this .study is a retrospective study of 10 patients with early gastric cancer, (6 from imam khomeini hospital between 1985 to 1994 and 4 from private office) . from the standpoint of clinical and pathological views, treatment modalities and prognosis. in imam khomcni hospital early gastric cancer comprises near l'7t, (6/560) of all gastric cancers, which may he due to late reference, lack of sc...

background: gestational trophoblastic disease (gtd) defines a heterogenenous group of interrelated lesions that arise from the trophoblastic epithelium of the placenta. there are several histologically distinct types of gtd: hydatiform mole (complete or partial), persistant/invasive gestational trophoblastic neoplasia (gtn), choriocarcinoma and placenta site trophoblastic tumors. the aim of thi...

BACKGROUND Limb loss occurs due to different causes and has been increased in many countries. It has without exception, great economic, psychological and social impacts. OBJECTIVES This study assesses the demographics of amputees in one city of Iran. PATIENTS AND METHODS This retrospective study was undertaken on all of the amputees between April 2002 and December 2011. Patients' demographi...

BACKGROUND This study aimed to evaluate an association between smoking, smoking cessation, and periodontal disease in Korean adults. METHODS The data were collected from 8,336 participants, aged between 20 and 64 years, who participated in the fifth Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination (2010 and 2012). Smoking status was assessed using self-administered questionnaires. Periodontal ...

PURPOSE Rhinitis and asthma usually occur together. There are increasing evidences that allergic rhinitis (AR) may influence the clinical course of asthma. The aim of this study is to evaluate clinical parameters and therapeutic response in patients with between asthma and asthma with AR. METHODS Four-hundred eighty-five patients with asthma and 428 asthmatics with AR, who had lesser than 50 ...

Any positive integer n other than 10 with abundancy index 9/5 must be a square with at least 6 distinct prime factors, the smallest being 5. Further, at least one of the prime factors must be congruent to 1 modulo 3 and appear with an exponent congruent to 2 modulo 6 in the prime power factorization of n. 1 The Abundancy Index For a positive integer n, the sum of the positive divisors of n is d...

Retrieval studies have shown that the use of fully congruent meniscal bearings reduces wear in knee replacements. We report the outcome of 143 knees with anteromedial osteoarthritis and normal anterior cruciate ligaments treated by unicompartmental arthroplasty using fully congruous mobile polyethylene bearings. At review, 34 knees were in patients who had died and 109 were in those who were st...