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 an increasing burden of hcv-related liver disease is expected in iran under the current diagnosis and treatment levels. increased diagnosis and treatment uptake is required in combination with enhanced treatment efficacy to reduce the hcv burden. the relatively young age of the hcv infected population, provides an opportunity for timely interventions to avert the projected rising hc...

introduction basidiobolomycosis is a rare disease that, unlike other fungal infections, affects immunocompetent individuals. it is caused by an environmental saprophyte named the fungus basidiobolus ranarum. basidiobolomycosis usually appears as a subcutaneous infection. gi basidiobolomycosis is an emerging disease, and the colon is the most frequent involved part of the gi tract. case presenta...

background gastrointestinal and liver diseases (gild) are among the most common causes of morbidity in iran and constitute a substantial proportion of mortality which imposes enormous economic consequences. our purpose is to collect information and report current statistics on physician visits, hospitalizations, and deaths due to common gild in iran. methods data on the leading causes of death ...

the purpose of this study was to determine a simple and sensitive test for clinical diagnosis of various hepatic diseases. therefore y-glutamyltranspeptidase (y** gt), aspartate aminotransferase (asat), alanine aminotr¬ansferase (alat) and alkaline phosphatase (alp) levels were measured in 29 healthy adults and 88 sera with various liver diseases. table i represents the results, according to wh...