conclusions the article presents the relation between anemia and liver dysfunction viewed by iranian traditional medicine as an important finding in designing a treatment plan. despite the new findings on the evaluation of liver function (i.e. laboratory tests), it seems that further studies for earlier evaluation of liver function in anemia are highly required. results our findings proved that...

Anemia is a frequent complication of lymphoid neoplasms as a result of the disease and myelotoxic chemotherapy, and has a significant impact on treatment outcome, survival and quality of life. The aim of this study was to investigate clinical characteristics of anemia in lymphoid malignancies and to assess the need of anemia treatment in the context of modern therapeutic possibilities. Fifty-fi...

background: among the many complications reported for cirrhosis, iron deficiency anemia (ida) has attracted much attention. this type of anemia, in contrast to other types of anemia, is easy to treat prophylactically, but if left untreated can lead to a poor quality of life. the aim of this study was to estimate the hemoglobin and serum iron levels among patients with liver cirrhosis for the ea...

we report 11 year old male child, a case of acquired aplastic anemia as a complication of disseminated tuberculosis with acute onset, rapid downhill course and refractory to both antitubercular drugs as well as immunosuppressive drugs.

eighteen patients, twelve men and six women, with aplastic anemia underwent allogenic bone marrow transplantation (bmt) from hla-matched siblings during the period of 1990 to 1996. the conditioning regimen was cyclophosphamide with or without busulfan, depending on the cause of aplasia. antilymphocyte globulin (alg) and cyclosporine were used for rejection and acute gvhd prophylaxis, respective...

introduction methylene blue was first described for the treatment of methemoglobinemia but practical usage of the compound for surgical purpose is common. the aim of this report is to describe a case of hemolysis in neonatal period as a potential hazard of methylene blue toxicity without presence of g6pd deficiency. case presentation in october 2015, a 36-week ga female infant with 2.05 kg weig...

introduction: periodontal disease, an inflamma- tory and infectious disease in adults and anemia associated with chronic infection, is one of the most common types of anemia. considering the similarity of pathogens causing periodontal dis ease and anemia, this study aims to investigate the correlation between hematologic para meters associated with anemia and modera te chronic periodontitis. ma...

background: anemia in pregnancy is associated with increased rates of maternal and perinatal mortality. objective: to study the prevalence and risk factors of women with anemia during pregnancy in kerman iran. materials and methods: a retrospective cross-sectional study was performed based on 2213 pregnancies delivered during the years 2005-2007 in kerman iran. women with hemoglobinopathies suc...

background: anemia may be considered to be an independent risk factor for the development of diabetic retinopathy (dr) in patients with renal failure. the purpose of this study was to investigate the association between blood hemoglobin level and retinopathy in diabetic patients with normal renal function tests.methods: from 2009 to 2011, 1100 diabetic patients underwent retinal examination. am...

background: few studies regarding oral lesions of children and adolescents were reported in the medical literature. the aim of this study was to determine the frequency of these lesions in patients from birth to 20 years old in babol, northern iran.methods: the slides of all cases of oral lesions in children and adolescents, between 1990 and 2012 were obtained from the pathology archives of sha...