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Correspondence between hospital admission and the pneumonia severity index (PSI), CURB-65 criteria and comparison of their predictive value in mortality and hospital stay [Correlazione tra ricovero in ospedale per polmonite, criteri PSI e CURB-65 e confronto tra il loro valore predittivo della mortalitأ e durata della degenza]
(2013)
Pneumonia severity assessment systems, such as the pneumonia severity index (PSI) and CURB-65, were designed to guide physicians to admit the patients involved to appropriate wards of hospitals. This study evaluated ...
Correlation of plasma interleukin-18 concentration and severity of renal involvement and disease activity in systemic lupus erythematosus
(2016)
Background: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a systemic autoimmune disease characterized by activation of T and polyclonal B lymphocytes. IL-18 was originally identified as a factor which enhances IFN-? production and ...
Development of hybridoma cells producing monoclonal antibody against human epsilon (ε) chain
(2003)
Epsilon (?) chain is one of the five classes of immunoglobulins that plays an important role in allergic diseases. Production of monoclonal antibodies by a single clonotype against different epitopes of ? chain have high ...
Comparison of glucose tolerance in renal transplant recipients and hemodialysis patients
(2004)
Background: Impaired glucose tolerance is a risk factor for atherosclerosis in hemodialysis patients and renal transplant recipients. Methods: To check the relationship of impaired glucose tolerance with the other ...
Comparison of existing disease activity indices in the follow-up of patients with Behçet's disease
(2009)
The objective of this study was to determine the concordance between the Iranian Behçet's disease dynamic activity measure (IBDDAM) or the Behçet's disease current activity form (BDCAF) and expert physician global assessment ...
Comprehensive comparison of malnutrition and its associated factors between nursing home and community dwelling elderly: Aآ case-control study from Northwestern Iran
(2017)
Background & aims Only a limited number of studies have compared nursing home and community residing elderly in terms of health-related issues. The present study aimed to compare nutritional status and its associated factors ...
Concomitant pulmonary tuberculosis and tuberculous appendicitis in a recipient of a renal transplant: A case report
(2011)
Introduction. Tuberculosis is still a serious infection among recipients of renal transplants. Although the ileocecal region is the most affected part in intestinal tuberculosis, acute tuberculous appendicitis is quite a ...
Concentration of maternal serum 25-hydroxy Vitamin D and gestational 2 diabetes mellitus risk
(2017)
Background: The present study was designed to primarily investigate the association between serum 25 (OH) vitamin D levels and gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) in a sample of Iranian woman. Methods: In the present ...
Congenital anomalies and termination of pregnancy in Iran
(2012)
The aim of this study was to document some epidemiological features of termination of pregnancy for birth defects in Iran. We studied 603 pregnant women who were diagnosed/recommended for the termination of pregnancy as ...
Comprehensive treatment and rehabilitation of a patient with maxillary arteriovenous malformation
(2014)
Arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) of the maxilla are rare and potentially life-threatening conditions that can pose a therapeutic dilemma. We reported the first case of maxillary AVM in a 15-year-old girl who was treated ...