background: accurate and rapid assessment of allograft function is essential in renal transplant recipients in order to detect allograft rejection and to monitor drug nephrotoxicity. we aimed to evaluate the usefulness of cystatin c as a marker of kidney allograft function in the early post-transplant period and to compare this value with that of conventional serum creatinine concentration.   m...

background: control of blood sugar, hypertension, and dyslipidemia are key factors in diabetes management. cucurbita ficifolia (pumpkin) is a vegetable which has been used traditionally as a remedy for diabetes in iran. in addition, consumption of probiotics may have beneficial effects on people with type 2 diabetes. the aim of this study was an investigation of the effects of c. ficifolia and ...

Introduction: Global warming is one of the most important environmental problems that have raised researchers’ attention. The present study aimed to analyze heat stress trends using the Wet Bulb Globe Temperature (WBGT) index in the country of Iran during the summer over a 30-year period. Materials and Methods: Daily summertime statistical data regarding mean temperature and mean relative humi...

hepatitis c virus (hcv) is a major global health problem and one of the most common causes of chronic liver diseases. the current study was carried out to investigate the ability of high resolution melting (hrm) method in hcv genotyping. 40 hcv-positive sera with unknown and 12 sera with known hcv genotypes were collected from different clinical laboratories in tehran as well as rasht in north ...

backgrounds candida vaginitis is a common fungal infection among adult women and it has been estimated that 75% of all adult women experience at least one period of vulvovaginal candidiasis in their lifetime. several predisposing factors, such as diabetes mellitus,using contraceptive, pregnancy, and broad-spectrum antibiotics are reported as main risk factors for the infection. while, the main ...