Refractory celiac disease (RCD) is when malabsorption symptoms and villous atrophy persist despite strict adherence to a gluten free diet (GFD) for more than 12 months and other causes of villous atrophy have been ruled out.  RCD is considered a rare disease and almost exclusively occurs in adults. Persistent diarrhea, abdominal pain, weight loss are the most common symptoms in RCD. Also, anemi...

Introduction: Celiac disease can be associated with other diseases, including neurological disorders. In this study, the relationship between celiac disease and refractory epilepsy was evaluated in patients who were referred to Imam Khomeini Hospital in Urmia. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, patients with refractory epilepsy who were referred to the neurology clinic of Imam Khomeini Ho...

silica refractory bricks are used especially in the metallurgical industries, due to desirableproperties such as particularly their high melting point and their rigidity and strength at hightemperatures. in this research, different amount of sic were added to silica refractory containingdifferent binders such as borax, boric acid, calcium nitride, sodium tri poly phosphate, sodiumhexametaphosph...

background: the main purpose of the current study was to determine the effect of treating helicobacter pylori (hp) infection on seizure frequency in patients with refractory epilepsy. methods: a small sample of adult patients above 18 years of age with a diagnosis of refractory epilepsy was studied at the outpatient epilepsy clinic at shiraz university of medical sciences, from january 2009 thr...

abstract despite sophisticated conventional medical treatment and the continued development and improvement of coronary revascularization modalities in recent years, a significant number of patients still suffer from refractory angina pectoris and cannot be successfully managed. advances in therapeutic options have led to an increase in the average of life expectancy even in such no-option pati...

hypereosinophilic syndromes were a group of divergent disorders united by overproduction of eosinophils and the several organ damages ascribed to this persistent eosinophilia. among all the presenting symptoms, gastrointestinal symptoms were the least common. we were reporting a 21 year old man with a 2 year history of refractory ascites, hepatomegaly, portal and hepatic veins thrombosis and cu...