Ehrlichiosis is a zoonotic disease which has been reported from some regions of Iran. This study was aimed to determine the presence and prevalence of ehrlichiosis in suspected dogs referred to the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran using polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Blood samples were collected from 98 suspected dogs with at least one of the five following find...

Mohammad Yaghoub Abdollahzadeh Jamalabadi 1,* ID , Payam Hooshmand 2, Navid Bagheri 3, HamidReza KhakRah 4 ID and Majid Dousti 5 1 Department of Mechanical, Robotics and Energy Engineering, Dongguk University, Seoul 04620, Korea 2 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sanandaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sanandaj 6616935391, Iran; [email protected] 3 Department of Energy Engineerin...

Acute radiation syndrome (ARS) is called as radiation sickness or radiation toxicity caused by abnormally high exposure to ionizing radiation in a very short period of time.1 High doses of ionizing radiation are able to contribute to detrimental systemic effects in different organs.2 In treatment of patients with ARS, physicians have used growth factors, cytokines and bone marrow transplantatio...

Shiraz Faculty of Medicine was officially inaugurated in 1952. In 1958, an eminent Austrian anatomist Professor Joseph Tomasch joined Shiraz Medical School. Professor Tomasch was a great teacher and an active researcher. He published about 40 original papers mainly on neuroanatomy in some reputable international journals. Presented here is a brief account of his fruitful academic efforts in Iran.

1 Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Shiraz, Shiraz 71454, Iran 2 Department of Material Science and Engineering, WW4-LKO, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Martensstrasse 7, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany 3 Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy and Interdisciplinary Center for Molecular Materials, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Egerlandstrasse 3, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany 4 ...

a Department of Food Science and Technology, School of Agriculture, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran 6 Fax: (+98)711-2286110; Tel: (+98)711-6138243. E-mail: [email protected] 7 b Institute of Food Science Research (CIAL), CSIC-UAM, Madrid, Spain. Fax: (+34) 91 0017 905; 8 Tel: (+34) 91 0017 900. E-mail: [email protected] and [email protected] 9 c Department of Food Science, Engineering, a...

RESEARCH ARTICLE Cytotoxic Activity of Two Cembranoid Diterpenes from Nicotiana Sylvestris Against Three Human Cancer Cell Lines Amir Reza Jassbi, Marzieh Vafapour, Ardeshir Shokrollahi, Omidreza Firuzi, Mehdi Zare, Jima N. Chandran, Bernd Schneider and Ian T. Baldwin Medicinal and Natural Products Chemistry Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran Department of Phyt...

BACKGROUND The aim of the present study was to appraisal the prose and cone of Shiraz City in terms of its potential in the context of health tourism. METHODS The statistical sample included medical and health tourism sector in the city of Shiraz in the northwest of Fars Province, south of Iran. The efficient authorities on the topic were identified through the hospitals engaging in medical t...

1Department of Internal Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Islamic Republic of Iran. 2Endocrine and Metabolism Research Centre, Nemazee Hospital, Shiraz, Islamic Republic of Iran. Received: 11/04/02; accepted: 02/02/03 ABSTRACT To assess the risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) associated with hyperhomocysteinaemia (hyper-Hcy) and hyperlipidaemia, we performed a case–contr...

1Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, School of Health, Shiraz, Islamic Republic of Iran (Correspondence to S.M.T. Ayatollahi: [email protected]). Received: 18/09/02; accepted: 07/10/03 ABSTRACT With increasing life expectancy, menopause is an increasingly important aspect of women’s health. We recorded the age at natural menopause among women...