OBJECTIVE to analyze the relationship between psychosocial stress dimensions and salivary cortisol in military police officers. METHOD cross-sectional and analytical study with 134 military police officers. The Effort-Reward Imbalance (ERI) Model scale has been used to assess psychosocial stress. Salivary cortisol was collected in three samples. The following tests were used: Student's t-test...

Spurious electrolyte disorders refer to an artifactually elevated or decreased serum electrolyte values that do not correspond to their actual systemic levels. When a clinician is confronted with a case of electrolyte disturbance, the first question should be whether it is an artifact. Spurious electrolyte disorders (pseudohyponatremia, pseudohypernatremia, pseudohypokalemia, pseudohyperkalemia...

how to cite this article: ravi torkaman m, amirsalari s, saburi a. thyroid function test imbalance in epileptic childrenunder anticonvulsive therapy. iranian journal of child neurology 2012;6(1):43-44.   dear editor, there have been many studies regarding the impact of antiepileptic drugs(aeds) on thyroid function. there are some challenging scopes which must beconsidered for conducting the stu...