background: although heterotopic gestation is common in assisted reproductive techniques, it is very rare in natural conception and clomiphene induced pregnancy. diagnosis and appropriate intervention of heterotopic pregnancy requires a high index of suspicious. case: in this paper a case of heterotopic pregnancy in a 30-year old woman with hemoperitoneum from ruptured tubal pregnancy with live...

introduction there is a growing interest in determining the concentration of various elements in food spices. in the present study, the instrumental neutron activation analysis (inaa) was employed to measure the trace elements in 11 commonly food spices consumed in tehran, iran. materials and methods the levels of k, mn, na, cl, v, br, al, and as were determined and their effects on human healt...

background: knowledge of infertile couples about assisted reproductive technology is a fundamental parameter to optimize the infertility treatment and conduct it cooperatively. objective: to evaluate knowledge and attitude of infertile couples about assisted reproductive technology we designed a descriptive cross-sectional study. materials and methods: 400 infertile patients were investigated b...

background: preterm labor (ptl) is one of the most important causes in neonatal mortality and morbidity. late preterm labor (34-36w) includes 75% of such birth. assisted reproductive technology (art) pregnant women are at increased risk of ptl. objective: the study has been undertaken to determine whether beginning and continuing 17-α hydroxy progesterone caproate can reduce risk of ptl or chan...

Physical and chemical modification on biochar is an interesting approach to enhance the properties make them potential candidates in adsorption of heavy metals from water. Studies have shown that ultrasound treatments as well alkali activations has positive impact behaviour material. Base activation derived pre-treated woodchips were studied understand influence pre-treatment emerged it. 40 170...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to assess the value of a new mapping technique based on computer-assisted animation of multielectrode basket catheter (BC) recordings in patients with atrial arrhythmias. BACKGROUND The three-dimensional activation patterns of cardiac arrhythmias are not completely understood owing to limitations of conventional mapping techniques. METHODS The study incl...

background: focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (fsgs) is a type of nephrotic syndrome which is diagnosed by renal biopsy. degree of the proteinuria, renal dysfunction, histologic findings and the response to therapy are some factors used for evaluating the prognosis of fsgs. objectives: in the present study, we attempted to discover some protein candidates for disease prognosis related to glome...

background: recurrent spontaneous abortion (rsa) and in vitro fertilization (ivf) failure with unknown causes are the controversial issues that are probably related to the immune system. objective: to compare circulating nk cells expressing activation and inhibition surface markers between patients with rsa and ivf failure with those of healthy multiparous and successful ivf control women, resp...