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Comparison of the detection limits of the culture and PCR methods for the detection of Clostridium difficile, Clostridium perfringens, Campylobacter jejuni, and Yersinia enterocolitica in human stool
(2017-01-01)
© 2016, Pediartric Infections Research Center. Background: Detection of fastidious enteropathogenic bacteria in fecal samples of patients with gastroenteritis is a challenge in clinical microbiological laboratories. ...
Ultrasound guidance for interventional pain management of lumbar facet joint pain: An anatomical and clinical study
(2017-01-01)
© 2016, Tehran University of Medical Sciences and Iranian Society of Radiology. Background: There is a growing trend in ultrasound use in interventional pain management. Recently, the ease of use and clinical benefits of ...
Evaluation of pentraxin-3 level and its related factors in patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention
(2017-01-01)
© 2017, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences(IUMS). All rights reserved. BACKGROUND: Inflammation has an important role in the development and progression of atherosclerosis, and acute phase proteins such as pentraxin-3 ...
Comparison of quantitative assessment of BLADE and isotropic three-dimensional fast spin echo cube (3D T2 SPACE) sequences with conventional protocols of wrist joint at 3 tesla magnetic resonance imaging
(2017-01-01)
© 2016, Tehran University of Medical Sciences and Iranian Society of Radiology. Background: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the wrist joint is a useful method in the diagnosis of triangular fibrocartilage complex (TFCC), ...
Evidence supporting neuroprotective effect of adipose derived stem cells on PC12 cells against oxidative stress induced by H<inf>2</inf>O<inf>2</inf>
(2017-01-01)
© 2017 by the C.M.B. Association. Adipose-derived stem cells (ADSCs) are a population of cells derived from adipose tissue. ADSCs exhibit multilineage development potential and are able to secrete various factors, which ...
Factors affecting ventriculophasic response: An investigation in patients with permanent pacemaker
(2017-01-01)
© 2017 Elsevier Inc. Background: Ventriculophasic response (VR) refers to the shortening of the atrial cycle length (P-P-interval) that occurs during the heart block when a QRS complex is interposed between two P-waves. ...
Psychometric parameters of the Persian version of the Brief COPE among wives of patients under hemodialysis
(2017-01-01)
© Iran University of Medical Sciences. Background: The Brief COPE is widely validated and popularly used in assessing coping strategies in major life stressors on various populations. This study carried out to determine ...
Melatonin, an inhibitory agent in breast cancer
(2017-01-01)
© 2016, The Japanese Breast Cancer Society. Background: The heterogeneous nature of breast cancer makes it one of the most challenging cancers to treat. Due to the stimulatory effect of estrogen in mammary cancer progression, ...
Friendship network and dental brushing behavior among middle school students: An agent based modeling approach
(2017-01-01)
© 2017 Sadeghipour et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the ...
Expression analysis of long non-coding PCAT-1 in breast cancer
(2017-01-01)
© 2017 Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS). All rights reserved. Background: The prostate cancer-associated non-coding RNA transcript 1 (PCAT-1) is a newly identified long non- coding RNA whose participation in ...