how to cite this article: shiari r, hassase yegane m, farivar s, javadi parvaneh v, mirjavadi sa. neuropsychiatric symptoms as the first manifestation of juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus: a complicated case with klinefelter’s syndrome. iran j child neurol. 2014 winter; 8(1):62-65. abstract systemic lupus erythematosus (sle) is an autoimmune, multisystem disorder with various manifestations...

the writing skill is often perceived as the most difficult language skill since it requires a higher level of productive language control than other skills (celce-murcia & olshtain, 2000). the present study introduced a discourse-based framework for the teaching of writing on the basis systemic functional linguistics (sfl). to this end, 60 students majoring in teaching english as a foreign ...

we present a 21-years old woman with alopecia universalis, generalized vitiligo, and graves' disease. she had had thyroidectomy in early childhood and was receiving replacement therapy with levothyroxine. the patient was treated with systemic puva and glucocorticoid in combination with topical treatment for alopecia. after 6 months of treatment, alopecia was reversed but vitiligo was unchanged.

results our study showed that there were no statistically significant differences in the allele and genotype frequencies of -1661 a/g snp between patients with sle and healthy controls (p > 0.05). conclusions in conclusion, we found no association between snp-1661 a/g of the ctla-4 promoter region and susceptibility to sle in our population. objectives to evaluate the potential influences of co...

background sepsis can be defined as the body’s response to an infection. sepsis in children remains a significant cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. objectives this study focuses on the etiological factors, risk factors, and clinical characteristics of sepsis in neonate and pediatric patients. patients and methods a prospective study was conducted over a six-month period in the pediatr...

conclusions the results of this study show that patients with sle have poorer hrqol in physical components whereas the mental component of qol is relatively similar to healthy individuals. depression and anxiety were not related to clinical manifestations of sle. however, the sf domain of hrqol was the most susceptible component of qol, which was affected by sle clinical variables. the high est...

purpose: to assess the frequency and type of associated malformations and chromosomal anomalies among patients with anophthalmia, microphthalmia, and coloboma in sistan and baluchestan province. methods: patients with a clinical diagnosis of anophthalmia, microphthalmia, or coloboma were examined to find any anomaly in craniofacial, muscle-skeletal, cardiac, neurologic and urogenital systems. a...

a 63-year-old woman suffering from progressive systemic sclerosis for about 20 years disclosed symptoms of liver disease within the last three years. diagnosis of biliary cirrhosis was established on the basis of clinical picture, pathological examination of the hepatic tissue sample, immunological tests, and x-ray studies. association of systemic sclerosis with primary biliary cirrhosis is bri...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa microsoftinternetexplorer4 background : lichen planus is recognized as an inflammatory disease of the skin with different morphologic patterns. different treatment modalities, including topical and systemic corticosteroids, methotrexate, cyclosporine, azathioprine, topical calcineurin inhibitors, and psoralen  plus uva ( puva), have been suggested f...

this case report demonstrates fatal gastrointestinal vasculitis as a rare presentation of systemic lupus erythematosus. a 34-year-old woman presented with abdominal pain and diarrhea. anti nuclear antibody was positive and high titre of anti-ds dna antibody was also reported. treatment with corticosteroid and supportive cares were started; however, her condition worsened. eventually, she was co...