*Corresponding Author: Ahmadali Nikibakhsh MD, Associated professor of pediatric Nephrology Mailing Address: Nephrology and Transplantation Research Center, Motahari Hospital, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran Tel: +98 151 2233011-15 Fax: +98 151 2234506 Email: [email protected] The efficacy of rituximab in treatment of childhood steroid resistant and steroid dependent nephrot...

I. Mahdavi, Department of Industrial Engineering, Mazandaran University of Science and Technology, Babol, Iran M. M. Paydar, Department of Industrial Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran M. Solimanpur, Faculty of Engineering, Urmia University, Urmia, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran M. Saidi-Mehrabad, Department of Industrial Engineering, Iran University of Science...

BACKGROUND Patients with thalassemia major and intermedia are susceptible to osteopenia and osteoporosis. The mechanism of osteoporosis in these patients is multifactorial. Transfusion related iron overload in endocrine organs leads to impaired growth hormone secretion, diabetes mellitus, hypothyroidism, hypoparathyroidism, lack of sex steroids and vitamin D deficiency that contribute to impair...

Department of Biostatistics, School of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, P.O. Box: 14115-111, Tehran, Iran. Department of Biostatistics, Faculty of Paramedical Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Facul...

1 Student Research Committee, Research Center for Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology, School of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran 2 Student Research Committee, School of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 3 Student Research Committee, Faculty of Medicine, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, I...

Introduction Medical knowledge is rapidly expanding and updating. It is very important that students can timely access to information and the latest scientific evidence without any time and place limitation. The smartphone is one of ICT tools that adopted greatly by healthcare professionals. Today, the most medical sciences universities have provided smartphone as an educational aid tool and ac...

The relation between climatic parameters (relative air humidity) and the water activity of the Urmia Sea water determines the possible maximum evaporation of the lake. Using the Pitzer thermodynamic approach, the activity of the Urmia Lake water during evaporation was calculated and compared to the present relative air humidity above the water. Present climatic conditions allow the Urmia Sea wa...

1Liver and Gastroenterology Diseases Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, IR Iran 2Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, IR Iran 3School of Advanced Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, IR Iran 4Department of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Pharmacy, Tabriz University of Medical Scien...

Alireza Khalili Golmankhaneh 1,*,† and Dumitru Baleanu 2,3,† 1 Department of Physics, College of Science, Urmia Branch, Islamic Azad University, Urmia, Iran 2 Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Faculty of Art and Sciences, Cankaya University, Ankara 06530, Turkey; [email protected] 3 Institute of Space Sciences, P.O. BOX, MG-23, R 76900 Magurele-Bucharest, Romania * Correspond...

status of research among medical students of urmia university medical sciences in (knowledge, attitude and practice)     ghaffarzadeh sh [1] , nazari h * [2] , ghasemi r [3] , ahmadi doyran z [4]     received: 3july, 2011 accepted: 23september, 2011     abstract:   background & aims : research is one of the most influential tools for developing students’ potential talents. this study aimed to a...