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this is a descriptive field study. the aim of this study was to find personal, familial and socio-economical characteristics of children under five years old, and relationships between these characteristics with acute respiratory infection. the sample was 60 children with acute respiratory infection. data gathered by a questionair include 44 question about personal, familial and socio-economica...

conclusions our results showed that many personal, familial, and social factors play a role in addiction relapse. the high prevalence of return to addiction necessitates further strategies for the more optimal control of these factors. patients and methods in this descriptive study, 146 addicts referring to addiction treatment centers in the iranian city of ahvaz were selected via purposive and...

case presentation a ten-year-old iranian boy was referred to our department with history of recurrent abdominal pain followed by fever, chills, arthralgia and scrotal edema. he suffered from hematuria and gastrointestinal bleeding. his physical exam revealed fever (axillary temperature: 38.7°c), hypertension (150/90 mmhg), hepatomegaly (liver span: 13 cm), orchitis and subcutaneous painful nodu...

objective: the phenomenon of street children is one of the most important concerns facing global community. identifying risk factors in such children could lead to crucial investigations to find their essential needs by intervention programs. the present study examined the family profile of street children in tehran, iran. methods: the sample consisted of 576 street children who were evaluated ...

background: the household transmission of hepatitis b virus (hbv) is a major health problem. high incidence of hbv infection is observed within the household contacts of hbv carriers. we aimed to evaluate serological markers of hepatitis b infection among family members of hbv carriers in arak, central iran. methods: data were collected from the 100 chronic hbv carriers (subjects with positive ...

cancer, with a high rate of mortalities worldwide, pose a major threat to human health. although family history accounts for at least 5-10% of all cancers, it is conferred to be as a significant risk of developing cancer. recently, application of high speed and low cost high-throughput nucleotide sequencing technologies has provided an opportunity to assess cancer risk in at risk healthy indivi...

The objective was to study the clinical features of symptomatic hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) depending on form (familial / non-familial), age onset and presence arterial hypertension (AH). Methods materials . During 6 years, we examined 250 HCM patients, 100 patients with aged from 18 86 years were included in study. Results Patients manifestations at a young more often had familial diseas...

background: familial chylomicronemia syndrome is a rare disorder of lipoprotein metabolism due to familial lipoprotein lipase or apolipoprotein c-ii deficiency or the presence of inhibitors to lipoprotein lipase. it manifests as eruptive xanthomas, acute pancreatitis, and lipaemic plasma due to marked elevation of triglyceride and chylomicrons levels. case presentation: we report a rare case of...