neuroleptic malignant syndrome (nms) is a rare but life-threatening idiosyncratic side effect resulting from neuroleptic drugs. nms mainly occurs in patients treated with high-potency typical antipsychotics, but rarely caused by atypical antipsychotics. although nms is less common with atypical antipsychotic, but it seems that its incidence is rising due to increased administration of such drug...

effects of four pesticides (imidacloprid, dichlorvos, pymetrozine and abamectin) were evaluated on life table parameters of orius albidipennis (reuter). pesticides were used at the concentrations recommended by the manufacturers. the bioassays were carried out using drum-cell method, in a growth chamber at 27 â± 1âºc, r.h. of 65 â± 5% and 16 h photo phase. the net reproductive rate (r0) value f...

how to cite this article: hashemiaghdam a, sharifi a, miri m, tafakhori a. seizure-control effect of levatiracetam on juvenile myoclonic epilepsy and other epileptic syndromes: literature review of recent studies. iran j child neurol. spring 2015;9(2):1-8. abstract objective various epileptic syndromes may present in adolescence and juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (jme) is known to be the most comm...

background: when family planning programmes offer a wide variety of contraceptives, contraceptive prevalence would be higher overall. objective: to determine the acceptability of cyclofem© and to evaluate its side effects and continuation rate in iran. materials and methods: an introductory study of cyclofem© was conducted in seven districts of kerman province, the largest province of iran, in ...

introduction:  no modality has been identified as the treatment of chice for treating common warts. cryothearpy and pulsed-dye laser (pdl) are among common modalities for treating these lesions. the aim of this study was to compare pulsed dye laser with cryotherapy in terms of efficacy and complications. methods:  of a total of 46 patients enrolled in this study, 7 patients withdrew the study, ...

background: selection of the best approach for the treatment of helicobacter pylori (h. pylori) infection that encompasses higher eradication and lower failure rates leads to a decline in its related complications and disorders. to understand the relative efficacy of new sequential therapy compared with standard triple therapy as two common regimens, we have performed a randomized, controlled t...

blood transfusion centers are under considerable pressure to produce platelet concentrates with a shelf life limit of 3 to 5 days. many approaches have been investigated experimentally to produce new hemostatically active platelet products that are capable of long term storage. in this article infusible platelet membrane will be explained as a platelet substitute versus conventional liquid-stor...

background: triple therapy with a proton pump inhibitor and two antibiotics in helicobacter pylori (hp) eradication is widely accepted, but this combination fails in a considerable number of cases. the aim of this study was to assess the effect of clidinium-c addition on hp eradication and to investigate the efficacy and safety of clidinium-c in prevention of drugs' side effects. methods: ...

background sickle hemoglobin is the most common abnormal hemoglobin in the united states. hemoglobin s arises as a result of a single amino acid substitution (glutamic acid to valin at position 6 of the β-globine chain). the presence of fetal hemoglobin (hbf) plays a relatively protective role since a significant amount of hbf interferes with hbs polymerization, the pathogenesis mechanism of th...