background: this was a retrospective cephalometric study to develop a more precise estimation of soft tissue changes related to underlying tooth movment than simple relatioship betweenhard and soft tissues. materials and methods: the lateral cephalograms of 61 adult patients undergoing orthodontic treatment (31 = premolar extraction, 31 = nonextraction) were obtained, scanned and digitized befo...

background: intravenous immunoglobulin (ivig) is an established treatment of immune mediated demyelinating neuropathy including guillain-barré syndrome and chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy. recent trials suggest its efficacy in treating relapsing- remitting multiple sclerosis. ivig exerts a number of effects, which may be beneficial in treating multiple sclerosis (ms): reductio...

objective: the purpose of this research was to investigate the role of the media, perfectionism, and difficulties in emotion regulation in prediction of muscle dysmorphia symptoms.  methods: in this research, 240 male body-builders were selected from five gyms in gorgan (north of iran). they were required to answer muscle dysmorphia disorder inventory (mddi), multidimensional perfectionism scal...