Clinical application of stem cell therapy in neurogenic bladder: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Introduction And Hypothesis: This review aims to investigate the effect of stem cell (SC) therapy on the management of neurogenic bladder (NGB) in four neurological diseases, including spinal cord injury (SCI), Parkinson's disease (PD), multiple sclerosis (MS), and stroke, in the clinical setting.

Methods: An electronic database search was conducted in the Cochrane Library, EMBASE, Proquest, Clinicaltrial.gov , WHO, Google Scholar, MEDLINE via PubMed, Ovid, Web of Science, Scopus, ongoing trial registers, and conference proceedings in June 2019 and updated by hand searching on 1 February 2021.

Adaptation and validation of short scales for assessment of psychological distress in Iran: The Persian K10 and K6.

Objectives: The aims of the study were to translate into Persian and culturally adapt the Kessler Psychological Distress Scales, K10 and K6, and to assess their reliability and validity.

Method: The sample was recruited from primary health care (PHC) settings by quota nonprobability sampling, stratified by sex and age. Validity was assessed against the Composite International Diagnostic Interview (v2.

First and second order stereology of hyaline cartilage: Application on mice femoral cartilage.

Stereological techniques could be considered in research on cartilage to obtain quantitative data. The present study aimed to explain application of the first- and second-order stereological methods on articular cartilage of mice and the methods applied on the mice exposed to cadmium (Cd). The distal femoral articular cartilage of BALB/c mice (control and Cd-treated) was removed.

Mitigating Effect of Resveratrol on the Structural Changes of Mice Liver and Kidney Induced by Cadmium; A Stereological Study.

Exposure to cadmium (Cd) has harmful effects on the liver and kidney. Resveratrol (RES) is an herbal substance that functions as a protective mediator. This study aimed to investigate the effects of RES on the histology of liver and kidney in Cd-exposed mice.

Simultaneous anatomical sketching as learning by doing method of teaching human anatomy.

Objective: Learning by lecture is a passive experience. Many innovative techniques have been presented to stimulate students to assume a more active attitude toward learning. In this study, simultaneous sketch drawing, as an interactive learning technique was applied to teach anatomy to the medical students.

The modifiable noncommunicable risk factors among an Iranian population.

Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in developing countries. Risk factors, such as hypertension, dyslipidemia, obesity and smoking play an important role in the high prevalence of NCDs. In this study we assessed the type and prevalence of NCD risk factors among an Iranian adult population.

A simple stereological method for estimating the number and the volume of the pancreatic beta cells.

Context: Number of the beta cells as well as their volume is a fundamental variable in the pancreatic research.

Objectives: This study describes a simple method for stereological estimation of the volume of the pancreas, the total volume of the islets, and the total number, as well as the mean volume, of the beta cells in rat.

Methods: The primary volume of the pancreas was measured using the immersion method.

Nandrolone decanoate increases the volume but not the length of the proximal and distal convoluted tubules of the mouse kidney.

Unlabelled: Anabolic androgenic steroids are widely used by athletes for increasing their muscle mass. These drugs are also used by some patients with chronic renal disease. But the effect of these drugs on the renal structure has received less attention.