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Association of KALRN, ADIPOQ, and FTO gene polymorphism in type 2 diabetic patients with coronary artery disease: possible predisposing markers.
(2016)
Recently, several genes have been introduced as potential genetic markers for diabetes mellitus and coronary artery diseases (CAD).In this case-control study, the associations of rs2241766 T/G of ADIPOQ, rs9289231 T/G of ...
Estimating Economic Burden of Cancer Deaths Attributable to Smoking in Iran.
(2015)
There is a broad consensus among health policy-makers that smoking has a significant impact on both heath system and society. The purpose of this study was to estimate the economic burden of major cancer deaths caused by ...
Perceptions of Iranian Cancer Patients Regarding Respecting their Dignity in Hospital Settings.
(2015)
There are several factors that threaten the dignity of cancer patients in hospital settings. However, there is limited literature regarding the degree to which dignity of cancer patients is actually respected in daily ...
Return to work and its relation to financial distress among Iranian cancer survivors.
(2015)
Return to work after treatment completion is important for both cancer survivors and society. Financial distress is one of the factors that may influence the return to work in cancer survivors. However, this relationship ...
Serum and tissue endothelin-1 are independent from intima-media thickness of peripheral arteries in patients with chronic kidney disease.
(2015)
We aimed to study the relationship of peripheral arteries' atherosclerosis with serum and tissue endothelin-1 in chronic kidney disease patients.Ninety patients were enrolled, including 35 patients with chronic kidney ...
Analysis of PTPN22 C1858T gene polymorphism in cases with type 1 diabetes of Azerbaijan, Northwest Iran.
Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is a T-cell mediated autoimmune multifactorial disease. The PTPN22 gene encodes an intracellular lymphoid-specific phosphatase (Lyp) that has been shown to play a negative regulatory role in T cell ...
Iranian cancer patient perceptions of prognosis and the relationship to hope.
(2014)
The aim of this study was to investigate Iranian cancer patient perceptions of their prognosis, factors that influence perceptions of prognosis and the effect this has on patient level of hope.Iranian cancer patients (n=200) ...
Effect of hemodialysis on pulmonary function tests and plasma endothelin levels.
(2014)
End-stage renal disease (ESRD) is a complex illness that involves different organs including the lungs. We studied the pulmonary function tests, arterial blood gases (ABG) and plasma endothelin-1 (ET-1) levels to check ...
The effect of omega-3 fatty acids on depressive symptoms and inflammatory markers in maintenance hemodialysis patients: a randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial.
(2014)
This study was designed to investigate the effects of omega-3 fatty acids on depression and chronic inflammation in hemodialysis patients.Fifty-four maintenance hemodialysis patients were randomized to ingest two omega-3 ...
Prevalence of exfoliative toxin A and B genes in Staphylococcus aureus isolated from clinical specimens.
The pathogenicity of Staphylococcus aureus is based on the production of various virulence factors. The frequency of these factors can markedly differ according to the geographical region.In this study, we investigated the ...