the excessive amounts of parathyroid hormone in secondary hyperparathyroidism (shpth) is suggested to interfere with normal erythropoiesis.  in shpth, during chronic renal failure, due to the impairment of erythropoietin synthesis, this effect is more pronounced.  in the present study the role of secondary hyperparathyroidism in the severity of anemia was evaluated in hemodialysis patients (n=3...

Several recent studies point to the value of using combinations of biochemical markers for the identification of alcohol abuse. The Early Detection of Alcohol Consumption (EDAC) test uses a statistical method that combines the results of several routine laboratory tests to form a metabolic fingerprint for each subject. In this study, we evaluated the use of the EDAC test as a screening tool to ...

BACKGROUND Clusterin is a glycoprotein which participates in a number of pathophysiological processes in the organism. Information about clusterin use in the diagnosis of nephropathy and the differential diagnosis of proteinuria has been published recently. AIM Search for correlations between urinary clusterin concentration and other renal function markers. Evaluation of urinary clusterin mea...

the aim of this study was to assess the mutritional status of 2-5 year old children and the effects of some known related factors in the rural areas of khoramabad(lorestan province) in the summer of 1994 and also to determine the anemic atatus of those children.the sample 1 included 461 children,2-5 years old,from 30 clusters that were selected by two stages cluster sampling,randomly.data were ...

the aim of this cross sectional study was to determine anemias due to deficiency of iron,vitamin B12 and folate in pregnant women,who were refered to Shahid doctor mofateh hospital in varamin.in this study hemoglobin value(<11g/dl) was used as the determinant of anemia,therefore,the study was performed on 251 pregnant women.the proportions of women having abortions and cesarean sections were 10...

Background: The aim of the present study was to develop a three-dimensional (3D) collagen gel culture system for the in vitro growth and survival of buffalo preantral follicles with or without growth factors. Materials and Methods: Buffalo ovaries were collected from a local abattoir and preantral follicles were isolated through microdissection. Isolated preantral follicles were put either in c...

Objective(s): siRNA may be a very promising tool for treatment of various diseases especially in cancer therapy due to high specificity. One of the main hurdles applications of siRNAs in vivo is optimization of the delivery strategy, especially the carrier systems. The aim of this study was to optimize siRNA delivery into suspended erythroleukemic cell line K562. Materials and Methods: We appli...

Iron deficiency anemia(IDA) is one of the most common nutritional problems in the world.children under 5 years old are considerd as the high risk group consisting a high proportion of IDA patients.in this group,due to the specific conditions,the complication of anemia may lead to serious consequences.this study was designed to determine the prevalence of IDA in 1-5 years old children.A total of...