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Prevalence of protein-energy wasting and its various types in Iranian hemodialysis patients: A new classification
(2012-11-01)
Background: This study was designed to determine the prevalence of protein-energy wasting (PEW) and its various types in hemodialysis (HD) patients in Tehran, Iran. Methods: For this cross-sectional study, 291 HD patients ...
Analysis of loss of heterozygsity effect on thyroid tumor with oxyphilia cell locus in familial non medullary thyroid carcinoma in Iranian families
(2012-09-01)
Material and Methods: 22 nuclear families (78 persons including 12 patients) with papillary and follicular tumors were selected in a period of six months from Milad hospital. Five microsatellite markers (D19S413, D19S391, ...
Dietary assessment of hemodialysis patients in Tehran, Iran
(2011-10-01)
Inadequate dietary intakes are a major determinant of malnutrition in hemodialysis (HD) patients. Considering the lack of information available on dietary intakes of HD patients in Iran, the present study was designed to ...
Skewed mutational spectrum of RET proto-oncogene Exon10 in Iranian patients with medullary thyroid carcinoma
(2015-07-29)
© 2015, International Society of Oncology and BioMarkers (ISOBM). Thyroid cancer is the most common endocrine malignant tumor. Medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) is an aggressive tumor arising from calcitonin-producing ...
Allele frequency distribution for D11S1304, D11S1998, and D11S934 and metabolic syndrome in TLGS
(2010-12-01)
Different variant frequencies may lead to different frequencies of the same variants in individuals with drugs resistance and disease susceptibility at the population level. In this study, the allele frequency of three ...
Age-specific seroprevalence of hepatitis A infection among children visited in pediatric hospitals of Tehran, Iran
(2004-04-22)
Background: Hepatitis A is an enterically transmitted disease that still remains endemic in many developing countries. In some countries improvements in living conditions have recently led to changing in epidemiology of ...
Association of Apo E gene polymorphism with HDL level in Tehranian population
(2010-07-01)
The prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors, especially low level of high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), is very high in Iran. The associations of apolipoprotein E (Apo E) polymorphism with lipid profile, ...
ApoB (XbaI) polymorphism and lipid variation in Teharnian population
(2011-04-01)
This study examines the association of XbaI apolipoprotein B polymorphism with lipid related variables in Tehran lipid and glucose study. 809 subjects from the TLGS population were selected, anthropometrical and biochemical ...
A novel succinate dehydrogenase type B mutation in an Iranian family. Its genetic and clinical evaluation
(2014-01-01)
© 2014 Hellenic Endocrine Society. All rights reserved. Succinate Dehydrogenase-B (SDH-B) gene mutations constitute one of the most frequent forms of hereditary paragangliomas (PGL). Genetic study is advised in all cases ...