Treacher Collin’s syndrome (TCS) is a rare inherited condition characterized by bilateral and symmetric abnormalities of structures within the first and second bronchial arches. Patients with TCS present a serious problem to anesthetists maintaining their airway as upper airway obstruction and difficult tracheal intubation due to severe facial deformity. Because of retrognathia, airway manageme...

Schwartz-Jampel syndrome (SJS) is a rare disorder characterized by myotonia, joint contracture, facial dysmorphism and growth retardation. We present three siblings (two sisters and one brother) 19, 24 and 27 years old from consanguineous healthy parents with SJS. Their clinical features were similar to those previously described. Motor and sensory nerve conduction study (NCS) were compatible w...

A sample collected from the citrus orchards of the Sari Township, Mazandaran province (N Iran), was determined as Araujia sericifera Brot. (Apocynaceae), according to Markgraf (1972). This species and the genus Araujia, is new to Iran and the region covered by Flora Iranica (Rechinger 1970, 1974).

In a study of plants collected from the NW Iran, a specimen was identified as Bornmuellera cappadocica (DC.) Cullen & Dudley(Cullen 1965). This species and the genus Bornmuellera Hausskn. are a new record for Iran and the Flora Iranica area (Hedge & Rechinger 1968).