introduction:  carpal tunnel syndrome (cts) is the most common compressive neuropathy. several surgical and nonsurgical treatments have been proposed for this syndrome, but there is no consensus regarding the prioritization of the suggested nonsurgical treatments. the goal of this study was to compare the long term effects of laser therapy versus local corticosteroid injection in the treatment ...

the pediatric risk of mortality (prism) score is a measure of illness severity based on abnormalities observed on bedside examination and laboratory assessment at pediatric intensive care unit (picu) admission to predict mortality probability. our study was performed on 205 patients who were admitted to picu of children’s medical center (cmc) over a period of 6 months.data were recorded prospec...

background rheumatoid arthritis (ra) is a chronic inflammatory disease with extra- articular involvement. eyes in particular are one of the most common sites of involvement in rheumatoid arthritis. on the other hand, dry eye syndrome is the most common conflict in terms of management. particular studies suggested dry eye has been associated with greater rheumatoid arthritis severity, but its as...

Charcoal rot diseases of melon caused by Macrophomina phaseolina is one of the most important diseases of melon occurring in regions with variable climate. Reduction of yield of melon by this disease has been reported up to 100% in some of Garmsar field. Salinity which can cause the important trouble in plant metabolism and nutrition is present in Semnan and Garmsar areas. Melon is susceptible ...

among 160 samples collected from rice paddy of the guilan province including rice plant, seed, rhizospher, paddy's soil, paddy's water and sclerotium of the causal agent of rice sheath blight (rhizoctonia solani), 610 bacterial strains were isolated. 71 bacterial strains (11.64%) had the ability of inhibition mycelial growth fungus in dual culture test on pda medium. according to two characteri...

background: recent interests have mainly focused on the roles of serum calcium and phosphorus and their product (ca-p product) in the development of valvular heart disease. the present study assessed the relationship between the ca-p product and the severity of valvular heart disease in end-stage renal disease (esrd) patients undergoing chronic hemodialysis. methods: this cross-sectional study ...

Introduction ABO hemolytic disease of the newborn is most common cause of neonatal jaundice; previous studies have shown a poor correlation between serologic tests and clinical course in affected infants. The aim of this study was to identify the value of direct and indirect Coombs’ immunohematological tests, to identify the incidence of hemolytic disease in newborns (ABO-HDN). Methods : This  ...