background :breast cancer is the most common cancer among females that will cause death ifit does not be recognized and cured. one out of eight iranian women in 40-55years old is likely to develop breast cancer. early detection of breast cancerby screening programs is a useful approach in controlling the disease. methods :in this descriptive study, 196 female healthcare providers were selected ...

background the incidence and mortality rates of breast cancer are high among filipino women. the lack of knowledge on preventive behavior and early detection related to breast cancer is considered a reason. conclusions women who were aware of risk factors for breast cancer possessed a higher education level and had knowledge of the association of risk factors with preventive behaviors and early...

how to cite this article: karimzadeh p, jafari n, nejad biglari hb, jabbehdari s, alizadeh m, alizadeh gh, nejad biglari hm, sanii s. the clinical features and diagnosis of adrenoleukodystrophy: a case series of iranian family. iran j child neurol. winter 2016; 10(1):61-64. abstract objective adrenoleukodystrophy disorder is one of the x-linked genetic disorders caused by the myelin sheath brea...

of the ways to fight breast cancer and reduce deaths hazard due to early detection is one of early detection programs in women's breast self- examination. examining breast by oneself increase individuals knowledge of her breast health that helps in detecting breast cancer early. different cultural, social, family and individual factors play roles in women's behavior about breast self- examinati...

how to cite this article: karimzadeh p. approach to neurometabolic diseases from a pediatric neurological point of view. iran j child neurol. 2015 winter;9(1): 1-16.   abstract objective neurometabolic disorders are an important group of diseases that mostly are presented in newborns and infants. neurological manifestations are the prominent signs and symptoms in this group of diseases. seizure...

how to cite this article: karimzadeh p, jafari n, alai mr, jabbehdari s, ahmad abadi f, nejadbiglari h. homocystinuria: diagnosis and neuroimaging findings - of iranian pediatric patients. iran j child neurol. 2015 winter;9(1):94-98. abstract objective homocystinuria is a neurometabolic diseases characterized by symptoms include neurodevelopmental delay, lens dislocation, long limbs and thrombo...

calcineurin (can) is a ca2+/calmodulin (ca2+/cam)-dependent serine/threonine protein phosphatase expressed in most mammalian tissues but found at higher concentration in brain. in the last decade there have been a steadily increasing number of studies identifying neuronal can as a primary suspect in neuronal vulnerability, synapse loss, dendritic atrophy, synaptic dysfunction and neuroinflammat...

background: breast cancer is the most common type of cancer and is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in women. however, if detected in early stages, the disease is controllable. in view of the important role of women's beliefs and the necessity of performing screening behaviors in early detection of breast cancer, this study was carried out to determine the psycho-cognitive factors affe...

conclusions both task-related and resting fmri techniques have the potential to detect early brain dysfunction related to ad. however, the use of fmri in ad populations thus far has been limited to a relatively small number of research groups. results bold fmri is considered to reflect the joined synaptic activity of neurons through mri signal changes because of alterations in blood flow, blood...

introduction: newborn hearing screening leads to the early detection of hearing impairment. the aim of screening is to decrease or remove the effect of hearing impairment on development of speech and language by timely diagnosis and effective treatment. a number of risk factors lead to delayed start of decreased hearing ability including: 1. congenital infection with cytomegalovirus  (cmv) viru...