Objectives: To find out the association of weight, height and age with spirometry variables and to generate a regression equation by taking weight as an independent variable beside age and height among children and adolescents ...

Background and Objectives: Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most prevalent worldwide joint degenerative disorder with high morbidities and disabilities. The current study aimed to investigate the prevalence of knee osteoarthritis ...

Objectives: To discuss the value of applying magnetic resonance diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) to evaluate inflammatory activity from chronic viral hepatitis B. Methods: One hundred forty-two patients with chronic viral ...

Background and Objective: Breast cancer incidence is increasing and it is highest in low income countries. The main challenge is regarding awareness, screening, late presentation and its management in a third-world country. ...

Objective: To determine the efficacy of oral eplerenone in anatomical and functional improvement in patients with chronic central serous chorioretinopathy (CSCR). Methods: This quasi experimental study was performed at ...

Objective: This study aimed to compare the clinical results and complications as well as patient satisfaction in patients with carpal tunnel syndrome operated with open carpal tunnel release (OCTR) or endoscopic carpal ...

Background and Objective: Blood loss in cesarean deliveries has already been established in previous researches but a detailed insight into the correlates has not been done. This study examined whether the number of ...

Objective: To examine potential associations between neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio, platelet/lymphocyte ratio, mean platelet volume (MPV), HbA1c and microvascular complications in diabetic patients from a cost-effectiveness ...

Goldenhar or oculo-auriculo-vertebral (OAV) syndrome is a congenital disorder that is usually apparent at birth. Sometimes, its diagnosis can be delayed and it is first diagnosed in adolescents or adults. We present a case ...

Objective: To explore the prognostic value of several widely used noninvasive fibrosis scores (NIFS) for the mortality due to liver-related events in Chinese primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) population. Study Design: An ...