abstract in order to investigate the freezing tolerance of field grown fennel (fueniculum vulgare mill) under controlled conditions, a factorial experiment based on completely randomized design was conducted with three replications in agricultural college, ferdowsi university of mashhad in 2004. treatments were two fennel ecotypes (khorasan and kerman), two planting dates (oct 8th and 29th ) an...

conclusions the current study adds evidence to the association of tnf-α gene polymorphism and ms in this southern south iranian population which is consistent with the genetic analysis of ms in europeans (games) project reports and these two alleles reported in this study may be one of the genetic risk factor for ms. furthermore, this data can be used to build the iranian gene bank for future s...

background tnf-α is one of the most potent cytokines in proinflammatory reactions. results one hundred and twenty children with acute pyelonephritis were evaluated. urinary tnf-α/cr was 0.0051 ± 0.00083 pg/g creatinine. the authors found out a significant difference in urinary tnf-α/cr between patients who have normal and abnormal levels of urine leukocytes, urine protein, urine culture, erythr...

injection of synthetic fillers for soft tissue augmentation is increasing over the last decade. one of the most common materials used is hyaluronic acid (ha) that is safe and temporary filler for soft tissue augmentation. we present a case of 54-year-old female who experienced vascular occlusion and nasal alar necrosis following ha injection to the nasolabial folds. she suffered from pain, necr...

fat necrosis is a benign inflammatory process which can involve adipose tissue anywhere in the body. a previous history of trauma or surgery may or may not be present. information about the clinical and radiological appearance of this lesion is very important because it can mimic breast cancer. in this article, we review the features of fat necrosis in different imaging modalities including mam...

We measured plasma levels of interleukin-1 beta (IL-1 beta), tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF alpha), and interleukin-6 (IL-6) following thermal injury. Cytokine levels in the plasma of 27 burned patients were serially screened by ELISA and compared with cytokine levels in 16 healthy laboratory employees. The relationships between cytokine concentrations and patient mortality, burn size, and ti...

abstract fat necrosis secondary to pancreatitis can be either mild and self limited or create severe organ damage, but may rarely lead to abdominal opancreatic pseudotumor. we report a case of fat necrosis secondary to pancreatitis which clinically simulates transverse colon cancer.

conclusions in our study, no prominent effect was seen; therefore, in order to have a better perspective of crocin activity against cancerous cell lines, further studies are highly recommended. results the highest concentration of crocin significantly decreased ros production after 48 hours of treatment. however, crocin had no effect on the expression level of hsp (heat shock protein). addition...

There is a great clinical requirement to improve radiofrequency ablation (RFA) efficacy and create larger coagulation necrotic areas. The aim of the present study was to assess the ability of a hypertonic-saline (HS)-enhanced multipolar RFA technique using a perfused electrode to increase RF-created coagulation necrosis, and to compare that technique with natural saline-augmented needle and con...

abstract background: the varieties of treatment methods for the scaphoid non::::union:::: have always been a discussable issue for orthopaedic surgeons. the current study, considered to be review for treatment results of the patients who sustained the scaphoid non::::union:::: with or without avascular necrosis and compared these two groups clinically and radiologically. methods: the clinical a...