The Chanarin–Dorfman syndrome (CDS) is a rare, autosomal recessively inherited genetic disease. This associated with decrease in the lipolysis activity multiple tissue cells because of recessive mutations abhydrolase domain containing 5 (ABHD5) gene, which leads to accumulation lipid droplets types cells. Major clinical symptoms patients CDS include ichthyosis and intracytoplasmic droplets. var...

Several primary trials report the adjunctive value of psychoeducational interventions for improving stable angina symptoms, health-related quality of life (HRQL) and psychological well-being; however, few high-quality meta-analyses have examined the overall effectiveness of these interventions. We used meta-analysis in order to determine the effectiveness of psychoeducational interventions for ...

background elective aesthetic surgeries are increasing in the iranian population with reasons linked to body image dissatisfaction and psychological symptoms. this study compared the body image dissatisfaction and psychological symptoms among invasive and minimally invasive aesthetic surgery patients and a control group. methods data from 90 participants (invasive aesthetic surgery=30 ss, minim...

abstract aim: to assess anti-neuronal antibodies (na) prevalence and their correlation with neurological disorders and bowel habits in celiac disease (cd) patients. background: neurological manifestations are estimated to occur in about 10% of celiac disease patients and na to central nervous system (cns) and enteric nervous system (ens) are found in a significant proportion of them. little is ...

Beta-thalassemia (β-thal) is a congenital hemoglobinopathy explained by a decreased level (β+) or absence (βο) of β-globin gene expression. Microcytic hypochromic anemia and various clinical symptoms comprising severe anemia to clinically nonsymptomatic features. Treatment with an ordered blood transfusion and iron chelator agents can decrease transfusion iron overload that causes normal matura...

What happens to patients with chronic illnesses who frequently fall “through the cracks” when seeking traditional medical interventions, yet who would clearly benefit from palliative care? Who carries out such conversations with these patients and their families? When do palliative care and quality of life issues surpass the curative medical model? The following discussion of advanced directive...

INTRODUCTION Asthma is one of the leading causes of school absenteeism. Previous studies have shown that school absenteeism is related to family income of individual students. However, there is little research examining whether school absenteeism is related to school-level concentration of low-income students, independent of family income. The objective of this study was to examine whether the ...