abstract background: gastric cancer is one of the most common cancers in our country. recent studies have shown that adenocarcinoma of the cardia and distal stomach has increased in the past 25 years. however demographic data is lacking in this regard. methods: this study is a retrospective case series study. all records from 460 consecutive patients who were documented pathologically to have g...

zika virus is an arbovirus identified first time in 1947 in uganda. zika epidemic is a threat far greater than the ebola outbreak. the world health organization has urged asian countries to be vigilant about the risk of spreading zika virus and preventive measures to control it. in iran, 64 species of mosquitoes from culicidea family have been reported three of which belong to the aedes genus, ...

background advances in the care of burn injuries have resulted from the efforts of regional patient-based specialist teams at burn care centers. objectives we conducted this study to assess the four-year epidemiology of burn injuries in rasht, iran. materials and methods in this cross-sectional study, medical records of 2274 burn patients, treated at velayat hospital from january 2007 to decemb...

background and aims: traffic crashes are multi-factorial consequences caused by human factors, technical issues and environmental conditions. the present study aimed to determine epidemiology of urban traffic injuries in iran and role of some human risk factors in occurrence of such outcomes in 2010. materials and methods: through a descriptive cross-sectional study, the records of 515205 injur...

â  â celiac disease (cd) was traditionally believed to be a chronic enteropathy, almost exclusively affecting people of european origin. celiac disease is the permanent intolerance to dietary gluten, the major protein component of wheat. the availability of new, simple, very sensitive and specific serological tests has shown that cd is as common in middle eastern countries as in europe, austral...

â  â  b ackground cystic fibrosis (cf) is an autosomal recessive disease caused by a cf trans-membrane regulator (cftr) defect. its prevalence is 1:2500 in caucasians, 1:15300 among african americans and is rare in southâ­east asia. the present study aims to review demographic data, clinical manifestations and laboratory findings of iranian children diagnosed with cf who referred to a childrenâ...

results a total of 600 women were screened for t. vaginalis infection and this infection was diagnosed in 9 (1.5%) and 13 cases (2.1%) using the wet mount and culture methods, respectively. the age and husband occupation were significantly associated with an increased risk of trichomoniasis in the infected cases (p < 0.05 and p < 0.001, respectively); other variables, including the patients' oc...

background: middle east respiratory syndrome (mers) is a viral respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus. after the primary onset of mers in saudi arabia, in september 2015 cases began to increase. the number of laboratory-affirmed cases by mers-cov in the middle east has been being increased recently. method: in this current review article, by using the terms “mers” and “coronavirus” we firs...

background: malignant neoplasms remain the second leading cause of death in children after accidents. the aim of this study was to assess the epidemiology of childhood cancer in children admitted to dr sheikh hospital, iran. materials and methods: this descriptive cross- sectional study had been done in dr sheikh hospital in mashhad university of medical science on 1764 children younger than 14...