conclusions according to the results obtained in our study, advanced age, higher bmi, ast, alt, and hbv-dna levels, and low albumin and platelet levels are correlated with advanced fibrosis in patients with chb. objectives this study evaluated the correlation between hepatic fibrosis and routine laboratory values in patients with chronic hepatitis b. patients and methods the files of 456 patien...

chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (copd) is a condition associated with inflammation in lungs and airways. the impacts of inflammatory process is not limited to respiratory system but extend to extrapulmonary organs with resultant complications involving endocrine, metabolic and cardiovascular systems. the extent and severity of inflammation may be partly estimated by serum measurement of s...

genetic diversity of five improved varieties (kaysari, kadi, ranger, mesmir, sea-river) and seven iranian landraces (gharayonje, amozeynadin, rahnani, tazekand, shazand, hamedani, yazdi) of alfalfa were assessed using esterase (est), peroxidase (pox), glutamate oxaloacetate transaminase (got) and malate dehydrogerase (mdh). got and mdh were monomorphic, whereas est and pox showed polymorphic ba...

hybrids were produced by crossing female caspian kutum rutilus frisii kutum with male grass carp ctenopharyngodon idella. the genome of eight larvae and parents were studied using microsatellite markers for genetic evaluation and verification. after dna extraction from parent fish and progeny, hybrid heritability of two loci was assessed using two pairs of microsatellite primers. hybridizie...

having knowledge about genetic relationships among accessions is necessary for developing breeding strategies to produce improved cultivars. in present study, genetic diversity and inter-relationship among 29 genotypes of citrus were comparatively analyzed using morphological and rapd markers. significant variability was observed among citrus genotypes for 61 quantitative and qualitative morpho...

background: aflatoxins are found in the most types of foods such as corn, peanuts, pistachio, rice, milk, and etc. these toxins may cause several adverse health effects, notably cancer. the main aim of this study was to evaluate excretion level of aflatoxin m1 (afm1), as a biomarker of aflatoxin b1 exposure, in urine samples of iranian population. also, relationship between diet and urinary exc...

abstract background: primary hyperparathyroidism is autonomous production of parathyroid hormone. after removal of adenoma, one of the surgeons concern is postoperative hypocalcaemia. there is no precise method to determine if patients have hypocalcaemia postoperatively. the purpose of this study was to determine the relation between parathyroid adenoma weights, postoperative serum calcium and ...

objective(s): buthionine sulfoximine (bso) inhibits synthesis of glutathione as the main intracellular antioxidant. the aim of the present study is to investigate the effect of bso-induced oxidative stress on histological structure of testis, testosterone secretion and semen parameters. materials and methods: thirty male balb/c mice were divided into 3 groups. in control group, the mice did not...

results loss of consciousness (gcs drop or amnesia) was markedly associated with abnormal brain ct scan (p < 0.05). interestingly, we found 7 patients with normal clinical examination but significant abnormal brain ct scan. conclusions according to the results of our study, we recommend that all patients with minor head trauma underwent brain ct scan in order not to miss any life-threatening he...

the genetic diversity among 56 almond (prunus dulcis) genotypes was analysed using 35 microsatellite markers and 14 morphological traits. analysis of morphological traits revealed a wide range of variation among the studied genotypes. out of 35 simple sequence repeats (ssrs) markers, 25 were polymorphic, producing 215 alleles that varied from 2 to 16 with an average of 8.76 alleles per locus. r...