Nous rapportons le cas d’un patient de 66 ans qui consultait pour un nodule plantaire asymptomatique, augmentant progressivement de volume depuis 6 ans. L’examen retrouvait une tuméfaction du bord latéral du pied droit, de 2 cm de diamètre, de consistance dure, sensible, bien limitée, adhérente au plan superficiel et sans modification de la peau en regard. L’échographie des parties molles du pi...

L’kpithklium spkcialisi qui borde la muqueuse intestinale n’est pas seulement une barrikre passive entre la lumitxe et le milieu interieur; c’est un systkme complexe qui participe activement ?I la dkfense de la muqueuse. En particulier, les fonctions de transport (IgA) , de skcrktion vectorielle d’klectrolytes (Cl-) et de macromolkcules (mucines) constituent la premikre ligne de defense de cet ...

The concentrations of trace metals in hair of fishermen from the Persian Gulf region were assessed todetect the relationships between element levels in hair and potential factors influencing these relationships.The hair of 19 fishermen were sampled from six stations in the Persian Gulf (Nirogah, Dayyer, Lengeh and Bandar Abbas in Khuzestan, Bushehr and Hormozgan provincesanalyzed by Inductively...

Background: Laser treatment is a rapid, non-invasive procedure for long-term hair removal. Lasers operate based on the principle of selective photothermolysis and target melanin in the hair follicle. We intend to determine the level of hirsute patient satisfaction with the alexandrite laser hair removal procedure.Methods: In this cross-sectional study 82 hirsute patient...

BACKGROUND Hair restoration surgery is one of the most commonly performed cosmetic surgery procedure in men. The main aim of the study was to know the effect of follicular unit extraction (FUE) follicular unit extraction (FUE) on donor area in terms of hair mass/density. METHODS Ten male patients undergoing hair restoration by FUE were included. In each patient, ten boxes of 1 cm2 each were ...

head louse infestation is common in various parts of the world. baluchestan area in southeast of iran is one of the most infected areas. we studied the head louse infestation among the girls in primary schools of iranshahr, which is the largest city of the province during november 2002 to may 2003. totally 918 pupils, between 6-14 years old from 12 urban primary schools were randomly selected b...

introduction: it has been shown that low levels of pigmentation increase susceptibility to noise-induced hearing loss in humans. for this reason, white populations develop more pronounced noise- induced hearing loss in comparison to black populations. similarly, blue-eyed individuals exhibit greater temporary threshold shift than brown-eyed subjects; still, no strong correlation has been verifi...

Sodium valproate has been widely used by man as an antiepileptic drug. Hair loss and curly hair is a rare side effect of sodium valproate. We have conducted a prospective clinical study in the Department of Neurology in Shafa Hospital, Kerman, Iran for ten years (1994-2004). All 211 epileptic patients in our study were given sodium valproate as a single drug treatment. During the course of ther...