fecal calprotectin is released in colon by activated neutrophils. investigation of diagnostic application of determination of fecal calprotectin levels is considered by many researchers to compare between different colorectal diseases like irritable bowel syndrome (ibs) and inflammatory bowel diseases (ibd). due to the effect of nutrition habits on the inflammatory processes of bowel, the main ...

inflammatory bowel diseases are a general term for a group of chronic inflammatory diseases with unknown etiology that involve gastrointestinal system. the diagnosis of these diseases is possible with rule out of other diseases because there are not special diagnostic tests for them. nevertheless, clinical feature of these diseases are very specific and in most cases definite diagnosis are poss...

the present treatment goals for inflammatory bowel diseases (ibd) especially ulcerative colitis (uc) include rapid induction of clinical remission, steroid-free maintenance of clinical remission, mucosal healing and improvement of quality of life in uc patients. immunomodulators have been reserved for steroid- dependent or steroid- refractory uc patients. among these agents, azathioprine/6-merc...

the inflammatory bowel diseases (ibd) have been found to accompany some neurological syndromes including multiple sclerosis (ms). recently, several studies have reported and discussed the simultaneous presence of ibd and ms in some patients. thus, in patients with either disease, the presence of signs and symptoms of the other should raise the clinical suspicion of the clinician and warrant spe...

this study was designed to evaluate serum and milk amyloid a (saa) as an inflammatory indicator in inflammatory diseases. twenty clinically healthy cows and 100 cows with various inflammatory diseases were selected for this study. blood samples were collected from the coccygeal vein of both healthy and diseased groups. milk samples were taken from four quarters of both groups. milk samples of f...

background: evidence has shown a link between allergic disease and inflammatory bowel diseases (ibds). we investigated food allergy in iranian pediatric ibd patients. materials and methods: a cross-sectional study was conducted on a consecutive sample of children with newly  diagnosed ibd referring to mofid children’s university hospital in tehran (iran) between november 2013 and march 2015.dat...

the main inflammatory bowel disorders are including celiac disease (cd), inflammatory bowel diseases (ibd) and irritable bowel syndrome (ibs). celiac disease is a digestive and autoimmune disorder that can damage the small intestine and characterized by a multitude gastrointestinal (gi) and extra gi symptoms. ibd (including ulcerative colitis and crohn’s disease) is a group of inflammatory cond...

introduction: chlamydia is an important cause of sexually transmitted diseases leading to tubal factor infertility. background: this study aims to define the role of chlamydial antibody detection in predicting presence, nature and type of tubal pathology in laparoscopy. materials and methods: a prospective study was conducted on 200 consecutive patients undergoing laparoscopy as a part of infer...