Gastrointestinal complications in two patients with common variable immunodeficiency.

Common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) is a primary immunodeficiency disease characterized by hypogammaglobulinemia and recurrent bacterial infections especially in respiratory and gastrointestinal systems. We present here 2 cases of CVID with gastrointestinal complications.Case 1 is a 25-year-old man with a history of chronic diarrhoea from childhood.

Pattern of relapses in Iranian patients with ulcerative colitis. A prospective study.

Background: The pattern of relapses in patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) has a significant role in taking decisions about the therapy and the follow up of patients. This study is designed to find out the pattern, time and severity of relapses in Iranian patients with UC.

Method: From 1991 to 2003, a period of 13 years, the pattern of relapses in 163 patients with UC who had been admitted to a private referral gastroenterology clinic in Iran were evaluated.