Abstract Background: Diabetic patients are more prone to oral infections and periradicular lesions due to changes in their immune system and qualitative and quantitative changes in normal flora of their mouth. The aim of this study was to evaluate the frequency of periradicular lesions in diabetic patients in Babol, North of Iran. Methods: From October 2011 to March 2012, 135 diabetic patient...

PURPOSE An important cause of avoidable childhood blindness is retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) in countries with high human development index and also in some emerging economies countries. To date, no research have been conducted on analyzing data of ROP prevalence in Babol, and this is the first research performed on ROP in this area. METHODS All VLBW babies who referred to Babol ophthalmol...

OBJECTIVES Stillbirth is an important public health concern and its rate indicates the sanitary development of society. The purpose of this study is to determine the trend of stillbirth rates and its risk factors in Babol. METHODS A retrospective study was conducted based on the data of hospital charts of two major Gynecological wards in Shahid Yahyanejat and Babol clinic hospitals in Babol, ...

BACKGROUND BCG vaccination which is administered to prevent tuberculosis is sometimes associated with serious complications. This study aimed to determine the incidence of complications of BCG vaccination in Babol. METHODS All infants who received BCG vaccination between 2011-2013 in health centers of Babol entered the study. Data regarding complications of vaccine were extracted according to...

1Department of Embryology; 3Department of Health, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Islamic Republic of Iran (Correspondence to M.J. Golalipour: [email protected]). 2Department of Paediatrics, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Islamic Republic of Iran. ABSTRACT This study recorded the rate of congenital malformations in 10 000 births at a referral hospital in Gorg...

BACKGROUND The Pelger-Huet anomaly dominantly is a rare and benign inherited defect of terminal neutrophil differentiation. Although neutrophil migration may be minimally impaired, granulocytes function is otherwise normal association abnormalities such as ocular, musculoskeletal are reported very rare. Case Presentation : An eight year-old boy with good consciousness but severe muscular atroph...

This study aimed to probe whether using the backward summary technique led reading comprehension enhancement among non-English major university students at Islamic Azad University of Babol, located in Babol city, North Iran. 120 B.S. level nursing and microbiology were randomly selected from a population majors enrolled for General English course, divided into four groups 30, assigned two exper...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Malnutrition, pain, and insomnia are common adverse effects of early dental caries among 3-6-year-old children. To increase our understanding of the dental caries status which will help in the control and prevention of it, this study aimed to assess the trend of dental caries, Severe Early Childhood Caries (S-ECC) and its related factors among 3-6-year-old children duri...

OBJECTIVE The aim of our study was to find the relationship of MPV (Mean Platelet Volume) levels and platelet counts as markers of inflammation between simple and complex febrile seizures. MATERIALS & METHODS In this retrospective comparative study, we investigated the recordings of 356 children between 5 months and 6 yr with diagnosis of simple and complex febrile seizure (SFS&CFS) in Amirco...

abstract background and aims: medical students are exposed to various infectious diseases during their clinical training period, including measles and rubella. in iran, to control the outbreaks of measles and rubella a mass vaccination campaign was conducted on 2003. the present investigation evaluates immunity to measles and rubella in a group of babol medical students and determines the preva...