Given their location in the intertidal zone, coastal salt marshes will be one of the ecosystems first affected by sea level rise. As sea level rise increases, marshes will begin to migrate inland if surrounding topography and land use provide suitable habitat. The question remains whether or not this migration inland will provide enough new habitat to sustain current marsh area as the seaward e...

backgrounds: iron deficiency anemia (ida) is one of the well recognized presentations of celiac disease (cd). according to the lack of data from our population in this regard, we determined the prevalence of cd in patients presenting with ida to see if it is worthwhile to do a precise screening for cd in such patients. methods: this cross-sectional study was conducted on patients referred with ...

Background and Objectives: As an autoimmune disease, celiac is triggered by exposure to dietary gluten in genetically susceptible individuals, leading to various gastrointestinal and non-gastrointestinal symptoms. The aim of the current study was to accurately investigate epidemiology of the celiac disease in Hamadan Province, Iran. Materials and Methods: This study was carried out as a case s...

There has been a flurry of activity in GHFBB arising from my classification (1), and I am flattered that the editors have now asked me for an overview. Readers should note that the flurry originated from a recent paper (2) in which we revealed the redundancy of Oberhuber's re-classification of the Marsh III coeliac lesion. First, we indicated that there is no structural basis for his assertion....

Direct interactions among plant species may be highly modified by indirect or diffuse effects within a multispecies community. We investigated the direct and diffuse effects of two salt marsh perennials, Monanthechloe littoralis and Arthrocnemum subterminale, on winter annuals and the perennial herb Limonium californicum in a salt marsh in central California. In permanent plots, Monanthechloe h...

INTRODUCTION Coeliac disease (CD) is a common diagnosis among children and adults in Iraq; however, removal of gluten from the diet is essential for patients with CD. The aim of this study, the first such study in Iraq, was to assess the serological and histological recovery profiles of coeliac patients, in both children and adults groups after commencing a gluten-free diet (GFD) for at least 1...