·      Editorial Board 

 

·      Original Articles

Application of the polymerase chain reaction to the diagnosis of sickle cell disease in Iran

M. Ayatollahi, M. Haghshenas

 

Immunogenicity of Cuban hepatitis B vaccine in Iranian children

H. Dahifar

 

The instant death symphony is likely to be orchestrated by creatine kinase of the Mid-Asian Viperidae venom

D. Kouznetsov, S. Arkhangelsky, A. Markarian, M. Orlova

 

Laser epithelial keratomileusis (LASEK) for myopia in patients with thin cornea

H. Hashemi, A. Fotouhi, N. Sadeghi, H. Foudazi, S. Payvar

 

Mid-term results of the Ross operation

S. H. Mirkhani, M. Salehi

 

Isolation and antibiogram pattern of Haemophilus influenzae isolated from bronchial washing of patients undergoing bronchoscopy

A. Farajzadeh-Sheikh, N. Mosavy, H. Tavacol

 

Iranian depressed patients attempting suicide showed impaired memory and problem-solving

H. Kaviani, P. Rahimi, H. R. Naghavi

                                                                                                                                          

Parental origin of meiotic error of the extra chromosome 21 as indicated by short tandem repeat (STR) polymorphisms in Down syndrome

A. Aleyasin, S. Mohammad-Ganji, M. Ghazanfari, F. Jahanshad

 

Ovariectomy reduces the dendritic spine density of the dorsal raphe neurons in the adult rat

S. B. Jameie, M. H. Noyan-Ashraf, G. Behzadi

 

·       Case Reports

Wound myiasis caused by Lucilia sericata

S. A. Talari, F. Sadr, A. Doroodgar, M. R. Talari, A. S. Gharabagh

 

Lycanthropy in depression: a case report

A. R. Moghaddas, M. Nasseri

 

Central precocious puberty following diencephalic syndrome: a case report

R. Vakili, H. Etemad-Rezaei, M. Tafazoli, S. Jalali-Mazlouman

 

External ophthalmomyiasis caused by sheep botfly (Oestrus ovis) larva: a report of 8 cases

M. Masoodi, K. Hosseini

Acute hemorrhagic ascites and fulminant sepsis due to anthrax

M. J. Ghabouli

 

·      Brief Reports

Firearm-related suicide in Tehran: a unique pattern

H. Sanaei-Zadeh, M. Kiani, A. Amiri

 

The effects of betamethasone on reducing the postoperative pain, nausea, and vomiting

M.H. Esmaili, K. Kardan

 

Transnasal endoscopic orbital decompression in Graves' ophthalmopathy

M. H. Baradaranfar, P. Dabirmoghaddam

 

·      Photoclinic 

M. Khajavi, M. Ardeshirzadeh, Y. Shafeghati, G. A. Shahidi

 

·      History of Contemporary Medicine in Iran

Pharmaceuticals in Iran: an overview

K. Basmenji

 

·      Excerpts from Persian Medical Literature

 

·      Commented Summary from Current Medical Literature

S. Nasseri-Moghaddam, R. Malekzadeh

 

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