Epidemiology and incidence Acute myeloid (AML) and acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) are rare diseases, accounting for approximately 1.3% and 0.4% of all new cancer cases in the US. While the overall incidence of leukemia has been stable since 1975 (13 new cases/ 100,000 in 1975 and 14 new cases/ 100,000 in 2012) [1], the rates for new AML and ALL cases have been rising on average by 2.2% and 0....

Keratoconus is a noninflammatory disorder characterized by ectasia of the central or inferior portion of the cornea. This review presents the scant epidemiological information known to date and the factors believed to cause the development of the disease. They are the genetic factors for which evidence come from family studies, twin studies and genetic loci. There appears to be multiple genes c...

Background: Our current knowledge of the epidemiology and the most common cause of infertility are limited and outdated in our geographic area. It is known that, one important cause of infertility is female factor. This study was done to investigate the incidence of female factor and the most common cause of female infertility in patients of Kermanshah infertility treatment center in Mo'ta...

Etiology of infertility varies from region to region and from one population to another and even from one locality to another within the same population. Childlessness has serious demographic, social and health implications. Hence an attempt has been made to get some approximation about levels and patterns of infertility and childlessness in India by using National Family Health Survey-2 (1998-...

purpose: to determine the incidence and prevalence of clinical keratoconus (kcn) in yazd province. methods: in this population-based survey, a surveillance program was established in yazd province (population size=990,818). all new clinically diagnosed cases of kcn were registered and referred for topographic imaging during one year (2008-2009) by all local ophthalmologist and optometrists. peo...

INTRODUCTION Infertility affects approximately 6.7 million women in the United States. Couples with infertility have significantly more anxiety, depression, and stress. This is compounded by the fact that almost 40% of couples undergoing assisted reproduction technology still cannot conceive, which can have an ongoing effect on quality of life, marital adjustment, and sexual impact. AIM To as...

BACKGROUND Northern Iran (Ardabil) is characterized by a high gastric cancer (GC) rate, whereas Southern Iran (Kerman and Yazd) has a low GC rate. The aim of this study is to verify the potential for pepsinogen I and II to detect atrophic gastritis (AG) in both high and low risk populations for GC. METHODS Sera of blood donors and patients with GC from Ardebil, Kerman and Yazd were used to me...

iabetes mellitus is one of the most common endocrine metabolic disorders. Dual endocrine deficits of impaired insulin action (insulin resistance) and inadequate insulin secretion create an environment of chronic hyperglycemia and general metabolic disorder (1). Development of novel medicine prototypes with systematic and intensive investigations of plants for new agents to treat diabetes mellit...