Cigarette smoking and risk of Behcet's disease: a propensity score matching analysis.

Behcet's disease (BD) is an inflammatory disease and smoking may have a role in its triggering. This case-control study was conducted to investigate the association between smoking and the risk of BD. We included 192 patients with BD and 822 healthy siblings of patient with BD and 373 healthy unrelated persons as control groups.

The clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of fractional CO laser in acne scars and skin rejuvenation: A meta-analysis and economic evaluation.

Introduction: Fractional CO has many indications in medicine including in treatment of acne scars and rejuvenation. The aim of this study was to evaluate the safety, efficacy, and cost-effectiveness of Fractional CO Laser in comparison with other methods of rejuvenation and acne scar treatment.

Materials And Methods: Several databases including Medline, OVID, EMBASE, CINHAL, SCOPUS, Web of science, CRD, and Cochrane were searched.