incontinentia pigmenti (ip) is an x-linked dominant genodermatosis characterized by typical skin lesions along blaschko's lines and associated with ocular, dental, nails, hair, skeletal, central nervous system and cardiovascular anomalies. we report a 5-year-old boy with cutaneous hyperpigmentation along blaschko's lines, atrophic streaks, strabismus and mental retardation. he showed the charac...

introduction: the findings of cephalometry studies are widely applied in medical and engineering fields. cephalometry measurements are affected by genetics‚ age‚ gender‚ and social‚ economic and geographic factors.this study assesses cephalometry of the neurocranium in male newborns in kermanshah,iran by an anthropometry method to confirm or reject the theory of brachycephalization (i.e., a spr...

background and aims: leptin is a hormone known to control appetite and body weight. the leptin levels in obese animals are always more than animals with normal size. a wide variety of methods have been offered to treat obesity of which herbal therapy is considered as one of these methods. the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of ethanolic extract of asian red ginseng on leptin ser...

according to different geographical conditions, human health in different sub-regions of the world and cultural differences, the male factor infertility has heterogeneous causes in the world. this study was performed in an attempt to clarify the associated factors which might play a role in this respect in a group of iranian infertile men. this study was a cross - sectional, descriptive and ret...

background: a hemangioma is a rather common benign soft tissue tumor that rarely originates from both the pectoralis muscle and the breast. vascular tumors of the breast, such as benign hemangiomas, are rarely seen in men. case presentation: a 40-year-old man presented with a non-tender palpable right breast mass since 6 months ago. on physical examination, a hard lump was detected in the centr...

background in iranian folk medicine ruta graveolens has been used for female and male contraceptive. there are few studies about the effect of this plant on spermatogenesis. objectives in this study the effect of long term administration of aqueous extract of rg on spermatogenesis has been investigated. materials and methods animals were allocated into 1) control: which did not receive anything...

objective: in this study we investigated the effects of spearmint (mentha spicata labiatae) on the reproductive system, fertility and number of offspring in adult male rats. materials and methods: adult wistar male rats in one control (c) and three experimental groups (i, ii and iii) received 0, 10, 20 and 40 mg/kg spearmint extract orally for 45 days, respectively.  following this treatment, t...