Do we need new asthma control tests?

Editorial: Computational Neuroscience and Modeling of Diseases: Do We Need New Paradigms?

Evaluation of Serum Levels of Calprotectin in Asthmatic Children

Background Calprotectin is a cytosolic protein that belongs to the S-100 protein group with immunomodulatory and antiproliferative actions. The level of this protein increases in infection, inflammation, and malignancy. The aim of this study was to evaluate the level of...

Pulmonary physiology, airway responsiveness and asthma.

What we know: Tests that have allowed the measurement of lung function in infants have greatly enhanced our understanding of early pulmonary development and the pathophysiology of early respiratory disease. Airway responsiveness in infancy appears to be an independent determinant of symptoms and lung function later in childhood. New tests of airway responsiveness hold the promise of predicting,...

The Relationship Between Maternal Vitamin E and Progress of Children Asthma: A Review Article

 Asthma is a chronic inflammatory respiratory disease. Nutritional conditions effects on allergic diseases such as asthma. The aim of this study is to find relation of maternal vitamin E and progression of children asthma. This is a review article searched in data base include Google, PubMed, SID, Irandoc, Scopus and up-to-date. Key words for search include maternal vitamin e, asthma, children ...

DDH Epidemiology Revisited: Do We Need New Strategies?

Background: Although the developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH) is well known to pediatric orthopedists, its etiology has still remained unknown and despite dedication of a vast majority of research, the results are still inadequate and confusing. The exact incidence of DDH and its relationship with known risk factors in Iran is still unknown. Here we represent the results of one year study o...