background: vitamin d (vit d) is linked to various conditions including musculoskeletal, metabolic and   cardiopulmonary diseases. however, it is not clear whether correction of vit d deficiency exerts any beneficial effect in patients with pulmonary hypertension. methods: this study was a prospective uncontrolled longitudinal study. patients with pulmonary hypertension and vit d deficiency wer...

adrenal insufficiency is a life-threatening disorder which must be treated with glucocorticoid replacement and needs permanent dose adjustment during patient's different somatic situations. insufficient glucocorticoid doses result in adrenal crisis and must be treated with intravenous hydrocortisone. the patient was known with adrenal insufficiency and was treated optimally with fludrocortisone...

background : postmenopausal hot flash is a common disease amongst women with high prevalence of 75%. hormone replacement therapy (hrt) is a well-known relief of symptoms which has disadvantages such as side effects and contraindication for certain types of hormone related diseases and breast or estrogen related cancers. one of the alternatives is acupuncture which is an east asian and more spec...

background: natural endometrium in frozen-thawed embryo transfer (fet) may have some benefits upon implantation in patients with repeated implantation failure (rif). it might be due to possible differences between natural and stimulated endometrial growth factors and cytokins secretions. objective: the objective of this study was to compare the pregnancy rate of fet on modified natural cycle ve...

how to cite this article: karimzadeh p. fabery disease (a kind of lysosomal storage disease). iran j child neurol autumn 2012; 6:4(suppl. 1):6. pls see pdf.

objectives: to evaluate the effect of two simultaneous protocols in reducing recovery time and assessment of adverse effects of different fluid replacement therapy in management of diabetic ketoacidosis. materials and methods: in this randomized clinical trial study, two standard protocols were chosen to evaluate recovery time and incidence of dka complications. results: 18 subjects who had sev...

mucopolysaccharidoses are a group of rare mostly autosomal recessive metabolic and genetic disorders. because of the high rate of consanguinity, they are not uncommon in our population. clinical diagnosis is not difficult for experienced physicians, but it is not enough for treatment and prevention measures in the future pregnancies. so, it is necessary to detect the type of mps by measurement ...

coagulaon factor xiii gene, protein structure and funcon coagulaon factor xiii (fxiii) is a tetrameric (fxiii- a2b2) pro-transglutaminase enzyme with an essenal role in the final stage of coagulaon cascade by cross linking the fibrin monomers and stabilizing the fibrin clot. congenital fxiii deficiency is a rare bleeding disorder, with an autosomal recessive trait inheritance, and a freque...