how to cite this article: shiari r. neurologic manifestations of childhood rheumatic diseases.  iran j child neurol autumn 2012; 6(4): 1-7. children with rheumatic disorders may have a wide variety of clinical features ranging from fever or a simple arthritis to complex multisystem autoimmune diseases. information about the prevalence of neurological manifestations in children with rheumatologi...

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a severe rheumatic autoimmune disease with various clinical manifestations. Anti-dsDNA antibodies are an important immunological hallmark of SLE and their occurrence represents a major criterion for the diagnosis. Among the commonly applied test systems for determination of anti-dsDNA antibodies, the indirect immunofluorescence test (IIFT) using the flagell...

The 12 previous volumes in this series are: 1999 – Combination DMARD therapy in rheumatoid arthritis 2000 – Bone mass in the rheumatic diseases 2001 – Controversies in COX-2 inhibitor therapy 2002 – Innovative therapies for spondyloarthritides 2003 – Early arthritis 2004 – Benefit/risk of new drugs for rheumatoid arthritis 2005 – Quantitative clinical assessment of rheumatic diseases 2006 – Rem...

introduction : as the result of epidemiological transition and aging of iranian population, the frequencies of systemic diseases among patients in of need endodontic treatment has increased, especially within developed cities. however, there have been no concise reports of systemic diseases in iranian patients. based on this need, the present investigation was conducted to assess the frequency ...

For more than 30 years statins have been successfully used in patients with hypercholesterolemia and cardiovascular diseases. Recently, there is a growing body of evidence, that statins exert effects by much exceeding the effect of cholesterol level decrease. Inhibition of earlier stages of cholesterol biosynthesis pathway (not influencing the very cholesterol level) results in blocking the int...