BACKGROUND Several studies have evaluated the stability of psychiatric diagnosis follow in readmission of patients in psychiatric hospitals. However, there is little data concerning this matter from Iran. This study is designed to evaluate this diagnostic stability of the commonest psychiatric disorders in Iran. OBJECTIVES The objective of this study was to determine the long-term diagnostic ...

1. Dept. of Iranian Traditional Medicine, School of Traditional Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 2. Dept. of Physiotherapy, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia 3. School of Nursing and Midwifery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 4. Dept. of Rheumatology, Vali-asr Hospital, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, Tehran University of Medical...

DEAR EDITOR, High mortality due to tuberculous meningitis (TM) has been mentioned because of delayed diagnosis and treatment. A retrospective study was conducted on 22 admitted patients in Loghman Hakim hospital, Tehran, Iran, between October 2005 and August 2009. Tuberculous meningitis is defined as follows. Definite diagnosis of TM with presence of clinical meningitis signs (neck rigidity and...

Farzaneh Sharifiaghdas, MD Shahid Labbafinejad Medical Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Tel/Fax: +98 21 2258 8016 E-mail: [email protected] CASE PRESENTATION A 59-year-old man presented with non-specific right flank pain two years earlier. Ultrasonography and intravenous urography revealed right staghorn renal calculi. Thereafter, he underwent right op...

Corresponding Author: Dr. Arsham Borumand Saeid, Department of Mathematics, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran, email: [email protected] 1446 Ideal Theory of BCH-Algebras 1A. Borumand Saeid, 2A. Namdar and 3R.A. Borzooei Department of Mathematics, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran Department of Mathematics, Islamic Azad University Zarin Dasht Branch, Iran Depar...

Back ground and Objective: Dermatomycosis are caused by attacking keratinophilic fungi to the human’s or animals’ in keratinic layers. In this study the resources of fungal infection pollutions of dermatophytes existing in the soil of Babol Medical University’s Hospitals have been investigated. Materials and Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was performed on the soil of Hospital y...

1 Mycobacteriology and Pulmonary Research Department, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran, 2 Microbiology Research Center, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran, 3 Department of Biology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran, 4 Department of Biotechnology, School of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran...