BACKGROUND Anogenital distance (AGD) is a feasible and accepted parameter of exogenous or endogenous androgens effects on development of reproductive system. OBJECTIVES Since there is no report on penile length (PL) and AGD in our region, we investigated these parameters in male newborns in Golestan Province, Iran. PATIENTS AND METHODS In this cross-sectional study, we measured stretched PL...

Over the last decade, a few cases of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) have been reported in some districts of the province of Golestan, in north-eastern Iran. The aim of the present study was to investigate the prevalence of Leishmania infantum infection among humans and domestic dogs by using direct agglutination test (DAT) and PCR assays in the eastern zone of the province. Between 2011 and 2012, ...

Introduction: More than 350 million people are chronic carriers of HBV and many of them develop progressive diseases, including cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Many of those infected develop persistent disease and a proportion goes on to develop liver failure and cancer. Researchers showed that double mutations of the x gene at position 1762 and 1764, have been found in chronic hepatiti...

We evaluated the effect of NQO1 genetic variation on PAH-DNA adducts in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) in northeast Iran. Golestan Province in northeast of Iran has one of the highest esophageal cancer incidences in the world. The study included 93 ESCC cases and 50 control individuals who were seen at the clinical cancer center in Golestan province. NQO1 C609T genotypes were determi...

1. Dept. of Traditional Persian Medicine, School of Medicine, Student Research Committe, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran 2. Dept. of Traditional Persian Medicine, School of Medicine, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran 3. Center for Communicable Disease Control (CDC), Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran 4. Traditional and Complementary ...

Masoud Sheikh, Hamid Reza Eshraghi, Masoud Khoshnia, Masoumeh Mazandarani & Abdolvahab Moradi* Department of Veterinary Basic Science, College of Veterinary Science, Science and Research branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran; Golestan Research Center of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran; Department of Botany, Gorgan Branch, Islamic Az...

Zearalenone contamination of 175 wheat samples produced in 2004 in Golestan province, northern Iran was determined. The 10-20 kg samples collected at different stages, including pre-harvest, before and after storage for 2 months in local silos. Samples were ground and sub-sampled with an analytical Romer mill. Each sample extract was cleaned-up using an immunoaffinity column. Zearalenone levels...

OBJECTIVE Dietary factors seem to play a major role in esophageal carcinogenesis in Golestan Province, a high-incidence area for esophageal cancer in northern Iran. The current study was conducted to evaluate previous reports on severe deficiency of vitamin intake in Golestan. METHODS Using a food frequency questionnaire, food intake data were collected from 30,463 healthy participants in the...