how to cite this article: sanyal sh, duraisamy sh, garga chu. mri brain in evaluation of floppy children: a case series. iran j child neurol. autumn 2015; 9(4): 65-74. abstract objective hypotonia is a common clinical entity well recognized in pediatric age group, which demands experienced clinical assessment and an extensive array of investigations to establish the underlying disease process. ...

microglia is a type of glial cell located throughout the central nervous system (cns), which is sensitive to cns injury and disease. responsibility of microglia as the resident macrophage cells for injuries suggests that these cells have the potential to act as diagnostic markers of disease beginning or progression. function of microglia is strongly synchronized by the microenvironment of brain...

In 1991, Handlers and colleagues described the Central odontogenic fibroma (COF) as a distinct entity which is a rare benign odontogenic tumour and up to the present, only 78 cases of it have been published. COF usually occurs in an adult patient and has a predilection for the anterior region of the jaws. A 2.8:1 female to mail ratio is typically noted. This article presents a case of COF in a ...

this paper aims to investigate the presence of quantifier phrase and classifier phrase in the dp of sarhadi dialect of the baluchi language. to reach this goal, pseudo partitive constructions and their characteristics in different languages are introduced and then it is shown that determiner phrases containing a classifier in baluchi are examples of juxtaposed pseudo partitive constructions in ...

central serous chorioretinopathy (cscr) is an ocular disease which fluid is collected under retina and leads to retinal detachment and blurred vision. risk factors for development of central serous chorioretinopathy are included: alcohol use, uncontrolled hypertension, pregnancy, type a personalityand different ways of corticosteroid use. we want to present central serous chorioretinopathy in a...

purpose: to evaluate the beneficial effects of rifampin for the treatment of central serous chorioretinopathy (cscr). methods: in this non-randomized clinical trial, 39 patients with acute cscr (<2 weeks) were enrolled. initially, complete visual examinations including determination of best spectacle-corrected visual acuity (bscva) using snellen chart; anterior and posterior segment examination...

background: nowadays obesity is considered as a worldwide issue. although genetics is one of the factors associated with obesity, but the predisposing factors are nutrition and environmental factors.  there are several studies conducted regarding the relationship between nutritional factors and general obesity and central adiposity. therefore the purpose of this study was to determine the relat...

purpose: to compare central corneal thickness (cct) measured by galilei and orbscan ii with that by ultrasonic (u/s) pachymetry in unoperated eyes. methods: cct was measured in 184 unoperated eyes of 92 healthy retractive surgery candidates using galilei, orbscan ii, and u/s pachymetry. considered as a benchmark, measurements by u/s pachymetry were compared to those obtained by the other two de...

we present 16 years old girl with primary breast lymphoma involving the both breasts simultaneously and co-incidence of central nervous system (cns) involvement which originated from the breast, in addition to evidence of lymphoma in multi-organ such as skin, mediastinum and some abdominal viscera. bilaterality has been observed in some series, but reports are few and series are often very smal...