aim : this retrospective study is aimed to review demographic and clinical characteristics of ibd to elucidate the probable factors associating with ibd development in taleghani hospital in iran since 2001 during a 12-year-period.   background : ulcerative colitis (uc) and crohn’s disease (cd) are two major idiopathic entities of inflammatory bowel disease (ibd). previous studies have reported ...

background: hemophilia is the most frequent severe hereditary hemorrhagic disease due to deficiency of coagulation factors viii (hemophilia a) or ix (hemophilia b) in plasma. we aimed to identify patients with hemophilia in kermanshah, iran and assess the incidence of inhibitors in this population and its associated factors. methods: this study was conducted on patients with hemophilia a and b ...

whooping cough and diphtheria are vaccine preventable diseases. diphtheria, due to corynebacterium diphtheriae or corynebactium ulcerans, two gram positive bacteria, is a serious upper respiratory tract disease with high morbidity and mortality rates. vaccination, via an acellular vaccine composed only of purified, detoxified diphtheria toxin, has significantly reduced the incidence of the dise...

background: cutaneous leishmaniasis (cl) is a widespread tropical infection which has a high incidence rate in iran. the aim of this study was to determine some epidemiological aspects of disease in northern khorasan prov­ince, iran. methods : from 2005 to 2008, data concerning 1453 patients with cl were collected and analyzed from the different dis­tricts of health service registry of the prov...

Objective(s): Association of adolescent emotional stress (ES) with the incidence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) at older age was investigated. Materials and Methods: 21 female rats were divided into three groups of 7 each; ES, foot-shock, and control. Chronic ES was induced by exposing the rats to witness foot-shock of their neighboring...

The incidence of white spot disease in farmed Penaeus indicus in Busheher region was evaluated by analyzing 200 shrimp individuals between June and September, 2005. The samples were examined for clinical sign including observation of white spots on the cuticle and tissue. Samples were processed using polymerase chain reaction (Nested-PCR) test. The results showed that 24% of the samples examine...

Background and Objective: Dyskinesia is a debilitating complication of Parkinsonchr('39')s disease (PD), which appears due to some known risk factors. The effect of diabetes and high plasma glucose on the manifestation of dyskinesia has been evaluated in just a few previous reports. The current study aimed to assess the mentioned correlation. Materials and Methods: In this case-control study, ...

today’s knowledge on oesophageal adenocarcinoma and its rising incidence has encouraged researcher to illustrate relationship between barrett’s disease and progression to adenocarcinoma. the incidence of this disease has been accelerated sharply in current decades since people life has changed. studies have been demonstrated that several potential factors including genetical  and environmental ...