the fna (fine needle aspiration) procedure is simple, inexpensive, available and a safe method for the diagnosis of a neck mass. fna has numerous advantages over open surgical biopsies as an initial diagnostic tool; therefore we decided to compare the accuracy of this method with open biopsy. this retrospective as well as descriptive study comparing preoperative fna results with existing data i...

objective: the goal of this study was to assess the utility of serum uric acid in preeclampsia diagnosis and its correlation with some maternal and fetal outcomes. materials and methods: a case-control study was performed on 26 term pregnant women with preeclampsia and 52 normal pregnant women. serum uric acid, platelet count, hematocrit, gestational age, and birth weight of all patients were m...

0

introduction: the diagnostic work-up of allergic rhinitis (ar) is first and foremost based on the combination of clinical history data and results of skin prick tests (spt). other tests, including specific ige measurement, nasal challenge, and, as a third option, component resolved diagnosis or basophil activation test, may be useful when the diagnosis is difficult because of polysensitization ...

how to cite this article: abdi m, khatami sh, hakhamaneshi ms, alaei mr, azadi na, zamanfar d, taghikhani m.validation of urinary glycosaminiglycans in iranian patients with mucopolysaccharidose type i: the effect of urine sedimentation characteristics. iran j child neurol. 2014; 8(4):39-45.   abstract objective the first line-screening test for mucopolysaccharidosis is based on measurement of ...