congenitally missing of maxillary lateral incisors is one of the most common patterns of hypodontia. this paper presents a nine year old boy with congenital missing of lateral incisors. familial history showed that, his mother, aunts, uncle and grandmother have also congenital absence of lateral incisors.

background: stillbirth is a sensitive indicator for health care quality, living conditions and equity in a society. the aim of this study was to determine the rate and contributing factors of stillbirth at babol hospitals. methods: this cross-sectional, descriptive, analytical study was designed as an applied research, using census sampling in 2012-2013. a questionnaire was applied for data col...

conclusions the right ventricular outflow tract palliation in children with cyanotic chd leads to long-term favorable outcome regarding improvement in oxygen saturation, increase in z score of both left and right pulmonary arteries and also considerable decrease in spell. also, death and complications are rare following rvot palliation. background the right ventricular outflow tract (rvot) pall...

introduction: congenital hypothyroidism is the most common cause of mental retardation in the world. the presence of hypothyroidism in fetal is lead to abnormalities in major organs, including nervous system and central skeleton. aim of this study was to investigate epidemiologic situation of neonatal hypothyroidism in ilam province between 2005 -2011. materials and methods: this was a cross-se...

the aim of this study was to analyze the stress response during 3 hours net confinement stress and recovery period of 22 hours in normal (std) and in 17α-hydroxylase deficient common carp (e5). fish were raised for 6 months and sampled at t0 (control, unstressed), 5 minutes, 20 minutes, 1 hour and 3 hours of exposure to net confinement, and after 1 hour, 4 hours, and 22 hours of recovery. at ev...

background: congenital hypothyroidism (ch) is the most common endocrine diseases and one of the major causes of preventable mental retardation. this study was conducted to investigate the prevalence of transient and permanent congenital hypothyroidism in kurdistan province, iran.materials and methods: in this cross-sectional study, all registered congenital hypothyroidism neonate of health cent...

Introduction: Congenital anomalies are the most common cause of disability in developed and developing countries. Costs of hospitalization and treatment of congenital anomalies pose a significant burden to families and societies. The objective of the present study was to determine the associated risk factors and prevalence of congenital malformations in Ardabil, Iran. Methods: This cross-secti...

Congenital vascular anomalies of the retina are rare, but they should be evaluated with a multidisciplinary approach because can associated systemic diseases and cause severe vision loss. This article aimed to review literature about retinal tortuosity, macrovessel, congenital folds, combined hamartoma.

developmental dysplasia of the hip (ddh) or congenital hip dysplasia (cdh) is the most prevalent developmental childhood hip disorder. it includes a wide spectrum of hip abnormalities ranging from dysplasia to subluxation and complete dislocation of the hip joint. the natural history of neglected ddh in adults is highly variable. the mean age of onset of symptoms is 34.5 years for dysplastic dd...

results serum samples of 2049 females were analyzed, and 1814(%88.53) seropositive, 170 (8.29%) seronegative, 65 (3.17%) current infection were detected. conclusion findings showed that there was not a suitable programmed management or a confirmed diagnostic technique in our scientific society for the prevention of some of the side effects of cmv infection in fetus of pregnant women. for these ...