Publications by authors named "Ayse O Kurdas-Ovunc"
Background/aim: To compare lipoprotein and malondialdehyde levels and paraoxonase-1 activity between subjects with asymptomatic cholelithiasis and controls.
Patients And Methods: Eighty subjects with asymptomatic cholelithiasis (55 women, 25 men, mean age: 51, SD 14 years) and 40 control subjects without cholelithiasis (25 women, 25 men, mean age: 51, SD 12 years) were enrolled to the study. Serum paraoxonase activity, lipoproteins, and malondialdehyde were measured.
Background/aims: We aimed to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of AST-platelet ratio index in the prediction of significant fibrosis and cirrhosis in chronic hepatitis B patients by comparison with liver biopsy.
Materials And Methods: We retrospectively reviewed our computerized data of chronic hepatitis B patients who attended the Gastroenterology Clinic from 2004-2009. Treatment-naive chronic hepatitis B patients who had undergone liver biopsy were included in this study.
Background And Aim: Crohn's disease (CD) decreases fertility both directly, by inducing inflammation in the fallopian tubes and ovaries, and indirectly, through the surgical interventions and tubal adhesions associated with disease treatment. Anti-müllerian hormone (AMH) is a reliable indicator of ovarian reserve in women. We aimed to compare serum AMH levels between reproductive-age women with CD and healthy controls.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground/aims: Studies concerning red cell distribution width (RDW) for use in the assessment of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) activity are limited. We investigated whether RDW is a marker of active disease in patients with IBD.
Methods: In total, 61 patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) and 56 patients with Crohn's disease (CD) were enrolled in the study group, and 44 age- and-sex-matched healthy volunteers were included as the control group.