Trichotillomania is defined by the Diagnostics and Statistic Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) as an individual repetitively pulling their own hair, which may be unconscious action or intentional. The disease considered one anxiety disorders it has some obsessive-compulsive features. Many patients with this disorder go to a dermatologist for first time complaint hair loss (alopecia), many them...

Gastric juice cultures were positive in all patients with gastric disorders and 44% with duodenal ulcers. A positive correlation was observed between pH and positivity of gastric cultures (JPMA 32:282, 1982).

Chronic inflammation contributes to a wide variety of human disorders. In the stomach, longstanding gastritis often results in structural alterations in the gastric mucosa, including metaplastic changes and gastric cancers. Therefore, it is important to elucidate factors that are involved in gastric inflammation. Nardilysin (N-arginine dibasic convertase; Nrdc) is a metalloendopeptidase of the ...

Fifty-six surgical specimens with various ulcerative intestinal disorders were microscopically investigated for evidence of gastric gland metaplasia. Thiry-one specimens (55-4%) showed pyloric gland metaplasia. Among the 31 patients with pyloric gland metaplasia, five showed true gastric metaplasia, consisting of parietal cells, chief cells, and mucous neck cells. The percentage of true gastric...

Gastric carcinoma is reported to be more frequent in geographical areas where diets are either iodine-deficient or iodine-excessive. Reports have also shown an association between thyroid diseases and some of the risk factors for gastric carcinoma. We investigated the frequency of thyroid disorders in 61 patients with gastric carcinoma compared with 55 healthy control subjects. Thyroid health w...

aim: the purpose of this investigation was to determine the oipa and dupa genes of helicobacter pylori isolates from west of iran; chaharmahalo bakhtiyari region and find their relationship with the severity of the gastroduodenal diseases. background: helicobacter pylori is an organism responsible for many gastroduodenal diseases. studies suggest that genetic diversity in h . pylori virulence f...

AIM To evaluate the Immunomodulatory effects of CagA expression; pepsinogen I, II & gastrin-17 on PMNs and lymphocytes Fas expression in inflammatory and gastric cells; demographic distribution of Fas molecule in gastric tissue and inflammatory cells. METHODS Gastroduodenal biopsies were taken from 80 patients for histopathology and H. pylori diagnosis. Serum samples were used for evaluation ...

  Objective(s): Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) is one of the most common digestive disorders that frequently lead to pulmonary complications due to gastric fluid aspiration. In the present experimental study, chronic aspiration of gastric fluid, its components and bile salts in rat lung was performed to find out the main factor(s) causing pulmonary complications of gastric fluid aspirat...