background: the goal of the present study was to report the results of two parallel works in which the incidence of fetal deaths and also congenital malformations among the progenies of the iranian chemical victims were studied. methods: the subjects were progenies of a randomly selected population from survivors of chemical attacks during iran-iraq conflict. totally 807 male cases ranged 18-85...

actins are small globular filaments functioning in cell processes like muscle contraction, and stabilized to the sarcomeric z- discs by actin binding proteins (actinins). one of the important gene coding for actin binding proteins in fast twitch fibers is alpha- actinin- 3 (actn3). in this research, we have conducted a gene profile study investigating the genotype and allele distributions of ac...

genetic basis of diffrent arrhythmias has always been an intresting subject of resesrch for scientists. here i will review in brief the most common familia arrhythmias and the new findings regarding their mode of inhetitance. this paper will mainly focus on the genetic basis of the long qt syndromes but we will also have a short review of the genetics of three other familia congenital arrhythmo...

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conclusions our findings indicated that mdm2 40-bp ins/del polymorphism was not associated with all in our iranian population. further studies with larger sample sizes and diverse ethnicities are required to verify our findings. background the human murine double minute 2 (mdm2), an oncoprotein, is the major negative regulator of p53. objectives the purpose of this study was to evaluate the imp...

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cancer is a genetic-epigenetic based disease which contains a complex of alterations that cause irreversible transformation of cells with a new anarchic behavior. tumor suppressor inactivation and/or oncogene activation will lead to tumorigenesis. based on the genetic alteration in germ or somatic cells, the affected person will have a different fate of cancer incidence or inheritable cancer su...

the photoanthropometric method was used to study the facial features in 136 iranian children with down syndrome, aged 4 to 14 years. nineteen parameters were investigated and compared to an age related control group of 100 normal iranian children. the obtained measurements were related to reference values in the same faces. the normal range was defined by age related index values between the 20...

Background: Vitiligo is an acquired, idiopathic, and common depigmentation disorder of the skin that affects people of all ages and both sexes equally in the worldwide. Although etiology of the disease is unknown, there are theories such as environment and genetic factors. Methods: In this article, we collected and summarized the appropriate manuscripts regarding the epidemiology and gene...