Background: Helicobacter pylori infection is a most frequent cause of chronic gastritis. H.
pylori may decrease absorption of oral thyroxine by decreasing gastric acid secretion in the …

Results Anti-HCV antibody was detected only in 1 patient and confirmed by RT-PCR test. This
patient was a 6-year-old girl with a non-segmental form of vitiligo, which is more frequently …

Results Patients in all three groups were treatment-naive. Response to treatment (Per
Protocol/ITT analysis) was 77.1/72.4% in Group I, 89.1/86.3% in Group II, and 95.5% in Group III. …

Patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) receive long-term therapy with proton
pump inhibitor (PPI) agents. Several studies have recently been published suggesting that …

Background The accurate diagnosis of abdominal tuberculosis usually takes a long time
and requires a high index of suspicion in clinic practice. Eighty-eight immune-competent …

BACKGROUND: Investigational approaches based on genome-wide association studies
have proven useful in identifying genetic predictors for many diseases, including susceptibility …

Background: The natural history of AA amyloidosis is typically progressive, leading to
multiple organ failure and death. We analyzed the etiology as well as clinical and laboratory …

Background and Aim: Heterotopic gastric mucosal patch, which has a 0.1–10% frequency, is
encountered when the cervical esophagus is examined carefully during endoscopy. In this …

Objectives: Acute pancreatitis (AP) is a common systemic inflammatory disorder of the pancreas.
The data related to the lipid changes in patients with AP were insufficient. In this study, …

Background and aim: Angiogenesis is an important process in the pathogenesis of chronic
inflammation. We aimed to study the angiogeneic balance in inflammatory bowel disease (…