the present study aimed to explore some risk factors affected the mean of the number of tuberculosis (tb) in west azerbaijan province, iran between 2001 and 2010.our time series study analyzed the data of 2,560 tb patients as registered with tb patients care system in west azerbaijan province from early 2001 to 2010. a checklist was prepared for collecting the data and they were then analyzed i...

background : ardabil cancer registry is the first population-based cancer registry in iran that was established in 2000. the first report from this registry revealed that ardabil has one of the highest rate of gastric cardia cancer and the lowest rate of cer­vical cancer in the world. we aim to update the cancer incidence in this area by the second follow up report from this registry. method : ...

purpose: the purpose of this research was to determine the prevalence of mandibular first premolar teeth with 2 canals in the population of kerman. methods & materials: a total of 280 extracted first premolar teeth were collected from several health service centers within the province of kerman.extracted teeth were stored in 10% formalin containers. each tooth was initially cleaned with water a...

background: environment of basrah is seriously contaminated with chemical leukomogens as a result of recent military conflicts. many studies in the past few years have reported an increase in the incidence of leukemia in basrah. this study was designed to study the risk and pattern of childhood leukemia in basrah, iraq, from 2003 to 2007.materials and methods: this hospital-based cancer registr...

background:  cancer is the third leading cause of death in iran, and its trend is increasing in recent years. national reports state that cancer registries in shahroud district had 204% coverage in 2008. this study investigated cancer situation in shahroud with complete details between 2000–2010. methods: data was obtained from national cancer registry software and analyzed after removing the r...

conclusions the results of our study showed that non-albicans species of candida are more frequent than c. albicans in patients with vvc. this result is in line with some recent studies indicating that non-albicans species of candida must be considered in gynecology clinics due to the reported azole resistance in these species. results out of 234 patients with vulvovaginitis, 66 (28.2%) patient...

objectives the current study aimed to determine the incidence of neonatal infection (nicus) in south sinai neonatal intensive care units, egypt. methods the study included 1023 neonates admitted to neonatal intensive care units in the south sinai state hospitals from january 2010 to september 2014 and scanned for demographic data and the potential risk factors for neonatal septicemia. results t...

results stereoscopic displays of the nerves were obtained in all 24 elbows by vr, mip, and fiber tractography post-processing methods. the vr/mip post-processing methods were easier to perform compared to fiber tractography. there was no significant difference among the scores of fiber tracking and vr/mip reconstruction for single direction. the imaging quality scores of fiber tractography and ...