objective: since health related quality of life is an important issue for infertile couples a review was conducted to examine the literature. materials and methods: this was a minireview of the literature covering all full publications that have been appeared in the english language biomedical journals. the search strategy included a combination of key words ‘quality of life', ‘infertility, and...

Here we present a case of a 38-year-old Indian man with a history of extramarital relationships who presented with pleurisy, skin rash, and radiological findings of pleural effusion. After thorough investigation of the etiology of his acute illness, he was found to be positive for syphilis. Review of literature revealed a small number of case reports of pleural effusion as a manifestation of se...

backgrund: free-living amoebae belonging to the genus acanthamoeba have an environmental distribution. amoebic keratitis due to these protozoan parasites continue to rise in iran and worldwide. in iran, there are various researches regard-ing both morphological and molecular identification of acanthamoeba spp. in envi-ronmental and clinical samples. however, there is no thorough review about ac...

introduction: clinical education is one of the most important and crucial parts of health science education. successful clinical education needs to adopt effective approaches that are based on up to date knowledge, clients’ and patients’ needs. therefore, it can prepare the learners for learning. this study aimed to introduce some new approaches in clinical education. methods: in this review st...