priapism is a prolonged and usually painful erection which is not associated withthe sexual desire. ït is an uncommon urologic emergency with variety ofknown etiologies such as the use of psychotropic medications. priapism underconcurrent treatment with chlorpromazine and risperidone has notbeen reported so far. herein, a psychotic patient whodeveloped priapism during chlorpromazine and risperi...

zellweger syndrome (zs) is a peroxisomal disorder with a multiple congenital anomalies, characterized by stereotypical facies, profound hypotonia, organ involvement including cerebral, retinal, hepatic, and renal. herein, a 3-month-old female with zs is presented who was referred because of increased liver enzymes (subclinical hepatitis), which was detected in work-up of her neck cyst, severe h...

background: baculoviral inhibitor of apoptosis repeat-containing 5 (birc5) gene is an inhibitor of apoptosis that expresses in human embryonic tissues but it is absent in most healthy adult tissues. the copy number of birc5 has been indicated to be highly increased in tumor tissues; however, its association with the age of onset in breast cancer is not well understood. methods: forty tumor tiss...

introduction: hyperreactio luteinalis (hl) is a rare benign condition in pregnancy which is characterized by bilaterally multicystic ovarian enlargement containing theca lutein cysts caused by increased production of hcg. hl is mostly associated with hydatidiform mole and multiple pregnancies. correspondence: azin alavi, md. hormozgan feritiliy and infertility research center, hormozgan univers...

background the x-linked cyclin-dependent kinase like 5 (cdkl5/stk9) gene has been shown to be responsible for a severe encephalopathy condition characterized by early onset of epilepsy and severe developmental delay. cdkl5 mutations have been shown to be more frequent among female patients. results here we report a 6- month male patient, second child of a healthy non consanguineous in the irani...

Background Preeclampsia is a specific pregnancy syndrome. Early diagnosis and proper administration of preeclampsia can lead to improved maternal and neonatal outcome. We aimed to investigate the uterine artery Doppler ultrasound in predicting the preeclampsia in women with a high-risk pregnancy. Materials and Methods This analytic study was conducted on 160 primigravida women with gestational...

The association of HLA and disease varies in different populations. We have . studied the association of HLA class I in Iranian psoriatic patients, in order to compare this association with other reports. Fifty-one Iranian patients with psoriasis were HLA typed. The frequency of HLA antigens in patients and patient subgroups, based on clinical patterns, age of onset, family history and prov...

A 9-year-old girl developed hidradenitis suppurativa 3 months after the first signs of adrenarche. Such a close temporal relationship is consistent with the hypothesis that the disease is androgen dependent. Less than 2% of patients have onset of the disease before the age of 11 years. The exceptionally early age of onset in our patient may be partly explained by the fact that she had an early ...