✓ The possibility that meningioma growth may be related to female sex hormone levels is
suggested by several lines of evidence. Meningiomas are twice as common in women as in …

Purpose Progesterone receptors are expressed in approximately 70% of meningiomas.
Mifepristone is an oral antiprogestational agent reported to have modest activity in a phase II …

The aim of the current study was to present a possible mechanism underpinning echopraxia
in schizophrenia. It is proposed that echopraxia occurs in schizophrenia when the mirror …

Aims: This study assessed the rate of substance use among Iranian high school students.
Participants: 397 high school students (200 girls and 197 boys) were selected randomly and …

Background: Mifepristone (RU486) is an oral antiprogestational and, to a lesser extent,
antiglucocorticoid agent commonly used for short-term (single-day) therapy. However, treatment …

PURPOSE: To evaluate atypical magnetic resonance (MR) imaging features of spinal
tuberculosis. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Between 1990 and 1993, five of 11 consecutive …

Objective: The objective of this study was to assess the prevalence of addiction to the
Internet, computer games, DVD, and video and its relationship to anxiety and depression in a …

The pituitary gland sits in the bony pituitary fossa, which is superior to the sphenoid sinus. The
pituitary gland is an oblong structure that measures approximately 12 mm transversely, 10 …

The current research assessed the prevalence of cigarette smoking in Shiraz, Iran by
randomly selecting 1,335 subjects (782 men and 553 women) from the city for a face-to-face …

One hundred ninety-eight surgically explored pituitary adenomas were evaluated preoperatively
by high-resolution computed tomography (CT). At surgery, evidence of direct cavernous …