We present the first reported case of juvenile Systemic Lupus Erythematosus with Klinefelter's syndrome in a 14-year-old Iranian boy who had leg ulcers and arthritis. He had low level of testosterone accompanied with hypergonadotropic hypogonadism. This case emphasizes the importance of two X chromosomes as a risk factor for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in women and men with Klinefelter's syndr...

Research Center of Iranian Blood Transfusion Organization, Khorasan-e Razavi Blood Center, Mashhad, Iran. Department of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Malaysia. Biomedical Department, Women Research Center, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran. Department of Communication and Network, Faculty of Computer Sciences and Information Techno...

The aim of the present study was to describe the patterns of fruit and vegetable (F&V) intake in a nationally representative sample of the Iranian population. The data collected in the Third National Surveillance of Risk Factors of Non-communicable Diseases (SuRFNCD-2007) were used. In a sample of 3702 Iranian adult participants, patterns of F&V consumption were assessed using the WHO STEPwise ...

Children's maternal, self, and marital representations were examined in 46 children 3 1/2 to 7 years old using the MacArthur Story Stem Battery. Children drawn from agencies serving battered women expressed fewer positive representations of their mothers and themselves, were more likely to portray interparental conflict as escalating, and were more avoidant and less coherent in their narratives...

n this article, the researcher seeks to examine right education and study women's labor rights in Iranian jurisprudence law 2030 UNESCO document. The present is a descriptive-analytical using library method investigate question. results of indicate that both Islam law, as well international documents, equality with men emphasized but concept explained sense proportion not instruments, however, ...

0736-5853/$ see front matter 2011 Elsevier Ltd doi:10.1016/j.tele.2011.02.001 E-mail address: [email protected] Since the introduction of the Internet in Iran, Iranian women have used this medium not only as a means of accessing and disseminating information but also as the means of voicing their concerns about discriminatory laws and to participate in public discourse. In Iran, the Internet ...

BACKGROUND Infertility is a major life event that brings about social and psychological problems. The type and rate these problems in the context of socio-cultural of different geographical areas and sex of people is different. OBJECTIVE The aim of this qualitative study was to explain the psychological consequences of infertility in Iranian infertile women seeking treatment. MATERIALS AND ...

OBJECTIVE Osteoporosis is a bone disorder that reduces bone mineral density (BMD) and leads to bone fracture. In addition to different factors, gene polymorphisms have been revealed to be associated with osteoporosis. In this study, we investigated the association between the BsmI polymorphism of vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene (rs1544410) and BMD in a population of Iranian women. MATERIALS AND...

OBJECTIVE The determinants of satisfaction of life (SWL) are poorly described among Iranian employed nurses. This study aimed to assess the effect of various factors including age, gender, marital status, depression, anxiety and stress on SWL among Iranian nurses. METHOD Employed nurses in three teaching hospitals were invited to participate in this study. Ninety-four nurses (65 women and 29 ...