BNP in the differential diagnosis of amiodarone-induced pulmonary toxicity: a case report and review of the literature

A 70-year old man with a history of surgically treated lung cancer, ST-elevation myocardial infarction treated with primary angioplasty, congestive heart failure, and on treatment with amiodarone was admitted to the in...

Sexual dysfunctions and marital adjustment in veterans with PTSD

Introduction: Considering that we have in Iran a lot of veterans who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), this research was performed to identify sexual dysfunction among a group of veterans who suffer from...

A positive correlation of serum homocysteine with leptin in maintenance hemodialysis patients

Introduction: Serum leptin is cleared principally by the kidneys and serum leptin concentrations are increased in patients with chronic renal failure and those undergoing a maintenance dialysis. Mild-to-moderate elevatio...

The immunohistochemical localization of secretory IgA in the submandibular gland of the Mongolian gerbil

Graves’ thyrotoxicosis in a patient with metastatic differentiated thyroid carcinoma and chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL)

Thyrotoxicosis is rare in patients with thyroid carcinoma. A case is reported of a 66-year-old woman with Graves’ disease, papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) with pulmonary metastases and chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CL...