Afshineh Latifynia

Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine

[ 1 ] - Antioxidants and Proinflamatory Cytokines in the Sera of Patients with Cutaneous Leishmaniasis

Background: Leishmania is a significant health problem in many parts of the world. Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) plays an essential role in Leishmania major infections. Objective: To study the pro-inflammatory cytokines and antioxidants in four groups of cutaneous leishmaniasis patients. Methods: 39 patients were divided into four groups of: 1) active (acute phase of treatment); 2) non-healing (r...

[ 2 ] - Discordance in diagnosis of osteoporosis using spine and femur bone densitometry: prevalence and related factors

Introduction: This study was conducted to evaluate prevalence and risk factors for diagnostic discordance for osteoporosis due to different T-scores of lumbar spine and femoral neck. Methods: In this cross sectional study demographic, anthropometric and risk factors for osteoporosis were derived from a database on 3,039 post-menopausal women who underwent bone densitometry for the first time i...

[ 3 ] - کیفیت زندگی افراد بعد از عمل جراحی زیبایی بینی در ایران: یک مرور سیستماتیک

مقدمه:عمل جراحی زیبایی بینی در دو دهه­ی اخیر جزء محبوب­ترین و شایع­ترین اعمال جراحی زیبایی صورت، در دنیا و ایران بوده است. این مطالعه با هدف مرور جامع و منظم تمام مطالعات انجام شده در مورد کیفیت زندگی افراد بعد از عمل زیبایی بینی انجام شد. روش­کار:با استفاده از کلمات کلیدی اختصاصی جستجوی جامع در بانک­های اطلاعاتی PubMed, Web of Science و Scopus انجام شد و تمام مطالعاتی که از ابتدای سال 2000 ت...

[ 4 ] - The Role of ERRFI1+808T/G Polymorphism in Diabetic Nephropathy

Nephropathy is a common diabetes complication. ERRFI1 gene which participates in various cellular pathways has been proposed as a candidate gene in diabetic nephropathy. This study aimed to investigate the role of +808T/G polymorphism (rs377349) in ERRFI1 gene in diabetic nephropathy. In this case-control study, patients including diabetes with nephropathy (DN=104), type 2 diabetes without neph...

[ 5 ] - Quality of Life and General Health in Pregnant Women Conceived with Assisted Reproductive Technology: A Case-Control Study

Objective Infertility affects different aspects of life as well as quality of life (QOL) in infertile couples. Many infertile couples conceive via using Assisted Reproduction Technologies (ART). However, the effect of pregnancy and childbearing on QOL is not known in these couples. This study aim was to evaluate quality of life and general health during pregnancy and after successful treatment ...

[ 6 ] - Translation and psychometric evaluation of the partners in health scale among Iranian adults with chronic diseases

Objective: Characterizing the psychometric attributes of the Persian variant of partners in health (PIH) in multiple sclerosis (MS), Diabetes, and Low Back Pain (LBP) patients. Methodology: In this cross-sectional study, 183 MS, diabetes, and LBP patients (70 male, 113 female) were treated with PIH post-forward-backward translation. Confirmatory factor analysis was used for studying the factor...