Laleh Sharifi

Uro-Oncology Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

[ 1 ] - Epidemiological and Clinical Characteristics of COVID-19 Patients Studied by Jiroft University of Medical Sciences: Southeast of Iran

Background and Objective: The behavior of COVID-19, clinical symptoms, and mortality rate are not the same in different regions. Due to lack of knowledge about the cited issues, we aimed to investigate the clinical symptoms, case fatality rate, and some risk factors of COVID-19. Materials and Methods: This longitudinal study was started from the late February 2020 and lasted to the mid-July 20...

[ 2 ] - Renal Ewing\'s sarcoma with the spread of tumor thrombosis to the inferior vena cava: case report

Background: Ewing's sarcoma/Primitive neuroectodermal tumor (PNET) is a group of tumors with small round cells that originate from nerve stem cells. They are generally more common in children and often occur in the soft or bony tissues of the limbs, trunk, head, and neck. Ewing's sarcoma is a rare disease in the kidney and its tumor thrombosis into Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) is assumed as a very ...

[ 3 ] - A review on the relation between obesity and vitamin D with pediatric asthma, and a report of a pilot study in Tehran, Iran: review article

Asthma is an inflammatory and chronic disease that affects about 300 million people globally. The disease is more common in developed countries. The increase in the prevalence of asthma is not only due to genetic factors, but also to many environmental factors related to urbanization and type of nutrition. It has been reported that obesity is an independent risk factor for asthma and obese chil...