aim : the aim of this study was to identify and compare the pattern of acute viral hepatitis in two regions of iran. background : the epidemiological pattern of acute hepatitis varies across the globe depending on geographic region, health status, socioeconomic conditions and differences in exposure to etiological factors. patients and methods : a cross-sectional study was carried out among 357...

background: interaction between killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors (kir) and human leukocyte antigen (hla) class i molecules is important for regulation of natural killer (nk) cell function. objective: the aim of this study was to investigate the impact of compound kir-hla genotype on susceptibility to acute leukemia. methods: cohorts of iranian patients with acute myeloid leukemia (aml;...

embolectomy has long been the gold standard for treating limbs acutely threatened by arterial occlusion. delayed embolectomy has not been investigated adequately due to the belief that accompanying mortality and morbidity render the case futile. following our previous experience with late arterial repair for leg or knee salvage i we applied the same principle to limbs threatened with prolonged ...

endocarditis due to aspergillus infection is a rare complication in patients with hematological malignancies. here, we present a case of aspergillus endocarditis in a patient with acute myeloid leukemia (aml) successfully treated with antifungal therapy and surgical treatment. the patient was a 51 years old male, a known case of aml who was admitted to our medical center for evacuating his valv...

to delineate the incidence , epidemiology, etiology, and prognosis of acute renal failure (arf) and to compaed the findings with international data, we prospectively studied 2360 patients, admitted at shariati hospital during a four months period ending on jan, 6, 1996. one hundred and twenty-four (5.1%) patients meeting arf crieteria were encountered. the most common cause of arf was prerenal ...

1. dept. of hematology, oncology, kermanshah university of medical sciences, kermanshah, iran 2. medical biology research center, kermanshah university of medical sciences, kermanshah, iran 3. students research committee, kermanshah university of medical sciences, kermanshah, iran     corresponding author: masoud sadeghi, msc; degree in biochemistry tel: (+91) 8338428221 email: sadeghi_mbrc@yah...

adipose tissue secretes a large number of adipocytokines such as leptin, resistin, and adiponectin. many of these hormones and cytokines are altered in obese individuals and may lead to disruption of the normal balance between cell proliferation, differentiation, and apoptosis. the aim of our work was to investigate the disturbance of secretion of adiponectin and resistin in de novo and relapse...

acute lymphoblastic leukemia (all) is a malignant disorder of lymphoid precursor cells, which could be classified according to morphological and cytochemical methods as well as immunophenotyping. twenty patients with all, who had been referred to the children's medical center hospital, during the year 2007, were enrolled in this study in order to evaluate the morphologic and immunophenotypic pr...

acute  pancreatitis (ap) is a common clinical  disease  caused mainly by gallstone impacting  the distal common bile-pancreatic duct and alcohol abuse, but other potential causes as  endoscopic  retrograde cholangiopancreatography  (ercp),  intra duct papillary mucinous tumor and hypercalcemia are claimed .  the incidence of ap has been increasing in recent years . accordingly, ap is a multifac...

conclusions acute poisoning in children is a serious preventable cause of hospital admissions. it is one of the differential diagnoses in patients with sudden onset of neurological, alimentary, respiratory symptoms and signs, who are visited at the emergency department. parental awareness and education about keeping potential poisoning agents safely is essential to reduce apc in children. backg...