background hbv infection is a serious public health problem worldwide, which can contribute to the incidence of chronic hepatitis b (chb), cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma (hcc). objectives in the present report, we assessed the association between adiponectin, its receptors and hepatic steatosis, fibrosis, and inflammation with hepatitis b virus. patients and methods liver biopsies from...

conclusions this study revealed that serum iron markers (especially ferritin and transferrin) might be used as surrogate markers for both liver fibrosis and necroinflammatory activity. patients and methods eighty five patients with untreated hepatitis c chronic infection were investigated. . results twenty one patients (24.7%) had elevated serum iron levels, and 29 subjects (34.1%) had severe l...

background the prevalence of newly-diagnosed cases of chronic hepatitis is decisive for the overall incidence rate of hepatitis b observed in poland. objectives we aimed to determine the chronic hepatitis b incidence trends in poland, taking into consideration the ages, genders, and environments of the patients. methods the study is based on aggregated data from polish descriptive epidemiologic...

introduction: osteodystrophy is one of the long term complications of chronic renal failure and is expressed in two formslow turn over and high turn over. it is an important cause of morbidity in patients with renal failure and if diagnosed and managed properly, many problems of these patients can be resolved. in this study we evaluated the prevalence of hyperparathyroidism in hemodialysis pati...

background: available drugs are not able to eradicate intracellular viral dna in patients with hepatitis b virus (hbv) infections. hbsag vaccine could induce immunity and subsequently eradicate hepatitis b virus in proportions of these patients. our aim was to evaluate the efficacy of hbsag as a mode of therapy in inactive carriers. materials and methods: forty two consecutive patients of inact...

in chronic granulomatous disease (cgd) patients, esophageal stricture is a rare complication and the treatment of choice is still controversial. there are few reports of successful therapy with antibiotics, corticosteroids, multiple balloon dilatations or their combination. we report a 3-three-year-old iranian boy with recurrent esophageal obstruction due to cgd. the patient transiently respond...

we aimed to investigate igg antibody levels specific to toxocara canis (t. canis), a parasite which subsists in dog’s intestine, on serum samples obtained from patients with chronic urticaria (cu) to evaluate effective risk in cu etiopathogenesis.in this study, 73 patients diagnosed with cu and 109 healthy individuals as control group, were included. various factors such as sex, age, education ...

conclusions it appears that anti-hav antibody seroprevalence has declined among children below 15 years with and without chronic liver disease, and it is likely that more children would be susceptible to hav infection. therefore, it is important to employ preventative strategies against hav in chronic liver diseases. results seroprevalence of hav was 17.8% and 10% in the first and second study,...

conclusions the results of this study show a considerable prevalence of chronic pain among adults in tehran. therefore, it is necessary to pay more attention to different types of chronic pain by planners and policy makers. background chronic pain has been estimated to affect between 2% - 40% of the adult population and its prevalence is increasing. objectives this study aimed to provide epidem...