objective: serum leptin concentration reflects the body fat mass. there is controversial reports about the insulin effect on serum leptin concentration. we wanted to examine the effect of insulin therapy on serum leptin in children with new onset type i diabetes. materials and methods: this was a cross-sectional study in children's medical center on 34 children who had new onset type i dia...

The greater part of this book consists of the histories of patients treated by the oral administration of anti-diphtheritic serum and of simple plasma from the horse, sheep, &c. Anti-diphtheric serum in doses of one drachm given orally every one to 6 hours, the author considers a specific against inflammation, either simple or septic, and so certain does he consider its action in aborting infla...

Salivary flow rate and radioactivity in saliva, blood serum of benign malignant thyroid patients after 131I therapy