BACKGROUND There are a few studies evaluating the predictive value of Framingham risk score (FRS) for cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk assessment in patients with metabolic syndrome in Iran. Because of the emerging high prevalence of CVD among Iranian population, it is important to predict its risk among populations with potential predictive tools. Therefore, the aim of the current study is to...

Background: Association of Addison's disease with connective tissue diseases such as scleroderma and Sjogren have been rarely reported. Anti-centromere antibody (ACA) has been associated with exocrine gland dysfunction in anti-Ro, anti-La negative Sjogren’s syndrome and may be one of the causes of xerostomia in community. The purpose of this article was to introduce a rare case of scleroderma-S...

in current work a comprehensive mechanism based on intermediate radical termination theory is assumed for raft polymerization of styrene over cumyl dithiobenzoate as raft agent. rate constants for addition (ka) and fragmentation reactions (kf) are set to 6×106 and 5×104 respectively, which lead to an equilibrium constant value of k = ka/kf = 1.2 x 102. moment equations method was used to model ...

background: xmn-1 polymorphism of y g globin gene ( hbg2 ) is a prominent quantitative trait loci (qtl) in β-thalassemia intermediate (β-ti). in current study, we evaluated frequency of xmn-1 polymorphism and its association with β-globin gene ( hbb ) alleles and hb f level in β-ti patients in sistan and balouchestan province, south-east of iran. methods: 45 β-ti patients were enrolled. hbb gen...

We report on four siblings with Cockayne-like syndrome with thrombocytopenia and nephrotic syndrome. The parents were healthy and consanguineous, consistent with an autosomal recessive mode of disease inheritance. UV irradiation of fibroblasts revealed an intermediate sensitivity between normal and standard Cockayne syndrome (CS) control cells. A genome-wide linkage scan conducted using Affymet...

The exact origin of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) responsible for unleashing pandemic Corona Virus Disease (Covid-19) is still not established unambiguously. intermediate and reservoir hosts SARS-CoV-2 need to be identified with clarity how disease exploded into a pandemic, inevitability needs urgent scientific answers contain prevent future pandemics crises. ...

The 21st century has witnessed 3 major pandemics caused by coronaviruses namely, severe acute respiratory syndrome, Middle East syndrome and coronavirus disease-19. Though previously considered non-pathogenic in humans, these viruses have found a way to infect the human population. traversed various intermediate host pools from their natural reservoirs before spilling out humans. From 2003 2012...