Functional Analysis of RELN S2486G Mutation and its Contribution to Pathogenesis of Ankylosing Spondylitis.

abstract：:Vitamin D is a pro-hormone that plays an important role in body calcium regulation. Vitamin D toxicity occurs rarely due to its wide therapeutic index. A 38-year-old Iranian man was admitted to our hospital with a diagnosis of vitamin D toxicity. Laboratory test revealed hypercalcemia and elevated 25-hydroxyvitamin D ...

journal_title：Archives of Iranian medicine

authors： Ziaie H,Razmjou S,Jomhouri R,Jenabi A

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The standard treatment for decompensated liver cirrhosis is liver transplantation. However, it has several limitations. Recent animal studies suggest that bone marrow stem cell transplantation can lead to regression of liver fibrosis. The objective of this study was to determine the safety and feasibility of...

journal_title：Archives of Iranian medicine

authors： Mohamadnejad M,Alimoghaddam K,Mohyeddin-Bonab M,Bagheri M,Bashtar M,Ghanaati H,Baharvand H,Ghavamzadeh A,Malekzadeh R

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Fas/Fas ligand (FasL) system has been recognized as an important pathway for apoptosis induction in cells and tissues. It has recently been shown that skin lesions of pemphigus vulgaris are associated with Fas mediated apoptosis. The aim of this study was to evaluate the level of serum soluble Fas of ten...

journal_title：Archives of Iranian medicine

authors： Moravvej H,Yousefi M,Farrokhi B,Mosaffa N

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adrenal cysts are rare lesions which are usually nonfunctional and asymptomatic. Adrenal pseudocysts do not have epithelial linings and account for about 40% of adrenal cysts. We report a case of giant adrenal pseudocyst in a 32 year old woman presenting with flank pain who had undergone surgical excision. ...

journal_title：Archives of Iranian medicine

authors： Soroush A,Anbara T,Lashkari M,Mir A

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to evaluate the degradation of tryptophan (Trp), neopterin production and antioxidant capacity in patients with benign and malignant thyroid disease. METHODS:For this reason, the levels of tryptophan, kynurenine (Kyn) and neopterin, and superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase (CAT)...

journal_title：Archives of Iranian medicine

authors： Ünüvar S,Girgin G,Şahin TT,Kılıçarslan B,Taneri F,Yüksel O,Baydar T

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Little is known about the degree of utilization of information resources on diabetes by general practitioners (GPs) and its impact on their clinical behavior in developing countries. Such information is vital if GPs' diabetes knowledge is to be improved. METHODS:This cross-sectional study recruited 319 GPs ...

journal_title：Archives of Iranian medicine

authors： Tabatabaei-Malazy O,Nedjat S,Majdzadeh R

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Oxidative stress is involved in the pathophysiology of diabetes mellitus. METHODS:In the present study, 68 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and 31 clinically healthy individuals were evaluated. The patients were divided into two groups. Group 1 included 29 patients without diabetic complications and g...

journal_title：Archives of Iranian medicine

authors： Srivatsan R,Das S,Gadde R,Manoj-Kumar K,Taduri S,Rao N,Ramesh B,Baharani A,Shah K,Kamireddy SC,Priyatham G,Balakumaran TA,Balakumaran SS,Kamath A,Rao A

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Psoriasis (Ps) is a chronic skin disease that can lead to negative impacts on quality of life (QoL) because of diseaserelated comorbidities. We aimed to investigate the risk of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) in patients with Ps. METHODS:Fifty-seven patients with Ps were included in this study. The ...

journal_title：Archives of Iranian medicine

authors： Kabeloglu Ilbay V,Tas B,Altuntas M,Atakli HD,Soysal A

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Osteoporosis has been frequently reported in patients with inflammatory bowel diseases, especially Crohn's disease. METHODS:All consecutive Crohn's disease patients who attended the GI Clinics at Shariati Hospital, Tehran, Iran, from 2004 to 2007 were evaluated. A BMD-DEXA assessment was performed for all p...

journal_title：Archives of Iranian medicine

authors： Vahedi H,Momtahen S,Olfati G,Abtahi A,Hosseini S,Kazzazi AS,Khademi H,Rashtak S,Khaleghnejad R,Tabrizian T,Hamidi Z,Nouraie M,Malekzadeh F,Merat S,Nasseri-Moghaddam S,Sotoudehmanesh R,Larijani B

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Critical analysis of shortcomings of emergency medical management of earthquake casualties will provide an invaluable insight to improve outcomes for future events. Using a critical analysis methodology to evaluate the quality of emergency medical management after Bam earthquake, we suggest a practical strat...

journal_title：Archives of Iranian medicine

authors： Najafi I,Safari S,Sharifi A,Sanadgol H,Hosseini M,Rashid-Farokhi F,Seirafian S,Mooraki A,Samimagham H,Osare S,Pourfarziani V,Atabak S,Boroumand B

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Thalassemia major and its treatment by stem cell transplantation can have deleterious effects on bone integrity. This study assesses the adverse effects of transplantation on growing bones of pediatric thalassemic patients. METHODS:Bone mineral density (BMD) of 20 patients from three thalassemia classes who...

journal_title：Archives of Iranian medicine

authors： Hamidieh AA,Hamidi Z,Nedaeifard L,Heshmat R,Alimoghaddam K,Larijani B,Ghavamzadeh A,Mohajeri-Tehrani MR

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Longitudinal studies are very common in medical, behavioral, and interventional sciences. One measure of effect of interest in longitudinal studies is risk ratio, naturally estimated by log-binomial regression which suffers from convergence problem. Odds ratio does not well approximate risk ratio when the outcome is c...

journal_title：Archives of Iranian medicine

authors： Talebi SS,Mohammad K,Rasekhi A,Mansournia MA

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：: Intellectual Disability (ID, also known as mental retardation) is a debilitating neurodevelopmental disorder affecting nearly 1% of the general population worldwide. Occurrence of behavioral disorders in individuals with ID is four times higher than that in the general population. An increasing number of studies seek...

journal_title：Archives of Iranian medicine

authors： Mehregan H,Najmabadi H,Kahrizi K

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis B virus is a hepatotropic virus that causes acute and chronic hepatitis, liver cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma; it is responsible for more than one million deaths annually worldwide despite hepatitis B vaccination. Until now, there are eight known genotypes (A-H).Clinical course of chronic hepatitis ...

journal_title：Archives of Iranian medicine

authors： Geramizadeh B,Kaboli R,Behzad-Behbahani A,Rahsaz M,Azarpira N,Aghdai M,Aytollahi M,Yaghoobi R,Baneehashemee M

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Comorbidity of psychiatric disorders and substance abuse can intensify both conditions, and when advanced age is added to the combination, the patient will face a distinctive array of issues. This study evaluated the prevalence of psychiatric disorders in elderly substance users as well as certain related fa...

journal_title：Archives of Iranian medicine

authors： Mortazavi SS,Shati M,Malakouti SK,Mohammad K

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The current WHO classification of hematologic malignancies defines distinct entities of myeloid disorders based on the presence of recurrent cytogenetic abnormalities. Diagnostic clonal chromosomal abnormalities provide important prognostic information and are among the most important factors in predicting i...

journal_title：Archives of Iranian medicine

authors： Mir Mazloumi SH,Appaji L,Madhumathi DS,Prasannakumari

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydatidosis is an important zoonotic parasite disease in several herbivorous mammals. Human cystic echinococcosis (CE) caused by infection with larval stage of Echinococcus granulosus has been frequently reported from different organs. Here, we report the first case of a urinary echinococcosis in Iran with a pain in t...

journal_title：Archives of Iranian medicine

authors： Khanmohammadi M,Karimi J,Ardabili F,Shabanluoi H,Ganji S

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:  BACKGROUND:Potato, a high- glycemic index (GI) food, is one of the most widely used starchy foods worldwide. Previous studies on the association of dietary intakes with stroke have mostly focused on the dietary GI and there is no information regarding the association between potato consumption and risk of...

journal_title：Archives of Iranian medicine

authors： Khosravi-Boroujeni H,Saadatnia M,Shakeri F,Keshteli AH,Esmaillzadeh A

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) and tuberculosis (TB) are diseases with effective available therapy. Treating patients who are afflicted simultaneously with both of these conditions is challenging due to significant drug interactions and the requirement of strict adherence to the multi-agent treatment regimen. Here...

journal_title：Archives of Iranian medicine

authors： Bhatnagar V,Adelakun A,Kendall T,Holtzman N,Farshidpour M,Stevenson B,Chen Q,Emadi A

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Following the Islamic Revolution of 1979 in Iran, the trend of migration of physicians from the country continued. The total number of Iranian physicians migrated to the United States (US) increased from 1625 before revolution in 1974, to 5045 in 2010, thirty years post-revolution. The percentage of medical graduates ...

journal_title：Archives of Iranian medicine

authors： Ronaghy HA,Shajari A

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Regulation of reproduction is now considered to be carried out by the kisspeptin and its receptor, GPR54 or Kiss1r. Mutations of either Kiss1 or Kiss1r in humans and mice result in profound hypogonadotropic hypogonadism. The present study was aimed to determine whether the levels of kisspeptin are associated...

journal_title：Archives of Iranian medicine

authors： Ramzan MH,Ramzan M,Ramzan F,Wahab F,Jelani M,Khan MA,Shah M

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:EBOV outbreaks continue to threaten the world due to the absence of effective vaccines and therapeutics. Easy-to-use and rapid diagnostic tests for EBOV are highly desired for prevention and control of the EVD epidemic. METHODS:Escherichia coli expression system was used to express VP40 protein of Zaire Ebo...

journal_title：Archives of Iranian medicine

authors： Wang Y,Liu X,Tao L,Xu P,Gao X,Li H,Yang Z,Wu W

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Studies on the association between legume intake and metabolic syndrome (MetS) are sparse. The objective of this study is to evaluate the association between legume intake, MetS, and its components. METHODS:This study was conducted on 80 subjects (48% female) with MetS as cases and 160 age and gender-matche...

journal_title：Archives of Iranian medicine

authors： Hosseinpour-Niazi S,Mirmiran P,Amiri Z,Hosseini-Esfahani F,Shakeri N,Azizi F

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The current study aimed to evaluate the mechanisms involved in protection against doxorubicin-induced cardiac and renal toxicities upon treatment with eicosapentaenoic acid and vitamin E. METHODS:Rats were randomly assigned to 4 groups: normal control, doxorubicin inducted control, eicosapentaenoic acid tre...

journal_title：Archives of Iranian medicine

authors： Fayez AM,Zaafan MA

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In recent years the increasing use of nanoparticles has led researchers to study their effects on biological systems. The most important effects of nanoparticles on cells are their ability to induce or suppress production of reactive oxygen species (ROS). Changes in reactive oxygen species play an important ...

journal_title：Archives of Iranian medicine

authors： Rostami AA,Mohseni Kouchesfahani H,Kiani S,Fakheri R

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is among the most common causes of mortality in all populations. Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis is a common finding in patients with CVD. Prevention of CVD in individual patients typically requires periodic clinical evaluation, as well as diagnosis and management of risk factors su...

journal_title：Archives of Iranian medicine

authors： Merat S,Poustchi H,Hemming K,Jafari E,Radmard AR,Nateghi A,Shiravi Khuzani A,Khoshnia M,Marshall T,Malekzadeh R

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effective prevention and early diagnostic strategies are the most important public health interventions in gastric cancer, which remains a common malignancy worldwide. Preventive strategies require identification and understanding of environmental risk factors that lead to carcinogenesis. Helicobacter pylori (H. pylor...

journal_title：Archives of Iranian medicine

authors： Lee YY,Derakhshan MH

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dementia is a disabling syndrome, which generally affects aged population more than any other age groups. This syndrome has a growing prevalence and incidence worldwide. The prevalence and burden of this group of diseases in Iran have not been estimated in a community-based study yet. This paper aims to expl...

journal_title：Archives of Iranian medicine

authors： Sharifi F,Najafi B,Fakhrzadeh H,Noroozian M,Naderimagham S,Philp I,Arzaghi SM,Alizadeh M,Shoaee S,Hassannia T,Sheidaei A,Moradi-Lakeh M,Farzadfar F,Larijani B

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic ulcers of the oral mucosa are the lesions which a physician comes across frequently. "Eosinophilic Ulcer" is a rare variety of that. Eosinophilic ulcer or traumatic ulcerative granuloma with stromal eosinophilia (TUGSE) is a chronic benign lesion of the oral mucosa and is a relatively recent delineated entity....

journal_title：Archives of Iranian medicine

authors： Chandra S,Raju S,Sah K,Anand P

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sleep disturbances are common among adult populations and can have a significant effect on daytime activities. The aim of this study is to determine the prevalence of sleep problems and subjective sleep quality in the adult population of Tehran, Iran. METHODS:From an urban community of Tehran, a random samp...

journal_title：Archives of Iranian medicine

authors： Asghari A,Farhadi M,Kamrava SK,Ghalehbaghi B,Nojomi M

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00