the aim of this study was to investigate c-reactive protein (crp) level in preeclampsia (pe) and its association with the severity of the disease. this cross-sectional study included 43 women with mild pe, 43 women with severe pe, and 43 healthy pregnant. they were selected in the third trimester of pregnancy in the afzalipour hospital, kerman, iran, from march 2006 to march 2007. mean diastoli...

background and aims. reactive hyperplastic lesions of the oral connective tissue are associated with injuries of soft tissue and have high prevalence rates and different involvement patterns in different parts of the world. the aim of this study was to analyze demographic data of a university department. materials and methods. patient records of the department of oral pathology during a four-ye...

background & aim: glycyrrhiza l. (fabaceae) consists of perennial herbs grow in sandy soils with hard lightness. three species of the genus grow in iran, among them g. glabra l. has the widest distribution. it is well known in english as licorice and the root extract includes flavonoids and glycyrrhizin are used widely in medicine, food industry, tobacco products and other industries. liqui...

we describe a 16 year old boy with acne fulminans associated with axial and peripheral polyarthritis. the patient's clinical course and therapy with isotretinoin, prednisolone and oxytetracycline are described. a possible association between the presence of hla -b 27 antigen and reactive arthritis with acne fulminans in this case is evaluated. a review of the literature is included.

sperm is particularly susceptible to reactive oxygen species (ros) during critical phases of spermiogenesis. however, the level of seminal ros is restricted by seminal antioxidants which have beneficial effects on sperm parameters and developmental potentials. mitochondria and sperm plasma membrane are two major sites of ros generation in sperm cells. besides, leukocytes including polymer phonu...

argyrophilic nucleolar organizer regions (agnors) were determined in 94 pleural, pericardial and peritoneal effusions. the results were correlated with cytologic diagnosis to determine the diagnostic potential of this technique. cytologically the number of normal, reactive and malignant effusions were 32, 28 and 34 respectively. the mean agnor counts for normal, reactive and malignant specimens...

Uniform requirements for manuscripts submitted to bio-medical journals were first published in 1978 [1] and have since been adopted by most major periodicals. This has not been the case in occupational medicine, however, and there are currently no standard guidelines being followed for manuscripts in our field. A brief look at the editorial policies of eight major journals from four global regi...

AIM To analyze scientometrically the dynamic science internationalization on colorectal tumour markers as reflected in five information portals and to outline the significant journals, scientists and institutions. METHODS A retrospective problem-oriented search was performed in Web of Science Core Collection (WoS), MEDLINE, BIOSIS Citation Index (BIOSIS) and Scopus for 1986-2015 as well as in...

If you are reading this issue of Cell in print, you may have already noticed in flipping through to get to this editorial a dramatic change on our masthead page. If you are accessing the issue via the new Cell website, I encourage you to click on the Editorial Board and Contacts link to check it out. With the new year, we have revised and greatly expanded the Cell editorial board. We would like...

A recent editorial (Aldrich et al. The Ecstasy and Agony of Assay Interference Compounds . J. Chem. Inf. MODEL 2017 , 57 , 387 - 390 ) is examined critically. When assessing assay hits from screening, it is important to draw a distinction between false positives, that have no effect on target function, and compounds that affect target function through an undesirable mechanism of action. Obser...