Gerrit Hilgen, Sahar Pirmoradian, Daniela Pamplona, Pierre Kornprobst, Bruno Cessac Matthias H. Hennig, Evelyne Sernagor 1 Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4HH, UK 2 Institute for Adaptive and Neural Computation, University of Edinburgh EH8 9AB, Edinburgh, UK 3 Inria, Neuromathcomp Team, 06902 Sophia Antipolis, France * equal contributions Corresponding a...

Purpose: The menstrual cycle is used as a sign of women’s health. Objective of study is determining the current menstrual patterns of students in Gorgan –Northeast of Iran, and evaluation of affecting factors on the cycle. Material and Methods: The study participants included 106 college student, females aged 18-30 that filled a questionnaire to detect the menstrual pattern, affecting factors o...

1Department of Internal Medicine (Division of Pulmonary), Bushehr Medical Center Hospital, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, Iran 2Department of Radiology, Bushehr Medical Center Hospital, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, Iran 3Research Center of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (GRCGH), Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran 4The Persian Gulf Tropic...

AIM The present study was performed in order to differentiate E. histolytica and E. dispar in children from Gorgan city, using a PCR method. BACKGROUND Differential detection of two morphologically indistinguishable protozoan parasites Entamoeba histolytica and E. dispar has a great clinical and epidemiological importance because of potential invasive pathogenic E. histolytica and non-invasiv...

BACKGROUND Anencephaly is a neural tube defect incompatible with life. The aim of this prospective study was to determine the prevalence of anencephaly in Gorgan, northern Iran. METHODS During 1998 - 2005, 49,534 newborns at Dezyani hospital in Gorgan were screened for neural tube defects. Clinical and demographic data of the diagnosed cases were recorded in a pre-designed questionnaire for a...

In this study, we aimed to assess levels of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D in relation to metabolic syndrome among postmenopausal women in Gorgan. The study group included 100 postmenopausal women who were referred to the different Health Centers in Gorgan. Body mass index, waist circumference, Hip, waist to hip ratio, diastolic blood pressure, triglyceride, fasting blood glucose and 25-hydroxyvitam...

BACKGROUND Considering the physical, emotional and psychological complications of early or delayed menopause on women's life, it is necessary to determine associated factors of menopause age. This study designed to determine menopausal age and associated factors in women of Gorgan, i.e. the capital of Golestan province in the north-east of Iran. METHODS In this cross-sectional study, 804 meno...