introduction: chronic liver diseases consist of wide spectrum disorders that may be complicated by cirrhosis and therefore need to transplantation. the pediatric end-stage liver disease (peld) score and model of end-stage liver disease (meld) score has been used as predictors of mortality chronic liver diseases listed for liver transplantation. the aim of this study is evaluation of relation be...

Introduction: Chronic liver diseases consist of wide spectrum disorders that may be complicated by cirrhosis and therefore need to transplantation. The pediatric end-stage liver disease (PELD) score and model of end-stage liver disease (MELD) score has been used as predictors of mortality chronic liver diseases listed for liver transplantation. The aim of this study is evaluation of relation be...

however, history of liver transplantation has started in 1963, but after discovery of anti-rejection drugs such as cyclosporine in 1980s, this method has experienced. from 1984 more than 3000 patients underwent surgery and just 1680 patients in 66 liver transplantation centers have operated in 1988. every patient suffers from severe liver diseases and is in terminal stage of this disease, must ...

context celiac disease (cd) is defined as a permanent intolerance to ingested gluten. the intolerance to gluten results in immune-mediated damage of small intestine mucosa manifested by villous atrophy and crypt hyperplasia. these abnormalities resolve with initiationa gluten-free diet. evidence acquisition pubmed, ovid, and google were searched for full text articles published between 1963 and...

conclusions elevation of liver enzymes appears in 29 % obese children in a tertiary care centre. absolute alanine aminotransferase levels are significantly higher in obese than in overweight children. even obese children with normal liver enzymes show signs of fatty liver disease as demonstrated by liver enzymes at the upper limit of normal. results elevated alanine aminotransferase was observe...

background: celiac disease (cd) has been found in up to 10% of the patients presenting with unexplained abnormal liver function tests (lft). as there is no precise data from our country in this regard, we investigated the prevalence of cd in patients presenting with abnormal lft. methods: from 2003 to 2008, we measured iga anti-tissue transglutaminase (t-tg) antibody (with elisa technique) with...

conclusions the apri had the highest sensitivity and specificity (64% and 71%, respectively) for prediction of the presence of liver disease. we suggest that apri may be applicable for the detection of a severe liver disease. objectives in this study, we evaluated and compared several available indices of the severity of liver diseases in patients with hepatitis. patients and methods exclusion ...

background liver transplantation (lt) is the only treatment option for patients with advanced liver disease. currently, liver donation to these patients, considering priorities, is based on the model for end-stage liver disease (meld). meld score is a tool for predicting the risk of mortality in patients with advanced liver disease. however, few studies have so far been conducted in iran on the...

non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (nash) is a disease of unknown origin characterized histologically by alcoholic-like liver injury in the absence in the absence of significant alcohol intake. this study was conducted to assess the clinical and pathological features of nash patients in iran. patients with elevated liver transaminases, negative serologic markers of viral or autoimmune hepatitis and ...