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abstract background: misdiagnosis of the acute appendicitis may increase the rate of negative appendectomies, which involve a huge waste of resources and are sometimes associated with severe complications. furthermore, false negative result of ultrasonography (us) could lead to perforation of appendix. since ultrasonography is still the most common imaging technique used in iranian appendicitis...

background: despite developments in surgical treatment, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy protocols, tumor recurrence and metastasis are still major problems in breast cancer management. the aim of the present report was to review and compare the performance of pet/ct with some of the conventional imaging modalities in detection of breast cancer recurrence. methods: a literature search was pe...

Objective: Hysterosalpingography (HSG) is a contrast-enhanced, radiographic examination method of the internal female reproductive organs, which used in context infertility diagnostics for clarification uterine malformations. The aim this study was to investigate significance HSG as diagnostic medicine. Methods: results examinations from Clinic Reproductive Medicine and Andrology University Hos...

how to cite this article: abdi m, khatami sh, hakhamaneshi ms, alaei mr, azadi na, zamanfar d, taghikhani m.validation of urinary glycosaminiglycans in iranian patients with mucopolysaccharidose type i: the effect of urine sedimentation characteristics. iran j child neurol. 2014; 8(4):39-45.   abstract objective the first line-screening test for mucopolysaccharidosis is based on measurement of ...

Objective(s)Distinction of hydatidiform moles from non-molar specimens and subclassification of hydatidiform moles as complete and partial are important for clinical practice, but diagnosis based solely on histomorphology suffers from poor interobserver reproducibility. Nowadays, pathologists rely on molecular techniques, however these methods are technically difficult, relatively expensive, an...

background: diabetic nephropathy (dn) is one of the most important complications of diabetes mellitus. now-a-days, cystatin c (cysc) is introduced as a new marker for diagnosis of renal damages; however, use of this marker in clinical laboratories is still controversial. the present study was aimed to evaluate the diagnostic value of serum cysc for early detection or monitoring treatment of kid...