Introduction: Celiac disease can be associated with other diseases, including neurological disorders. In this study, the relationship between celiac disease and refractory epilepsy was evaluated in patients who were referred to Imam Khomeini Hospital in Urmia. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, patients with refractory epilepsy who were referred to the neurology clinic of Imam Khomeini Ho...

It is necessary, in Mental Hospitals, to gather together into one ward those Patients who are impulsive, disobedient and the like, or whose presence in other wards gives rise to fights, quarrels and indiscipline. Such trouble-brewers , who have been labelled " Refractory Patients unquestionably need stricter discipline, and it is not in the interests of the other patients to subject them to the...

Self-organizing map (SOM) has been studied as a model of map formation in the brain cortex. However, the original model present several oversimplifications. For example, neurons in the cortex present a refractory period in which they are not able to be activated, restriction that should be included in the SOM if a better model is to be achieved. Although several modifications have been studied ...

silica refractory bricks are used especially in the metallurgical industries, due to desirableproperties such as particularly their high melting point and their rigidity and strength at hightemperatures. in this research, different amount of sic were added to silica refractory containingdifferent binders such as borax, boric acid, calcium nitride, sodium tri poly phosphate, sodiumhexametaphosph...

background: the main purpose of the current study was to determine the effect of treating helicobacter pylori (hp) infection on seizure frequency in patients with refractory epilepsy. methods: a small sample of adult patients above 18 years of age with a diagnosis of refractory epilepsy was studied at the outpatient epilepsy clinic at shiraz university of medical sciences, from january 2009 thr...

abstract despite sophisticated conventional medical treatment and the continued development and improvement of coronary revascularization modalities in recent years, a significant number of patients still suffer from refractory angina pectoris and cannot be successfully managed. advances in therapeutic options have led to an increase in the average of life expectancy even in such no-option pati...

hypereosinophilic syndromes were a group of divergent disorders united by overproduction of eosinophils and the several organ damages ascribed to this persistent eosinophilia. among all the presenting symptoms, gastrointestinal symptoms were the least common. we were reporting a 21 year old man with a 2 year history of refractory ascites, hepatomegaly, portal and hepatic veins thrombosis and cu...

purpose: to evaluate the effect of intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide (ivt) reinjection on clinical and optical coherence tomographic (oct) features in refractory diabetic macular edema (dme). methods: in an interventional case series, all ivt-treated patients enrolled in a previous clinical trial (45 subjects), were recalled for performing a new ophthalmologic examination and oct. suitable e...

purpose: to evaluate the effect of intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide (ivt) on clinical, angiographic, and optical coherence tomographic parameters in refractory diabetic macular edema (dme). methods: in a double-masked placebo-controlled randomized clinical trial, 88 eyes of 61 patients with dme refractory to previous laser therapy or not suitable for such treatment were included in the stud...