backgrounds: iron deficiency anemia (ida) is one of the well recognized presentations of celiac disease (cd). according to the lack of data from our population in this regard, we determined the prevalence of cd in patients presenting with ida to see if it is worthwhile to do a precise screening for cd in such patients. methods: this cross-sectional study was conducted on patients referred with ...

OBJECTIVES We investigated how fluctuations and linear changes in health and cognitive resources influence the motivation to engage in complex cognitive activity and the extent to which motivation mediated the relationship between changing resources and cognitively demanding activities. METHOD Longitudinal data from 332 adults aged 20-85 years were examined. Motivation was assessed using a co...

The purpose of this factorial study was to establish normative data for the Italian version of the Communication Attitude Test (CAT) in order to determine whether or not the speech-associated attitude reported by Italian children who stutter (CWS) differs significantly from that of their nonstuttering peers (CWNS). Toward this end, the Italian CAT was administered to 149 CWS and 148 CWNS betwee...

Oxidative stress is one of the important causes of the type 1 diabetes induced changes in the sperm quality. Bioflavonoids, Rutin 10 mg/Kg and Naringin 10 mg/Kg were evaluated for their protective effects on sperm parameters, oxidative stress, and histopathology of type 1 diabetic rats. Results demonstrated the reduction in sperm count, sperm motility and vitality in diabetic rats. Mass drug ad...

The use of appropriate analgesia in laboratory mice may be suboptimal because of concerns about adverse events (AE). Target Animal Safety trials were conducted to determine the safety of an extended-release suspension of buprenorphine. Drug or control suspensions were injected subcutaneously in surgically-treated BALB/c mice anesthetized with ketamine-xylazine to mimic post-operative conditions...

Objective. This was a comparative study between FNAC and thyroid scan used to diagnose the solitary thyroid nodule and histopathology was used as gold standard to compare the results of both modalities. We hypothesized that Fine needle aspiration cytology and thyroid scan diagnose solitary thyroid nodule (STN) as accurately as histopathology. Materials and Methods. This study comprised of 50 pa...

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background: neonatal cholestasis is an important infant’s diseases of liver and biliary, they are wide range of situation including; idiopathic neonatal hepatitis, extrahepatic biliary tract atresia, choledochal cysts and infectious diseases. lack of early diagnosis of the disease can be followed by irreparably complications. the aim of this study was determination the histopathological causes ...

background: granulomatous dermatoses are common skin pathology, often need histopathological confirmation for diagnosis. histologically six sub-types of granulomas found in granulomatous skin diseases- tuberculoid, sarcoidal, necrobiotic, suppurative, foreign body & histoid type. the aims of the present study were clinico-pathological evaluation of granulomatous skin lesions and their etiol...

conclusions buprenorphine is more suitable for treating opiate addiction in males since it does not affect normal testicular structure and function. results stereological analysis of rat testes showed no significant effect of methadone and buprenorphine administration on the testis volume (p > 0.05). however, microscopic stud­ies of rat tissues in the methadone-administered group showed atrophi...