abstract background: we aimed to evaluate an approach to induced abortions during early pregnancies that controls the suction pressure and restricts the duration of the procedure. methods: three hundred patients programmed for induced early pregnancy abortions, hospitalized in the shandong provincial maternity & child care hospital from october 2013 to october 2015, were enrolled. patients were...

Background: Multiple sclerosis is the most common autoimmune demyelinating disease of the central nervous system (CNS). Interleukin-33 (IL-33) is a cytokine with both pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory activities that implicated in the pathogenesis of some autoimmune diseases. The aim of this study was to determine single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) of IL-33, rs1929992, in patient’s gene ...

the periodic trimming of the long hairs growing at the distal end of the tail -switch trimming- is humane alternative of tail docking. the purpose of this study was to determine the influence of switch trimming on somatic cell count (scc), california mastitis test (cmt) and udder cleanliness of lactating cows in a free-stall dairy farm. in the present study, 219 healthy, pregnant holstein cows ...

Background and Objectives: Aerobic training and berberine chloride include antioxidant and anti-inflammatory characteristics. In the current study, simultaneous effects of aerobic training and berberine chloride on plasma glucose, IL-6 and TNF-α were investigated in type 1 diabetic male Wistar rats. Materials and Methods: In this experimental study, 64 male Wistar rats were randomly divided in...

introduction: the role of brain tissues oxidative damage in learning and memory impairments has been well documented. it is also well known that thyroid hormones have a critical role for the brain functions. the purpose of this study was to investigate the role of brain tissues oxidative damage as a possible mechanism of deleterious effects of propylthiouracil (ptu) - induced hypothyroidism on ...

background: oxidative stress in teratozoospermic semen samples caused poor assisted reproductive techniques (art) outcomes. among antioxidants, ascorbic acid is a naturally occurring free radical scavenger and as such its presence assists various other mechanisms in decreasing numerous disruptive free radical processes. objective: the main goal of this study was to evaluate potential protective...

background: diminished libido and sexual dysfunction are unusually common among male epileptic patients. the most important etiologic factor may be antiepileptic drugs (aeds)-induced androgen deficiency. we compared reproductive hormone levels among men with epilepsy taking various aeds and normal controls. methods: subjects were 59 male epileptic patients who aged 24 ± 5 years. they had been r...