abnormalities of blinking in childhood are not uncommon. to determine the characteristics and causes of excessive blinking, this prospective, non–comparative consecutive case series study was carried out. in outpatient clinics of ophthalmology and neurology of our hospital, 60 children aging 2-16 years old with excessive blinking were examined. detailed ophthalmologic and neurologic evaluation ...

psychiatric diseases are one of the oldest and well known diseases that many scientific and medical solutions are presented about treatment of them. among psychiatric diseases, schizophrenia is one of the important diseases that are special for humanity. schizophrenia is a mental disease that has many signs and symptoms in thought, perception, excitement, and also, have observable behavioral di...

patients presenting with nephrotic syndrome with or without nephritic illness rarely come across with the diagnosis of ‘c1q nephropathy’. this entity is purely diagnosed with the help of immunofluorescence like iga nephropathy. clinical presentation is heterogenous, ranging from nephrotic range proteinuria to sub-nephrotic state; and with or without hematuria / renal insufficiency. similarly, t...

conclusions the diagnosis of thrombocytosis is not easy in all cases. the coexistence of anca and the immune complex in cgn may cause a severe inflammatory state, leading to extreme rt. the roles that the immune complex and anca play on the effect of the platelet count and function in cgn need further research. introduction we describe a female patient with extreme reactive thrombocytosis (rt) ...

introduction: among the most important strategies for controlling cardiovascular diseases are preventive steps such as training and enhancing the awareness level, and preventive skills for protecting individuals. the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of training based on health belief model on the awareness and attitude of nursing and midwifery students in preventing cardiovascula...

background: the general pattern of epidemiologic transition from communicable to non-communicable diseases is also observed for gastrointestinal and liver diseases (gild), which constitute a heterogeneous array of causes of death and disability. we aimed to describe the trend of gild in iran based on the global burden of disease (gbd2010) study from 1990 to 2010. methods: the trend of number of...

background gastrointestinal and liver diseases (gild) are among the most common causes of morbidity in iran and constitute a substantial proportion of mortality which imposes enormous economic consequences. our purpose is to collect information and report current statistics on physician visits, hospitalizations, and deaths due to common gild in iran. methods data on the leading causes of death ...

acute respiratory infections, diarrhea and fever are very common in children below the age of five years. all children suffer from these illnesses several times each year. however, during natural disasters like floods children are even more vulnerable to these diseases and death. pneumonia, diarrhea, measles and malaria, and associated malnutrition, are responsible for over 60% deaths in childr...

aims: air is the combination of atmospheric components or physical conditions of the current atmosphere in a certain place and a certain time. the aim of this study was to assess the relationship between weather components, air atmospheric pollutants and the number of individuals that were hospitalized due to cardiovascular diseases in polluted days. instrument & methods: in this descriptive st...