OBJECTIVES Prognostic factors for progression of benign adrenocortical adenomas (AI) remain poorly known. We assessed the usefulness of (131)I-6-beta-iodomethylnorcholesterol scintigraphy (IMS) to predict the occurrence of adrenal hyperfunction or mass enlargement. DESIGN Fifty-one consecutive inpatients with unilateral AI and normal 24-h urinary free cortisol (UFC) were enrolled in a multice...

genetic and non-genetic correlations of the average somatic cell score (scs) at different stages oflactation (100, 150, 200, 305 and 365 days in milk) with lactation performance were estimated based on thefirst lactation records of iranian holstein calving during 2000 to 2009. (co) variance components wereestimated using derivative-free reml based on multiple traits animal models. the estimated...

Millions of patients worldwide suffer from end-stage liver pathologies, whose only curative therapy is liver transplantation (OLT). Given the donor organ shortage, alternatives to OLT have been evaluated, including cell therapies. Hepatocyte transplantation has been attempted to cure metabolic liver disorders and end-stage liver diseases. The evaluation of its efficacy is complicated by the sho...

Introduction: Our study focused on the evaluation of renal function in children with sickle cell disease compared to without at pediatric emergency unit Donka National Hospital and SOS Drepano-Guinea center. Patients Methods: This was a cross-sectional descriptive analytical lasting 3 months (October 1 December 31, 2020). Were included, all non-sickle aged 0 15 received an outpatient basis had ...

From March 1991 through 31st December 2007, 2042 patients underwent stem cell transplantation at the Hematology-Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation Research Center, affiliated to Tehran University of Medical Sciences. These transplantations included 1405 allogeneic stem cell transplantation, 624 autologous stem cell transplantation, and 13 syngeneic stem cell transplantation. Stem cell trans...

Failed back surgery syndrome (FBSS) is complex and recurrent chronic pain after spinal surgery. Several important patient and surgery related risk factors play roles in development of FBSS. Inadequate selection of the candidates for the spinal surgeries is one of the most crucial causes. The guidelines suggest that conservative management featuring pharmacologic approaches and rehabilitation sh...

An 11-year-old boy with hemoglobin sickle disease (HbSD), bilateral stenosis of the intracranial carotid arteries, and moyamoya syndrome had recurrent ischemic strokes with aphasia and right hemiparesis. His parents (Jehovah's Witnesses) refused blood transfusions. After bilateral extracranial-intracranial (EC-IC) bypass surgery, hydroxyurea treatment increased hemoglobin F (HbF) levels to more...

This case report presents the use of spinal cord stimulation (SCS) in a patient with urinary incontinence who had previously undergone trial and implantation of InterStim therapy (Medtronic Neurological, Minneapolis, MN). The patient also experienced bilateral lower extremity pain and low back pain related to post-laminectomy syndrome. Having failed all conservative treatment, the patient under...

Background and purpose: Moyamoya angiopathy (MA) is a progressive cerebrovascular disease with poorly understood pathophysiology. It mainly characterized by bilateral stenosis of the terminal intracranial part supraclinoid internal carotid arteries proximal parts middle anterior cerebral arteries. This results in early-onset ischemic or hemorrhagic strokes. The may be idiopathic (known as disea...

Saethre-Chotzen syndrome (SCS) is a type of acro-cephalo-syndactyly (ACS) syndrome. ACS syndromes are a group of autosomal dominant syndromes, in which craniosynostosis is associated with acrocephaly and syndactyly. Main features characterizing SCS, also known as ACS III, are premature fusion of the coronal sutures leading to skull deformation, facial dysmorphism, syndactyly, skeletal deformity...