introduction: treatment of familial adenomatous polyposis (fap) is centered on early recognition and curative surgery with either restorative proctocolectomy with ileal-pouch-anal-anastomosis (ipaa) or colectomy with ileorectal anastomosis (ira). in this study we describe the presentation, treatment, and complications of 27 fap patients. method: all patients diagnosed with fap at our center fro...

blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome is a rare disorder that is characterized by multiple recurrent vascular malformations of skin and gastrointestinal tract . the affected patients may present with diverse manifestations including iron deficiency anemia. we report this syndrome in a 22-year-old man that was referred to our hospital for iron deficiency anemia with unknown cause and vascular malforma...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none fa background : the aim of the study was to assess the effects of combination of bortezomib moderate dose and continuous oral low dose melphalan and thalidomide and dexamethasone (bmtd regimen) in elderly patients aged ≥ 65 years with relapsed multiple myeloma (mm). methods : twenty four patients with advanced mm were enrolled to receive eight 3-week trea...

800x600 the dry form of armd is becoming a serious problem because of the rise in the number of old individuals. no effective therapy is available in dry armd except for the illusory oral administration of antioxidant vitamins. despite scepticism in the medical community, the therapeutic effect of ozonetherapy had been evaluated since 1996. this evaluation has been based on specific biochemical...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa approximately 1% of all pregnancies are in woman with epilepsy. although, the majority of children born to women with epilepsy are normal, they are at increased risk for malformations. notably, the teratogenicity of antiepileptic drugs is a well-defined subject. the incidence of major malformations in offspring of mothers with epilepsy who were trea...