background: hyperprolactinemia is the most common endocrine disorder in hypothalamic-pituitary axis and has been reported in variable levels in patients with overt primary hypothyroidism. we decided to determine the prevalence of hyperprolactinemia and clinical related symptoms in subclinical hypothyroidism patients. methods: in this cross sectional study, prolactin levels of 481 subclinical hy...

background: in clinical trials of irritable bowel syndrome (ibs), evaluation of treatment efficacy is still mainly subjective.we compared three outcome measures in reflecting response to treatment in a clinical trial of ibs. â  materials and methods: sixty three adult ibs patients participated in a placebo-controlled trial of 10-wk cognitive-behavioral therapy. patients completed the ibs-qualit...

A 20-months-old infant was admitted with prolonged fever, bilateral non-purulent conjunctivitis, strawberry tongue, lip cracking and maculopapular rash. Left branch coronary aneurysm formation was detected in Color-Doppler echocardiography. The diagnosis was Kawasaki disease. After 6 weeks, he had alopecia totalis. Although, alopecia areata has been seen in Kawasaki disease, but alopecia totali...

Vertebrogenic lumbosacral radiculopathy, being a global problem of modern healthcare, occupies one the leading places among reasons for visiting doctors various specialties and disability people different age categories. According to scientific medical research by number authors, an episode back pain, at least once in lifetime, is noted 100% able-bodied population developed countries. The high ...