Background: Inertial measurement units (IMUs) are promising tools for collecting human movement data. Model-based filtering approaches (e.g.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBACKGROUND Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is a rare autoimmune disease characterized by arterial, venous, and small-vessel thrombosis, pregnancy-related morbidity and the presence of antiphospholipid antibodies such as anticardiolipin antibody, and/or anti-beta2-glycoprotein I. In the recent years, APS was observed in patients with solid tumors and the renal cancer, lung carcinoma and breast tumors were the most common tumors linked with APS. CASE REPORT A 53-year-old female presented with pain and pitting edema of left lower extremity that had begun 6 months prior to hospitalization.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: There are few literatures evaluating the association between cytotoxin-associated gene A (CagA) positive strains of Helicobacter pylori (HP) and the severity of coronary heart disease (CHD). This study was designed to investigate this association.
Methods: Medical and drug history of 112 consecutive patients who were candidate for coronary angiography were taken.
Background: There is still controversy about association of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection with coronary heart disease (CHD). This study designed to evaluate this association in a sample of Iranians Population.
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