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The health status of the elderly population of Iran in 2012
(2015)
Background: With advancing age comes dramatic increase in the incidence of chronic diseases, disabilities, and mental problems. This study was conducted to epidemiologically describe the health status of the elderly ...
THE PLANE RADIOGRAPH of the KNEE for HIGH TIBIAL OSTEOTOMY ASSESSMENT IS in CONTRAST to STANDING ALIGNMENT VIRTUALLY ELABORATED HANDLING BASED PRE-OPERATION PLANNING
(2017)
High Tibial Osteotomy (HTO) is a popular approach among contemporary corrective lower extremity procedures. As a surgical method in the HTO, the Open-Wedge High Tibial Osteotomy (OWHTO) preserves leg length, avoids dissection ...
Validity of sildenafil test in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension associated with congenital heart disease according to clinical and echocardiographic parameters
(2009)
Background: Pulmonary arterial hypertension is a complication of most congenital heart diseases. We sought to assess the effect of sildenafil on patients suffering from pulmonary arterial hypertension in association with ...
Vincristine induced neurotoxicity: Study of 75 cases
(2009)
Objective: Concern for side-effects of therapy related to treatment of childhood malignancies is becoming an increasingly important topic. In this study, we evaluated extent of vincristine (VCR) induced neurotoxicity in a ...
Toll-like receptor signaling and serum levels of interferon β and lipopolysaccharide binding protein are related to abdominal obesity: a case-control study between metabolically healthy and metabolically unhealthy obese individuals
(2018)
It is still unclear whether toll-like receptor (TLR) signaling and serum levels of inflammatory
markers in metabolically unhealthy abdominally obese (MUAO) are due to their obesity
and/or their metabolic state. We ...
Two-year primary patency rates after aortoiliac occlusive disease endovascular treatment
(2018)
Background: In the last decade, great attention has been paid to endovascular treatment and now it is considered as a treatment of choice in aortoiliac occlusive disease. Objectives: To report our 2-year follow-up experience ...
The relationship between immunological markers, disease free survival and overall survival in acute myeloid leukemia in north-west of Iran
(2010)
Introduction: Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a clonal disease characterized by heterogeneous involvement of hematopoietic bone marrow cell populations. In AML patients, a variety of clinical and biologic parameters, ...
The role of 99mTc-MIBI scintigraphy in the management of patients with pulmonary tuberculosis
(2012)
Background: This study aimed to determine whether 99mTc- methoxyisobutylisonitrile (MIBI) scanning could improve diagnostic accuracy of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) and help clinical decision making for an accurate management. ...
The role of chest physiotherapy in prevention of postextubation atelectasis in pediatric patients with neuromuscular diseases
(2013)
Objective There are controversial findings in the literature on the effects of chest physiotherapy on postextubation lung collapse in pediatric age group. Therefore, we aimed to investigate the efficacy of chest physiotherapy ...
The role of Helicobacter pylori and CagA in response to treatment in Iranian gastroesophageal reflux disease patients
(2013)
Aim: This study was conducted to evaluate the influence of H. pylori infection and anti-CagA status on the efficacy of omeperazole 20 m.g. b.d. for patients with endoscopic oesophagitis. Background: The influence of ...