background: the purpose of this study was to investigate the role of chlamydia serology as a screening test for tubal infertility and to compare the results with hysterosalpingography (hsg) and laparoscopic findings. materials and methods: this was a cross-sectional study undertaken on 110 infertile women treated in the ivf ward, at emam khomeini hospital, sari, iran who underwent laparoscopy a...

Objective(s): The role of aluminum (Al) in the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative diseases has been implicated in several studies. However, the exact mechanisms of cytotoxic effects of Al have not been elucidated yet. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of L-type calcium channel antagonist, nimodipine (NM), and lithium chloride (LiCl) on Al-induced toxicity in PC12 cells. Materia...

The objective of this descriptive study was to determine Felis domesticus (cat) and Canis familiaris (dog) protein epitopes that bind strongly to selected HLA class II alleles to identify synthetic vaccine candidate epitopes and to identify individuals/populations who are likely to respond to vaccines. FASTA amino acid sequences of experimentally validated allergenic proteins of house cat and d...

a traumatic coxofemoral luxation was diagnosed in a 15-month-old european neutered male cat, and on the basis of the radiographic evaluation a closed reduction was performed. consequently, the cat was presented at the university of bologna because of the failure of the treatment. a supplementary radiographic exam revealed the concomitant avulsion of the greater trochanter, consequently surgical...

Reports indicate that one of the causes of harmful to the genital system, especially the testes is stress. Result of damage to testicular quality certainly will affect the quality of sperm fertility. Stress could be created secondarily after some pathological conditions such as neurological diseases or environmental factors. One of the causes of stress could be scary voices, such as cat voice f...