Volume 13 Issue 1

Published: 2013-06-01

Contents


Article
Measurement of serum zinc level in patients with warts, cardiovascular diseases, and leukemia

Ansam Naji Aboud Al-Hassani, Basil Mohammed Yahya

Objectives: To evaluate serum zinc (Zn) level in patients with warts, cardiovascular problems, and leukemia.Patients and methods: One hundred eighty six patients with warts, cardiovascular...

DOI: 10.33899/iphr.2013.66854

Pages: 1-6
Oxidant/antioxidant status in serum of breast cancer women treated by surgical interference and chemotherapy

Imad AJ Thanoon, Khalaf R Jadoa, Faris A Ahmed

Objectives: The study was designed to assess lipid peroxidation and oxidative defense system in patients with breast cancer, following them from the time of diagnosis through surgery and treatment....

DOI: 10.33899/iphr.2013.66857

Pages: 7-12
Unusual yeasts isolated from immunocompromised patients

Zahraa S Kasim, Manahil M Yehia

Objectives: To identify rare fungi from saliva and urine of immunocompromised patients, and apparently healthy controls and to test the susceptibility of the rare fungi to antifungal...

DOI: 10.33899/iphr.2013.66861

Pages: 13-21
Utilization of oxygen therapy in Mosul

Talal Mohammad Saeed Al-sayegh, Mohammad Khalil Ibrahim

Objectives:. To document the appropriate way of oxygen utilization therapy for patients admitted in the medical and pediatric wards and to determine whether oxygen therapy as a medicine or...

DOI: 10.33899/iphr.2013.66865

Pages: 22-27
Preparation, characterization and cytotoxic evaluation of novel au(iii) complexes of thioglycolate and 2-mercaptoglycolate ligands

N.A. Al-Omari, N. H.Butrus

Objectives: One of the main goals of the present research is to establish whether any direct correlation exists between the nature of the gold(III) S-ligands and the cytotoxic properties of these...

DOI: 10.33899/iphr.2013.66870

Pages: 28-40
Spectrophotometric assay of metoclopramide hydrochloride in some pharmaceutical preparations via oxidation coupling reaction

Yousra M Al-Shaker

Objectives: A simple and sensitive spectrophotometric method has been developed for the quantitative determination of metoclopramide hydrochloride (MCP) in both pure form and in its pharmaceutical...

DOI: 10.33899/iphr.2013.66898

Pages: 41-50
Survey study of lead exposure among lead workers in Erbil

Ansam Naji Al-Hassani

Objectives: The aim of this work was to assess lead contamination among lead workers in Erbil city.Patients and methods: This study was carried out on male people working in printing press (30...

DOI: 10.33899/iphr.2013.66900

Pages: 51-58
Iron status in metabolic syndrome

Mohammad Abdul-Gaffor AL-Kataan

Objectives: This study aimed to determine the changes in iron status in MS-individuals and to determine the effects of sex on iron status in MS individuals.Patients and methods: Fifty individuals...

DOI: 10.33899/iphr.2013.66902

Pages: 59-63
Pattern of antibiotic sensitivity and resistance of uropathogenes among pediatric patients with urinary tract infection

Ghayth M. AbdulRazzaq

Objectives: studying the microbiological profile by isolation of the types of bacteria that are most frequently causing UTI in pediatric patients and assessing the antibiotic resistance profile of...

DOI: 10.33899/iphr.2013.66906

Pages: 64-76
Identification and Estimation of Metoclopramide in Rat Blood by High Performance Liquid Chromatography

Zena Sattam Hamad, Basil Mohammed Yahya

Objectives: to evaluate a rapid and sensitive high performance liquid chromatographic method for the determination of metoclopramide in rat serum. Methods: The assay was performed after...

DOI: 10.33899/iphr.2013.66908

Pages: 77-85
The effect of metformin on ghrelin serum level in type 2 diabetes mellitus

Mohammed Nabel Mohammed, Nahla O M Tawfik

Objectives: Ghrelin is an orexigenic peptide hormone. A great deal of evidence suggests that ghrelin is involved in the development of type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM).The aim of this study was to...

DOI: 10.33899/iphr.2013.66909

Pages: 86-94