The plant kingdom is a wide field to search for natural effective oral hypolipidemic agents that have slight or no side effects. The search for natural substances with hypolipidemic effects is therefore desirable, particularly in countries with a persistent incidence of hyperlipidemia and cardiovascular diseases. The consumption of synthetic drugs leads to hyperurecemia, diarrhoea, nausea, myos...

background: tumor lysis syndrome (tls) is a major metabolic complication in patients with malignancy after initiation of chemotherapy or spontaneously without treatment. the role of rasburicase (a recombinant urate-oxidase enzyme) in prevention and treatment of tls has been demonstrated in recent years. we aimed to investigate the efficacy of a single dose of rasburicase in reducing the risk of...

Introduction: Psoriasis is a genetically determined chronic disease of skin in which a number of biochemical alterations take place during its course. The main objectives of our study were to calculate various biochemical parameters in psoriasis correlate them clinically. Materials and Methods: An attempt was made to detect the biochemical changes during its exacerbations. Fifty biopsy proved p...

PURPOSE Data about the association between serum uric acid and metabolic syndrome in healthy adolescents are sparse. This study examined this association and determined the optimal cutoffs for serum uric acid to predict metabolic syndrome among healthy adolescents. METHODS During 2010-2011, we conducted a cross-sectional study of 927 adolescents (53.0% boys) aged 11-16 years from junior and s...

The overt and subclinical hypothyroidism is more prevalent in patients with diabetes mellitus than in general population. Recently, more studies have been warranted to elucidate the relationship between thyroid hormones disorders and the insulin activity. The present study aims to investigate the correlations between the thyroid hormone levels in subclinical and overt hypothyroid patients with ...