patients and materials this was a across-sectional prospective study performed at the pediatric department of rasoul hospital, tehran, iran (2009-2011) on 80 hospitalized children with viral age. all stool samples were collected on viral transport media. human bocavirus (hbov) was detected using the real-time pcr taqman method. molecular detection of human parechovirus type 1 (hpev-1) rna in st...

objective(s):familial mediterranean fever (fmf) is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by recurrent episodes of fever accompanied by peritonitis, pleurisy, and arthritis. fmf affects mainly mediterranean populations and is caused by mutations in the familial mediterranean fever (mefv) gene. the aim of this study was to identify the frequency and distribution of mefv mutations in irani...

introduction: chest pain is a common compliant in children and adolescents visiting the clinic. we assess and analyze the etiology of chest pain among children referred a pediatric cardiology clinic in cardiac center in south west of iran.materials and methods: we assessed children with chest pain who visited our medical center during march 2013 to april 2014. any case of trauma associated ches...

conclusions female and older students are at higher risk of developing unhealthy lifestyle. consequently, healthcare providers, health instructors, schoolteachers, and families must pay more attention to these students. moreover, as most of lifelong healthy and unhealthy lifestyle habits are established during adolescence, developing effective health promotion and disease prevention strategies ...

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abstract [1]   background and objective: the recent studies showed that the prevalence of psychiatric disorders and neurological soft signs in aggressive persons and murderers are more than general populations. the aim of this study was to determine the frequency of prisoners’ neurological soft signs (nss) and its association with crime subgroups in rudsar prison. methods: in a cross sectional ...

how to cite this article: jabbehdari s, farnaghi f, shariatmadari sf, jafari j, mehregan ff, karimzadeh p. accidental children poisoning with methadone: an iranian pediatric sectional study. iran j child neurol. 2013 autumn;7(7): 32-34. objective toxic poisoning with methadone is common in children in iran. our study was carried out due to the changing pattern of methadone poisoning in recent y...