objective: the aim of the present study was to evaluate unstimulated salivary flow rate and oral symptoms in menopausal women. materials and methods: a total of 200 individuals including 100 women in their menopause (case group) and 100 men in the same age range (control group) participated in this analytic descriptive investigation. none of the patients were being treated for any systemic dise...

background: irritable bowel syndrome (ibs) is one of the most prevalent gastrointestinal disorders which includes the majority section of general practitioners or gastroenterologists visits. the type or prevalence of clinical signs and symptoms of the syndrome may be different among males and females. we decided to assess and compare the frequency of different signs and symptoms of ibs in men a...

during a longitudinal health survey carried out in 42 villages in gonbad kavus, stool examinations have been conducted among 1240 persons. infection with dicrocoelium dendriticum has been observed among 7 persons. two patients were found from each of 3 villages and only one patient was found in one village. eosinophylia with a range of 20-25% was the only clinical symptom of the disease.

Introduction Schizophrenia is a heterogeneous disorder and it unknown what causes individual variability in symptoms cognitive ability. Objectives To examine the association between nine clinical predictors measurable at onset of schizophrenia five phenotype dimensions: positive, negative (diminished expressivity), (motivation pleasure), disorganised Methods 852 participants (mean age 49 years ...