Behcets disease is a chronic multisystem disorder characterized by relapsing inflammation for which the underlying histopathology an occlusive vasculitis. Intracardiac thrombosis rare complication of disease. The management this involvement difficult due to risk recurrence. We prresent case young man admitted our hospital hemoptysis. discovered right ventricle thrombus on CT angiogram and we co...

objective: in this study, the possibility of prenatal diagnosis of down syndrome with real-time pcr method was evaluated. in this context, optimization of a suitable method for purification of high quality dna from amniotic fluid samples was also considered. materials and methods: pregnant women who had the high risk of having babies with down syndrome were selected according to the biochemica...

OBJECTIVE To determine the symptoms experienced by patients diagnosed with Behcet's Disease and how they cope with them. METHODS The qualitative study was conducted from September 2013 to March 2014 at Ege University Medical Faculty Hospital, Turkey, comprising patients having all symptoms of Behcet's Disease. Data was collected through semi-structured focus-group interview form. The findings...

purpose: hidden caries is a term used to describe occlusal dentine caries that is missed on a visual examination, but can be detected by bitewing radiographs. the aim of this study is the review of new studies about this lesion and presentation the ways for diagnosis, prevention and treatmen of this lesion. review of literature: investigations believe that the etiology of this lesion is the mor...

carpal tunnel syndrome is known as an industrial new epidemic. in many of jobs, the same motions of hand are repeated thousands of times a day.  each day the number of people with the syndrome is increasing. clerks, workers in food preparation and packaging, and secretaries of large supermarkets have a high risk for suffering from this syndrome. in fact, all people who flex and extend their wri...

objective: carpal tunnel syndrome (cts) is the most frequent local neuropathy which often relapses despite treatment. this study is performed to determine the frequency of obsessive compulsive disorders in cts as a main reason for relapse in patients referring to electro-diagnosis clinic during year 2007. methods: in a case control study we considered two groups of subjects: with cts (cases) an...

how to cite this article: boroujerdi r, shariati m, naddafnia h, rezaei h. small duplication of hprt 1 gene may be causative for lesh- nyhan disease in iranian patients. iran j child neurol. 2015 winter;9(1):103-106. abstract deficiency of hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase (hgprt) is a rare inborn error of purine metabolism and is characterized by uric acid overproduction along wit...

Behcets disease (BD) is considered a chronic relapsing multisystem inflammatory disorder. It has a worldwide distribution, but it is more prevalent in Mediterranean countries. Although its etiopathogenesis remains elusive, Immunological investigations have demonstrated the presence of immune dysregulation among the patients with BD. The disease is characterized by infiltration of lymphocytes an...