how to cite this article: salehpour sh. clinical manifestations of type 1 gaucher disease. iran j child neurol autumn 2012; 6:4 (suppl. 1):13-14. pls see pdf. refe r ences 1. beutler e, grabowski ga. gaucher disease. in: metabolic and molecular bases of inherited disease, scriver cr, beaudet al, sly ws, valle d (eds), mcgraw-hill, new york 2001: 3635. 2. cox tm, schofield jp.   gaucher’s diseas...

background and aims. standard treatment of oral lichen planus (olp) includes topical or systemic corticosteroids that have many adverse effects. a trend toward alternative natural or herbal drugs has attended recently. this study was conducted to evaluate the effect of quercetin in treatment of erosive-atrophic olp. materials and methods. thirty patients participated in this randomized clinical...

background/objective: the aim of the present preliminary study was to assess the demographic, clinical, paraclinical, microbiological, echocardiographic, and therapeutic profile as well as in-hospital outcome of patients with infective endocarditis at a referral center for various infectious diseases in iran.methods: required demographic, clinical, plausible complications and paraclinical data ...

hydrosalpins (dilatation of fallpian tube that can be seen by hysterosalpingogeraphy. laparoscocpy, and in severe cases by sonography) is one of the probable confounding factors of assited – reproduction therapy (art) outcomes. this cohort study is conducted to determine the effects of hydrosalpins on ivf-et outcomes. for this, of the total number of patients who had approached the infertility ...

critically ill patient transfer is potentially risky and may be lead to morbidity and mortality. physicians' skill is very important for safe transport. we want to evaluate the effect of clinical course teaching on the promotion of physicians' abilities in the transport of critically ill patients. in an interventional study, 320 interns, male and female, were taught about patient transfer in tw...

the aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of atorvastatin on negative symptoms in patients with chronic schizophrenia. the study was a prospective, double-blind, 6-week trial. forty patients participated in the study; 19 patients were assigned to the atorvastatin group as well as 21 patients to the placebo group. for assessing negative signs, we used scale for the assessment of negative...

glycine allele at codon 16 has previously been associated with the increase in asthma severity, bronchial hyperresponsiveness and also the increase in inhaled corticosteroid dependence. this study was designed to evaluate the genetic alleles in mild asthma.thirty-four patients with diagnosis of mild asthma (fev1 ≥ 80%, positive methacholine test) and body mass index (bmi ≤ 30 kg/m2) were includ...

background: the main objective of this study was to determine the prevalence and antimicrobial resistance profiles of the main bacteria which are responsible forurinary tract, blood stream, cerebrospinal fluid, lower respiratory tract, and wound infections in hamadan province in the west of iran. materials and methods:in this study,a total of 773 urinary tract, 273 blood stream, 13 cerebrospina...

hospital ethics committees (hecs) help clinicians deal with the ethical challenges which have been raised during clinical practice. a comprehensive literature review was conducted to provide a historical background of the development of hecs internationally and describe their functions and practical challenges of their day to day work. this is the first part of a comprehensive literature review...

background and purpose:  student assessment is an important issue in medical education. it is necessary to use objective, valid and reliable assessment methods that are appropriate to the learning objectives and domain.the objectives of this study were 1- development of the dops test (direct observation procedural skills) and identification of its validity, reliability and acceptability. 2- eva...