Non-Helicobacter pylori, non-NSAIDs peptic ulcers: a descriptive study on patients referred to Taleghani hospital with upper gastrointestinal bleeding.

Aim: The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the number and proportion of various causes of upper gastrointestinal bleeding and actual numbers of non-NSAID, non-Helicobacter pylori (H.pylori) peptic ulcers seen in endoscopy of these patients.

Background: The number and the proportion of patients with non- H.

Prevalence of ATP7B Gene Mutations in Iranian Patients With Wilson Disease.

Background: Wilson disease (WD) is an autosomal recessive disorder. The WD gene, ATP7B, encodes a copper-transporting ATPase involved in the transport of copper into the plasma protein ceruloplasmin and in excretion of copper from the liver. ATP7B mutations cause copper to accumulate in the liver and brain.

Biochemical response to lamivudine treatment in HBeAg negative chronic hepatitis B patients in Iran.

Aim: To study the effect of a one-year lamivudine regimen in patients with chronic hepatitis B.

Methods: Medical records of HBeAg negative hepatitis B patients who attended a hepatitis clinic in Tehran between March 2002-March 2004 were evaluated. The patients received 100 mg lamivudine tablets once daily for at least 12 mo.