Study of in Egyptian patients with inflammatory bowel disease.

Introduction: Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) are characterised by chronic inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract. There aetiopathogenesis has not yet been fully elucidated. is one of the most abundant in human gut, and it is found in about 5% of the gut microbiota.

The relationship between anxiety and irritable bowel syndrome symptoms among females: A cross-sectional study in Egypt.

There is a scarcity of studies focusing on irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and anxiety in Egypt. Accordingly, our study aimed to assess the association between anxiety and IBS symptomatology among Egyptian females. Three hundred eighty-three females (145 IBS and 238 controls) were included in the study, and data were obtained using structured predesigned questionnaires.

Study of the influence of heme oxygenase 1 gene single nucleotide polymorphism (rs2071746) on esophageal varices among patients with cirrhosis.

Introduction: Cirrhosis as a pathological term has some criteria known to be common in all cases of liver cirrhosis. Esophageal varices are portosystemic collaterals arising in the submucosa of the lower esophagus because of portal hypertension. Portal hypertension is defined as hepatic venous pressure gradient greater than 5 mmHg that arises often as a sequelae of mesenchymal dysfunction in a cirrhotic liver.