BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to estimate the frequency and rate of the first 50 common types of invasive procedures in Iran. METHODS Data about the number of all invasive procedures and each type of procedure that were conducted in Iran in 2010 were collected using the main insurance organizations database. These numbers were sorted in an excel database, and the first 50 invasive proc...

Hb J-Iran [beta77(EF1)His-Asp] is a rare hemoglobin variant, described first in Iran by Rahbar et al. in 1967 . To date, several abnormal hemoglobins have been described from different regions of Turkey . In Turkey, the first Hb J-Iran [beta77(EF1) His-Asp] case was reported by Arcasoy et al. . There are four reported cases from the Turkish population, mostly from our group. These reported case...

1Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran 2Diabetes Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran 3Department of Community Medicine, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, IR Iran 4Non Com...

1. Abbasi‐Shavazi MJ. Recent changes and the future of fertility in Iran. In: United Nations Population Division, completing the fertility transition. Available from: http://www.un.org/ esa/population/publications/completingfertility/2RevisedA BBASIpaper.PDF [Last accessed on 2011 Oct 16]. 2. Abbasi‐Shavazi MJ, Mc‐Donald P, Hosseini‐Chavoshi M. In: The Fertility Transition in Iran; Revolution a...

Despite having a relatively low prevalence in the Iranian general population, the burden of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is on the rise, and hepatitis C is predicted to be the most important leading cause of viral hepatitis-related mortality in the near future in Iran. The recent population-based epidemiological studies have revealed the predominant role of injecting drug use in increasing...

This study was conducted to determine the prevalence of oral aphthosis in a normal population in Iran, using the data of the WHO-ILAR COPCORD study in Iran. We conducted this study in Tehran, the capital of Iran which was selected as the COPCORD study field. In 22 districts of Tehran, 50 clusters were randomly selected. Of the selected houses, 4,096 households were visited and 10,291 persons we...

pesticides are widely used in iranian agriculture and this has made a major toxicological concern among health professionals. the objective of this study is to explore national data about pesticides toxicity. all relevant databases such as google scholar, pubmed, and scopus in a time period of 1960 to 2012 were searched for the keywords “pesticides, iran, environment, and population studies”. a...

Dear Editor, Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic demyelinating disease of the central nervous system and usually affects young women. It is the second most common cause of neurological disability in young adults after trauma. 1,2 Previously, Iran was considered a low prevalence area, but recent investigations have shown that the prevalence of MS in Iran has increased significantly. 3 This incr...