how to cite this article: karimzadeh p, bakrani v. antiepileptic drug-related adverse reactions and factors influencing these reactions. iran j child neurol. 2013 summer; 7(3):23-27.   objective according to the basic role of drug side effects in selection of an appropriate drug, patient compliance and the quality of life in epileptic patients, and forasmuch as new dugs with unknown side effect...

pathological changes in pulp and periapical tissues are addressed by endodontic treatment. the material used in this treatment must be biocompatible. the aim of this study is to compare the skin reaction of calcium enriched mixture (cem) and mineral trioxide aggregate (mta) produced in iran on rabbit. sixteen male newzeland albino rabbits weighting 2 kg were used. the animals back hair was shav...

objectives: anticonvulsant drugs can cause various forms of skin drug reactions, ranging from exanthema to severe blistering reactions. some studies have reported an association between hla-b*1502 allele and severe skin reactions. materials and methods: fifteen patients with severe skin reactions following treatment with anticonvulsant drugs (carbamazepine, lamotrigine, phenobarbital, primidone...

Background: In 10-30% of the cases with sarcoidosis, skin lesions appear solely without any systemic signs or symptoms. BTNL2 gene, which is a member of the immunoglobulin gene super family and is associated with CD86 and CD80 co-stimulatory receptors, is identified to play an important role in the establishment of sarcoidosis. We aimed to evaluate the role of this gene in patients with skin sa...

M.B. is a 71-year-old male who presented in January 2001 with renal cell carcinoma metastatic to paraesophageal, peri-aortic, hilar, and mediastinal lymph nodes. He was started on interleukin-2 (IL-2, aldesleukin) 18 million units, interferon alpha 10 million units, and 5-fluorouracil 1 g, all administered by IV continuous infusion for 96 hours every three weeks. No significant complications oc...

background with respect to the prevalence of tuberculosis in our country, bcg vaccination at birth seems to be an effective means of prevention. the present study was designed to evaluate the efficiency of bcg vaccination and factors influencing the tuberculin skin reaction. materials and methods the inoculum of live bcg organisms in vaccinated infants was evaluated at birth and the correlation...

background: the tuberculin test is widely used to identify tuberculosis infection. some individuals infected with mycobacterium tuberculosis may have an initial negative skin test reaction to tuberculin. the two step purified protein derivative skin test can decrease misinterpretation of tuberculin test .this study was aimed at comparing the two- step tuberculin skin test and booster phenomenon...