AIM To determine if the previously published clinical criteria for identifying glucokinase monogenic diabetes [GCK gene mutation in maturity-onset diabetes of the young (GCK-MODY)], an elevated antenatal fasting blood glucose of 5.5-8.0 mmol/l, an increment of < 4.6 mmol/l at 2 h in an oral glucose tolerance test and slim are applicable in a large multi-ethnic cohort of women with gestational d...

Successful stem cell transplantation (SCT) across HLA barriers can be performed with cord blood, megadoses of stem cells, or with nonmyeloablative conditioning strategies. Because the HLAmismatched transplants are often T-cell depleted, leukemia relapse rates are high. Treatment of relapsed leukemia after HLAmismatched SCT is difficult. A novel potential strategy to treat relapsed leukemia afte...

Background: Vitiligo is a common disease. Its etiology is not known, but 30% of patients have a positive family history. Studies have been done on the influence of ABO and Rh blood groups on susceptibility to some diseases. Objective: The purpose of this case-control study was to evaluate the association of ABO and Rh blood groups with vitiligo. Patients and Methods: This study was performed on...

5-Hydroxy-3-vinyl-2(5H)-furanone, a potent and selective inhibitor of human synovial phospholipase A2 was isolated from fermentations of a Calyptella species. Its structure as identified by spectroscopic methods is identical to PA 147, an antibiotic previously isolated from a streptomycete. 5-hydroxy-3-vinyl-2(5H)-furanone inhibits the aggregation of human and bovine platelets stimulated by dif...

the possible effect of iron supplementation has been investigated in the normal population and patients with gestational diabetes mellitus (gdm). in this study, we survey the risk factors of gdm in pregnant women in contrast with normoglycemic patients in a case control study in patients using iron supplement. this case control study conducted on 52 pregnant women with gdm (25 women with type a...