The purpose of this study was to investigate the expression of interleukin (IL)-21 in rats with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Fifty adult Wistar rats were randomly divided into two groups: DSS, in which IBD was induced by giving the rats 7% DSS for seven days in their water, and a water control. Blood samples were collected and the concentration of IL-21 in serum was detected by enzyme-link...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the monitoring and therapeutic methods of nonoperative management of blunt splenic injury. METHODS Eighty-two cases with nonoperative management of 95 patients of blunt splenic injury from September 2005 to April 2008 were analyzed retrospectively. Percutaneous peritoneal drainage was applied to 75 cases, and auto-blood transfusion was applied to 38 cases. Eighty-two ...

for the relief of anaemia, dyspepsia, neurasthenia, sterility, obesity, deferred appearance of the catameuia in young girls and in menopause troubles. The bicycle is a therapeutic agent in simple uterine congestion, in amenorrlicea due to imperfect development of the uterus and ovaries or to other causes involving simple debilit}T, including nerve-shock ; in nervous and congestive dysmenorrhcea...

PURPOSE To determine the value of color Doppler ultrasonography (CDUS) as a routine investigational method for diagnosis of scrotal pathologies. MATERIALS AND METHODS This prospective observational study (case series) was carried out over a period of 16 months on 122 patients in the age range of 13 to 70 years old, who presented with scrotal swellings. After adequate history taking and examin...

The first operation for early rupture of tubal pregnancy was performed 'by Lawson Tait in 1883. Since that time, advances in surgical technic and in methods of supportive therapy have saved countless lives from the sudden collapse following the classical acute rupture of such implantation. Of great consequence, too, has been increasing alertness in early diagnosis and the removal of this potent...

OBJECTIVE Acute scrotal conditions are a common clinical setting that present with pain and swelling of the hemiscrotum. The aim of our study has been to evaluate the findings in boys operated on acute scrotum. METHODS A descriptive study was conducted on 100 patients with acute scrotum admitted to Mofid Children's Hospital from March 1993 to March 2007. Data included history, age, primary sy...

A 66-year-old female presented with a > 10-year history of hypertension. She began to experienced dull pain in the lower abdomen and abdominal distension two days prior to admission. When she defecated six hours before admission, the pain suddenly aggravated and gradually spread to the whole abdomen, accompanied by dizziness, nausea, and vomiting, as well as symptoms of shock, including prefuse...