superficial mycosis of the skin is one of the most prevalent human infections. within these infections, tinea pedis and tinea cruris have been studied. different aetiologic causes play role in these infections which the most important of them are trichophyton rubrum, trichophyton mentagrophyte and epidermophyton floccosum. prevalence arrangement of these causes are defferent in societies. this ...

background: the objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of cystic echinococcosis (ce) in qom province, central iran using elisa test. methods: overall, 1564 serum samples (800 males and 764 females) were collected from selected subjects by randomized cluster sampling in 2011-2012. sera were analyzed by elisa test using agb. before sampling, a questionnaire was filled out for eac...

purpose: this study aimed to evaluate risk factors associated with threshold retinopathy of prematurity (rop) in premature infants referred to farabi eye hospital during 2008-2009. since blindness and sever visual impairments will occur in a high percentage of infants stricken with threshold retinopathy, we intended to examine relationship between demographic factors and threshold retinopathy i...

purpose : to describe the survival characteristics and prognostic factors of patients with retinoblastoma in a referral center in iran methods : from medical records, we retrospectively analyzed the data of 139 consecutive children diagnosed in our hospital between 1991 and 2001 as having retinoblastoma. information on gender, laterality, age at diagnosis, presenting signs, tumor staging, treat...

background postpartum depression has serious complications. there are various risk factors for postpartum depression and in some cases these are controversial. objectives this study tested the prevalence of postpartum depression and its related factors in kashan, iran, in 2006. patients and methods in this cross-sectional study, 460 women referred to kashan’s health centers, during the second a...

introduction: based on previous studies, cardiovascular diseases, traffic accidents, traumas and cancers are the most important etiology of mortalities in emergency departments (ed). however, contradictory findings have been reported in relation to mortality in emergency departments. therefore, the present study was undertaken to evaluate the role of clinical factors in mortality among patients...

background and aims: infertility is a major problem during reproductive age. physical and psychological effects of infertility in women are problematic. the aim of this study was to determine the potential predictive factors of infertility, among women referring both public and private health centers in ilam province, western iran, in 2013. methods: in this cross-sectional study, 1013 women ref...

background:  gender  difference  has  been   reported  in stroke  risk factors  and  disease  history. the aim  of this study  was  to  compare  risk factors  and  the  severity  of ischemic stroke based  upon  modified rankin scale (mrs) and hospital mortality between two genders. methods: in a  cross-sectional  study, 341  patients  (44% males and 56% females with a mean age of 68.94 ± 12.74 ...

cytomegalovirus (cmv) infection is one of the most common infections that affects humans’ cardiovascular system. although the literature includes controversial evidence for any correlation between cmv infection and arterial atherosclerosis, the majority of studies, especially those with larger patient population and stronger data stand for such a relationship. however, the number of prospective...