Tehran University of Medical Sciences Acta Medica Iranica 0044-6025 24 1-2 1982 06 15 1 15 Reza Seyed Yazdani 2015 09 28 The isoe lect r i c f ocusing p a t terns and pH activity cur ves of f i ve glycosidas e e nzymes i n blood plasma and ur i ne were s t ud i e d . This s tudy demons trated the presence o f a sing le molecular f onn in a -glucosidase and of two mole cul a r fonns of the enzymes H-a ce t yl-B-D-gluco sarni nidase, Na c e t y l -•p-D-g a l a c t o s amin i ua s e and S-glucuronidase i n both plasma and urine . B-Galactosidase existed as a s i ng le major molecular f orm i n p l asma and a t l e a st t wo molecular forms in urine. Spe cific activity of each~ le n zyme was determined in p lasma and urine The validity o f taking the ratio between two e n zvrne activities as an index for scr een .l.ng of fr ene t ic di s e a s e is discussed. https://acta.tums.ac.ir/index.php/acta/article/view/157 https://acta.tums.ac.ir/index.php/acta/article/download/157/153

Tehran University of Medical Sciences Acta Medica Iranica 0044-6025 24 1-2 1982 06 15 17 35 M.A.RASHED-MOHASSEL   ALI M.HESSABI 2015 09 28 In a r etrospective s t udy on the c ancer o f the gal l bladder, done in Iran, it s e ems tha t it compr ises 0 . 36% o f a ll the malignant tumors . 1 .7 5% of the patients were fema les and the maximum incidenc e wa s in t he s i x th decade of l i f e. It was interesting t o note that the age ratio bet ween t he males and f ema le s reverses with t he advance o f a ge, s o at the 7th and 8t h decade of life , the inciden ce o f the disease 1n males wa s muc h highe r than f emales. At the 8th dec ade , the nun~er of male patients was twice as f emales . The presenting symptoms in most c a ses were; pain,j aun- d ice, l o s s o f we i gh t , and in a f ew c ases t here was a hist or y of long l asting s~np tom s , re fe r able t o the bili a ry s ystem. After admission and surgical opening of the abdomen , 60% o f patie nts we re c ons i dere d ino perable. Al l the pat ients suf fe ring f rom anaplast ic carcinoma , which comprised 5% of all case s , were female and had a long l ast i ng history of gall b ladder infe c tions. The prevalence o f stone f ormation in g a l l blad der malignancie s i s a known f act but whether t he c au s e of thi s coincidenc e i s due t o some factors, suc h as irritation dysp:asia,or only CO~~ Ibi na tion o f t hese , is not def i n i t ly known. https://acta.tums.ac.ir/index.php/acta/article/view/158 https://acta.tums.ac.ir/index.php/acta/article/download/158/154

Tehran University of Medical Sciences Acta Medica Iranica 0044-6025 24 1-2 1982 06 15 37 41 Y MOHAMADI 2015 09 28 Recent l y i n a clas sroom d is sect i on we f ounu an anoma l ou s superior thyroid artery in a 60-year -ol d man . The arte ry originated f rom t he common carotid 31 mm p rox imal t o its bifurcation . Rega r d i ng t o the s ex , the s i de and p lace o f o r i g i n , this could be a unique case , suggesting a need for more awarene s s o f any unpredictable anomal y whi ch may be s een i n th i s a r ter y t o avo id serious problems during s ur ger y on the thyroid gland . https://acta.tums.ac.ir/index.php/acta/article/view/159 https://acta.tums.ac.ir/index.php/acta/article/download/159/155

Tehran University of Medical Sciences Acta Medica Iranica 0044-6025 24 1-2 1982 06 15 43 49 PARVIZ ADIBFAR 2015 09 28 https://acta.tums.ac.ir/index.php/acta/article/view/160 https://acta.tums.ac.ir/index.php/acta/article/download/160/156

Tehran University of Medical Sciences Acta Medica Iranica 0044-6025 24 1-2 1982 06 15 51 56 Ghazi Saeedi 2015 09 28 https://acta.tums.ac.ir/index.php/acta/article/view/161 https://acta.tums.ac.ir/index.php/acta/article/download/161/157