the purpose of present research was comparing tendency to risky behaviours in secure/insecure attachment in parents (mother/father). the results showed that those showing insecure attachment patterns towards the mother were significantly higher at risk to become cigarette smokers, drug persuasion, and alcohol drinkers compared to those with secure attachment patterns. those showing insecure att...

introdouction: the purpose of the present study was to determine the possible relationship between gonial angle size and three mandibular morphometric parameters, namely, panoramic mandibular index (pmi), mandibular cortical width (mcw), and antegonial notch depth (ad), in digital panoramic radiographs. materials and methods: pmi, mcw, and ad were calculated in digital panoramic radiographs of ...

discussion the presence of ohss in spontaneous pregnancy especially in familial pattern may lead us to evaluate some endogenous pathogenic factors. case presentation in this case report, we are going to present two cases of ohss occurring in spontaneously conceived pregnancies. one of the patients mentioned the history of this syndrome in her sister, and the other one confronted with this syndr...

purpose: to customize clinical practice guidelines (cpgs) for cataract management for iranian population. methods: first, four cpgs (american academy 2006 and 2011, royal college of ophthalmologists 2010 and canadian ophthalmological society evidence-based clinical practice guidelines 2008) were selected from a number of available cpgs for cataract management in the literature. second, all reco...

background nephrolithiasis is a widespread multifactorial disorder. constitutional, environmental and genetic factors play a role in stone formation. although important advances have been made in understanding the pathophysiology of stone formation, none of the many theories have given a satisfactory explanation of this process. objectives the objective of study was to evaluate the probable rel...

attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder is one of the most common mental disorders in childhood, and it continues to adulthood without proper treatment. stimulants have been used in the treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (adhd) for many years, and the efficacy of methylphenidate in the treatment of adults with adhd has been proven to be acceptable according to meta-analysis ...

background: chronic pain depends on many physical and  psychological factors. the aim of this study was  to determine the relationship between anxiety and chronic pain in adult referring to health centers in yazd, iran.  methods: this descriptive study conducted on 397 adults aged between 31 and 87years. the depression, anxiety, stress scale -21(dass-21) was used to measure depression, anxiety ...

primary rhabdomyosarcoma (rms) of the kidney is a rare malignant mesenchymal tumor with an aggressive clinical course. adult renal rms is typically a pleomorphic histologic subtype and only a few cases have ever been reported. we herein present a new case of renal rms of the embryonal histologic subtype in a 26-year-old woman.

case presentation herein, we reported a case of a 22-year-old woman diagnosed with erms, t1n0m0 stage, localized at the right vocal cord. tumor was successfully treated with a radical excision and selective neck dissection and followed-up for 5 years with no evidence of local recurrence. introduction although embryonal rhabdomyosarcomas (erms) represent the most common (50% - 60%) clinical form...

background and aim: auditory p300 is an event-related potential. cognitive factors like attention are involved in the generation of p300. it seems that normative variation of p300 is necessary for clinical purposes. thus, the current study was designed to establish preliminary normative variation of p300 amplitude and latency at fz and cz sites in adults. methods: this cross-sectional study was...