normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa background: exposure to some environmental agent such as different nutrition and contact with allergens may have a role in developing multiple sclerosis (ms). the present study was aimed to evaluate the cow’s milk allergy (cma) in ms patients compared to healthy controls. materials and methods: between march 2012 and july 2012, 48 ms patients were s...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa carotid body tumor (cbt) is paraganglioma and mainly found in the carotid bifurcation. the manifestations of the tumor are variable; in most cases, it presents as a non-symptomatic slow-growing mass, rarely compression of carotid body induces bradycardia and hypotension and repeated syncope, prolonged syncope can cause convulsion. convulsive syncope...

background: determination of the impact of angiogenesis on tumor development and progression is essential. this study aimed to determine the serum levels of vascular endothelial growth factor (vegf) and interleukin 6 (il-6) in breast carcinoma, and to correlate them with tumor size, lymph node involvement, and cancer stage. methods: under aseptic precautions 5 ml of venous blood was collected f...

parkinson’s disease is one of the most common neurodegenerative disorders.  there are many documents about the effects of oxidative stress in parkinson’s disease etiology. angiotensin ii activates nadph dependent oxidases and causes superoxides formation.  peganum harmala l. extract, which has angiotensin converting enzyme (ace) inhibitory effect, is considered to evaluate oxidative stress inhi...

background :cytotoxic t lymphocyte-associated antigen-4 (ctla-4) is an important negative regulator of t-cell responses. the -1722tc polymorphism of the ctla-4 gene may be associated with systemic lupus erythematosus (sle) risk, but related results from previous studies have been inconsistent. we carried out a meta-analysis to assess this association more precisely.   methods : a systematic sea...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa epilepsy is more common in patients with multiple sclerosis (ms) than in the general population, occurring in 2%–3% of patients. convulsions may be either tonic–clonic in nature or partial complex. in these individuals, seizures most likely result from lesions present in the cerebral cortex and subcortical white matter. a jacksonian seizure is a typ...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa background: this study was designed to investigate the effect of vitiligo on the retinal nerve fiber layer (rnfl) thickness. materials and methods: this prospective study was conducted in the department of ophthalmology at kä±rä±kkale university during 2010 and 2011.sixty eight eyes of 34 vitiligo patients were included in the study. eighty four eye...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa background: steroids are commonly used in the treatment of cervical radiculopathy (cr), but there is limited information in this regard. we evaluated the efficacy of oral prednisone in the treatment of cr. materials and methods: this randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial was conducted on adult patients with neck/shoulder pain for at l...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa background: alzheimer's disease (ad) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease in which endothelial cell (ec) can be affected. in brain, functional changes in ecs contribute to reductions in resting blood flow. furthermore, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ace-i) have beneficial effects on endothelial dysfunction. this is the first study t...