Transcatheter occlusion of ASD with device is an effective,alternative to surgical repair : feasible and safe procedure minimal complication rate short hospital stay, as well excellent long term outcome .However, large ASDs (>38 mm) defects deficient rims are usually not offered transcatheter closure but referred for closure. also remains controversial other complicated comorbidities, additi...

Introduction: Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is characterized by several impairments in communications and social interactions as well as restricted interests or stereotyped behaviors. Interventions applied for this disorder are based on multi-modal approaches, including pharmacotherapy. No cure or medication has been introduced so far; therefore, there were studies investigating several drugs ...

background: sufficient and thorough knowledge in early recognition of symptoms and proper management of asd is of utmost importance to medical graduates in the initial years of their learning in medical school. their knowledge regarding asd will be helpful when they become health care professionals as it will be easy for proper management of asd. our aim is to evaluate and analyze medical under...

introduction the goal of research is investigation on the effectiveness of holistic multi-dimensional treatment model (hmtm) in improvement of cars test indicators in children with autism spectrum disorder (asd) and it is done without pharmaceutical interventions, without names and accompanied by parental satisfaction questionnaire. materials and methods in this study with purposeful sampling m...

purpose: to report the outcomes of pediatric penetrating keratoplasty (pk) performed in labafinejad medical center, a tertiary referral ophthalmology center, between 2001 and 2012. methods: in this retrospective interventional case series, medical records of all pediatric patients (age≤12 years) who underwent primary pk were reviewed. age at the time of surgery, indications for keratoplasty, po...

Background: Hepatocyte Growth Factor (HGF) was shown to play a key role in synaptogenesis, survival, maturation, and reconstruction of neuron cells and was shown to be implicated in Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Objectives: Assessing the relationship between HGF (rs3735520) gene polymorphism and its circulating levels in ASD. Materials & Methods: A total of 140 ASD patients and 120 children...

critical pulmonary valve stenosis (cpvs) and atrial septal defect (asd) is an uncommon form of congenital heart disease. concurrent transcatheter pulmonary valvuplasty and closure of secundum atrial septal defect appears to be an interesting alternative to surgical correction. we present the simultaneous balloon valvuloplasty of critical pulmonary stenosis (ps) with supra systemic right ventric...

objective: the present study was conducted to investigate the effect of transdiagnostic treatments on worry and rumination of mothers of children with autism spectrum disorder (asd).  methods: the study population included all mothers of children with asd in isfahan city. among mothers of children with asd, 40 individuals were selected from those who obtained the highest scores in worry and rum...

BACKGROUND Asian sand dust (ASD) originates from the arid and semiarid areas of China, and epidemiologic studies have shown that ASD exposure is associated with various allergic and respiratory symptoms. However, few studies have been performed to assess the relationship between skin inflammation and ASD exposure. METHODS Twelve-week-old NC/Nga mice were divided into 6 groups (n = 8 for each ...

OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in Neurofibromatosis Type 1 (NF1). METHODS Second-phase population-based epidemiologic study using an allcase NF1 registry in a defined UK 4.1 million population area. A total of 109 (52.7%) of 207 responders from the initial screening phase were grouped by using the parent-rated Social Responsiveness Scale (SRS) as signi...