objective(s):lead (pb) is a toxic metal inducing many destructive effects leading to a broad range of physiological, biochemical, and neurological dysfunctions in humans and laboratory animals. materials and methods: here, we investigated the effect of chronic exposure to pb (50 mg/l) on oxidative stress, hepatotoxicity, nephrotoxicity, and lipid profile of two different age groups of female ra...

background tuberculosis (tb) is a globally significant cause of morbidity and mortality in children. few data on tuberculosis in children and adolescents are available in iran. objectives the current study aimed to describe the case characteristics and clinical-epidemiological aspects of children and adolescents with tb. methods a retrospective review was undertaken on 203 patients aged less th...

for many years , penicilline was the only drug of choice for treatment of gonorrhoeae, but the increased incidence of this disease in many parts of the world and the failure of penicilline-therapy against it has brought the theory of penicilline-resistant strains of gonococcus. on the other hand , the increased incidence of asymptomatic infection of gonorrhoeae especially in females has been co...

background: takayasu arteritis is a granulomatous vasculitis which mainly involves the large arterial vessels. the disease is rare and it is more common in females aged between 15-30 years old. in this paper, we report a case of takayasu arteritis in babol, north of iran. case presentation: a 22 - year old female was admitted to the department of infectious diseases of rouhani teaching hospital...

objective: to compared serum crp levels and biochemical relation in pcos patients with normal iranian women. materials and methods: this case-control study was performed on 52 individuals with pcos (rotterdam 2003 criteria). the cases were compared to 104 healthy non-pcos, 20 to 35-year-old female subjects with no history of diabetes or renal diseases. blood samples were taken on the 2(nd) to t...

background female circumcision, sexual amputation, or female genital mutilation (fgm) is an action existing in some cultures and regions of the world. for instance, in africa and some little communities in middle east use this operation for many reasons. this operation is forbidden in those countries and is never linked to religious attitudes. objectives the purpose of the following research wa...

to follow-up the present study, 40 mature female rats were used. the animals were divided into test,control and sham groups. the rats in the test group were laparotomized and unilateral ovariectomy was done. on the 1st and 2nd met-oestrous after operation, the tissue samples were dissected out and processed for histological study. the intact ovary in the test group underwent a significant (p

Background Infertility is a factor which has been linked to higher prevalence of sexual dysfunctions in women; however, ambiguous results have been reported about the impact of infertility on women’s sexual satisfaction. The purpose of this study was to compare sexual and dyadic functioning in infertile and fertile women. Furthermore, the associations between sexual variables and clinical varia...

Background: Infertility is an emotional crisis with physical, economic and psychosocial challenges, because it interferes with all personal life aspects. This event is a sever tension of life and produces strong emotional shock in the infertile couple. This study is done with the aim of determination the psychiatric problems of infertile women referring to infertility clinic of Hamadan Fatemyeh...