Prevalence of Oral Mucosal Lesions and Their Association with Severity of Psoriasis among Psoriatic Patients Referred To Dermatology Clinic: A Cross-Sectional Study in Kashan/Iran.

Background: Psoriasis is a common inflammatory papulosquamous disease of the skin with unknown aetiology that may be associated with the abnormal T-cell function.

Aim: This study was aimed to determine the prevalence of oral mucosal lesions and their associations with severity of psoriasis in psoriatic patients attending the dermatologic clinic of Shahid Beheshti Teaching Hospital at Kashan, Iran.

Methods: In this cross-sectional descriptive analytic study, all consecutive patients with psoriasis who referred to the dermatologic clinic at the Shahid Beheshti Hospital of Kashan University of Medical Sciences in Kashan City/ Iran were enrolled.

Prognostic value of B-type natriuretic peptide for assessment of left ventricular function in patients with chronic kidney disease.

Introduction: Since the level of B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) increases in heart failure, elevated plasma BNP concentration is used as a predictor in the diagnosis and management of heart failure. Due to the diminished renal clearance of BNP, its level is above normal in kidney failure. This study evaluated the BNP prognostic value for assessing ventricular function in patients with chronic kidney disease.

Comparison of oral folic acid and folinic acid on blood homocysteine level of patients on hemodialysis.

INTRODUCTION. Hyperhomocysteinemia is common in patients with chronic kidney disease. There is a direct relationship between cardiovascular mortality and increase of blood homocysteine.