Background: The association between coronary artery disease and androgenic alopecia has been demonstrated, but few studies have focused on the mechanism of this association. The aim of this study was to evaluate the lipid profile in male pattern alopecia.Methods: In this case control study, 45 male patients with androgenic alopecia who were aged from 20 to 50 years and 45 men with a norma...

background: previous studies have shown that galectin-3, a member of lectin family, is expressed in developing cartilage in mouse embryo and also in growth plate of long bones.   objective: in the present work, the expression pattern of galectin-3 in normal and various grades of osteoarthritic (oa) human articular cartilage has been studied.   methods: using immunohistochemistry and standard we...

This study proposes a family psychobiosocial model on gender differences in cognitive development. Specifically, the aim is to investigate how biological, socioeconomic, and psychological factors predict child mathematics achievement (MAch) The data were obtained from Millennium Cohort Study. Children’s pattern construction scores collected at ages 5 7 years worked as MAch (n = 18,497). predict...

background breast feeding appears to play a role in determining obesity and abdominal obesity during childhood, specifically in children with a history of low birth weight. objective the purpose of this study is to investigate the relation of breast-feeding with either of abdominal obesity and obesity among iranian school children. materials and methods a total of 1184 students (625 girls and 5...