A total of 167 individuals was studied which included 85 men and 82 women ranging in age from 20 to 59 years. The criteria for normalcy were based on the following requirements: 1) no history of cardiopulmonary disease, 2) normal chest x-ray film within six months. The total vital capacity was measured with a 6-liter Vitalometer having a 70centimeter noncorrugated rubber tube with an internal d...

BACKGROUND bone conduction auditory brainstem responses (ABR) in normal hearing individuals. AIM to evaluate the clinical applicability of bone conduction ABR, characterizing normality and determining an assessment protocol. METHOD participants of this study were 22 individuals with normal hearing (20dB NA), with ages between 20 and 30 years, 14 female and 8 male. All individuals were asses...

multiple sclerosis (ms) is an inflammatory, multifocal, immune-mediated disease of the central nervous system that women are at a higher risk to acquire than men. myxovirus resistance protein a (mxa) is used as a predictive marker of bioactivity of interferon-beta (ifn-β) therapy in ms patients. this study was undertaken in west of iran to investigate gender differences in the expression level ...

different classes of autoantibodies against two antigenic forms of modified low density lipoprotein (mod-ldl) were detected in 140 patients by indirect elisa method. investigated autoantibodes included total immunoglobulins (igt). immunoglobulin g (igg), and immunoglobulin m (igm) against oxidized ldl with copper ions (ox-ldl) and modified ldl with malondialdehyde (mal-ldl) (igt-o) igt against ...

abstract aim and background: theory of mind is the ability to attribute one’s own or others mental states which has an important role in social and behavioral performances. the purpose of the present study was compare theory of mind in patients with schizophrenia and major depression with normal individuals. methods and materials: the present research was a causal- comparative study. the subjec...

objective: sexual addiction is a psychiatric disorder with unpleasant personal, inter-personal, legal, social, and physical outcomes for the patients. the cycle of this disorder is based on a false belief system known as early maladaptive schemas. this study aimed to examine and compare maladaptive cognitive schemas in sex addicts and normal people. methods: in the present study, a causal-compa...

in this paper, the antigen and gene frequencies of class i hla antigens were evaluated in 1000 individuals in khorasan province in northeast iran, and compared with statistics of other countries. the results and a general discussion are presented.

introduction recurrent oral aphthous is one of the most common ulcerative lesions of the oral cavity which no specific treatment has been introduced for it, sofar. some studies suggest the zinc deficiency as one of the etiologic factors in aphthous ulcers and also in other experimental studies, zinc composition has been effective in aphthous treatment. the aim of this stud was to determinate th...