behçet’s disease (bd) which is classified among vasculitides is a systemic disease with various manifestations. its clinical course is characterized by attacks and remissions. till now, two nationwide surveys of bd from iran and japan and 4 major case series from turkey, korea, morocco and england have been reported. clinical picture of bd is dominated by mucous membrane manifestations, includi...

how to cite this article: tavasoli ar, rostami p, ashrafi mr, karimzadeh p. neurological and vascular manifestations of ethylmalonic encephalopathy. iran j child neurol. spring 2017; 11(2):57-60.   abstract objective ethylmalonic encephalopathy (ee) is a severe mitochondrial disease of early infancy clinically characterized by a combination of developmental delay, progressive pyramidal signs, a...

chronic granulomatous disease represents a group of inherited disorders of phagocytic system wherein recurrent infections are seen at different sites especially in the respiratory system. to determine the clinical spectrum of respiratory manifestations in chronic granulomatous disease patients, in this retrospective study, we used data from iranian primary immunodeficiency registry. the diagnos...

background: the aim of this study was to evaluate and compare the clinical and ‎electrocardiographic (ecg) manifestations of benzodiazepines (bzs).‎ methods: in this retrospective study, all bz-poisoned patients hospitalized at loghman ‎hakim hospital between september 2010 and march 2011 were evaluated. patients’ ‎information including age, sex, time elapsed between the ingestion and presentat...

background: oral lesions are among the earliest clinical manifestations of human immunodeficiency (hiv) infection and are important in early diagnosis and for monitoring the progression to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (aids). the purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of oral lesions and their relationship with a number of factors in hiv/aids patients attending an hiv cente...

background: bone sarcomas are the most common malignancies of bone tissues in children, and are classified intotwo groups as osteosarcoma and ewing’s sarcoma. treatment and prognosis depend on the subtype and grade ofthe tumor. the goal of this study was to evaluate the features bone sarcoma in patients referred to mahak childrenhospital since 2007 to 2009.materials and methods: this was a retr...

background: a lot of investigations exist on the biological effects of radiofrequency and microwave radiation however only a few studies have considered non-carcinogenic exposure to radiations specifically from mobile phones. objectives: to introduce some subjective neurological symptoms in mobile phone users. materials and methods: in this cross-sectional descriptive study conducted from march...

scorpionism is a known significant problem of medical and social importance in many tropical and subtropical regions including the middle east. in iran, highest prevalence of scorpion sting about 60% of all the stings has been reported from khuzestan province. among the 21,000 cases of reported scorpion stung patients, 12% were caused by h. lepturus, but contributed to 95% of all moralities in ...