BACKGROUND This pilot study evaluates the efficacy of norethisterone acetate in treating pain and gastrointestinal symptoms of women with colorectal endometriosis. METHODS This prospective study included 40 women with colorectal endometriosis, who had pain and gastrointestinal symptoms. Patients received norethisterone acetate (2.5 mg/day) for 12 months; in case of breakthrough bleeding, the ...

The effects of bovine bile (50-400 mg.kg-1 BW) on plasma ethanol levels in male rats (6-8 weeks old) were examined. Bovine bile decreased and delayed the peak of plasma ethanol concentration: a dose response to bovine bile was observed in the concentration and time to maximum concentration of ethanol but no change in disappearance rate. These phenomena were observed in two conditions: 1) oral a...

Bioavailability of three rumen protected Methionine (Met) sources with different protection methods (Mepron M85, Evonik Industries, Germany; Methioplus, Soda Nutrition, Italy and Methilock, Tehrandaneh Co. Iran) were evaluated in 2 experiments with 6 canulated non-lactating Holstein cows. In experiment 1, the ruminal in situ and mobile bag techniques were used for assessing ruminal degradabilit...

Kinetic data analysis was used to derive a six-compartment computer model which describes the in vivo [3H]25-hydroxyvitamin D3 ([3H]25-OHD3) metabolism in control and strontium rachitic chicks. Plasma concentrations of 25-OHD3 (13 pmol/ml) and 25, 25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 (0.9 pmol/ml) were 18 and 125% greater than controls, respectively, whereas the corresponding level for 1alpha,25-dihydroxyvit...

The present work was initiated in an effort to evaluate the potential therapeutic contribution of the infusion of MSC for the correction of liver injuries. We subjected NOD-SCID mice to a 10.5 Gy abdominal irradiation and we tested the biological and histological markers of liver injury in the absence and after infusion of expanded human MSC. Irradiation alone induced a significant elevation of...

Immature rat intestinal stem cells (IEC-6) given the ability to express the transcription factor, pancreatic duodenal homeobox 1 (Pdx-1), yielded YK cells. Although these cells produced multiple enteroendocrine hormones, they did not produce insulin. Exposure of YK cells to 2 nmol/l betacellulin yielded BYK cells that showed the presence of insulin expression in cytoplasm and that secreted insu...

Gorham’s disease is a rare and atypical disorder epitomized by progressive osteolysis of bone with eventual total disappearance of bone. The etiology is poorly understood with variable clinical presentation. Most times it is initially misdiagnosed as temporomandibular joint dysfunction, periodontal disease or odontogenic tumors clinically and radiographical...

ashkan kavyani1, ahmad zare shahne1, javad pourreza1, sayed mohammad ali jalali haji-abadi1, mohsen nikkhah2, nasir landy 3*  1- department of animal science, shahrekord branch, islamic azad university, shahrekord, iran 2 -department of animal science, faculty of agriculture, university of guilan, iran 3-young researchers and elite club, khorasgan branch, islamic azad university, isfahan, iran ...

Three experiments are reported in which the attentional capture effect of sound disappearance was assessed. In all experiments participants were required to judge the pitch of target sounds that were preceded by one or more context sounds. In Experiments 1 and 2, targets presented in the same location as a context sound that had abruptly terminated 100 ms before its presentation, were identifie...

S INCE PROBLEMS of estimating the survival of freely mobile cells (mostly the blood cells ) have occupied the attention of investigators, there has been much discussion as to the appropriate mathematical model. Schi#{248}dt,’ considering red cells, envisaged two major possibilities : first, that cell destruction is indiscriminate and age-homogenous so that an exponential curve should result; se...