fluoxetine, a widely used antidepressant, can affect the serum sodium level. the aim of this study was to evaluate and compare changes in the serum sodium level of depressive patients taking fluoxetine according to age.this quasi-experimental study was conducted on 126 patients with depression, dividing the patients into two age groups of 15 to 35 years, and above 55 years, who referred to psyc...

Procalcitonin, a propeptide of calcitonin, is an important host response biomarker indicative of infection. In particular, it aids in assessing the severity of infection and its prognosis [2, 3]. Using this severity marker to differentiate two infectious diseases seems unjustified. Both the diseases can have varying degrees of severity and may also be confounded by factors such as immunocomprom...

introduction : the proto-oncogene her2 plays a key role in the control of cellular proliferation. its overexpression has been reported to be associated with a poor prognosis in cancer, particularly in breast cancer. materials and methods : in the present study, serum her2 levels were investigated in patients diagnosed with epithelial ovarian cancer. serum her2 levels were detected by an elisa c...

objective: evidence shows periodontally infected patients may be at a higher risk of thrombotic accidents and adverse pregnancy outcomes, via induced systemic inflammatory mediators' production. some authors have concluded that increase in systemic inflammatory markers occurs together with increase in serum levels of auto antibodies including anti-cardiolipin antibody (acla). the aim of the pre...