Abbas Zoalfaghari
Imam Khomeini hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Tehran, Iran.
[ 1 ] - Accuracy of pepsinogens for early diagnosis of atrophic gastritis and gastric cancer in Iranian population
Background: Currently, non-invasive methods for screening atrophic gastritis and gastric cancer are lacking. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the value of serological parameters including serum pepsinogen I (PGI), pepsinogen II (PGII) and pepsinogen I: II ratio for the screening atrophic gastritis and gastric cancer. Methods : The study population consisted of 132 dyspeptic patient...
[ 2 ] - Pseudoachalasia: a diagnostic challenge
Here, we present a case of a 78-year-old man that underwent gastrointestinal endoscopy because of one- monthhistory of dysphagia to liquids and solid foods with accompanying weight loss. On endoscopy, there was distalesophageal stenosis. Multiple biopsies were obtained. Histologic examination of the samples revealed normaltissue. The stenosis was treated by dilatation and abdomino pelvic comput...
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