chronic urticaria is defined as a skin disease with central induration (wheal) and erythema formation around it (flare) that appears at least twice a week and remains at least for 6 weeks continually. the incidence of urticaria in children is about 0.1-3%. most cases of chronic urticaria occur in children between 6-11 years. autoimmune and allergy immaturity is one of the reasons of lower incid...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa microsoftinternetexplorer4 background : during august 2009, novel h1n1 influenza virus began causing illness in isfahan. since rates of hospitalization and mortality due to the disease have varied widely in different countries, we described the clinical, radiologic, and demographic features of h1n1 hospitalized patients in a hospital in isfahan. met...

background: hydatidosis is one of the major zoonotic diseases that cause considerable public health problems in iran. the present study was designed to investigate pediatric hydatidosis in pa­tients referred to the children medical center hospital in tehran, iran during 2005-2010. methods : data were collected from the records of 17 patients referred to the center with hydatidosis. data include...

purpose : cytotoxic drugs are the gold standard and the first line treatment for ophthalmological manifestations of behçet’s disease (bd). the purpose of this study was to evaluate the outcome of eyes with chlorambucil on long-term follow-up, in a longitudinal study on 15 years. methods : chlorambucil was given as 0.2 to 0.3 mg per kilogram of body weight and per day. prednisolone was concomita...

background: in this study we sought to investigate clinical findings (with a focus on neurologic effects) and also to analyze outcomes of a series of patients with methanol poisoning admitted to two poisoning treatment centers in tehran, iran. methods: in this prospective cross-sectional study, methanol-poisoned patients admitted to departments of forensic medicine and toxicology of loghman hak...

background and aim kindler syndrome is a subtype of epidermolysis bullosa with gingival fragility and periodontitis as common oral manifestations of these patients. because of the early onset and rapid progression of periodontitis in these patients, clinical management of their oral status is an important aspect of their multidisciplinary care and treatment case presentation we present a succes...

background and aims: cardiovascular diseases are the main cause of mortality among men and women so that the difference in acute myocardial infarction (ami) symptoms between men and women can affect diagnosis and time of decision making for treatment and consequently disease outcomes. therefore, knowledge of different symptoms affects the prognosis of the disease according to the gender. this s...

Abstract Background Brucella mellitensis, the most invasive strain of brucella, is the predominant Strain of genus brucella in Iran. It causes variety of hematological abnormalities some of which are frequent and causes difficulties in diagnosis. Objective To find hematological abnormalities of brucellosis in hospitalized patients in an endemic area. Materials and Methods A retrospective ...