Electroencephalography, Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Response to Treatment in Children with Focal Seizures A Prospective Cohort Study.

Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate patients with focal seizures, their clinical manifestations, and their response to treatment, then compared the accuracy of electroencephalography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) to assess the cost-effectiveness of the latter.

Materials & Methods: After selecting the appropriate individuals, the authors obtained the data by clinically evaluating the cases and interviewing them or their caretaker(s) on admission and the six-month follow-up visit. The researchers then analyzed the obtained data.

Evaluating the Correlation between Brain Ultra Sonographic, Brain MRI, and Electroencephalography Findings and the Severity of Asphyxia and Neurodevelopment in Infants with Hypoxic-ischemic Injury.

Objective: Hypoxia-ischemia-induced brain injury is a major cause of acute mortality and chronic neurological disability in infants and children. Imaging plays a vital role in diagnosing and treating hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) and as an adjunct to acute conditions and provides valuable information on long-term prognosis.

Materials & Methods: Our study was prospective with 50 neonates aged 34 weeks and older with HIE.

Mesenteric lymph nodes in MR enterography: are they reliable followers of bowel in active Crohn's disease?

Objectives: To demonstrate magnetic resonance enterography (MRE) features of mesenteric lymph nodes (LN) in patients with Crohn's disease (CD) and investigate whether they follow enhancement or apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) parameters of bowel.

Methods: This study was approved by the institutional review board. A total of 788 MREs from patients with CD were retrospectively reviewed.

Magnetic Resonance Enterography in 300 Known Cases of Crohn's Disease: An Initial Report from a Referral Center in Iran.

BACKGROUND Magnetic resonance enterography (MRE) has become the modality of choice in assessment of patients with Crohn's disease (CD). We aimed to present our experience on 300 patients with CD who underwent MRE during the first 30 months after setting up MRE for the first time in a referral center in Iran. METHODS Patients with a definite diagnosis of CD based on either ileocolonoscopy or histopathological studies were included in the final report and categorized into four phenotypes of inactive, active, stricturing, and penetrating disease.

Gaining insight into the prevention of maternal death using narrative analysis: an experience from kerman, iran.

Reduction in maternal mortality requires an in-depth knowledge of the causes of death. This study was conducted to explore the circumstances and events leading to maternal mortality through a holistic approach. Using narrative text analysis, all documents related to maternal deaths occurred from 2007 to 2011 in Kerman province/Iran were reviewed thoroughly by an expert panel.

Improvement in cardiac function following transplantation of human umbilical cord matrix-derived mesenchymal cells.

Objectives: Human umbilical cord mesenchymal cells (hUCM) can be easily obtained and processed in a laboratory. These cells may be considered as a suitable source in the repair of heart failure diseases. We, therefore, examined whether these cells may contribute to heart regeneration following an acute experimental myocardial infarction (MI).