background: a soluble form of her-2/neu extracellular domain (sher-2) is reported to be released in the sera of metastatic breast cancer patients. objective: to measure the level of sher-2 in sera of 115 breast cancer patients. methods: serial samples of 27 patients with metastasis, 18 non-metastatic patients, 15 patients in stage 0/i and 14 patients with accompanying benign breast disease were...

introduction: cardiovascular disease is the major cause of morbidity and mortality in developing and developed countries. rapid diagnosis of the thrombosis can be an essential step in management of the stroke. methods: in this work a recently developed radiolabeled streptokinase (stp) tracer was evaluated in an animal thrombotic model using spect imaging and biodistribution studies. locally lab...

inrtoduction developing countries and newly industrialized countries face the twin challenges of protecting the environment while also strengthening their economies. over the past few decades, the intensified process of urbanization and industrialization undertaken by these countries, coupled with rapid population growth, has resulted in the degradation of the environmental quality. particularl...

extended abstract   introduction the most important indicator of climate in a region is vegetation community. climate can be different over large areas, because of changes in vegetation community. vegetation influences weather and climate in its surrounding areas mostly by way of evapotranspiration and albedo so they play a role in the earth’s energy balance. these effects on the earth’s energy...

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modernity and its impacts on urbanism and the change of the concept and the nature of the city which began in qajar era, stands in a sensitive level in pahlavi’s government (1920-1940). in this stage the concept of modernism can be seen as a pattern in cities (tehran in particular) which affects all economic, social, cultural, physical, management and urban planning aspects s. the main question...

treatment of bone metastases comprises over 10% of the workload of a radiation-oncology center. bone metastases produce severe pain and immobility, necessitate narcotic use, and reduce the quality of life. a good palliative treatment must be complete, free from side effects and fast; thus we decided to evaluate strontium-89 (89sr) effectivity for palliation of breast and prostate cancer bone me...

background cervical cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer-related death in females. human papilloma virus (hpv) is the major risk factor of cervical cancer. objectives the aim of the current study was to explore the frequency and role of 23 different hpvs in patients with cervical cancer. materials and methods overall, 117 formalin-fix and paraffin-embedded (ffpe) tissues from cervical ...

background and aims: glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (g6pd) is the first enzyme in the route of pentose phosphate metabolism. this route fulfills an effective role in removing oxidant metabolites. deficiency of this enzyme causes decline in energy regeneration of red blood cells and hemolysis. in this study, application of fluorescence staining method in diagnosing the frequency of g6pd defic...

discussion this is the first iranian 3-oxothiolase deficiency case report as searched in the literature. because of the high rate of consanguineous marriages in iran, physicians should consider the 3-oxothiolase deficiency in the differential diagnosis of any patient with intractable vomiting and severe metabolic acidosis. case presentation this is a case report of 3-oxothiolase deficiency in a...