ackground :Polyphenolic compounds are groups of naturally occurring compounds in different plants. They are promising product to protect, and prevent leukemia and many types of cancer by different mechanisms.
Objectives: The present study designed to study the effect of polyphenolic compounds [Ellagic acid (EA), Tannic acid (TA) and Caffiec acid (CA)] on GOT,GPT activities and total protein TP concentration in all types of leukemia [acute myeloblastic leukemia (AML), acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), chronic myeloblasti leukemia (CML) and chronic lymphoblastic leukemia (CLL)],in addition to compare the potency of these compounds among each other.
Patients and Methods: Blood samples were collected from a h
Background: Patients with chronic renal failure ( CRF) are at increased rick of cardiovascular diseases and 60 of cardiovascular mortality in CRF is attributed to sudden death.
يعد سرطان الثدي من اكثر انواع السرطانات التي تصيب النساء في العالم ، وقد تناولت الكثير من الدراسات والبحوث العوامل المسببة لهذا المرض من أجل التوصل للتشخيص المبكر والعلاج الناجح له.
تناولت هذه الدراسة حصراً النوع الخبيث والأكثر انتشاراً لسرطان الثدي وهو " سرطان القنوات المنتشر" حيث تركزت على بحث العلاقة بين هذا السرطان وتركيز الانترليوكين العاشر ، كما تناولت العلاقة بين تركيز
... Show MoreBack ground: The use of Montelukast in mild and moderate asthma has been studied ,allergic rhinitis or rhinitis and asthma are strongly inter related, Montelukast has been used in both conditions, whether treating rhinitis will improve asthma control ,a point which has been stressed recently.
Objectives: To evaluate the effect of Montelukast in mild and moderate asthma according to Global INitiative For Asthma guidelines ( GINA),and to compare its use in asthma alone and in asthma which is associated with persistant rhinitis symptoms.
Patients and methods: Seventy patients who fulfill the criteria of mild and moderate asthma according to Global INitiative For Asthma guidelines had been recruited from t
خلفية البحث: تعد متلازمة تكيس المبايض حالة مرضية مرتبطة بعدم الأباضة وزيادة الأندروجينات. تعاني مريضة تكيس المبايض سريرياً من عدم انتظام الدورة الشهرية، العقم، وظهور الشعر. والنساء اللاتي تعاني من هذه الأعراض تكون أكثر عرضة للأصابة بالمتلازمة الأيضية.
الهدف من الدراسة: دراسة مظاهر المتلازمة الأيضية لدى النساء المصابات بتكيس المبايض.
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... Show Moreالمقدمة: أن واحدة من الأسباب الرئيسية لضعف الحركة بعد الاصابة بالسكتة الدماغية هو التقلص غير الطبيعي للعضلات المشلولة . اقترحت العديد من الدراسات أن التقلص غير المتوافق للعضلات قد تترافق مع تعزيز النقل العصبي في السبيل الوارد في مجموعة احادي المشبك (Ia) في الطرف المصاب للمرضى بعد الاصابة بالسكتة الدماغية و المنعكسات العصبية لمجموعة احادي المشبك (Ia) قد ارتفعت بشكل غير طبيعي و فشلت في
... Show Moreالمقدمة: تصلب الأعصاب المنتشر مرض التهابي مزمن مجهول السبب، يتصف بفقدان الميالين (النخاعين) مع الميل إلى إصابة محور الليف العصبي، ويصيب الأشخاص في الأعمار المتوسطة من حياتهم مع أرجحية إصابة النساء أكثر من الرجال.
الهدف: تهدف الدراسة الى دراسة بعض العناصر الزهيدة في مصل مرضى تصلب الاعصاب المنتشر وملاحظة اي اجهاد تأكسدي لديهم, بالاضافة الى مقارنت
... Show Moreخلفية البحث : التهاب المجاري البولية اكثر اصابة بكترية شيوعا بالنساء بصورة عامة وبصورة خاصة في سن مابعد سن اليأس. البول البكتري يحدث في النساء البالغات اللواتي يمتلكنة عطل وظيفي لكن بصورة عامة بدون اعراض. لكن عوامل الخطورة تكون مرتبطة مع عودة الاصابة بالتهاب المجاري البولية في النساء البالغات غير معروفة. البول البكتري في النساء البالغات متربط مع نسبة الوفيات. اغلب البول البكتري يكو
... Show Moreخلفية عن البحث:
ان متلازمة تكيس المبايض هي من اكثر انواع اعتلال الغدد الصماء شيوعا التي تؤدي الى العقم. ان اغلب النساء المصابات بمتلازمه تكيس المبايض لديهن مقاومه لهرمون الانسولين وارتفاع نسبه هيموغلوبين اي ون سي .ان اضطرابات الغدة الدرقيه تؤثر على نسبه هيمموغلوبين اي ون سي وكذلك على نتيجه تحفيز المبايض
... Show MoreBackground: Hydatid disease is a serious infection of man caused by larval stage (hydatid) of the small dog tapeworm. Serological tests are important in the diagnosis of hydatid
disease.
Objectives: The study was carried out to detect the rate of seropositivity of hydatid cysts in Kirkuk and Tikrit cities.
Materials and Methods: The retrospective hospital based and seroepidemiological studies were carried out in Kirkuk and Tikrit cities, during the period from beginning of January
2000 until the end of October 2003. The hospital based study included 125-hydatid cyst operations in hospitals of Kirkuk (82) and Tikrit (43). The serological tests used for
detection of hydatid cysts antibody were latex agglu
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Background: Upper air way obstruction secondary to chronically inflamed adenoid and / or tonsil is a common problem, in the presence of recurrent infection; tonsillectomy and or adenoidectomy are the most common surgery applied among pediatric population.
Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the type of bacteria encountered with- in the core of the adenoid tissue at time of operation.
Subject and Methods: During a period from Feb.2005 to May 2005, twenty two adenoid samples were removed by surgery ,and cross sectioned and sent for culture and sensitivity, at the department of ENT in Al-jerahat hospital for surgical specialties , most of the patients were under 10 year’s
old.
Results: This
Back ground : Chronic renal failure (CRF) is characterized by progressive destruction of renal mass with irreversible sclerosis and loss of nephrons over a period of at least months to many years which is treated either by dialysis which includes hemodialysis (HD) and peritoneal dialysis (PD) or renal transplantation.
Objective : To document the elevation of interleukin-6 (IL-6) in Iraqi HD patients, and to what degree that elevation influences secretion of C-reactive protein (CRP), in addition to its
association with other acute phase proteins and kidney function tests .
Method : A total of 75 individuals were included in the present study, 50 individuals were treated with HD compared to 25 healthy volu
Background: Asthma is an allergic disease characterized by airway obstruction as a result of cellular accumulation due to the liberation of certain mediators. Among those mediators are the cytokines such as IL-5.
Patients & Methods: Interleukin-5 concentration has been estimated in 94 sera samples of Asthmatic patients in comparison with 41 non-asthmatic bronchitis as patient controls in addition to 30 apparent healthy control group using ELISA method.
Results & Conclusions: There is highly significant elevation of IL-5 in the asthmatic cases in comparison with healthy controls (P< 0.001). We conclude that this cytokine may play the major
role in asthmatic attack & it may be a good m
Background:Seventy eight patients with beta - thalassemia major were Collected randomly from the thalassemia center in Ibn-Al-Baldy Hospital (all of them were transfusion dependent),
together with fifty six age and sex matched healthy children were collected as a control.
Aim of the study: To determine the incidence of thromboembolism among them and to evaluate the precipitating factors.
Patients and Methods: History was taken and physical examination was done . EDTA Anticoagulated blood samples were taken prior to the next transfusion , platelet parameters were
estimated for both groups using the MS – 9 coulter counter.
Results: Thromboembolic events was detected in five patients (6.41%).The main site was
Background: Differentiating cytotrophoblasts transform their adhesion receptor phonotype so as to resemble the endothelial cells they replace a process that is required for normal placentation, and any defect in this adhesion phenotype switch might lead to pregnancy failure.
Patients and Methods: Curate samples of the materno-fetal interface were taken from 20 women with spontaneous first trimester abortion and 6 control women undergone elective termination of pregnancy in the first trimester. Immunohistochemistry analysis of paraffin embedded sections of these curate samples was performed using monoclonal antibodies for cytokeratin, PECAM-1 and VCAM-1.
Results: Cytokeratin showed positive immunostaing
Background: Rheumatiod factor in patients with Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) could be of IgM, IgG, or IgG isotypes.
Aim: To study the occurance of each or all these isotypes in RA patients .
Methods: Enzyme linked Immune Sorbent Assay (ELISA) & Latex agglutination test were used to asses RF in 74 patients with RA.
Results: Using ELISA, 58 (78.4%) patients had positive RF (IgM 48.6%, IgG in 47.3% & IgA in 54.1% ), while only 43 (58.1) patients were positive by AG .
Conclusion All RF isotypes should be assessed in patients with RA.
This study. was done on three hundred mothers who has a child less than 5 year old in ALNahryn University Teaching Hospital for the period of three months 1-1-2001 to 31-3-2001.
The study showed that 48% were Breast-feeding, 11% Bottlefeeding, & 41% Mixed breast and bottle-feeding. The family plays a major role (97.2%) in deciding the type of feeding
and the doctor role was only 2% in that regard and 21.2% in advice for artificial feeding. The study also showed that there is a decline in breast feeding among -the three generations
studied 100%, 96.4%, 48%; which represent around 52% o decline in breast feeding.
Background: To shade a light on certain tumor markers and their sensitivity and specificity in determination of pancreatic cancer.
Patients & Methods :- A total of 35 patients with pancreatic cancer were studied between June 2003 and April 2004 in Specialized Surgical - Baghdad Teaching Hospital . These patients were compared with other 25 non malignant G.I diseases patients as well as 35 healthy controls . The serum was estimated for CAI 9-9 , and CEA by ELFA (Enzyme Linked Fluorescent Assay) method and CPR by ELISA method.
Results :- Five patients with pancreatic cancer were excluded from this study because they were beyond surgery.The results show that there is significant differences between se
Back ground: Type 2 Diabetes mellitus (T2D) is a common complication of all liver diseases. However clinical and experimental data suggest a direct role of HCV in the perturbation of glucose metabolism. The aim of this study is to investigate the role of HCV infection as a risk factor to develop type 2 diabetes mellitus, and to study the immunopathogenicity of HCV in diabetes mellitus patients, through the assessment of IFN-γ, TNF- α and IL-10 serum levels.
Objectives: Is to investigate the role of HCV infection as a risk factor to develop type 2 diabetes mellitus, and to study the immunopathogenecity of HCV in diabetes mellitus patients, through the assessment of IFN-γ, TNF- α and IL-10 serum levels.