Abu J et al: see Mohan PC et al .............................................................. 78 Ainoda N et al: Definitions and Goals of “Self-directed Learning” in Contemporary Medical Education Literature .................................. 515 Amani A et al: see Kelishadi R et al ..................................................... 243 Amin Z et al: Editorial – Towards Better Practices in ...

Firoozeh Zare Farashbandi, Faezeh Amini, Roya Kelishadi, Alireza Rahimi. Associate Professor of Department of Medical Librarianship and Information Science, Health Information Technology Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran; MSc of Medical Librarianship and Information Science, School of Management and Medical Informatics, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences...

In their recent article Kelishadi et al. (1) analyzed in a clear and concise way a number of key aspects of obesity-related NAFLD, deepening in particular the role of gut microflora and its potential therapeutic modulation by probiotics. From their paper it is apparent that most promises still derive from a relevant number of studies conducted in different NAFLD animal models. When interpreting...

Belying the spectacular success of solid organ transplantation and improvements in immunosuppressive therapy is the reality that long-term graft survival rates remain relatively unchanged, in large part due to chronic and insidious alloantibody-mediated graft injury. Half of heart transplant recipients develop chronic rejection within 10 years - a daunting statistic, particularly for young pati...

DEAR EDITOR, We read with great interest, the published article entitled “relationship of serum magnesium and Vitamin D levels in a nationally-representative sample of Iranian adolescents; the CASPIAN-III study” by Kelishadi et al. They aimed, to assess the association of serum magnesium and Vitamin D (25(OH) D) levels in 330 students, aged range from 10 to 18 years. At this study, they found t...

Tobacco use has serious harmful effects on nearly every system in the body and by 2030-accounting for approximately 8 million deaths per year-it is expected to be the single biggest cause of death worldwide (World Health Organization, 2009) and especially in developing countries (Philip et al., 2013). In Iran, there are an estimated 10 million smokers and the death rate for smoking is now estim...

how to cite this article: yaghini o, kelishadi r, keikha m, niknam n, sadeghi s, najafpour e, ghazavi mr. prevalence of developmental delay in apparently normal preschool children in isfahan, central iran. iran j child neurol. summer 2015;9(3):17-23. abstract objective developmental delay screening is essential in pediatric medicine. the purpose of this study was to estimate the developmental d...

Suggested citation: Caramelli B, Giuliano I. Adolescents of the world: move!!! J Pediatr (Rio J). 2005;81:427-8. Throughout human history adolescents have always been in the frontline of conflicts: soldiers in wars, protestors on the streets. Nowadays adolescents remain in the same position: they are the most numerous victims of social inequality, of a lack of prospects for the future, of unemp...

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