background: to assess the frequency and type of adverse events after influenza vaccination in iranian adults. methods: health care workers in 7 medical centers received the influenza vaccine from october 2006 to february 2007 and fol­lowed by phone regarding symptoms experienced after vaccination. results: of 897 adults who participated in the study, local and systemic reactions were reported b...

background : ige is an antibody class that regarded as an important factor in the pathogenesis of allergic diseases, asthma, im­mune responses to parasitic infection and it could be responsible for the late- phase allergic response. the objective of this study was to evaluate total ige in healthy iranian adults, establishment of reference range of total ige and assess helpful­ness of this value...

Every happening in one's life may be regarded by her/him as a leading phenomenon to other happenings. This leading phenomenon which can anticipate the subsequent happenings is called SIGN. Signs are unique for every group of human being and hence culture-specific. This is even true for every individual. Signs permeate in every aspect of universe. Among these fields, children's literature is stu...

normal range of joint motion is an important factor in joint examination in clinical practice which is related to factors such as age, sex and geographic region. there is no data in the literature on the range of joint motions in healthy iranian adults. we studied joint motions in 100 healthy volunteer subjects, 49 men and 51 women, from 19 and 58 years of age. the joint mobility was examined i...

background: cancer as the third leading cause of deaths (14% of total deaths), has become a major health problem. cancers like most chronic non-communicable or communicable diseases are preventable. the study were examined the relationship between food groups with adult glioma. methods: in this hospital-based case-control study, 128 newly diagnosed patients with glioma that were determined by p...

human papilloma virus (hpv) infection is a very common infection of skin and mucosa of children and adults (1- 6).anogenital warts are a common type of hpv infection in sexually active adults, however it is seen in any age. the importance of presence of genital warts is different between adults and children in respect to differential diagnosis, associations, complications and also treatment opt...

introduction: this study was conducted to determine the pattern of maxillofacial fractures in three age groups of adults, adolescents, and children, using ct scan images. methods: in this cross-sectional study, ct scan images of 230 patients with maxillofacial trauma during one year were examined in terms of the number and site of fractures. the patients were divided into three age groups, chil...