background acute rejection remains a major problem in renal transplantation and represents one of the most important causes of chronic allograft dysfunction and late graft loss. daclizumab is a genetically engineered human igg1 monoclonal antibody that binds specifically to the α chain of the interleukin-2 receptor, and may thus reduce the risk of rejection after renal transplantation. objectiv...

the objective of this study was to determine the prevalence and distribution of chlamydia trachomatisgenotypes in shiraz, iran. two hundred twelve cervical swab samples were collected from women attendingshahid motahari polyclinic in shiraz, iran. the endocervical specimens were screened for c. trachomatis byplasmid pcr. genotyping was performed in c. trachomatis-positive samples by nested pcr ...

background: kidney transplantation is a preferred treatment for many patients with end-stage renal disease (esrd) and is far more profi table than hemodialysis. analyzing renal transplantation data can help to evaluate the eff ectiveness of transplantation interventions. the aim of this study was to determine the organ survival rate after kidney transplantation during a period of 10 years (marc...

uniaxial compressive strength (ucs) and elastic properties of rocks play a major and vital role for the design of any engineering structure. the specimen diameter size is one of the main factors that influencing on ucs, elasticity modulus and poisson’s ratio (e and υ). here, an attempt has been made to investigate the effect of specimen diameter size on ucs, e and υ. moreover, we studied the co...

background while tuberculosis (tb) can be diagnosed by microscopy and culture, the sensitivity of ziehl-neelsen staining is variable and culture results require 4 - 8 weeks to be determined. polymerase chain reaction (pcr) and its modifications, including nested pcr, might be promising methods for the rapid diagnosis of tb. objectives this study aimed to evaluate the performance of nested pcr o...

background: monitoring of phenotypic characteristics of t-lymphocytes in peripheral blood is commonly performed to give the clinical parameters in the management of kidney transplant recipients.   objective: to predict rejection in renal transplantation by immune parameters. methods: 16 non-diabetic kidney transplant candidates (4 females and 12 males, age = 20-65 yr, first time transplant) wer...

background: correlations between bone marrow, heart, kidney, liver, skin and lung transplant rejection or survival with human cytokine gene polymorphisms have been described. there are also reports about the role of cytokines and tumor necrosis factors-alpha (tnf-α) on corneal transplant in animal models. further studies are needed to clarify the role of cytokines in corneal allograft rejection...

by drawing blood through a heparin lock, patients can be protected from skin damages duo to repeated needle sticks. in addition, this procedure can assist to gain more precise results in laboratory test and to prevent further complications. probably, you have ever used a heparin lock in order to infusion of medicines but, it is possible that you never use of that for blood sampling. both two pr...