, hypotrichosis and hypohidrosis. The subject’s life is considerably constrained and this from an early age, with major difficulties for the integration and acceptance of conventional prosthetic occlusal rehabilitation. The use of implants is an integral part of early treatment, in the regions of stable growth, that is to say symphysis....

how to cite this article: ghofrani m. lysosomal storage disease (lsds). iran j child neurol. 2015 autumn;9:4(suppl.1): 1. pls see pdf.

background there are few reports from iran about the epidemiology and clinical features of inflammatory bowel disease (ibd). this study aims to determine the epide­miologic profile and clinical features of ibd in northwest iran referral centers. methods in a cross-sectional setting, we evaluated 200 patients with definitive diagno­ses of ibd who referred to tabriz educational hospitals during t...

conclusions in cases of unusual vascular lesions, metabolic diseases must be considered. in homocystinuria, early diagnosis and treatment are important. blood homocysteine levels can be returned to normal, and some complications can be prevented. introduction homocystinuria is a hereditary disease caused by a defect in the enzymes involved in metabolizing methionine. homocystinuria can influenc...

thrombin is a multifunctional enzyme which has key roles in coagulation cascade and inflammatory events. the pro-inflammatory functions of thrombin occur by different mechanisms including increasing mast cell degranulation, up-regulating the expression of cell adhesion molecules (cams) and promoting the secretion of inflammatory chemokines and cytokines. dysregulated signaling functions of thro...

A detailed analysis of the rehabilitation processes two publicly owned buildings in Sardinia and Abruzzo is taken as a basis for describing background, difficulties possible future developments raw earth building material Italy. Earthen construction techniques, despite rich tradition extensive documentation, are still considered outdated, their use today requires fortunate confluence contextual...