objective: diabetes mellitus and thyroid disease are the two common endocrinopathies seen in adult population. studies to evaluate thyroid disorders in patients with type 2 diabetes are lacking. the aim of this study was to compare prevalence of thyroid dysfunction and autoim-munity in type 2 diabetic patients with age and sex matched non-diabetic control group. material and methods: among pati...

this is a retrospective study on the records of patients with infarction admitted to c.c.u wards of imam khomeini hospital, amir-alam hospital & shariati hospital, during 7 months (1995-94). in total patients of 209 with average age of 59.5 years, there were 133 men with average age of 57.1 and 76 women with average age of 63.7 years. in this study, women with mi are older than men. from 209 pa...

introduction: there is evidence that diabetes affects seizure susceptibility. ginger (zingiber officinale roscoe) which is used in traditional medicine has antioxidant activity and neuroprotective effects. the aim of this study was to evaluate the seizure threshold induced by pentylenetetrazole (ptz) in diabetic mice after induction of diabetes with streptozocin and to examine the possible role...

introduction: myocardial infarction (mi) is the most prevalent disorder causing a high mortality rate. in patients, chest pain is a common compliant, but sometimes it occurs without pain. painless infarction may occur in diabetic patients. it is believed that infarction without and with slight pain, is more possible in diabetic patients due to autonomic neuropathy. consequently, these patients ...

objective: diabetes mellitus as the most common metabolic disease of human has wide range of oral consequences such as oral infections which could make changes in the properties of saliva. the purpose of this study was to compare the amount of salivary iga in diabetic and non-diabetic patients. materials and methods: in this case-control study, the population consisted of 40 persons including 2...

background: in view of the current high prevalence of diabetes mellitus (dm) and osteoporosis, today there is great inter est in studying the possible association between these two disorders. the aim of this study was to determine the association be tween type-2 dm, and bone mineral density (bmd) in iranian women. methods: bmd was determined in the femoral neck and at the l2-l4 level (dexa) 0f ...

Background: Hypertension is considered an independent risk factor for cardiovascular mortality in diabetic patients. The present study was designed to determine the role of gamma amino butyric acid B (GABAB) receptor and L-arginine (L-Arg) in GABA-induced vasorelaxation in normal and streptozotocin-induced diabetic rat vessels. Methods: Diabetes was induced by a single i.p. injection of strepto...

abstract objective: prevalence of tooth loss is higher among diabetic patients in comparison with non-diabetic patients. the aim of this study was to evaluate and compare the relationship between socket blood sugar and post-extraction complications in type ii diabetic and non-diabetic patients. materials and methods: this cross-sectional study was carried out on 80 diabetic and 80 non-diabetic ...