Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a protozoan disease caused by some Leishmania donovani complex species and is considered as an endemic zoonotic parasitic disease in Iran. This study was performed to determine the prevalence of human VL in Iran. Data were systematically gathered from 1985 to 2018 in Islamic republic of Iran from the following electro...

By Vahid Rahmanian, Karamatollah Rahmanian, Abdolreza Sotoodeh-Jahromi, Saied Bokaie

Composite materials used for the restoration of lost dental tissues fulfill almost all functional and aesthetic requirements. However, polymerization shrinkage still remains the main problem of light-curing composite resins. The consequences of this phenomenon are microfractures and microleakage in the marginal areas of the composite restoration. T...

By Stefan Dačić, Milan Miljković, Aleksandar Mitić, Marija Nikolić, Marko Igić, Milica Jovanović

With the aim to analyze the clinical manifestations and outcomes of influenza, we evaluated the symptoms of proven H1N1 cases and outcomes of patients admitted to hospitals Babol University of Medical Sciences during 2015 - 2016. In this descriptive cross-sectional study, we included patients diagnosed with influenza-like illness (ILI) from October...

By Soheil Ebrahimpour, Arefeh Babazadeh, Mahmoud Sadeghi-Haddad-Zavareh, Masomeh Bayani, Veneela Vasigala, Mostafa Javanian

Summary Anemia is defined as blood hemoglobin concentration of less than 120 g/l in women and less than 130 g/l in men. The main cause of the development of anemia in patients treated with regular hemodialysis is the lack of endogenous erythropoietin, and its main clinical consequences are: progressive decline in residual renal function, developmen...

By Saša Jacović, Milena Jovanović, Nedim Hamzagić, Radiša Pavlović, Dejan Petrović

ERRATUM The article entitled “Evaluation of Prognostic Factors Involved in Seroma Formation after Radical Surgery for Breast Cancer“, authored by: Miodrag Djordjević , Toplica Bojić , Lidija Djordjević , Dragana Budjevac , Nebojša Djordjević, Nebojša Ignjatović, Ivan Pešić, Ana Cvetanović , Mladjan Golubović , Jo...

Summary Monosodium glutamate (MSG), an established excitotoxic food additive, has been found to induce oxidative stress in all tissues. To examine the protective effects of ivermectin on MSG-induced excitotoxicity, 28 male albino rats were randomized into four groups. Group 1, the control, received 1 ml of oral distilled water, group 2 was administ...

By Rotimi O. Arise, Abimbola K. Arise, Oluwole I. Oyewole, Sylvia O. Malomo

Many studies have evaluated the effect of platelet rich plasma (PRP) in the treatment of non-union fractures but few studies have investigated their effect on the union of femoral neck fractures or their functional outcome in young adults. The aim of this study was to evaluate the union time and functional outcome in young adult patients with femor...

By Mohammed Al-Edanni, Yaseen Al, Ghadeer Majeed, Sadik Al-Muktar

The objective of this paper was to evaluate the prevalence of live births with orofacial clefts in Northeastern Brazil, with regard to Brazil’s federative units. An ecological, descriptive study was developed based on the data recorded in the Brazilian Information System on Live Births (SINASC), between 2011 and 2016 in nine Brazilian capital...

By Alessandro Leite Cavalcanti, Everton de Sousa Catão, Tiago Virgínio Fernandes1, Natália Medeiros Andrade, Gustavo Correia Basto da Silva, Liege Helena Freitas Fernandes, Catarina Ribeiro Barros de Alencar, Alidianne Fábia Cabral Cavalcant

The aim of the paper was to identify the correlation between the parameters of hospital admission and clinical outcome in nontraumatic intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) patients younger than 65 years, who were not surgically but conservatively treated only. The analyzed data was collected from the medical records of 341 consecutive patients who suffer...

By Srđan Ljubisavljević, Aleksandra Ignjatović

The prevalence of diabetes is increasing worldwide. Middle Eastern countries will be confronting an im-mense increase in the number of diabetes mellitus cases by 2030. Living with diabetes mellitus has been characterized as a dynamic individual transitive adjustment, based on restructuring of the illness perceived experience and management of the s...

By Parviz Sadeghi, Hossein Namdar Areshtanab, Rasoul Zarrin, Hossein Ebrahimi, Reza Sabanloei