Infections which cause ileocolic disease in animals: Are they relevant to Crohn's disease?

They Are Relevant to Human Disease

In a recent editorial in Stroke, 1 Wiebers, Adams, and Whisnant expressed their doubt about the relevance of drug studies in animal stroke models for development of therapy for the human disorder. They were particularly disturbed by the possibility that the use of animal models "may impede rather than advance scientific progress in the treatment of this disease." We want to debate this issue fr...

Border Disease Control Checkpoints: Are They Sufficient for Disease Control? The Present Situation in Thailand

Animal models of stroke: are they relevant to human disease?

Scientists have been modeling ischemic stroke in animals for over 150 years and have devised many ingenious methods to try to mimic the human condition. Nevertheless, the task remains formidable, even for the most talented scientist utilizing the most sophisticated technology. The challenge would be exceedingly difficult, even if we already understood all the pathophysiology underlying human st...

venomous animals; are they important in iran?

many reports have indicated the medical importance of animal poisons in iran. the significance numbers of iranians are injured from high endemic to sporadic, by venomous snakes, scorpions, wasps, bees, fire and velvet ants, spiders and backswimmer bugs, so their nuisance prevention is an important task.

Pinworm Infestation Mimicking Crohns' Disease

We here report a case of a young man who presented to his general practitioner with diarrhea. Inflammatory bowel disease was suspected and a colonoscopy showed aphthous lesions suggestive of Crohns' disease but biopsies revealed eggs of Enterobius vermicularis. When treated for this parasite, his symptoms were alleviated and a followup colonoscopy revealed a normal colon and distal ileum. Enter...