UNLABELLED BACKGROUND A high prevalence of autoimmune disease (AD) has been documented in relatives of adult patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). However, data on familial inheritance patterns in pediatric SLE patients is scarce. FINDINGS The charts of 69 patients with pediatric-onset SLE were reviewed retrospectively. The primary aim was to describe the prevalence and types o...

in this study, we evaluated the relationship between rhinosinusitis to the severity of asthma in asthmatic patients. this cross-sectional study was conducted on 90 patients with asthma referring to imam khomeini hospital in ardabil city. asthma control stepping method was used for staging of asthma severity. patients' clinical signs and paraclinical findings were individually evaluated and comp...

BACKGROUND Large numbers of population suffer from burn annually. The promising treatment of burn has not been identified yet. Albizia julibressin (A. julibressin) in Fabaceae family is popular for its antiseptic activity. This prospective study was designed to compare the wound healing effects of A. julibressin gel (AG) with silver sulfadiazine (SSD). METHODS This single blind clinical tria...

the second stage is prolonged and difficult. A weakened heart might well be strong enough to endure a short labour, whereas a stronger heart might show evidence of distress in a protracted second stage. In formulating a prognosis much must depend upon the degree and severity of the symptoms in relation to the duration of the pregnancy. Obviously a given degree of cardiac distress at the fifth m...

The purpose of the present study was to determine the associations of age and history of non- and low-traumatic fractures with the severity of abdominal aortic calcification in Japanese postmenopausal women and men. Four hundred and one Japanese persons (24 men and 377 postmenopausal women, mean age: 73.8 years) for whom thoracic and lumbar spine radiographs had been obtained to evaluate their ...

Cardiac conduction system impairment is a rare clinical manifestation of Behçet's disease. We report a patient who showed 1st degree atrioventricular block at first presentation, and showed aggravated finding of 3rd degree atrioventricular block on five months later. His cardiac manifestation finally developed to acute severe aortic regurgitation on six months later from his first cardiac manif...

Schizophrenic subjects were compared to normal and psychiatric control subjects for degree of fluctuating asymmetry in two dermatoglyphic traits, a-b ridge count and fingertip pattern. The schizophrenic group exhibited significantly greater fluctuating asymmetry than either control group. Furthermore, indicators of disease severity such as early onset and declining course of illness correlated ...

background and objectives: apoptosis of eosinophils is of significant value in assessing the airway inflammation in patients with asthma. our purpose was to investigate the degree of expression of the bcl-2 protein in sputum eosinophils during acute asthma exacerbation and its relationship with exacerbation severity.    materials and methods: the study was carried out in mostafa khomeini hospit...