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,...

background variceal bleeding is one of the most serious complications of cirrhosis. up to now different methods are created for predicting the complications and mortality of cirrhosis. child- pugh score and meld score are two methods for this use. in this study we investigated and compared survival prognosis of cirrhotic patients by the child-pugh or meld score in two groups of esophageal and g...

background: gastrointestinal and liver diseases (gild) constitute a noteworthy portion of causes of death and disability in iran. however, data on their prevalence and burden is sparse in iran. the global burden of disease (gbd) study in 2010 has provided invaluable comprehensive data on the burden of gild in iran methods: estimations of death, years of life lost due to premature death (yll), y...

conclusions obesity prevalence before and after liver transplantation was comparable. education of obese patients prior to surgery and recommendation of medical nutrition therapy should be appropriate. similar medical care for the non-obese subjects could prevent increase in obesity prevalence. non-corticosteroid immunosuppressive agents had no significant effect on the development of weight ga...

aim : we described two case reports of aih/ssc overlap syndrome and reviewed literatures regarding this issue.   background : aih is a chronic hepatitis of unknown aetiology characterized by continuing hepatocellular necrosis and inflammation. aih overlap syndromes have been reported with other autoimmune diseases. patients and methods : according to the classification criteria for ssc, we cond...

context the pnpla3 i148m variant has been recognized as a genetic determinant of liver fat content and a genetic risk factor of liver damage progression associated with steatohepatitis. the i148m variant is associated with many chronic liver diseases. however, its potential association with inflammatory and autoimmune liver diseases has not been established. evidence acquisition we systemically...

case presentation we herein describe a case of a 7 year-old child affected by an overlap syndrome between type 2 autoimmune hepatitis and small duct primary sclerosing cholangitis. although characterized by a severe onset, the disease showed a good response to treatment with prednisone and azathioprine. conclusions the association of type 2 autoimmune hepatitis and small duct primary cholangiti...

Objective: Avicenna (Abu Ali al-Hossein ibn Abdullah ibn Sina) who had a special attention toward diseases treatments, gathered results of ages of herbal medicine experiments on humans and animals in his book “Al-Qānūn fī Ṭibb” or "The Canon of Medicine", which is a reliable book in Iranian traditional medicine. The aim of this research was to build a reliable list of plants effective against ...