purpose: to evaluate the association between hyperlipidemia with severity of diabetic retinopathy in patients with type i diabetes mellitus referred to the eye clinic at imam khomeini hospital, ahvaz, iran. methods: this observational cross-sectional study included 52 patients with type i diabetes mellitus. fasting blood samples for analysis of serum lipids and hba1c were obtained from all pati...

objective: this research was conducted to evaluate the prevalence of diabetic retinopathy (dr) in patients who were unaware of their eye condition. materials and methods: a descriptive cross-sectional study was performed in a 12-month period on patients who were referred to meybod imam sadegh diabetes center. 152 patients who had no eye complaint were selected. pupil dilation was created by cyc...

background and objective: diabetes mellitus is common endocrine disease cause learning and memory impairment. this study was done to evaluate the effect of quercetin on learning and memory in stz-induced diabetic rats was investigated. methods: in this experimental study, 40 male wistar rats were randomly allocated into five groups: control, quercetin - treated control, diabetic and quercetin -...

objectives the aim of this study was to evaluate the biological effects of opium on the number of peripheral blood cells and red blood cells (rbcs) indices in diabetic rats. materials and methods peripheral blood samples were collected from diabetic, opium-addicted, diabetic opium-addicted and normal male and female rats and hematological parameters were measured. results the mean number of whi...

introduction: it seems that improvement in care and new treatment and screening methods along with better control of diabetes mellitus (dm) has led to a change in incidence of diabetic complications, especially diabetic retinopathy .this study was performed to assess the 4 years incidence rate of diabetic retinopathy in patients with type ii diabetes and factors affecting its progression. metho...

diabetic macular edema (dme) is a leading cause of vision loss in the working-age population worldwide. numerous early studies suggest an important role for intravitreal anti-vegf agents such as bevacizumab in the management of dme. we reviewed manuscripts that had investigated pharmacokinetic, efficacy, safety, dose and frequency of intravitreal bevacizumab (ivb) injections as well as effect o...

conclusions we identified a strong association between the t allele of il6r gene polymorphisms (rs2229238, rs4845625) and the risk of t2d in a protective role and as a risk factor, respectively. we also found different bmi and hdl values between the patient group and the control group, respectively in compare genotypes (ct+tt vs. cc). further studies on various ethnicities are necessary to veri...

extractdefective corneas are the leading cause of blindness world wide and the second leading cause, after diabetic retinopathy,of blindness in the united state , afflicting 30000 americans each year. happily, nearly 95 percent of those who have corneal transplantations( in 1985 they numbered,26300) regain their sight. the cornea is a transparent, a vascular, dim-sized tissue continious with th...

objective: quality of life (qol) is an intellectual concept consisting of positive and negative aspects of an individual’s life and indeed it demonstrates the method by which a person perceives the health condition as well as the other aspects of his/her life and reacts to them. currently, assessment of qol is more considered because of the increased prevalence of chronic diseases. so, the curr...