One hundred and twenty four cases of plasma cell dyscrasia (PCD) were investigated in terms of monoclonal protein and its related abnonnalities. Seventy nine cases of myeloma were compared with 45 cases of PCD without osteolytic myeloma. Low levels of background immunoglobulins and high proportions of marrow plasma cells were seen in myeloma cases. Among myeloma cases, G-myeloma or A-myeloma ha...

The present study investigated the effect of zinc-deficiency on chromosomal abnormalities and mitotic index, interaction zinc deficiency methotrexate. Therefore, two zinc-deficient zinc-adequate diet received mice groups were constituted. Methotrexate was injected to one groups. There no structural numerical abnonnalities in all However, index significantly lower than other methotrexate adminis...

congenital mullerian abnormalities, particularly the septate uterus, may result in recurrent abortion, premature labor and infertility. the purpose of this study is to report the surgical and reproductive outcome in two groups of patients who underwent hysteroscopic metroplasty (hmp). between aug. 1993 and march 1998,76 women underwent hmp in shiraz university of medical sciences' affiliat...

A 31 year old female presented to the ante-natal clinic at 9 weeks of her pregnancy. She was diagnosed as having diabetes mellitus, 5 years previously and was on oral hypoglycemic agents. She also had hyperlipidemia on previous laboratoiy investigations. She conceived soon after her marriage. There was no family history of diabetes or other abnonnalities. When seen initially, she had almost com...

Physical examination and mammography are currently the only proven and reliable methods of early detection of breast cancer. Although, both procedures are highly sensitive, their limited specificity often requires surgical biopsy in order to differentiate between malignant and benign lesions.Palpable mass abnormalities of breast are often difficult to evaluate mammographically, especially in pa...

Elbaite (space group R3m), a Li-bearing tounnaline with general fonnula of XY3Z"(B03hSi,,0,,W4, has 5 kinds of cations and 8 kinds 01'0 (including W). Of the structural studies of tourmaline, those of Gabrielle Donnay and hcr group were unique in focusing on the structural aspccts ofthc primary pyroelectricity (Donnay, 1977" etc). Donnay (1977) refined the structure of elbaite, and tound that t...