Histologic monitoring of human small bowel allografts with clinical correlation.

Morphological monitoring of human small bowel allografts.

Successful orthotopic small bowel transplantation with short-term FK 506 immunosuppressive therapy.

A LTHOUGH small bowel transplantation is the physiologic treatment of the short bowel syndrome, Its clinical implementation awaits development of immunosuppressive regimens that ensure satisfactory control of graft rejection. Agents such as Cy A and corticosteroids are useful for transplantation of most other vascularized organ allografts. However, rejection of the transplanted small intestine ...

Posttransplant lymphoproliferative disorders in small bowel allograft recipients.

WE HAVE PREVIOUSLY estimated a 20% frcquency of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) related posttransplant lymphoproliferative disorders (PTLD) in small bowel allograft recipients. I The present study compares rates of PTLD among pediatric and adult recipients of isolated or composite small bowel allografts. We also report PTLD frequency before and after the institution of quantitative EBV monitoring and ...

Anti-Endomysial and Anti-Tissue Transglutaminase Serological Test Compared with Small Bowel Biopsy in the Diagnosis of Celiac Disease

Abstract Background and Objective: Celiac is an autoimmune disease that is characterized by an immune-system-related damage in the intestinal tissue after consumption of gluten. There is not any general agreement for gold standard. The Purpose of this study was the evaluation of specificity and sensitivity of anti-endomysial (EMA) and anti-tissue transglutaminase (TTG) serological test compa...

Validation of the Persian version of the inflammatory bowel disease questionnaire (IBDQ) in ulcerative colitis patients

Abstract Background: Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a group of inflammatory conditions of the colon and small intestine that may have critical consequences on patient’s quality of life (QOL). Many disease-specific QOL tools have been developed recently. The McMaster Inflammatory Bowel Disease Questionnaire (IBDQ) is one of them. The aim of this study was to translate into Persian and eval...