BACKGROUND Iran has the second highest rate of cesarean section in the world. the corresponding rate in the third metropolitan city of Iran, Isfahan, is even higher. This paper aimed to assess correlates and determinants of intention for cesarean section versus normal vaginal delivery (NVD) among pregnant women in Isfahan. METHODS A study was conducted among 400 pregnant women aged 18-38 year...

Zahra SHAKERAN, Mehrnaz KEYHANFAR*, Gholamreza ASGHARI, Mustafa GHANADIAN Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Advanced Sciences and Technologies, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran Department of Pharmacognosy, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran Isfahan Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical ...

1Department of Infectious Diseases, Nosocomial Infection Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran; 2Department of Infectious Diseases, Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran; 3Department of Infectious Diseases, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran; 4Department of Microbiology...

COURSE IN THE AREA OF HEALTH PROMOTION Mahrokh Kheshvari, Niko Yamani, Peyman Abidi, Hossein Shahnazi. Assistant Professor, Nursing and Midwifery Research Center in nursing and midwifery school in Isfahan University of medical sciences, Isfahan, Iran; Associate Professor, Medical Education Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran; Professor of Medicine; Isfahan Uni...

BACKGROUND Considering that there was not any regional survey in Isfahan, Iran regarding the epidemiology of acute respiratory tract infections (ARTI) in different age groups of general population, the aim of this study was to determine the epidemiologic feature of ARTIs in Isfahan using multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this cross-sectional study, pat...

BACKGROUND β-thalassemia, a monogenic autosomal recessive disorder, is prevalent in Middle East, particularly in Iran. In Iran, near to 20 mutations in the β-globin gene are introduced as common mutations with varying incidence frequencies in each city. Therefore, detection and screening for couples at high risk can help to solve the problems of this disease. In this study, optimized genotyping...

Fereshteh Alsahebfosoul1,6*, Rasoul Salehi2, Masoud Etemadifar3,5, Ahmad Zavaran Hosseini4, Mohammad Kazemi2, Mehrdad Farokhi5,6, and Mohadaseh Behjati5 1Immunology Department, Faculty of medicine, Isfahan University of medical sciences, Isfahan, Iran 2Molecular biology and genetics Department, Faculty of medicine, Isfahan University of medical sciences, Isfahan, Iran 3Neurology Department, Fac...

1Isfahan Eye Research Center (IERC), Feiz Hospital, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran; 2Ophthalmology Ward, Feiz Hospital, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran; 3Medical Students Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran. Correspondence: Seyed-Hossein Abtahi; SHARNOS Co. No. 9, Boroomand, Seyed-Alikhan, Chaharbagh Abbasi; 81448-1...

1 Department of Neurology, Neurosciences Research Center, Alzahra Hospital, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran 2 Department of Immunology, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran 3 Neurosciences Research Center, Alzahra Hospital, Student Research Committee, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran 4 School of Medicine, Shahrekord...

i M. Modarres-Hashemi is with the ECE Department of Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran (email: [email protected]) ii M. Dorostgan is with the ECE Department of Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran ( email:[email protected]) iii Corresponding Author, M. M. Naghsh is with the ECE Department of Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran (email: mm_naghsh@...