background: to clinically characterize the cutaneous leishmaniasis and identify the causative parasite species in mirjaveh, an important geographical region across the border of iran-pakistan at southeast of iran. methods: a number of 116 patients during a year since march 2005 to april 2006, subjected to the study. clinical infor­mation collected and scrapings were taken from cutaneous lesions...

background non-diagnosed depression might postpone the physical healing of patients and negatively affects prognosis. the rate of major depressive disorder among patients of general practitioners in the united states reaches 10 percent and among patients admitted to the inner wards reaches 15 percent. patients and methods a cross sectional study on physician of two hospitals was performed. a qu...

abstract introduction major ß thalassemia represents a group of recessively inherited hemoglobin disorder, which is characterized by reduced synthesis of globins chains. frequent blood transfusions can lead to iron overload, which may result in several endocrine complication especially in the absence of adequate chelating therapy. the objective of this study were to determine the prevalence of ...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa microsoftinternetexplorer4 β-thalassemia (cooley anemia) initially was described by dr cooley. [1] it is recognized that various types of thalassemia are inherited anemia caused by mutations at the globin gene, affecting the production of é‘ - or β-globin protein. the anemia interferes with red cell maturation. [2] β-globin gene mutations give rise ...

background there has been no data on population based dietary patterns during the ramadan fasting month. objectives the purpose of this study was to detect ramadan major dietary patterns among those who fast in tehran. materials and methods this cross-sectional study included 600 subjects, aged 18-65 with body mass index (bmi) of 18.5-40, who had decided to fast during ramadan. anthropometric m...

Abstract Background The purpose of this study was to assess the prevalence of major depressive and anxiety disorders in hemophilic and major beta thalassemic patients related to education of their mothers as a family’s agent. Materials and Methods A case-control study was performed on 34 major beta thalassemic patients. For each patient the control group was selected and matched (with age a...