Essentials of Clinical Biochemistry

Fasting Girls. The Emergence of Anorexia Nervosa as a Modern Disease

endocrinology. For example, in the introduction, Dr. Slaunwhite enthusiastically presents a brief history and evolution of the field. In addition, he mentions the historical importance of many of the discoveries he presents. It is evident that this book was not designed as a monograph for students who desire only the essentials of endocrinology. Much of the volume's emphasis is on the biochemis...

Teaching Minimum Learning Essentials to Orthopedic Interns in Isfahan University of Medical Sciences

Introduction: The prevalence of musculoskeletal and orthopedic diseases is high in outpatient visits and emergency ward. Meanwhile, evidences show that there is no appropriate and sufficient education in this regard, in the educational programs of medical students and especially orthopedic interns. The aim of this study was to determine the accomplishment of minimum learning essentials by inter...

Pre- requisites and essentials for accreditation in Iran Medical Education System

Introduction. Accreditation has a long antecedence in western countries educational systems and its history of implementation is more than a century in a country such as United States of America. In European countries, also different activities have been implied throughout the accreditation and its implementation has become an essential. Now, in our country the experts also think of the accredi...

Essentials of Clinical Supervision

Association of Warfarin Therapy with APOE and VKORC1 Genes Polymorphism in Iranian Population

Warfarin is a vitamin K antagonist that genetic and non-genetic factors affected on its doserequirement in the patients with cardio vascular disease. The aim of this study was whetherthe APOE and VKORC1 polymorphisms influence on warfarin dose requirements in the partof Iranian patients. Blood samples were collected from 86 warfarin-treated patients. Afterextraction of genomic DNA, the VKORC1 (...