conclusions parents were blood relatives in 33 (33%) of the patient cases, which is a very high rate. therefore, non-random mating is an important issue in developing countries that needs more attention results 100 patients with down syndrome and congenital heart disease were evaluated; 52 were female (52%) and 48 were male (48%). the average birth weight of the subjects was 2745 ± 523 (mean ± ...

chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (copd) is one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality in adults. anemia is known as comorbidity in many chronic diseases that can increase morbidity and mortality of copd. recent studies have shown that anemia may be more prevalent than expected in copd patients and can increase disabilities of copd. in this study we have evaluated the correlation be...

During a 2-year period, 31 cases of a hereditary retinal degeneration in dogs bred in India were found mainly suspected for progressive retinal atrophy (PRA) with typical history of initial nyctalopia followed by hemeralopia. Out of 31 PRA suspected dogs, 8 dogs (26%) were from the age group of 1-5 years, 15 (48%) 6-10 years and the rest (26%) 11-15 years. The most predominant breed was Spitz (...

several epidemiological studies have reported that passive smoking (ps) is a public health hazard and perhaps increases the risk of heart disease. this study evaluated the relationship between female coronary heart disease and ps among married women who described themselves as non-smokers in an area of south-east iran. using household exposure to tobacco smoke as an estimate of ps, a hospitalba...

introduction: leptin is a hormone resulting from the obesity gene which could be important in the pathogenesis of the insulin. only limited data concerning the interaction of insulin, glucose tolerance and free leptin are available and no data exist on the potential influence of free vs. bound circulating leptin. we, therefore, studied percentage of free to total leptin in diabetic patients. ma...

each country faces a continuing challenge to collect enough blood to meet the national needs. according to who, there should be at least 20 blood donations per 1,000 population for developing countries, in kazakhstan this indicator was only 16.8 in 2011. thus, we conducted an epidemiological assessment and drew a map of the regional distribution of blood and plasma donations in kazakhstan durin...

objectives: the purpose of this study was to investigate the relation of personality traits with depression in active and non – active elderly women in tehran city. methods & materials: the present research is descriptive–correlation. for this purpose, 188 elderly women (94 active and 94 non - active elders) in the age range of 63-82 in tehran city availably selected as statistical sample. meas...

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...

a 2 years and 9 months old boy attended to a gastroenterology clinic of pediatric hospital for investigation of recurrent and intractable vomiting. he had post prandial, non-projectile, non-bilious emesis since past 2 years. since the onset of illness, he was carried to many doctors and underwent extensive laboratory investigations. because all of the science lab and imaging work up for etiolog...

The stool samples from 363 diarrhoeic and non- diarrhoeic children and adults from several locations in two towns of west Azerbaijan area of Iran examined for Cryptosporidium infection by modified Ziehl- Neelsen technique revealed the presence of infection in 7.66% of diarrhoeic patients and in none of the non- diarrhoeic individuals. The percentage of detection was higher among females ( ...