Objective: Primary immunodeficiency diseases (PID) are rare and heterogeneous congenital diseases leading to increased unusual susceptibility to developing infections and causingsome malignancies and autoimmune diseases. This study was conducted to evaluate the epidemiological characteristics of primary these diseases in patients attending the clinic of immunodeficiency diseases in Kerman.Subje...

background: the choice of an accurate microorganism isolation from chronic osteomyelitis has been a big conflict between clinicians during the time. the aim of this study is to compare specimens from sinus tract and bone, for an accurate treatment of trauma induced chronic osteomyelitis (co). patients and methods: a total of 139 patients with trauma induced co, were entered to the study. the sp...

sexually transmitted diseases (std) are a significant problem in canada and have many personal and financial effects on the society. stds are very prevalent in adults and adolescents who are very sexually active. women are more affected by these diseases and after many years, appear in the shape of infertility, ectopic pregnancy, and cervical cancer. majority of women never know about her infec...

Background: The nails of hands and feet are involved in the course of many dermatoses and some systemic diseases. They may have diagnostic or prognostic value in some diseases. Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate nail lesions in patients referred to Dermatology Department of Sina Hospital in Hamadan from April 1999 to April 2000. Patients and Methods: This cross-sectional des...

background and objectives:purtscher's retinopathy occurs with sudden loss of vision. in this article, a case of post-partumpurtscher's-like retinopathy was investigated. case report:the patient was an 18-year-old woman who presented with severe bilateral loss of vision, three days after childbirth. no systemic abnormalities were observed except preeclampsia. the results of ophthalmosc...

objective: primary immunodeficiency diseases (pid) are rare and heterogeneous congenital diseases leading to increased unusual susceptibility to developing infections and causingsome malignancies and autoimmune diseases. this study was conducted to evaluate the epidemiological characteristics of primary these diseases in patients attending the clinic of immunodeficiency diseases in kerman.subje...

background: changes in global temperature and its health effects have recently been under much investigated. consequently, these changes have affected mortality and morbidity rates which are important public health indices. the present study examines the effect of mean temperature on the frequency of hospitalization due to cardiovascular and respiratory diseases in ali ibn abi talib hospital of...

objective: whole-mouth examination is generally considered as a gold standard for exact periodontal disease assessment. partial mouth examination also has sometimes been used for this purpose, but its efficacy has been questioned. with regard to symmetric destruction hypothesis of periodontal disease, the present study investigated the efficacy of partial- mouth examination as an alternative fo...

Neurodegenerative diseases, characterized by progressive loss of neurons, share common mechanisms such as apoptotic cell death, mitochondrial dysfunction, inflammation, and oxidative stress. Genus Boswellia is a genus in the Burseraceae family. It comprises several species traditionally used for treatment of chronic inflammatory diseases, cerebral edema, chronic pain syndrome, gastrointestinal d...