Etiological spectrum of isolated ileo-cecal ulcers in patients with gastrointestinal symptoms.

Background: Isolated ileo-cecal region (ICR) ulcers may represent underlying Crohn's disease (CD), intestinal tuberculosis (ITB), bacterial infections (including typhoid), amoebiasis, eosinophilic enteritis, drug-induced sequelae, or neoplasm. Overlapping morphological and microscopic characteristics of many of these diseases make it challenging to unequivocally confirm a diagnosis.

Aims: The aim of the study was to investigate the etiology and clinical outcomes of isolated ileo-cecal ulcers discovered during an ileocolonoscopy in patients with gastrointestinal symptoms.

Intra- and interspecific comparison of protein polymorphism to establish genetic differentiation in two sympatric species of : and .

species complex includes four monophyletic closely related sympatric species with perfect reproductive isolation in natural conditions. Among these, two species, i.e.

Hypercalcemia - An enigmatic cause of acute pancreatitis.

Background: Acute pancreatitis (AP) continues to be one of the common abdominal emergencies encountered in tertiary care hospitals. The majority of AP is caused by gall stones and alcohol. Hypercalcemia though uncommon has been reported to cause AP, recurrent AP, and chronic pancreatitis (CP).

Genetic structuring of in Indian natural populations based on the distribution of cosmopolitan inversions.

Genetic differentiation among different natural populations of a species depends upon the environmental factors and the evolutionary forces that operate on them. In this study, seven Indian natural populations of , two from north and five from south India, have been studied for their chromosomal inversion polymorphism. A total of nine paracentric autosomal inversions were recorded from these seven places but only three of them, present on the 2L, 2R and 3L were found to be cosmopolitan in distribution.