conclusions diabetes may be caused by toxoplasma gondii. presence of t. gondii in the pancreas at the same time could directly undermines the pancreas cells. when β cells are destroyed, insulin secretion would then be affected. probably the destruction of t. gondii affects nervous system and damages pancreatic cells leading to increased risk of diabetes. results the prevalence of igg antibodies...

background: preeclampsia is a pregnancy multisystem disorder of unknown etiology. it is a significant cause of maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality. objectives: due to the significant role of magnesium in physiological regulation of blood pressure, this study was conducted to measure the level of magnesium in pre-eclampsia and control groups since the beginning of the pregnancy. materials...

this study was aimed to evaluate the effects of diets containing some hot and coldtemperament herb seeds according to iranian traditional medicine (itm) on some metabolicparameters in acute (24 h) and sub-acute (7 day) experiments that were performed on rats. foreach experiment, effects of diets containing 10% herb seeds in category of hot (anise, fennel,ajowan) and cold (cucumber, watermelon, ...

introduction and aims: both observational and experimental studies have shown that higher selenium status reduces the risk of upper gastrointestinal cancers in selenium deficient populations. recent cancer registry data have shown very different rates of esophageal cancer (ec) and gastric cancer (gc) in four provinces of iran, namely ardabil, mazandaran, golestan, and kerman. the aim of this st...

introduction: aim was to study the influence of serum testosterone and urinary citrate on the formation of urinary stones in men and women, and to apply the findings for preventing urolithiasis. methods: we studied 200 patients (100 were men and 100 women) who had referred to the urology clinic at imam khomeini hospital and seda sima eswl center. in both groups, 50 were stone formers and 50 wer...

introduction: the purpose of this study was to compare the inhibitory effect of bovine serum albumin (bsa) and hydroxyapatite (ha) on the antibacterial activity of white-colored mta (wmta) against staphylococcus (s.) aureus and streptococcus (s.) mutans after 24 and 72 hours . materials & methods: all materials were prepared according to the manufacturer’s directions immediately before testing....

the levels of serum tota1 protein, albumin, transaminases and phosphatases were estimated in a group of children with severe marasmus or mild malnutrition in order to identify some of the associated deficiencies in these syndromes. the biochemical pattern was similar in the normal and malnourished children.

lipoprotein(a), an ldl variant, has been claimed to have a role in atherogenesis and therefore coronary artery disease (cad). however, its production and atherogenecity seems to vary among ethnic groups. in order to study the possible correlation between levels of lp(a) and cad in iranian patients who suffered myocardial infarction (mi), a case-control study was carried out on 120 mi patients a...

convulsion is one of the most common problems in children and hypocalcemia is one the most frequent etiological items in children’s convulsion. corrected qt (qtc) in ekg is prolonged in hypocalcemia, so it can be a useful tool for evaluation of serum ionized calcium. in three groups (first seizure, multiple seizures, without seizure or control ) every 25 cases, qtc, serum ionized ca, total ca, ...