INTRODUCTION Birthweight is one of the most important predicting indicators of the health status in adulthood. Having a balanced birthweight is one of the priorities of the health system in most of the industrial and developed countries. This indicator is used to assess the growth and health status of the infants. The aim of this study was to assess the birthweight of the neonates by using quan...

The aim of this study was investigation of laryngeal cancer in northwestern Iran, Urmia to have a clear roadmap for planning the next health policy programs. This study was conducted in the largest tertiary center, northwestern Iran. Of all 23474 patients referred to the clinics of ENT in the Hospital, totally 267 cases were admitted as inpatients with laryngeal problems, 196 patients (73.4%) u...

BACKGROUND Years after the development of antituberculosis (TB) drugs, many people continue to suffer from this disease. To control the spread of TB, strains of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex need to be determined, and sources of infection must be identified. Such steps should help to prevent transmission of the infection. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to perform molecular geno...

N disorders are responsible for a major proportion of mortalities, morbidities, and handicaps across the world varying by racial, ethnic, and cultural differences. These disorders are common among developed and developing countries. Genetic disorders and congenital abnormalities occur in around 2-5% of live births accounting for approximately 30% of pediatric hospital admissions in many places ...

Background/aim: Huntington disease (HD) is a progressive adult-onset neurodegenerative disorder presenting an autosomal dominant inheritance. Since there is no information on the prevalence of HD in northwestern Iran, the aim of the present study was to determine the prevalence of HD and the number of CAG trinucleotide repeats in the population of northwestern Iran.Materials and methods: Genomi...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to identify the Trichomonas vaginalis strains/haplotypes based on identifying their probable variations in asymptomatic patients referred to Tabriz health centers, northwestern Iran. METHODS Sampling was taken from 50-suspected women to T. vaginalis in northwestern Iran. The obtained samples were smeared and cultured. Fifty DNA samples were extracted, ampl...

Iranians of whom 52 were females and 109 were males. The median age was 35, the youngest being 18 and the oldest 66 years of age. They represented individuals from all the Iranian regions who live in Tehran, the capital. For the factor V Leiden mutation 9 heterozygotes were found (frequency of 5.5%), with an allele frequency of 2.7% and for the G20210A mutation 5 heterozygotes were found (frequ...

Objectives. Regarding the importance of sexual desire in adolescence period and public and parental concerns about it and considering the lack of studies on sexual knowledge especially in adolescents in Iran, this study was conducted to evaluate the sexual issues in high school girls and boys. Patients and Methods. The cross-sectional study was performed on 2700 high school students. Students w...