This study was conducted to see the effects of Clomiphene Citrate on fertility hormones estrogen, progesterone, LH, FSH in patients with infertility associated polycystic ovary syndrome. For this fifty infertile PCOS who were given treatment clomiphene citrate (50–150mg/day for 5 days). Ovarian response ovulation monitored by transvaginal ultrasonography and serum levels FSH, estrogen also esti...

background: the effect of heat stress on physiologicalparameters has been well documented. however, there arereports of a genetic based heat tolerance in some sheep breeds.objectives: the aim of the present study was to monitor thephysiological responses of an iranian fat-tailed breed againstheat stress and an acute stress insult. methods:atotal numberof 15 fall-born ram lambs were selected and...

This study investigates the association of vitamin D status with cognitive function and discusses potential mechanisms for such an effect. The relationship of vitamin B12 with cognition was also assessed. A retrospective review of older adults presenting to a university-affiliated clinic providing consultative assessments for memory problems was performed. Charts of all patients (n=80) presenti...

INTRODUCTION Elevated serum levels of S100beta, an astrocyte-derived protein, correlate with unfavourable neurological outcomes following cardiac surgery, neurotrauma, and resuscitation. This study evaluated whether pre-/postoperative serum S100beta levels correlate with unfavourable clinical and radiological findings in patients undergoing elective meningioma resection. METHODS In 52 consecu...

Serum thyroxine-binding globulin (TBG) in 169 patients with various cancers was determined by radioimmunoassay (RIA). Eleven patients showed a high serum TBG level (greater than 35 micrograms/ml). Two of them had been treated with estrogen for prostate cancer. One patient had high serum TBG with serum hepatitis. Another 8 cases had normal liver function and also normal levels serum estrogen. Th...

Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) is used as a diagnostic test for dementia to screen patient’s cognitive assessment and disease severity. However, these examinations are often inaccurate unreliable either due human error or patients’ physical disability correctly interpret the questions well motor deficit. Erroneous data may lead wrong of specific patient. Therefore, other clinical factors ...