Background: Congenital hypothyroidism (CH), as one of the most common congenital endocrine disorders, may be significantly associated with congenital malformations. This study investigates urogenital abnormalities in children with primary CH (PCH). Methods: This case-control study was conducted on 200 children aged three months to 1 year, referred to Amir-Kabir Hospital, Arak, Iran. One hundred...

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and Anxiety is the most common childhood psychiatric disorder. Based on studies, these disorders are more prevalent in some chronic disease. This study aimed at investigating the prevalence of ADHD and anxiety in children with malignancy and anxiety in their parents and comparing the results with those of the control group. One hundred, 3-15-year-...

Smallpox, which currently is only of historical interest, was once one of the most terrible illnesses with high mortality and morbidity. In the late 18th century, the English physician and naturalist, Edward Jenner (1749 - 1823), discovered an efficient preventive technique against smallpox which he termed "vaccination". Afterwards, the practice of vaccination gradually became widespread when f...

BACKGROUND Prevention of myocardial siderosis is a key step to reduce rate of mortality in thalassemic patients. Our objective was to study association between echocardiography parameters and serum ferritin level in patients with major thalassemia. MATERIALS AND METHODS Sixty-six patients with major thalassemia were studied in Amir Kabir hospital, Arak, Iran. Serum ferritin levels were measur...

rectal prolapse is a relatively common disease of children and is defined as a rectal mucosa protrusion or a fullthickness protrusion (all layers) from anus. the purpose of this retrospective study is the review of different surgical techniques used in our centers and recommendations for optimal surgical management of rectal prolapse. this study was based on a 19 years experience in rectal prol...

Producing daily actual evapotranspiration (ET a ) maps with high spatial resolution has always been challenge for remote sensing research. This study assessed the feasibility of producing ET (30 m) sugarcane farmlands Amir Kabir Sugarcane Agro-industry (Khuzestan, Iran) using three different scenarios. In first scenario, reflectance bands Landsat 8 were predicted from moderate imaging spectrora...

Background: In children, high blood pressure can develop into hypertension and its consequences during puberty adulthood. High in children is often secondary to other causes, including renal diseases. Nephrolithiasis one of the causes hypertension. The extensive use cephalosporins hospitals, particularly ceftriaxone, result nephrolithiasis. Therefore, purpose this study was assess relationship ...