introduction: oral candidosis is among the find-ings of acute leukemia. the aim of this study was to evaluate the changes in the intensity of c.albicans, before treatment and at the induc-tion phase. materials and methods: twelve patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (all) aged 2-14 years enrolled in study. whole saliva samples were obtained and cultured to determine the mean count of c.al...

the aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of an official basketball game and its result on serum testosterone and cortisol responses as well as a possible difference in these hormones between fixed and reserved players. for this purpose, two teams were purposefully selected from semi-final games of tehran first clubs. the blood samples of 22 female players (mean age: 20 years, ...

the aim of the present studyis radiographic evaluation of urinary system and the effect of urografin on clinical parameters, urinalysis and renal function tests in sheep. six clinically healthy female sheep were selected for this study.before experiment, vital signs were recorded. blood and urine samples were collected prior to the trials and paraclinical examinations were performed. urine samp...

objective(s)the aim of this study was to investigate the radioprotective effect of green tea against genotoxicity induced by gamma irradiation in cultured blood lymphocytes from 5 human volunteers.materials and methodsperipheral blood samples were collected from volunteers before and 1, 3 and 5 hr after drinking a decoction 4 g green tea in 280 ml boiling water for 5 constitutive days with the ...

Introduction: Fasting during the month of Ramadan is obligatory for healthy Muslims after the age of puberty. This paper was aimed to compare the changes in hematological and biochemical parameters before and after Ramadan. Methods:This prospective study was performed one week before and one week after the month of Ramadan in 2015. Eighty-nine subjects (51males and 38 females) with a mean age ...

background : aids is acquired by infection with hiv (human immuno-deficiency virus). it leaves the host susceptible to malignant and unusual infections especially opportunistic ones. most of aids patients infected with opportunistic parasitic infections die because of chronic diarrhea and deaths due to cryptosporidium diarrhea in aids patients are considerable in the recent two decades. the aim...

the aim of this study was to determine the effect of 6 weeks of aerobic training and l-carnitine supplement on body fat percent and serum lipid profiles in active men. the method used was semi-experimental. eighteen active men were selected voluntarily and randomly divided into two groups of experimental (nine individuals with the average age: 44.4+8 years, weight: 8.2+16.6 kg, height: 173+6 cm...