background: there are many reports on the association between anthracosis and tuberculosis. this study focuses on bronchial anthracosis and associated diseases in the province of south khorasan-iran. methods: this case-series study is performed on patients referred to the vali-e-asre hospital (south khorasan-iran) for bronchoscopic evaluations during the period of 2009-2012. written informed co...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to determine the trend of changes in Cataract Surgical Rate (CSR) in the provinces of Iran during 2006 to 2010 and identify high risk areas. METHODS This report is part of the national Iranian CSR Study. The percentage change in CSR in 2010 compared to 2006 was conducted in each province, retrospectively. One hundred and ten centers were chosen from all pr...

the aim of this study was investigating the characteristic and outcome of self-immolation cases admitted to the burn centre of birjand, iran over an eight year period. this study is a retrospective review of case notes for patients with self-immolation and admitted to our referral burn centre in the last 8 years (january 2003-january 2011). a performa was designed to collect the data such as: d...

Background: Phenylketonuria is a metabolic disorder resulting from defect in phenylalanine metabolism with global prevalence of 1 10000. Delayed initiation dietary modification leads to brain injury and cognitive behavioral problems. The main objective this study was assess the demographic social factors affecting control patients having phenylketonuria Southern Khorasan Province, Iran. Methods...