Introduction: Intraocular pressure (IOP) is determined by three factors: the rate of aqueous humor production by the ciliary’s body, the resistances to aqueous out flow across the trabecular meshwork and the level of episcleral vessel pressure. IOP varies with a number of factors, including: age, sex, race, systemic disease and diurnal variation. The purpose of this study is measurement of IO...

Background: The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship of familial history of gastrointestinal cancers and personal history of colon polyps with colorectal cancer incidence in khorramabad in 2012. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study included 50 patients with definite diagnosis of colon cancer based on colonoscopy and pathology in 2012. The control group included 56 ...

Introduction: Beckers’s nevus is a cutaneous hamartoma which usually appears as a circumscribed hyperpigmentation with hypertrichosis. It usually presents unilaterally and the usual site is shoulder and scapula. It is rarely congenital and it is usually noticed first during adolescence. Case Report: Herein, we report a congenital bilateral large Becker’s nevus with positive familial history ...

Objectives: The aim of the present study was to examine the factors leading to murder in females convicted of this crime. Method: In this qualitative research, a deep interview was carried out with 19 female murder convicts in Isfahan Central Prison, during which factors such as childhood and familial conditions, marriage, personal and familial features of the spouse, and motivations for murder...

Background and Purpose: Each year, about 50,000 new cases of cancer occur in Iran and the most common being the gastrointestinal (GI) tract (38%). Colorectal cancers account for the 3rd and 4th most prevalent cancers in Iranian men and women, respectively. Since genetic and environmental factors lead to differences in colorectal cancer occurrence in different geographic regions and races, we ...