objective: classic cell culture and karyotyping is routinely used for prenatal detection of different chromosomal abnormalities. molecular cytogenetic techniques have also recently been developed and used for this purpose. quantitative florescence pcr using short tandem repeat (str) markers has more potential for high throughput diagnosis. marker heterozygosity in short tandem repeats (str) is ...

objective(s): breast cancer is the most common cancer in women. every year, one million new cases are reported worldwide, representing 18% of the total number of cancer in women. hereditary brca1 and brca2 mutations account for about 60% of inherited breast cancer and are the only known causes of hereditary breast cancer syndrome. the aim of this study was to determine the frequency of brca2 (e...

background: pulmonary function tests (pfts) are used in assessing physiological to clinical status of the respiratory system, which is expressed as a percentage of predicted values. predicted pfts values are varies in different ethnics. predicted pfts values were studied in a sample of iranian children. materials and methods: prediction equations for pfts were derived from urban children in the...