Publications by authors named "Siamak Sabour"

100Publications

Diagnostic performances of the susceptibility vessel sign on MRI: Methodological issues.

Authors:
Siamak Sabour Hadis Ghajari

J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis 2020 Dec 23:105564. Epub 2020 Dec 23.

Department of Clinical Epidemiology, School of Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, I.R., Iran. Electronic address:

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December 2020

Understanding Vascular Age: Are Clinical Scoring Systems Useful for Early Vascular Aging Syndrome Prediction? Methodological Issues.

Authors:
Siamak Sabour Hadis Ghajari

High Blood Press Cardiovasc Prev 2020 Dec 22. Epub 2020 Dec 22.

Department of Clinical Epidemiology, School of Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Chamran Highway, Velenjak, Daneshjoo Blvd, Tehran, 198353-5511, Islamic Republic of Iran.

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December 2020

Estimating the effects of body mass index and central obesity on stroke in diabetics and non-diabetics using targeted maximum likelihood estimation: Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study.

Authors:
Hossein Mozafar Saadati Yadollah Mehrabi Siamak Sabour Mohammad Ali Mansournia Seyed Saeed Hashemi Nazari

Obes Sci Pract 2020 Dec 18;6(6):628-637. Epub 2020 Aug 18.

Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease Research Center, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Safety Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences Tehran Iran.

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December 2020

Vascular density of optic nerve head in diabetic retinopathy using optical coherence tomography angiography.

Authors:
Fariba Ghassemi Sahar Berijani Ramak Roohipoor Masoumeh Mohebbi Ameneh Babeli Alireza Gholizadeh Siamak Sabour

Int J Retina Vitreous 2020 Dec 2;6(1):62. Epub 2020 Dec 2.

Cornea Service, Farabi Eye Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

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December 2020

Diagnostic Accuracy of Noninvasive Tests to Detect Advanced Hepatic Fibrosis: Methodological Issues.

Authors:
Hadis Ghajari Siamak Sabour

Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2020 Jul 1. Epub 2020 Jul 1.

Department of Clinical Epidemiology, School of Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Safety Promotions and Injury Prevention Research Centre, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, I.R. Iran.

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July 2020

Comment on: Diagnostic value of miR-186-5p for carotid artery stenosis and its predictive significance for future cerebral ischemic event.

Authors:
Siamak Sabour

Diagn Pathol 2020 Nov 22;15(1):138. Epub 2020 Nov 22.

Department of Clinical Epidemiology, School of Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR, Iran.

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November 2020

A Review on Applicable and Available Paraclinical Methods for Diagnosis of Coronavirus Disease-19.

Authors:
Mohammad Rafiee Farahnaz Parsaei Sajjad Rahimi Pordanjani Vahid Amiri Siamak Sabour

Arch Iran Med 2020 11 1;23(11):794-800. Epub 2020 Nov 1.

Department of Clinical Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Safety, Safety Promotion and Injury Prevention Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

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November 2020

3D virtual surgical planning for maxillary positioning and orientation in orthognathic surgery: Methodological issues on accuracy and agreement.

Authors:
Siamak Sabour

Orthod Craniofac Res 2020 Nov 10. Epub 2020 Nov 10.

Department of Clinical Epidemiology, School of Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

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November 2020

Diagnostic Accuracy of Thoracic Ultrasonography to Differentiate Transudative From Exudative Pleural Effusion: Methodological Issues.

Authors:
Siamak Sabour

Chest 2020 Oct;158(4):1782-1783

Department of Clinical Epidemiology, School of Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences and Safety Promotions and Injury Prevention Research Centre, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, I.R Iran. Electronic address:

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October 2020

Comment on: Predictive and Diagnostic Value of Nasal Nitric Oxide in Eosinophilic Chronic Rhinosinusitis with Nasal Polyps.

Authors:
Siamak Sabour

Int Arch Allergy Immunol 2020 Oct 8:1-2. Epub 2020 Oct 8.

Department of Clinical Epidemiology, School of Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran,

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October 2020

Reliability of Smartphone-based Instant Messaging Application for Diagnosis, Classification, and Decision Making in Pediatric Orthopedic Trauma: Methodological Issue.

Authors:
Mehdi Naderi Siamak Sabour

Pediatr Emerg Care 2020 Oct 1. Epub 2020 Oct 1.

Clinical Research Development Centre, Taleghani and Imam Ali Hospital, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, I.R. Iran Department of Clinical Epidemiology, School of Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, I.R. Iran, Safety Promotions and Injury, Prevention Research Centre, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, I.R. Iran

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October 2020

Hospital discharge register data on non-ST-elevation and ST-elevation myocardial infarction in Finland; terminology and statistical issues on validity and agreement to avoid misinterpretation.

Authors:
Siamak Sabour

Scand Cardiovasc J 2020 Oct 17;54(5):336-337. Epub 2020 Jun 17.

Department of Clinical Epidemiology, School of Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

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October 2020

Comment on: Diagnostic value of anti-CD74 antibodies in early and late axial spondyloarthritis and its relationship to disease activity.

Authors:
Siamak Sabour

Rheumatology (Oxford) 2020 Sep 24. Epub 2020 Sep 24.

Department of Clinical Epidemiology, School of Health and Safety.

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September 2020

Response to Tumor Necrosis Factor-α Blocker in Patients With Ankylosing Spondylitis: Methodologic Issues for Clinical Outcome Prediction.

Authors:
Siamak Sabour

AJR Am J Roentgenol 2020 10;215(4):W46

Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

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October 2020

Comment on "Prediction of the 1-Year Risk of Incident Lung Cancer: Prospective Study Using Electronic Health Records from the State of Maine".

Authors:
Jamal Rahmani Roya Karimi Yousef Khani Siamak Sabour

J Med Internet Res 2020 09 15;22(9):e14944. Epub 2020 Sep 15.

Department of Clinical Epidemiology, School of Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

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September 2020

Letter to the editor: statistical issues on construct validity in regards to the recently published article, "Fundamentals of spinal surgery (FOSS) simulator as a teaching tool for orthopedic and neurosurgical trainees".

Authors:
Siamak Sabour

Spine J 2020 Sep;20(9):1518-1519

Department of Clinical Epidemiology, School of Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Chamran Highway, Velenjak, Daneshjoo Blvd, Tehran, I.R. Iran; Safety Promotions and Injury Prevention Research Centre, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, I.R. Iran. Electronic address:

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September 2020

Comment on "Accuracy of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC) and Clinical Index of Stable Febrile Neutropenia (CISNE) scores for predicting serious complications in adult patients with febrile neutropenia: A systematic review and meta-analysis".

Authors:
Hadis Ghajari Siamak Sabour

Crit Rev Oncol Hematol 2020 Nov 25;155:103089. Epub 2020 Aug 25.

Department of Clinical Epidemiology, School of Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Safety Promotions and Injury Prevention Research Centre, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Electronic address:

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November 2020

Comment on "The diagnostic value of D-dimer with simplified Geneva score (SGS) pre-test in the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism (PE)".

Authors:
Siamak Sabour

J Cardiothorac Surg 2020 09 10;15(1):246. Epub 2020 Sep 10.

Department of Clinical Epidemiology, School of Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Daneshjoo Blvd, Tehran, IR, PC: 198353-5511, Iran.

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September 2020

Cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging for the prediction of atrial fibrillation ablation success: Methodological issues.

Authors:
Siamak Sabour

Int J Cardiol 2020 10;316:279

Department of Clinical Epidemiology, School of Health, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Safety Promotions and Injury Prevention Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran. Electronic address:

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October 2020

Letter to editor in response to: Comparison of diagnostic accuracy between endometrial curettage and aspiration biopsy in patients treated with progestin for endometrial hyperplasia: a Korean Gynecologic Oncology Group study.

Authors:
Siamak Sabour Matin Shokrgozar

J Gynecol Oncol 2020 09;31(5):e88

Department of Clinical Epidemiology, School of Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, I.R. Iran.

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September 2020

The accuracy of ascites cytology in diagnosis of advanced ovarian cancer in postmenopausal women prior to neoadjuvant chemotherapy; Methodological issues.

Authors:
Siamak Sabour

Menopause 2020 08;27(8):964

Department of Clinical Epidemiology School of Health and Safety Safety Promotions and Injury Prevention Research Centre Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences Tehran, Iran.

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August 2020

HER2 immunohistochemistry in 205 cases of invasive breast carcinoma additionally tested by ISH; Statistical issue on reproducibility to avoid misinterpretation.

Authors:
Siamak Sabour

Ann Diagn Pathol 2020 Oct 20;48:151567. Epub 2020 Jul 20.

Department of Clinical Epidemiology, School of Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Safety Promotions and Injury Prevention Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Electronic address:

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October 2020

Assessing the diagnostic value of Xpert HPV.

Authors:
Siamak Sabour

Lancet Glob Health 2020 08;8(8):e997

Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran 198353-5511, Iran; Safety Promotions and Injury Prevention Research Centre, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Electronic address:

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August 2020

Nasalance-Based Preclassification of Oral-Nasal Balance Disorders Results in Higher Agreement of Expert Listeners: Methodological Issue.

Authors:
Mehdi Naderi Siamak Sabour

Cleft Palate Craniofac J 2020 Oct 24;57(10):1247-1248. Epub 2020 Jul 24.

Department of Clinical Epidemiology, School of Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

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October 2020

Letter to the Editor: What Is the Accuracy and Reliability of the Peritubercle Lucency Sign on Radiographs for Early Diagnosis of Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis Compared with MRI as the Gold Standard?

Authors:
Hadis Ghajari Siamak Sabour

Clin Orthop Relat Res 2020 09;478(9):2188-2189

H. Ghajari, S. Sabour, Department of Clinical Epidemiology, School of Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran S. Sabour, Safety Promotions and Injury Prevention Research Centre, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

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September 2020

The differential diagnostic value of serum HE4 in ovarian disease with elevated CA125; importance of diagnostic added value in clinical practice.

Authors:
Siamak Sabour

Arch Gynecol Obstet 2020 10 14;302(4):1041-1042. Epub 2020 Jul 14.

Department of Clinical Epidemiology, School of Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Chamran Highway, Velenjak, Daneshjoo Blvd, Tehran, 198353-5511, Islamic Republic of Iran.

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October 2020

Reliability of Pathologic Anterior Instability Presence on Shoulder Imaging-Methodological Issues: Letter to the Editor.

Authors:
Mehdi Naderi Siamak Sabour

Orthop J Sports Med 2020 Jan 31;8(1):2325967119893970. Epub 2020 Jan 31.

Tehran, Iran.

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January 2020

Liver regeneration in recipients after living-donor liver transplantation in using preoperative CT texture analysis and clinical features; methodological issues on prediction.

Authors:
Siamak Sabour

Abdom Radiol (NY) 2020 11;45(11):3775-3776

Department of Clinical Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Chamran Highway, Velenjak, Daneshjoo Blvd, 198353-5511, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran.

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November 2020

Computed tomography assessment of anterior ethmoidal canal dehiscence: methodological issue on interobserver agreement.

Authors:
Mehdi Naderi Siamak Sabour

Neuroradiol J 2020 08 6;33(4):348-349. Epub 2020 Jul 6.

Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Iran.

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August 2020

Ultrasound versus dual-energy computed tomography in patients with different stages of acute gouty arthritis: methodological issues on diagnostic value.

Authors:
Siamak Sabour

Clin Rheumatol 2020 Nov 3;39(11):3523-3524. Epub 2020 Jul 3.

Department of Clinical Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Safety, Safety Promotion and Injury Prevention Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Chamran Highway, Velenjak, Daneshjoo Blvd., Tehran, IR, 1983535511, Iran.

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November 2020

Comment on "The Use of Non-Invasive Imaging Techniques in the Diagnosis of Melanoma: A Prospective Diagnostic Accuracy Study."

Authors:
Siamak Sabour

J Am Acad Dermatol 2020 Jun 24. Epub 2020 Jun 24.

Department of Clinical Epidemiology, School of Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, I.R. Iran; Safety Promotions and Injury Prevention Research Centre, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, I.R. Iran. Electronic address:

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June 2020

To the Editor.

Authors:
Siamak Sabour

Menopause 2020 Jun 22. Epub 2020 Jun 22.

Department of Clinical Epidemiology School of Health and Safety Safety Promotions and Injury Prevention Research Centre Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences Tehran, Iran.

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June 2020

Diagnostic accuracy of novel ultrasonographic halo score for giant cell arteritis: methodological issues.

Authors:
Hadis Ghajari Siamak Sabour

Ann Rheum Dis 2020 Jun 22. Epub 2020 Jun 22.

Clinical Epidemiology, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran (the Islamic Republic of)

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June 2020

Clozapine screening in people taking clozapine: Understanding diagnostic accuracy in schizophrenia.

Authors:
Siamak Sabour

Schizophr Res 2020 Aug 18;222:474. Epub 2020 Jun 18.

Department of Clinical Epidemiology, School of Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Safety Promotions and Injury Prevention Research Centre, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Electronic address:

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August 2020

Adenoma recurrence after piecemeal endoscopic mucosal resection: methodological issues on interobserver agreement and prediction.

Authors:
Siamak Sabour

Scand J Gastroenterol 2020 07 15;55(7):869. Epub 2020 Jun 15.

Department of Clinical Epidemiology, School of Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, I.R. Iran.

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July 2020

Semiquantitative scoring system for lymphedema using Non-contrast Magnetic Resonance Lymphography (NMRL): Statistical issues on reproducibility to avoid misinterpretation.

Authors:
Siamak Sabour

Magn Reson Imaging 2020 09 10;71:103-104. Epub 2020 Jun 10.

Department of Clinical Epidemiology, School of Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Safety Promotions and Injury Prevention Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran. Electronic address:

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September 2020

A novel methotrexate protocol for the resolution of tubal ectopic pregnancies: Methodological issues on prognostic studies.

Authors:
Siamak Sabour

Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 2020 Aug 29;251:275-276. Epub 2020 May 29.

Department of Clinical Epidemiology, School of Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Safety Promotions and Injury Prevention Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Electronic address:

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August 2020

Anodal transcranial direct current stimulation and intermittent theta-burst stimulation improve deglutition and swallowing reproducibility in elderly patients with dysphagia: A methodological issue to avoid misinterpretation.

Authors:
Siamak Sabour

Neurogastroenterol Motil 2020 08 9;32(8):e13922. Epub 2020 Jun 9.

Department of Clinical Epidemiology, School of Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

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August 2020

Reflux Sign Assessment; Statistical Issue on Reliability to Avoid Misinterpretation.

Authors:
Siamak Sabour

Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 2020 Nov 6;129(11):1144-1145. Epub 2020 Jun 6.

Department of Clinical Epidemiology, School of Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, I.R. Iran.

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November 2020

Instantaneous wave-free ratio and angiography coregistration; statistical issue on reproducibility to avoid misinterpretation.

Authors:
Siamak Sabour

J Cardiol 2020 Nov 1;76(5):531. Epub 2020 Jun 1.

Department of Clinical Epidemiology, School of Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Safety Promotions and Injury Prevention Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Electronic address:

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November 2020

Agreement between questionnaires and registry data on routes to diagnosis and milestone dates of the cancer diagnostic pathway; Methodological issues.

Authors:
Siamak Sabour

Cancer Epidemiol 2020 08 27;67:101741. Epub 2020 May 27.

Department of Clinical Epidemiology, School of Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Chamran Highway, Velenjak, Daneshjoo Blvd, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran; Safety Promotion and Injury Prevention Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran. Electronic address:

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August 2020

Reliability of diagnostic imaging for degenerative diseases with osseous changes in the temporomandibular joint with special emphasis on subchondral cyst: methodological issue.

Authors:
Siamak Sabour

Oral Radiol 2021 Jan 27;37(1):164-165. Epub 2020 May 27.

Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Safety Promotion and Injury Prevention Research Center, School of Public Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Chamran Highway, Velenjak, Daneshjoo Blvd, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran.

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January 2021

Surface Ki-67 Expression Improves Reproducibility of Dysplasia Diagnosis in Barrett's Esophagus: Methodologic Issues to Avoid Mismanagement.

Authors:
Siamak Sabour Hira Yousaf Umar Hayat Juan Manivel Carlos Iwamoto Justin Peltola Brian Hanson Wendy Larson Susan Dachel Amy Gravely Hector Mesa

Am J Clin Pathol 2020 08;154(3):426-427

University of Minnesota Minneapolis.

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August 2020

Methodological issues on agreement between self-reported and central cancer registry-recorded prevalence of cancer in the Alaska EARTH study.

Authors:
Mehdi Naderi Siamak Sabour

Int J Circumpolar Health 2020 12;79(1):1764284

Department of Clinical Epidemiology, School of Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences , Tehran, I.R. Iran.

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December 2020

Remote Fiber-Optic Nasopharyngolaryngoscopy in the Pediatric Population: Methodological Issues on Reliability and Accuracy.

Authors:
Siamak Sabour

Ear Nose Throat J 2020 May 22:145561320927824. Epub 2020 May 22.

Department of Clinical Epidemiology, School of Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

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May 2020

Comment on "Web-Based Measure of Life Events Using Computerized Life Events and Assessment Record (CLEAR): Preliminary Cross-Sectional Study of Reliability, Validity, and Association With Depression": Validity and Methodological Issues.

Authors:
Jamal Rahmani Roya Karimi Farideh Mohtasham Siamak Sabour

JMIR Ment Health 2020 May 21;7(5):e14505. Epub 2020 May 21.

Department of Clinical Epidemiology, School of Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

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May 2020

Prediction of survival and progression in glioblastoma patients using temporal perfusion changes during radiochemotherapy; Methodological issues to avoid misinterpretation.

Authors:
Siamak Sabour

Magn Reson Imaging 2020 09 16;71:25-26. Epub 2020 May 16.

Department of Clinical Epidemiology, School of public health, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Safety Promotions and Injury Prevention Research Centre, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Electronic address:

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September 2020

Diagnostic reliability of nested PCR: Methodological issues on reliability and validity.

Authors:
Siamak Sabour

Helicobacter 2020 Aug 19;25(4):e12701. Epub 2020 May 19.

Department of Clinical Epidemiology, School of Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

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August 2020

Methodological issues on developing a novel scale for prediction of delayed intubation in patients with inhalation injury.

Authors:
Mehdi Naderi Siamak Sabour

Burns 2021 Feb 30;47(1):257. Epub 2020 Apr 30.

Chamran Highway, Velenjak, Daneshjoo Blvd, Department of Clinical Epidemiology, School of Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, 198353-5511 Islamic Republic of Iran. Electronic address:

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February 2021

Serum Cortisol, Hepcidin and Thyroid Hormone Levels in Neonates with Late Onset ‎Sepsis; Methodological Issues on Diagnostic and Prognostic Studies.

Authors:
Siamak Sabour

Infect Disord Drug Targets 2020 May 5. Epub 2020 May 5.

Department of Clinical Epidemiology, School of Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran. Iran.

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May 2020

Oral Gallium Citrate Scintigraphy in assessment of inflammatory activity of Crohn's disease: methodological issues on accuracy and agreement.

Authors:
Siamak Sabour

Ann Nucl Med 2020 Jul 30;34(7):516-517. Epub 2020 Apr 30.

Department of Clinical Epidemiology, School of Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Chamran Highway, Velenjak, Daneshjoo Blvd, Tehran, 198353-5511, Islamic Republic of Iran.

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July 2020

Primary care and sleep unit agreement in management decisions for sleep apnea: a methodological issue to avoid misinterpretation.

Authors:
Siamak Sabour

J Clin Sleep Med 2020 Sep;16(9):1629

Department of Clinical Epidemiology, School of Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, I.R. Iran.

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September 2020

Does computed tomography scan add any diagnostic value to the evaluation of stab wounds of the anterior abdominal wall? Methodological issues on diagnostic value.

Authors:
Siamak Sabour

J Trauma Acute Care Surg 2020 08;89(2):e22

Department of Clinical Epidemiology School of Health and Safety Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences Tehran, Iran Safety Promotions and Injury Prevention Research Centre Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences Tehran, Iran.

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August 2020

Letter to 'The diagnostic value of fetal fibronectin testing in clinical practice'.

Authors:
Siamak Sabour

J Obstet Gynaecol Res 2020 07 28;46(7):1229-1230. Epub 2020 Apr 28.

Department of Clinical Epidemiology, School of Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

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July 2020

Diagnostic Value of the C-Reactive Protein to Albumin Ratio in Patients With Stable Angina Pectoris: Methodological Issue.

Authors:
Mehdi Naderi Siamak Sabour

Angiology 2020 10 26;71(9):864-865. Epub 2020 Apr 26.

Department of Clinical Epidemiology, School of Health and Safety, 556492Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

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October 2020

Global injury morbidity and mortality from 1990 to 2017: results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017.

Authors:
Spencer L James Chris D Castle Zachary V Dingels Jack T Fox Erin B Hamilton Zichen Liu Nicholas L S Roberts Dillon O Sylte Nathaniel J Henry Kate E LeGrand Ahmed Abdelalim Amir Abdoli Ibrahim Abdollahpour Rizwan Suliankatchi Abdulkader Aidin Abedi Akine Eshete Abosetugn Abdelrahman I Abushouk Oladimeji M Adebayo Marcela Agudelo-Botero Tauseef Ahmad Rushdia Ahmed Muktar Beshir Ahmed Miloud Taki Eddine Aichour Fares Alahdab Genet Melak Alamene Fahad Mashhour Alanezi Animut Alebel Niguse Meles Alema Suliman A Alghnam Samar Al-Hajj Beriwan Abdulqadir Ali Saqib Ali Mahtab Alikhani Cyrus Alinia Vahid Alipour Syed Mohamed Aljunid Amir Almasi-Hashiani Nihad A Almasri Khalid Altirkawi Yasser Sami Abdeldayem Amer Saeed Amini Arianna Maever Loreche Amit Catalina Liliana Andrei Alireza Ansari-Moghaddam Carl Abelardo T Antonio Seth Christopher Yaw Appiah Jalal Arabloo Morteza Arab-Zozani Zohreh Arefi Olatunde Aremu Filippo Ariani Amit Arora Malke Asaad Babak Asghari Nefsu Awoke Beatriz Paulina 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Dora Sigfusdottir Pankaj Kumar Singh Jasvinder A Singh Dhirendra Narain Sinha Catalin-Gabriel Smarandache Emma U R Smith Amin Soheili Bija Soleymani Ali Reza Soltanian Joan B Soriano Muluken Bekele Sorrie Ireneous N Soyiri Dan J Stein Mark A Stokes Mu'awiyyah Babale Sufiyan Hafiz Ansar Rasul Suleria Bryan L Sykes Rafael Tabarés-Seisdedos Karen M Tabb Biruk Wogayehu Taddele Degena Bahrey Tadesse Animut Tagele Tamiru Ingan Ukur Tarigan Yonatal Mesfin Tefera Arash Tehrani-Banihashemi Merhawi Gebremedhin Tekle Gebretsadkan Hintsa Tekulu Ayenew Kassie Tesema Berhe Etsay Tesfay Rekha Thapar Asres Bedaso Tilahune Kenean Getaneh Tlaye Hamid Reza Tohidinik Roman Topor-Madry Bach Xuan Tran Khanh Bao Tran Jaya Prasad Tripathy Alexander C Tsai Lorainne Tudor Car Saif Ullah Irfan Ullah Maida Umar Bhaskaran Unnikrishnan Era Upadhyay Olalekan A Uthman Pascual R Valdez Tommi Juhani Vasankari Narayanaswamy Venketasubramanian Francesco S Violante Vasily Vlassov Yasir Waheed Girmay Teklay Weldesamuel Andrea Werdecker Taweewat Wiangkham Haileab Fekadu Wolde Dawit Habte Woldeyes Dawit Zewdu Wondafrash Temesgen Gebeyehu Wondmeneh Adam Belay Wondmieneh Ai-Min Wu Rajaram Yadav Ali Yadollahpour Yuichiro Yano Sanni Yaya Vahid Yazdi-Feyzabadi Paul Yip Engida Yisma Naohiro Yonemoto Seok-Jun Yoon Yoosik Youm Mustafa Z Younis Zabihollah Yousefi Yong Yu Chuanhua Yu Hasan Yusefzadeh Telma Zahirian Moghadam Zoubida Zaidi Sojib Bin Zaman Mohammad Zamani Maryam Zamanian Hamed Zandian Ahmad Zarei Fatemeh Zare Zhi-Jiang Zhang Yunquan Zhang Sanjay Zodpey Lalit Dandona Rakhi Dandona Louisa Degenhardt Samath Dhamminda Dharmaratne Simon I Hay Ali H Mokdad Robert C Reiner Benn Sartorius Theo Vos

Inj Prev 2020 Oct 24;26(Supp 1):i96-i114. Epub 2020 Apr 24.

Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.

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October 2020

Diagnostic accuracy of ultrasonography to detect urinary tract malignancies in patients with asymptomatic hematuria: importance of diagnostic added value to avoid misinterpretation.

Authors:
Siamak Sabour

World J Urol 2020 Apr 23. Epub 2020 Apr 23.

Department of Clinical Epidemiology, School of Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Chamran Highway, Velenjak, Daneshjoo Blvd, Tehran, 198353-5511, Islamic Republic of Iran.

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April 2020

Letter to the Editor: Diagnostic Value of Virtual Bronchoscopic Navigation in the Bronchial Tuberculosis-Induced Central Airway Stenosis.

Authors:
Siamak Sabour

Infect Dis Ther 2020 Jun 16;9(2):403-405. Epub 2020 Apr 16.

Department of Clinical Epidemiology, School of Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran.

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June 2020

Comment on: The reliability of immunoassays to detect autoantibodies in patients with myositis is dependent on autoantibody specificity.

Authors:
Siamak Sabour

Rheumatology (Oxford) 2020 08;59(8):2176-2177

Department of Clinical Epidemiology, School of Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran.

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August 2020

Glucose oxidase method in assessing α-amylase activity: Methodological issues on reliability and accuracy.

Authors:
Jamal Rahmani Siamak Sabour

Food Chem 2020 08 8;322:126769. Epub 2020 Apr 8.

Department of Clinical Epidemiology, School of Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Safety Promotions and Injury Prevention Research Centre, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Electronic address:

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August 2020

Vascular Surgery Quality Metrics: Methodological Issues on Accuracy and Reliability.

Authors:
Siamak Sabour

Ann Vasc Surg 2020 08 9;67:e573-e575. Epub 2020 Apr 9.

Department of Clinical Epidemiology, School of Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, I.R. Iran; Safety Promotions and Injury Prevention Research Centre, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, I.R. Iran. Electronic address:

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August 2020

Elastography and Endobronchial Ultrasound in the Study of Hilar and Mediastinal Lymph Nodes: Methodological Issues on Diagnostic Value and Prediction.

Authors:
Siamak Sabour

J Bronchology Interv Pulmonol 2020 Apr;27(2):e27-e28

Department of Clinical Epidemiology School of Health and Safety.

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April 2020

Transthoracic echocardiography and computerized tomography for surgically confirmed late tamponade after cardiac surgery: Methodological issues on diagnostic value and prediction.

Authors:
Mehdi Naderi Siamak Sabour

J Card Surg 2020 Apr 12;35(4):962-963. Epub 2020 Mar 12.

Department of Clinical Epidemiology, School of Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

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April 2020

Diagnostic value of FeNO and MMEF for predicting cough variant asthma in chronic cough patients: methodological issues.

Authors:
Mehdi Naderi Siamak Sabour

J Asthma 2020 Mar 18:1-2. Epub 2020 Mar 18.

Department of Clinical Epidemiology, School of Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, I.R. Iran.

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March 2020

Letter to the Editor Regarding "Reliability of Outpatient Telemetric Intracranial Pressure Measurements in Shunt-Dependent Patients; Common Mistake in Reliability Analysis".

Authors:
Siamak Sabour Narjes Rajabiyan

World Neurosurg 2020 03;135:385-386

Department of Clinical Epidemiology, School of Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, I.R. Iran.

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March 2020

Cytology in parotid Warthin's tumors: Methodological issues on diagnostic value to avoid misinterpretation.

Authors:
Siamak Sabour

Head Neck 2020 08 28;42(8):2213-2214. Epub 2020 Feb 28.

Department of Clinical Epidemiology, School of Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

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August 2020

Comparison of Iodide-125 and Ruthenium-106 Brachytherapy in the Treatment of Choroidal Melanomas.

Authors:
Fariba Ghassemi Shahab Sheibani Mojtaba Arjmand Hosein Poorbaygi Emad Kouhestani Siamak Sabour Farhad Samiei Akbar Beiki-Ardakani Mahmood Jabarvand Ali Sadeghi Tari

Clin Ophthalmol 2020 4;14:339-346. Epub 2020 Feb 4.

Eye Research Center, Farabi Eye Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR, Iran.

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February 2020

Appropriate reliability and validity assessment to avoid misinterpretation and mismanagement.

Authors:
Sohrab Iranpour Hossein Mozafar Saadati Siamak Sabour

J Orofac Orthop 2020 Mar;81(2):150-152

Department of Clinical Epidemiology, School of Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Chamran Highway, Velenjak, Daneshjoo Blvd, 198353-5511, Tehran, I.R., Iran.

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March 2020

Agreement for the interpretation of 68Ga-prostate-specific membrane antigen-I&T positron emission tomography/computed tomography imaging; methodological issues to avoid misinterpretation.

Authors:
Siamak Sabour

Nucl Med Commun 2020 03;41(3):294

Department of Clinical Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Safety.

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March 2020

Lung Ultrasound Compared to CT in Patients With Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Methodological Issue on Diagnostic Accuracy and Agreement.

Authors:
Siamak Sabour

Crit Care Med 2020 03;48(3):e262-e263

Department of Clinical Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, I.R. Iran, and Safety Promotion and Injury Prevention Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, I.R. Iran.

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March 2020

Serum galactomannan antigen test combined with chest computed tomography for invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in pediatric patients after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation; Methodological issues on early diagnostic value.

Authors:
Siamak Sabour

Clin Transplant 2020 03 5;34(3):e13789. Epub 2020 Feb 5.

Department of Clinical Epidemiology, School of Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

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March 2020

Accuracy and reliability of the expected root position: Methodological issues to avoid misinterpretation.

Authors:
Abolghasem Shokri Siamak Sabour

Am J Orthod Dentofacial Orthop 2020 02;157(2):145

Tehran, Iran.

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February 2020

Validity and Reliability of a Nutrition Screening Tool in Identifying Malnutrition Among Hospitalized Adult Patients: Methodological Issue.

Authors:
Abolghasem Shokri Siamak Sabour

Nutr Clin Pract 2020 04 29;35(2):363-364. Epub 2020 Jan 29.

Department of Clinical Epidemiology, School of Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

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April 2020

Methodological issues on analysis of prediction tools in evaluating febrile young infants at risk for serious infections.

Authors:
Mehdi Naderi Siamak Sabour

Emerg Med J 2020 Mar 9;37(3):175. Epub 2020 Jan 9.

Clinical Epidemiology, School of Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Islamic Republic of

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March 2020

Intra- and Inter-Rater Agreement Describing Myometrial Lesions Using Morphologic Uterus Sonographic Assessment: A Methodological Misinterpretation.

Authors:
Abolghasem Shokri Siamak Sabour

J Ultrasound Med 2020 06 9;39(6):1241-1242. Epub 2020 Jan 9.

Department of Clinical Epidemiology, School of Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

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June 2020

Collection of antirheumatic medication data from both patients and rheumatologists shows strong agreement in a real-world clinical cohort: methodological issues to avoid misinterpretation.

Authors:
Siamak Sabour Pouya Pakdel

J Clin Epidemiol 2020 04 27;120:121-122. Epub 2019 Dec 27.

Student Research Centre, School of Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

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April 2020

Post-operative platelet-to-white blood cell ratio after splenectomy in patients with advanced ovarian cancer: methodological issues on diagnostic value and prediction to avoid misinterpretation.

Authors:
Siamak Sabour

Int J Gynecol Cancer 2020 02 15;30(2):280. Epub 2019 Dec 15.

Clinical Epidemiology, School of Health and Safety, Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran 198353-5511, Iran (the Islamic Republic of)

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February 2020

The Accuracy of Multidetector Computed Tomography and Laparoscopy in the Prediction of Peritoneal Carcinomatosis Index Score in Primary Ovarian Cancer: Terminology Issues.

Authors:
Farideh Mohtasham Jamal Rahmani Yousef Khani Siamak Sabour

Acad Radiol 2020 02 13;27(2):309. Epub 2019 Dec 13.

Department of Clinical Epidemiology, School of Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Chamran Highway, Velenjak, Daneshjoo Blvd, Tehran, Iran; Safety Promotions and Injury Prevention Research Centre, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Electronic address:

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February 2020

Reproducibility of the Milan system for reporting salivary gland cytopathology: Statistical issue to avoid misinterpretation.

Authors:
Siamak Sabour

Diagn Cytopathol 2020 03 12;48(3):285-286. Epub 2019 Dec 12.

Department of Clinical Epidemiology, School of Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran.

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March 2020

Plasma PARK7 and NDKA in acute stroke: methodological issues regarding diagnostic value.

Authors:
Siamak Sabour

Future Sci OA 2019 Oct 30;5(10):FSO424. Epub 2019 Oct 30.

Department of Clinical Epidemiology, School of Health & Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

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October 2019

International Collaborative Assessment of the Validity of the EAONO-JOS Cholesteatoma Staging System: Methodological Issues on Validity and Reliability.

Authors:
Siamak Sabour

Otol Neurotol 2020 Feb;41(2):285

Department of Clinical Epidemiology, School of Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, I.R. Iran.

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February 2020

Re: Agreement between current status and retrospective data for prevalence and duration of exclusive breast feeding from low- and middle-income countries surveys: Methodological issues.

Authors:
Abolghsem Shokri Siamak Sabour

Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 2020 01 9;34(1):99. Epub 2019 Dec 9.

Department of Clinical Epidemiology, School of Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

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January 2020

Self-Reported Weight and Height in Nuclear Medicine Patients: A Common Mistake Confusing Reliability and Accuracy.

Authors:
Siamak Sabour

J Nucl Med Technol 2020 Dec 6;48(4):386. Epub 2019 Dec 6.

Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran 198353-5511 E-mail:

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December 2020

Diagnostic Value of CT in Detecting Peripheral Zone Prostate Cancer: Methodologic Issues to Avoid Misinterpretation.

Authors:
Siamak Sabour

AJR Am J Roentgenol 2019 12;213(6):W297

Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran,

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December 2019

Circulating microRNAs in patients with suspected acute myocardial infarction: Methodological issues on early diagnostic value.

Authors:
Mounesan Leila Sabour Siamak

J Cell Physiol 2020 Jul 19;235(7-8):5856-5857. Epub 2019 Nov 19.

Department of Clinical Epidemiology, School of Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

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July 2020

The Impact of Partial Weak Staining in Normal Breast Epithelium on the Reliability of Immunohistochemistry Results in HercepTest-positive Breast Cancer: Methodological Issues on Reliability and Correlation.

Authors:
Siamak Sabour

Clin Breast Cancer 2020 02 25;20(1):87-88. Epub 2019 Oct 25.

Department of Clinical Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR, Iran; Safety Promotion and Injury Prevention Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR, Iran. Electronic address:

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February 2020

Automated versus handheld breast ultrasound examinations of suspicious breast masses: methodological errors in the reliability analysis.

Authors:
Siamak Sabour

Ultrasonography 2020 Jan 1;39(1):102-103. Epub 2019 Aug 1.

Department of Clinical Epidemiology, School of Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

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January 2020

Mapping 123 million neonatal, infant and child deaths between 2000 and 2017.

Authors:
Roy Burstein Nathaniel J Henry Michael L Collison Laurie B Marczak Amber Sligar Stefanie Watson Neal Marquez Mahdieh Abbasalizad-Farhangi Masoumeh Abbasi Foad Abd-Allah Amir Abdoli Mohammad Abdollahi Ibrahim Abdollahpour Rizwan Suliankatchi Abdulkader Michael R M Abrigo Dilaram Acharya Oladimeji M Adebayo Victor Adekanmbi Davoud Adham Mahdi Afshari Mohammad Aghaali Keivan Ahmadi Mehdi Ahmadi Ehsan Ahmadpour Rushdia Ahmed Chalachew Genet Akal Joshua O Akinyemi Fares Alahdab Noore Alam Genet Melak Alamene Kefyalew Addis Alene Mehran Alijanzadeh Cyrus Alinia Vahid Alipour Syed Mohamed Aljunid Mohammed J Almalki Hesham M Al-Mekhlafi Khalid Altirkawi Nelson Alvis-Guzman Adeladza Kofi Amegah Saeed Amini Arianna Maever Loreche Amit Zohreh Anbari Sofia Androudi Mina Anjomshoa Fereshteh Ansari Carl Abelardo T Antonio Jalal Arabloo Zohreh Arefi Olatunde Aremu Bahram Armoon Amit Arora Al Artaman Anvar Asadi Mehran Asadi-Aliabadi Amir Ashraf-Ganjouei Reza Assadi Bahar Ataeinia Sachin R Atre Beatriz Paulina Ayala Quintanilla Martin Amogre Ayanore Samad Azari Ebrahim Babaee Arefeh Babazadeh Alaa Badawi Soghra Bagheri Mojtaba Bagherzadeh Nafiseh Baheiraei Abbas Balouchi Aleksandra Barac Quique Bassat Bernhard T Baune Mohsen Bayati Neeraj Bedi Ettore Beghi Masoud Behzadifar Meysam Behzadifar Yared Belete Belay Brent Bell Michelle L Bell Dessalegn Ajema Berbada Robert S Bernstein Natalia V Bhattacharjee Suraj Bhattarai Zulfiqar A Bhutta Ali Bijani Somayeh Bohlouli Nicholas J K Breitborde Gabrielle Britton Annie J Browne Sharath Burugina Nagaraja Reinhard Busse Zahid A Butt Josip Car Rosario Cárdenas Carlos A Castañeda-Orjuela Ester Cerin Wagaye Fentahun Chanie Pranab Chatterjee Dinh-Toi Chu Cyrus Cooper Vera M Costa Koustuv Dalal Lalit Dandona Rakhi Dandona Farah Daoud Ahmad Daryani Rajat Das Gupta Ian Davis Nicole Davis Weaver Dragos Virgil Davitoiu Jan-Walter De Neve Feleke Mekonnen Demeke Gebre Teklemariam Demoz Kebede Deribe Rupak Desai Aniruddha Deshpande Hanna Demelash Desyibelew Sagnik Dey Samath Dhamminda Dharmaratne Meghnath Dhimal Daniel Diaz Leila Doshmangir Andre R Duraes Laura Dwyer-Lindgren Lucas Earl Roya Ebrahimi Soheil Ebrahimpour Andem Effiong Aziz Eftekhari Elham Ehsani-Chimeh Iman El Sayed Maysaa El Sayed Zaki Maha El Tantawi Ziad El-Khatib Mohammad Hassan Emamian Shymaa Enany Sharareh Eskandarieh Oghenowede Eyawo Maha Ezalarab Mahbobeh Faramarzi Mohammad Fareed Roghiyeh Faridnia Andre Faro Ali Akbar Fazaeli Mehdi Fazlzadeh Netsanet Fentahun Seyed-Mohammad Fereshtehnejad João C Fernandes Irina Filip Florian Fischer Nataliya A Foigt Masoud Foroutan Joel Msafiri Francis Takeshi Fukumoto Nancy Fullman Silvano Gallus Destallem Gebremedhin Gebre Tsegaye Tewelde Gebrehiwot Gebreamlak Gebremedhn Gebremeskel Bradford D Gessner Birhanu Geta Peter W Gething Reza Ghadimi Keyghobad Ghadiri Mahsa Ghajarzadeh Ahmad Ghashghaee Paramjit Singh Gill Tiffany K Gill Nick Golding Nelson G M Gomes Philimon N Gona Sameer Vali Gopalani Giuseppe Gorini Bárbara Niegia Garcia Goulart Nicholas Graetz Felix Greaves Manfred S Green Yuming Guo Arvin Haj-Mirzaian Arya Haj-Mirzaian Brian James Hall Samer Hamidi Hamidreza Haririan Josep Maria Haro Milad Hasankhani Edris Hasanpoor Amir Hasanzadeh Hadi Hassankhani Hamid Yimam Hassen Mohamed I Hegazy Delia Hendrie Fatemeh Heydarpour Thomas R Hird Chi Linh Hoang Gillian Hollerich Enayatollah Homaie Rad Mojtaba Hoseini-Ghahfarokhi Naznin Hossain Mostafa Hosseini Mehdi Hosseinzadeh Mihaela Hostiuc Sorin Hostiuc Mowafa Househ Mohamed Hsairi Olayinka Stephen Ilesanmi Mohammad Hasan Imani-Nasab Usman Iqbal Seyed Sina Naghibi Irvani Nazrul Islam Sheikh Mohammed Shariful Islam Mikk Jürisson Nader Jafari Balalami Amir Jalali Javad Javidnia Achala Upendra Jayatilleke Ensiyeh Jenabi John S Ji Yash B Jobanputra Kimberly Johnson Jost B Jonas Zahra Jorjoran Shushtari Jacek Jerzy Jozwiak Ali Kabir Amaha Kahsay Hamed Kalani Rohollah Kalhor Manoochehr Karami Surendra Karki Amir Kasaeian Nicholas J Kassebaum Peter Njenga 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Rahimi-Movaghar Shadi Rahimzadeh Fatemeh Rajati Sree Bhushan Raju Azra Ramezankhani Chhabi Lal Ranabhat Davide Rasella Vahid Rashedi Lal Rawal Robert C Reiner Andre M N Renzaho Satar Rezaei Aziz Rezapour Seyed Mohammad Riahi Ana Isabel Ribeiro Leonardo Roever Elias Merdassa Roro Max Roser Gholamreza Roshandel Daem Roshani Ali Rostami Enrico Rubagotti Salvatore Rubino Siamak Sabour Nafis Sadat Ehsan Sadeghi Reza Saeedi Yahya Safari Roya Safari-Faramani Mahdi Safdarian Amirhossein Sahebkar Mohammad Reza Salahshoor Nasir Salam Payman Salamati Farkhonde Salehi Saleh Salehi Zahabi Yahya Salimi Hamideh Salimzadeh Joshua A Salomon Evanson Zondani Sambala Abdallah M Samy Milena M Santric Milicevic Bruno Piassi Sao Jose Sivan Yegnanarayana Iyer Saraswathy Rodrigo Sarmiento-Suárez Benn Sartorius Brijesh Sathian Sonia Saxena Alyssa N Sbarra Lauren E Schaeffer David C Schwebel Sadaf G Sepanlou Seyedmojtaba Seyedmousavi Faramarz Shaahmadi Masood Ali Shaikh Mehran Shams-Beyranvand Amir Shamshirian Morteza Shamsizadeh Kiomars Sharafi Mehdi Sharif Mahdi Sharif-Alhoseini Hamid Sharifi Jayendra Sharma Rajesh Sharma Aziz Sheikh Chloe Shields Mika Shigematsu Rahman Shiri Ivy Shiue Kerem Shuval Tariq J Siddiqi João Pedro Silva Jasvinder A Singh Dhirendra Narain Sinha Malede Mequanent Sisay Solomon Sisay Karen Sliwa David L Smith Ranjani Somayaji Moslem Soofi Joan B Soriano Chandrashekhar T Sreeramareddy Agus Sudaryanto Mu'awiyyah Babale Sufiyan Bryan L Sykes P N Sylaja Rafael Tabarés-Seisdedos Karen M Tabb Takahiro Tabuchi Nuno Taveira Mohamad-Hani Temsah Abdullah Sulieman Terkawi Zemenu Tadesse Tessema Kavumpurathu Raman Thankappan Sathish Thirunavukkarasu Quyen G To Marcos Roberto Tovani-Palone Bach Xuan Tran Khanh Bao Tran Irfan Ullah Muhammad Shariq Usman Olalekan A Uthman Amir Vahedian-Azimi Pascual R Valdez Job F M van Boven Tommi Juhani Vasankari Yasser Vasseghian Yousef Veisani Narayanaswamy Venketasubramanian Francesco S Violante Sergey Konstantinovitch Vladimirov Vasily Vlassov Theo Vos Giang Thu Vu Isidora S Vujcic Yasir Waheed Jon Wakefield Haidong Wang Yafeng Wang Yuan-Pang Wang Joseph L Ward Robert G Weintraub Kidu Gidey Weldegwergs Girmay Teklay Weldesamuel Ronny Westerman Charles Shey Wiysonge Dawit Zewdu Wondafrash Lauren Woyczynski Ai-Min Wu Gelin Xu Abbas Yadegar Tomohide Yamada Vahid Yazdi-Feyzabadi Christopher Sabo Yilgwan Paul Yip Naohiro Yonemoto Javad Yoosefi Lebni Mustafa Z Younis Mahmoud Yousefifard Hebat-Allah Salah A Yousof Chuanhua Yu Hasan Yusefzadeh Erfan Zabeh Telma Zahirian Moghadam Sojib Bin Zaman Mohammad Zamani Hamed Zandian Alireza Zangeneh Taddese Alemu Zerfu Yunquan Zhang Arash Ziapour Sanjay Zodpey Christopher J L Murray Simon I Hay

Nature 2019 10 16;574(7778):353-358. Epub 2019 Oct 16.

Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.

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October 2019

Methodological issues on inter-rater reliability of the Swedish modified version of the Postural Assessment Scale for Stroke Patients (SwePASS).

Authors:
Mehdi Naderi Siamak Sabour

Top Stroke Rehabil 2020 03 15;27(2):158. Epub 2019 Oct 15.

Clinical Research Development Centre, Taleghani and Imam Ali Hospital, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, I.R. Iran.

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March 2020

Methodological considerations in accuracy and reliability of qualitative echocardiography assessment of right ventricular size and function in neonates.

Authors:
Mehdi Naderi Siamak Sabour

Echocardiography 2019 10 14;36(10):1959-1960. Epub 2019 Oct 14.

Department of Clinical Epidemiology, School of Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

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October 2019

Myocardial Blood Flow and Myocardial Flow Reserve After Cardiac Transplantation: Mistakes in Diagnostic Value and Prognosis.

Authors:
Siamak Sabour

J Nucl Med 2020 04 4;61(4):622. Epub 2019 Oct 4.

Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences Tehran, I.R. Iran, PC: 198353-5511E-mail:

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April 2020

Association between caffeine intake and cognitive function in adults; effect modification by sex: Data from National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2013-2014.

Authors:
Sohrab Iranpour Hossein Mozafar Saadati Fatemeh Koohi Siamak Sabour

Clin Nutr 2020 Jul 13;39(7):2158-2168. Epub 2019 Sep 13.

Department of Clinical Epidemiology, School of Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Electronic address:

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July 2020

Global, Regional, and National Cancer Incidence, Mortality, Years of Life Lost, Years Lived With Disability, and Disability-Adjusted Life-Years for 29 Cancer Groups, 1990 to 2017: A Systematic Analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study.

Authors:
Christina Fitzmaurice Degu Abate Naghmeh Abbasi Hedayat Abbastabar Foad Abd-Allah Omar Abdel-Rahman Ahmed Abdelalim Amir Abdoli Ibrahim Abdollahpour Abdishakur S M Abdulle Nebiyu Dereje Abebe Haftom Niguse Abraha Laith Jamal Abu-Raddad Ahmed Abualhasan Isaac Akinkunmi Adedeji Shailesh M Advani Mohsen Afarideh Mahdi Afshari Mohammad Aghaali Dominic Agius Sutapa Agrawal Ayat Ahmadi Elham Ahmadian Ehsan Ahmadpour Muktar Beshir Ahmed Mohammad Esmaeil Akbari Tomi Akinyemiju Ziyad Al-Aly Assim M AlAbdulKader Fares Alahdab Tahiya Alam Genet Melak Alamene Birhan Tamene T Alemnew Kefyalew Addis Alene Cyrus Alinia Vahid Alipour Syed Mohamed Aljunid Fatemeh Allah Bakeshei Majid Abdulrahman Hamad Almadi Amir Almasi-Hashiani Ubai Alsharif Shirina Alsowaidi Nelson Alvis-Guzman Erfan Amini Saeed Amini Yaw Ampem Amoako Zohreh Anbari Nahla Hamed Anber Catalina Liliana Andrei Mina Anjomshoa Fereshteh Ansari Ansariadi Ansariadi Seth Christopher Yaw Appiah Morteza Arab-Zozani Jalal Arabloo Zohreh Arefi Olatunde Aremu Habtamu Abera Areri Al Artaman Hamid Asayesh Ephrem Tsegay Asfaw Alebachew Fasil Ashagre Reza Assadi Bahar Ataeinia Hagos Tasew Atalay Zerihun Ataro Suleman Atique Marcel Ausloos Leticia Avila-Burgos Euripide F G A Avokpaho Ashish Awasthi Nefsu Awoke Beatriz Paulina Ayala Quintanilla Martin Amogre Ayanore Henok Tadesse Ayele Ebrahim Babaee Umar Bacha Alaa Badawi Mojtaba Bagherzadeh Eleni Bagli Senthilkumar Balakrishnan Abbas Balouchi Till Winfried Bärnighausen Robert J Battista Masoud Behzadifar Meysam Behzadifar Bayu Begashaw Bekele Yared Belete Belay Yaschilal Muche Belayneh Kathleen Kim Sachiko Berfield Adugnaw Berhane Eduardo Bernabe Mircea Beuran Nickhill Bhakta Krittika Bhattacharyya Belete Biadgo Ali Bijani Muhammad Shahdaat Bin Sayeed Charles Birungi Catherine Bisignano Helen Bitew Tone Bjørge Archie Bleyer Kassawmar Angaw Bogale Hunduma Amensisa Bojia Antonio M Borzì Cristina Bosetti Ibrahim R Bou-Orm Hermann Brenner Jerry D Brewer Andrey Nikolaevich Briko Nikolay Ivanovich Briko Maria Teresa Bustamante-Teixeira Zahid A Butt Giulia Carreras Juan J Carrero Félix Carvalho Clara Castro Franz Castro Ferrán Catalá-López Ester Cerin Yazan Chaiah Wagaye Fentahun Chanie Vijay Kumar Chattu Pankaj Chaturvedi Neelima Singh Chauhan Mohammad Chehrazi Peggy Pei-Chia Chiang Tesfaye Yitna Chichiabellu Onyema Greg Chido-Amajuoyi Odgerel Chimed-Ochir Jee-Young J Choi Devasahayam J Christopher Dinh-Toi Chu Maria-Magdalena Constantin Vera M Costa Emanuele Crocetti Christopher Stephen Crowe Maria Paula Curado Saad M A Dahlawi Giovanni Damiani Amira Hamed Darwish Ahmad Daryani José das Neves Feleke Mekonnen Demeke Asmamaw Bizuneh Demis Birhanu Wondimeneh Demissie Gebre Teklemariam Demoz Edgar Denova-Gutiérrez Afshin Derakhshani Kalkidan Solomon Deribe Rupak Desai Beruk Berhanu Desalegn Melaku Desta Subhojit Dey Samath Dhamminda Dharmaratne Meghnath Dhimal Daniel Diaz Mesfin Tadese Tadese Dinberu Shirin Djalalinia David Teye Doku Thomas M Drake Manisha Dubey 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Onwujekwe Anu Mary Oommen Eyal Oren Doris D V Ortega-Altamirano Erika Ota Stanislav S Otstavnov Mayowa Ojo Owolabi Mahesh P A Jagadish Rao Padubidri Smita Pakhale Amir H Pakpour Adrian Pana Eun-Kee Park Hadi Parsian Tahereh Pashaei Shanti Patel Snehal T Patil Alyssa Pennini David M Pereira Cristiano Piccinelli Julian David Pillay Majid Pirestani Farhad Pishgar Maarten J Postma Hadi Pourjafar Farshad Pourmalek Akram Pourshams Swayam Prakash Narayan Prasad Mostafa Qorbani Mohammad Rabiee Navid Rabiee Amir Radfar Alireza Rafiei Fakher Rahim Mahdi Rahimi Muhammad Aziz Rahman Fatemeh Rajati Saleem M Rana Samira Raoofi Goura Kishor Rath David Laith Rawaf Salman Rawaf Robert C Reiner Andre M N Renzaho Nima Rezaei Aziz Rezapour Ana Isabel Ribeiro Daniela Ribeiro Luca Ronfani Elias Merdassa Roro Gholamreza Roshandel Ali Rostami Ragy Safwat Saad Parisa Sabbagh Siamak Sabour Basema Saddik Saeid Safiri Amirhossein Sahebkar Mohammad Reza Salahshoor Farkhonde Salehi Hosni Salem Marwa Rashad Salem Hamideh Salimzadeh Joshua A Salomon Abdallah M Samy Juan Sanabria Milena M Santric Milicevic Benn Sartorius Arash Sarveazad Brijesh Sathian Maheswar Satpathy Miloje Savic Monika Sawhney Mehdi Sayyah Ione J C Schneider Ben Schöttker Mario Sekerija Sadaf G Sepanlou Masood Sepehrimanesh Seyedmojtaba Seyedmousavi Faramarz Shaahmadi Hosein Shabaninejad Mohammad Shahbaz Masood Ali Shaikh Amir Shamshirian Morteza Shamsizadeh Heidar Sharafi Zeinab Sharafi Mehdi Sharif Ali Sharifi Hamid Sharifi Rajesh Sharma Aziz Sheikh Reza Shirkoohi Sharvari Rahul Shukla Si Si Soraya Siabani Diego Augusto Santos Silva Dayane Gabriele Alves Silveira Ambrish Singh Jasvinder A Singh Solomon Sisay Freddy Sitas Eugène Sobngwi Moslem Soofi Joan B Soriano Vasiliki Stathopoulou Mu'awiyyah Babale Sufiyan Rafael Tabarés-Seisdedos Takahiro Tabuchi Ken Takahashi Omid Reza Tamtaji Mohammed Rasoul Tarawneh Segen Gebremeskel Tassew Parvaneh Taymoori Arash Tehrani-Banihashemi Mohamad-Hani Temsah Omar Temsah Berhe Etsay Tesfay Fisaha Haile Tesfay Manaye Yihune Teshale Gizachew Assefa Tessema Subash Thapa Kenean Getaneh Tlaye Roman Topor-Madry Marcos Roberto Tovani-Palone Eugenio Traini Bach Xuan Tran Khanh Bao Tran Afewerki Gebremeskel Tsadik Irfan Ullah Olalekan A Uthman Marco Vacante Maryam Vaezi Patricia Varona Pérez Yousef Veisani Simone Vidale Francesco S Violante Vasily Vlassov Stein Emil Vollset Theo Vos Kia Vosoughi Giang Thu Vu Isidora S Vujcic Henry Wabinga Tesfahun Mulatu Wachamo Fasil Shiferaw Wagnew Yasir Waheed Fitsum Weldegebreal Girmay Teklay Weldesamuel Tissa Wijeratne Dawit Zewdu Wondafrash Tewodros Eshete Wonde Adam Belay Wondmieneh Hailemariam Mekonnen Workie Rajaram Yadav Abbas Yadegar Ali Yadollahpour Mehdi Yaseri Vahid Yazdi-Feyzabadi Alex Yeshaneh Mohammed Ahmed Yimam Ebrahim M Yimer Engida Yisma Naohiro Yonemoto Mustafa Z Younis Bahman Yousefi Mahmoud Yousefifard Chuanhua Yu Erfan Zabeh Vesna Zadnik Telma Zahirian Moghadam Zoubida Zaidi Mohammad Zamani Hamed Zandian Alireza Zangeneh Leila Zaki Kazem Zendehdel Zerihun Menlkalew Zenebe Taye Abuhay Zewale Arash Ziapour Sanjay Zodpey Christopher J L Murray

JAMA Oncol 2019 Dec;5(12):1749-1768

Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle.

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December 2019

Heritability of blood pressure traits in diverse populations: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Authors:
Goodarz Kolifarhood Maryam Daneshpour Farzad Hadaegh Siamak Sabour Hossein Mozafar Saadati Ali Akbar Haghdoust Mahdi Akbarzadeh Bahareh Sedaghati-Khayat Nasim Khosravi

J Hum Hypertens 2019 11 24;33(11):775-785. Epub 2019 Sep 24.

Department of Community Health Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

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November 2019

Lung ultrasound in evaluating the severity of neonatal respiratory distress syndrome: Methodological issues on diagnostic value and prediction to avoid misinterpretation.

Authors:
Siamak Sabour

Eur J Radiol 2019 11 10;120:108663. Epub 2019 Sep 10.

Department of Clinical Epidemiology, School of Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Safety Promotions and Injury Prevention Research Centre, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Electronic address:

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November 2019

Letter to the Editor on "Reliability and Validity of the Vancouver Classification in Periprosthetic Fractures Around Cementless Femoral Stems".

Authors:
Siamak Sabour

J Arthroplasty 2019 12 22;34(12):3133-3134. Epub 2019 Aug 22.

Department of Clinical Epidemiology, School of Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, I.R. Iran; Safety Promotions and Injury Prevention Research Centre, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, I.R. Iran.

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December 2019

Interrater Reliability of Ultrasound in the Diagnosis of Sialolithiasis: Methodological Issues.

Authors:
Jamal Rahmani Siamak Sabour

Ultraschall Med 2019 10 22;40(5):657. Epub 2019 Aug 22.

Safety Promotions and Injury Prevention Research Centre, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran (the Islamic Republic of).

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October 2019

Validity of ultrasound in predicting acute appendicitis among children, keeping histopathology as gold standard: Methodological issues.

Authors:
Roya Karimi Leila Mounesan Jamal Rahmani Siamak Sabour

Ann Med Surg (Lond) 2019 Aug 14;44:102-103. Epub 2019 Jun 14.

Department of Clinical Epidemiology, School of Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

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August 2019

Intradonor reproducibility and changes in hemolytic variables during RBC storage: a common mistake in reproducibility analysis.

Authors:
Mehdi Naderi Siamak Sabour

Transfusion 2019 08;59(8):2749-2750

Department of Clinical Epidemiology, School of Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

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August 2019

Method agreement analysis and interobserver reliability of the ISTH proposed definitions for effective hemostasis in the management of major bleeding: Methodological issues.

Authors:
Jamal Rahmani Siamak Sabour

J Thromb Haemost 2019 08;17(8):1400

Department of Clinical Epidemiology, School of Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

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August 2019