background: depression is one of the most common and specific problems during pregnancy and after it. maternal postpartum depression compromises mothers’ health and affected social relationship and has negative effect on infant development.  the aimed of this study was to investigate the prevalence of postpartum depression and its related factors in isfahanian mothers. methods:this is a cross -...

Wetland is the significant territorial resources and natural in China, whereas establishment of wetland park an effective measure to protect resources. The research, taking Wuhan East Lake Falling Wild Goose Scenic Spot as example pointing out “chain theory”, focuses on toughness plan design build “Wetland Pond Chain System” promote capacity nourishing defending, which can be benefit for sustai...

Snail slime is obtained from Helix aspersa Müller and H. var. maxima. Two types of mucus are obtained: lymosine cryptosine, the one used in medicine cosmetology. The work aimed to present method obtaining snail slime, analyze its qualitative quantitative composition properties based on literature data. This raw material, addition antibacterial, antifungal, antimicrobial, antiviral anticancer pr...

aim of this study is to determine the risk of adverse pregnancy outcome by maternal serum alpha-fetoprotein (msafp) level. we followed 295 pregnant women from msafp screening in the 14th to 22th week of gestation until the end of pregnancy and information on pregnancy outcome have been recorded in questionnaires. of 295 pregnant women, 270 had term labor and 25 had preterm labor. the frequencie...

background: various reasons accounted for the infection of infants kept at neonatal intensive care unit (nicu). expressed breast milk may be regarded as a source of infection in infants. this study investigated the source of bacterial contamination and the impact of educational interventions on the contamination of mothers’ expressed breast milk (ebm) level whose infants are hospitalized at nic...

how to cite this article:  nazari sh, moradi n, sadeghi koupaei mt. evaluation of the effects of psychotherapy on anxiety among mothers of children with leukemia. iran j child neurol. 2014 winter; 8(1):52-57.   objective children with leukemia and their families face a long period of medical treatment and uncertainty about the future. these families may suffer from short- and long-term emotiona...

In this review, a companion piece to our recent examination of choroid plexus (CP), the organ that secretes the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), we focus on recent information in the context of reliable older data concerning the composition and functions of adult human CSF. To accomplish this, we define CSF, examine the methodology employed in studying the CSF focusing on ideal or near ideal experime...