objective(s) the effect of testosterone on anxiety-like behaviors has been the subject of some studies. there is evidence that testosterone modulates anxiety via gaba (gama aminobutyric acid) and gabaergic system. the involvement of gabac receptors in those effects of testosterone on anxiety-like behaviors of the rats was investigated in the present study. materials and methods a group of rats ...

conclusions erα expression in liver was inversely correlated with liver fibrosis among patients infected with chronic hcv genotype 1b. patients and methods all the consecutive patients who received the same standard treatment protocol for hcv genotype 1b were subdivided into two subgroups according to their fibrosis scores as fibrotic stages < 2 in mild fibrosis group and fibrotic stages ≥ 2 in...

background: fine-needle aspiration of breast cancer often provides moderate cellular material that is representative of the tumors. these samples can be used not only for cytological diagnosis but also to obtain information on the prognosis and likely response to therapy by using immunohistochemical staining studies. methods: we assessed the degree of correlation between prognostic biologic mar...

background and objectives: breast cancer is the most common malignancy among women in the world. the aim of this study was to assess estrogen receptor (er), progesterone receptor (pr) and her-2/neu of infiltrating ductal carcinoma (idc) with tumor size, histologic grade, lymph node metastasis and age. methods: this study was carried out on 300 tissue blocks ofpatients with idc who underwent mas...

results in patients with high breast densities, malignant cases (61.2%) were significantly more in comparison to patients with low breast densities (37.3%) (p= 0.007, or=2.66 95% ci=1.29-5.49). after adjusting for age, density was associated with malignancy in age groups <46 years (p=0.007), and 46-60 years (p=0.024) but not in age group >60yrs (p=0.559). adjusting for menopausal status, densit...