Back ground: This study was conducted to estimate the relation ship of the incisive papilla to the antero posterior arrangement of the maxillary anterior teeth in a two different groups (Iraqi and Yemenian groups), because incisive papilla is considered as a reliable and relatively stable anatomic land mark.
Materials and Methods: Maxillary and mandibular stone casts were collected from 100 dental students, (50) of Iraqi dental students in Baghdad university and (50) of Yemenian dental students in Ibb university at the 3rd and 4th classes. Age ranged from 21-25 years. Alginate impression, dental stone, stock trays were used. Photographic technique was used to measure anatomic land marks located on de

Background: Determine how do obesity and type2 diabetes intertwined? and what it takes to turn an obese person into a person with diabetes. That link may help to understand why some obese people never develop diabetes while many others do. Serum sugar level was used as indicator of insulin level; leptin level was used as indicator of leptin resistance.
A total of 50 obese subjects were involved in this study, 25 obese subject (BMI >30) had diabetes mellitus type 2(no insulin dependant), selected from Baghdad teaching Hospital in Baghdad /Iraq. The remaining 25 obese (BMI >30) were normal healthy individuals.
Patients and Methods: ELSA technique was used for the measurement of serum leptin. Blood

Background: This study was done to assist bond strength of glass ionomer cement reinforced by different amount of Hydroxyapatite
Materials and methods: In this study a hydroxyapatite materials were added to glass ionomer cement at different ratios; 10%, 15%, 20%, 25% and 30% (by weight) and the bond strength was detected by construction a cylinders from these mixed materials, constructed on exposed dentine of human extracted premolar teeth and by Zwick’s universal testing machine the bond strength were detected for these mixed materials.
Results: Results showed that the glass ionomer cement reinforced by hydroxyapatite has higher bond strength than conventional glass ionomer cement and the hydroyapat

Background: Techniques of Inguinal hernia repair have seen an evolution from the pure tissue repair to the prosthetic repair and in the recent years past to laparoscopic repair. High recurrence rates using fascia for the hernia repair or the use of sutures under tension prompted the development of polypropylene mesh to reinforce the posterior wall of the inguinal canal.The aim of this study is to compare the post operative results of Lichtenstein mesh technique with Dar ning repair.<br />Patients and methods:-A prospective study of "100" patients with inguinal hernia were conducted to evaluate two methods, of open repair of inguinal hernia Lichtenstein mesh technique with Traditional non-mesh technique (modified Bassini or Darning)

Background: proteins, glycoproteins and fructose as parameters used to assess infertility in men.
Objective: To determine and correlate serum and seminal plasma of total proteins, glycoproteins and fructose with infertility in men.
Patients and Methods: The study was performed on 154 subjects; 109 infertile men (oligospermic and azoospermic) and 45 normal volunteers (normospermic men). All sera and seminal plasma were submitted for total proteins, glycoproteins and fructose levels measurment.
Results: No significant difference was noted in serum and seminal plasma of total proteins in oligospermic and azoospermic and that of normospermic men (P>0.05) compared to normospermic men. Statistical sign

Background: Osteoarthritis (OA) is disorder of diarthrodial joints characterized clinically by pain and functional limitation. Rheumatoid factor (RF) represents one of routine laboratory tests that done for all patients have joint complaints. Chloroquine phosphate (CQP) is a disease modifying antirheumatic drug (DMARD) used for patients suffer from knee osteoarthritis (KOA) in order to reduce their RF value and improves the disease status.
Objective: To evaluate the effect of chloroquine phosphate on rheumatoid factor (RF) level in serum of patients with knee osteoarthritis KOA) Design: case report.
Subjects and methods: RF value were assessed quantitatively by ELISA technique before and after tre

Background: Bone disease of hyperthyroidism is a type of high-turnover osteoporosis. In many patients
with hyperthyroidism, there is excessive bone resorption, occasionally marked in degree and far
exceeding that in the usual patient with osteoporosis. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the bone
mineral density (BMD) in hyperthyroid patients in a controlled study.
Patients and Methods. The study group consists of 48 patients with hyperthyroidism who were seen at
Specialized Centre for Endocrinology and Diabetes, and at Rheumatology Clinic and Osteoporosis Clinic
in Baghdad Teaching Hospital. In all patients, measurement of BMD at the lumbar spine (L1-L4) using
dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) machine was

Summary

Background:-Carotid body tumors is an uncommon disease entity in Iraq , presented with painless swelling below the angle of the mandible , and is usually benign .The author reviews his personal surgical challenge with eight cases having had this tumor during twelve years period

Patients and Methods:-Eight patients with carotid body tumors were managed during twelve years period (1994- 2005) in the Thoracic and Vascular Department of the Medical City Teaching Hospital in Baghdad, Iraq

Results:-These patients were retrospectively studied as regard their age, gender, clinical features, diagnostic methods, operative findings, surgical techniques and postoperative outcome.

Conclusion:-Early presentation

الخلفية: التدرن الرئوي مرض معدي مُزمن والذي يُؤثّرُ على الحالة الغذائية للمرضى. وجودالحالة الغذائية السيّئةِ في مرضى التدرنِ الرئوي هو أحد أهم العواملِ الحاسمِة في وصف العلاجِ المساعد والمغذّي لمَنْع إجهادِ  الاكسدة والتعقيدات آلاخرى.

هدف الدراسةِ: هذه الدراسةِ صُمّمتْ لتَقييم الحالة الغذائية ومعامل كتلةِ جسم لمرضى التدرن الرئوي.

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المقدمة: هذه الدراسة قد أجريت لتقدير درجة النكس لسرطان الثدي بعد التداخل الجراحي لسرطان الثدي المبكر القابل للتداخل الجراحي ( سرطان

   الدرجة الاولى والثانية )في الوحدة الجراحية الأولى و مستشفى الرحمة الأهلي .عدد المرضى الكلي الذين ادخلوا في الدراسة كان مئة وسبعة عشر مريضا عراقيا جميعهم من الاناث وتمت متابعتهم من كانون الثاني 2007 ولغاية نهاية شهر كانون ال

Thyroid cancer is a rare malignancy with wide interethnic and geographic variations (l).it constitutes 1% of solid organ malignancy (2) but they are still the most common endocrine (3)cancer .well differentiated (follicular and papillary thyroid carcinoma accounts for 80-90% of the approximately 28000 new cases each year and the estimate of 376000 existing cases of primary thyroid cancer in Europe and united states(2) , while in Germany it is the 13th most frequent maiignancy(2-7) new cases per 100000 inhabitantsK 1)-
There have been many recent advances in our understanding of thyroid diseases. An adenoma- carcii.oma sequence for the development of thyroid neoplasm has been based on the characterization of a number proto-oncogene and

خلفية البحث: أصبحت العدوى الفطرية الغازية أكثر شيوعًا خلال العقدين الماضيين. أنواع المبيضات، هي أكثر أنواع العدوى الفطرية البشرية شيوعًا. يتميز بإصابات داخلية بسبب عوامل الضراوة، مثل سم الجليوتوكسين وهو نوع من السموم الفطرية التي يعتقد أنها مضادة للبكتيريا والفطريات والفيروسات.

هدف الدراسة: كان الهدف من الدراسة الحالية هو اختبار قدرة أنواع المبيضات المعزولة من المصادر السريرية على

Background: Alcohol remains the single most significant cause of liver disease throughout the Western world, responsible for between 40 and 80% of cases of cirrhosis in different countries. There are no characteristic sonographic features of ALD. Many of the factors underlying the development of alcoholic liver injury remain unknown, and significant questions remain about the value of even very basic therapeutic strategies.
Patients and Methods: A total number of 50 patients with ALD were studied. Abdominal Doppler ultrasonography to determine the ratio of the left to right portal vein (PV) was done. They were compared with 50 healthy persons (control) and 50 patients with comparable CLD due to other causes.
Results: The diameter o

نظرة اولية: ان تواجد الاصابة  بالفايروس الكبدي نوع ب لدى المتبرعين بالدم يعتبر من الحالات الطبية التي يجب الانتباه اليها.

الاهداف: تم اجراء هذه الدراسة على المتبرعين بالدم في مصرف الدم الرئيسي في مدينة اربيل/كردستان العراق , لغرض التحري عن وجود الاصابات الكبدية الفايروسية نوع ب المخفية لدى المتبرعين بالدم والذين يكون المستضاد

خلفية الدراسة: السسبلاتينهو علاج كيمياوي قوي جدا ومضادللسرطانيستخدمبنجاحفيعلاجسرطانات الأعضاءالصلبة، ولكنلديه نسبة عاليةمنالسمية الكلوية. وقد تم تصميمهذه الدراسةلتقييم امكانية الاستفادةمنعصير الرمان الطبيعي  للتقليل من تأثير علاج السسبلاتين على الكلى نظرا لاحتوائة على مواد مضادة للاكسدة والتي يمكن بواسطتها التقليل من تاثير السلبي لهذا العلاج على انسجة ووظائف الكلى.

خلفية البحث: ان اعتلال الجهاز التنفسي من المضاعفات الهامة لحديثي الولادة القيصرية الاختيارية ووجود الم الولادة السابق للقيصرية يقلل من اعتلال الجهاز التنفسي. وزادت النتائج السلبية في الجهاز التنفسي حديثي الولادة في الأطفال الذين يولدون قبل ۳۹ اسبوعا.

تهدف هذه الدراسه الى تقييم العلاقة بين عمر الحمل عند الولادة ٬ ونتائج اعتلال الجهاز التنفسي بعد الولادة القيصرية الا

الخلفيةالدراسة: يرتبط استخدام وسائل منع الحمل عن طريق الفم مع زيادة نسبة الدهون في الدم والتمثيل الغذائي للكربوهيدرات وكذلك عوامل التخثر  بما في ذلك زيادة مستويات العامل السابع في البلازما، عامل X، الفيبرينوجين و D-dimer

الهدف من الدراسة: لتقييم تأثير حبوب منع الحمل عن طريق الفم على عوامل التخثروهي وقت البروثرومبين، تنشيط وقت ثرومبوبلاستين الجزئي، ومستوى ال

المقدمة :- لاحظ  في مرضى العجز الكلوي المزمن زيادة حالات النزف . بصورة عامة حالة النزف تكون موازية الى شدة تركيز النتروجين في الدم .الفسلجة المرضية لحالة النزف معقدة وفيها نلاحظ خلل في وظائف الصفائح الدموية والتخثر اضافة الى قلة الاقراص الدموية التي تشاهد في بعض المرضى.

الهدف من الدراسة :- لتحديد تغيرات في بعض مؤشرات توقف نزف الدم عند مرضى عجز الكلى المزمن, وت

الخلفية:- يعتبر داء السكري من اكثر الامراض شيوعا ومسبب رئيسي للمضاعفات من بين باقي الامراض غير الانتنقالية ويعتبر من اسباب ارتفاع كلفه العلاج خصوصا والنظام الصحي عموما. وتم التركيز بالخصوص على ثقافة المريض بمرضه بصوره خاصه كونها عامل محدد في تقدم المرض لديه.

الاهداف:- تهدف الدراسة الى قياس وتقييم الثقافة الصحية لمرضى السكري من مراجعي مراكز الرعاية الصحية الا

المقدمه: مرض الأكياس المائية يتسبب عن الأصابة بدودة الكلب( المشوكة الحبيبية)وله أهمية من الناحية كونها تسبب عدوى حيوانية مشتركة مما تؤثر على الناحية الأقتصادية والصحة العامة يشكل رئيسي وهذا ما يهدد مناطق محددة من الشرق الآوسط وهذه المناطق الموبؤة بدودة المشوكات الحبيبية "ولابد من  وضع استراتيجية للوقاية والتحكم .مما يتطلب وصف المشوكة الحبيبية في جميع الدراسات الجزيئية للتحري عن ال

لمقدمة:درجة السنتاكس ٢ تعد طريقة ارشادية لاختيار طريقة العلاج في المرضى اللذين يعانون من امراض شرايين القلب التاجية المعقدة مع او بدون امراض الشريان الايسر الرئيسي غير المحمي.
الهدف: لتقييم نسبة عدم التوافق بين القرار السريري لاختصاصي القلبية وتوصيات درجة السنتاكس ٢ بالنسبة لخطة العلاج في المرضى المصابين بآمراض شرايين القلب التاجية المعقدة مع او بدون امراض الشريان الايسر الرئيسي غير المحمي

Background: The hippocampus is empirically assumed to have different functions, of which the best known are: the representation of self-location in cognitive dimensions, and the storage and retrieval of memory.
Materials and methods: Eleven adult male albino rats were used. Brain specimens were processed into paraffin blocks, sectioned (10 μm thick), and stained using Haematoxylin and Eosin, and Luxol Fast Blue MBS counterstained with Cresyl Violet. Morphometric analysis was done through eyepiece micrometers.
Results: The lamellae of the hippocampus were morphometrically evaluated in context of embryogenesis and nerve fiber content.
Conclusion: This study confirmed the existence of differences in nerve

Background: Gliomas are brain tumours of supporting tissue of the brain. The management of low grade glioma is still a great debate ranges from just follow up to extensive surgery followed by DXT, with or without chemothery.
Patients and Methods: 282 patients taken from neuro-surgical hospital between 1980-1990, divided to 3 groups with different modality of management & follow up for 15 years.
Results: the five years survival and symptomatic improvement was higher in the group managed by extensive surgery and DXT with or without cytoxic drugs followed by group managed by biopsy and DXT with or without cytoxic.
Conclusion: management of low grade glioma symptoms & out come (survival) is best by extensive surgery & DX

Background: Deficiency in beta cell mass is the hallmark of most forms of diabetes, it is worthwhile understanding pancreatic regeneration in the context of this disease.Of crucial importance in the development of diabetes, both type I and type II, is the insufficient beta cell replication after the onset of disease.This is why we are always in search of new sources of beta cells to be generated by neogenesis to induce beta cells. In this regard, pancreatic stem or progenitor cells may offer a promising therapeutic approach for diabetes.
Methods and Materials: A total of 60 adults swiss albino rats were divided into two groups. Group I, control group (30 animals) were injected with normal saline into the

Background: Estimation of the in situ expression of Fas and Fas ligand (FasL) in aborted women compared with normal human pregnancy .
Patients and Methods: A technique utilizing in situ hybridization(ISH) was performed to detect and determine the in situ expression of Fas and Fas ligand (FasL) mRNA using paraffin embedded sections of curettage samples obtained from 42 women, who were divided into two groups: 30 women with first trimester abortion and 12 women with induced abortion as control.
Results: The levels of the in situ expression of both Fas and Fas ligand (FasL) mRNA were found to be highly significant increased in group 1 as compared with group 2
(p<0.01), with a significant positive correla

Background: Chlamydia trachomatis is one of the most common human pathogens and considered as one of the causative agents of STDs. This organism cause acute and recurrent pelvic infections and infertility.
Patients and Methods: Two hundred and seventy three females were included in the present study, attending infertility department, AL-Elwiya hospital, AL-Jarah private hospital, central public health laboratory and STDs clinic to whom IFAT, ELAF and immunoglobulins concentration were done.
Results: Females were divided into three age groups <20; 20-39 and ≥40 years. Single and repeated abortions were 44.9%, 55.1% respectively. Primary and secondary infertility were 55.6% and 44.4%. Higher abortio

Background: Intestinal parasites are endemic in many developing areas (WHO report 1998), and they considered as one of the most common tropical disease in developing countries ranges between 30-60 % .
Patients and Methods: The present study is a survey to determine the prevalence of intestinal parasites in out and in patients of Al-karama hospital during the period from Jan 1999 to Nov. 2000. Stool samples examination was the test in establishing the results of the present study by direct microscopic examination. Q –square statistic test were used for evaluation the results.
Results: Results of the present study reveled that the most affected group of patients’ with intestinal parasites, those with

Background: Cytokines have long been implicated in the pathogenesis of autoimmune diabetes in a number of studies, and playing a role in the initiation of β-cell damaging process. The objective of this study is to gain more understanding about the role of cytokines in initiation of T1DM, through assessment of IFN-γ, IL-10 and IL-6 in diabetic patients.
Patients and methods: A total of 60 patients who were newly diagnosed as having T1DM (diagnosed less than five months) were included in the present study. Fifty apparently healthy control subjects were underwent the measurement of serum IFN-γ, IL-10 and IL-6 by ELISA.
Results: Higher serum levels of IFN-γ, IL-10, and Il-6 were observed in the investigated

Background: To study prevalence and method of diagnosis of acute rubella Infection during early pregnancy in Iraq.
Patients and Methods: Clinical signs and symptoms of acute rubella infection were looked for in (170) pregnant women looked before (12) weeks of gestation .Serial rubella specific IgG and IgM serological testing was done in these (170) women before (12) weeks of pregnancy, after (3) weeks, and again at (18-20) weeks of gestation.
Results: Three woman had clinical signs and symptoms of rubella infection from (26) woman were IgM positive at (9) weeks of pregnancy; (94) were IgG +ve but IgM –ve initially and also on repeat sampling after (3) weeks; while (50) women were nonimmune (IgG and I

Background: The purpose of this study was to compare the parametric measurements of transient otoacoustic (TEOAEs) in normal hearing subjects between two clinical centers in Iraq and to examine the community effect on TEOAEs characteristics.
Patients and Methods: Transient otoacoustic emission (TEOAEs) were obtained from eighty subjects (160 ears)-males and females aged (10-20 years), with Forty (40) subjects in Baghdad audiology center and forty subjects in Sulaimania audiology center (North of Iraq)[ Kurdistan-Iraq], in standard, non-linear “Fast Screen” mode. Hearing thresholds, tympanometric, and TEOAE-parameters were recorded between two clinical center groups.
Results: The cross correlation (