We presented an abnormal second messeng'~r mechanism in platelet signal transduction in schizophrenic patients. As Drs. Tandon and Greden considered, the abnormality may be caused by a malfunction of neurotransmitters corresponding to the second messenger system (i.e., acetylcholine). Another possibility is that the abnormality may exist in the second messenger metabolism itself. We are of the ...

1. Resting forearm blood flow was increased in untreated juvenile diabetics and a slight but significant reduction took place during insulin treatment. The peak flow after ischaemia was also increased, but no difference could be demonstrated before and after insulin administration. 2. Reactive hyperaemia was found to be considerably prolonged in the diabetic patients with moderate ketosis and m...

Several syndromes have been recognized with digital abnormality and CNS involvement such as oculodentodigital dysplasia (ODDD), Mohr syndrome and Joubert syndrome. We report a patient who was referred to us because of the neurological signs suspicious of metabolic disorders. This case was a 22-year-old woman whose problems began 4 years ago with shortening of memory, ataxia, abnormal gait and d...

conclusions adherence to the meddiet, according to mds and sofi-mds, may not predict mets components and mets incidence after 3 years of follow-up in iranian adult populations. results after adjusting for potential confounders, neither higher mds nor higher sofi-mds were significantly associated with the mean values of mets components and the risk of metabolic abnormalities incidence after 3 ye...

abstract : before initiating any endodontic therapy, probability of extra canals should be considered. the incidence of three canals in mandibular second premolar has been reported to be 0.46-0.5%. the present report describes nonsurgical endodontic treatment of three mandibular second premolars with three canals. in these cases, three orifices were located in mesiobuccal, distobuccal and lingu...

by increasing number of vessels. salivary gland tumors are uncommon and their overall incidence is about 3 per 100000 per year. salivary gland hemangioma makes up 1 % of all salivary gland tumors. trismus resulting from parotid hemangioma is so rare. the patient was a 6-month-old boy with a huge lesion in his right parotid who referred to shahid sadoughi hospital of yazd, iran. the lesion appea...