The effect of vascular endothelial growth factor overexpression in experimental necrotizing enterocolitis.

Purpose: Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is a serious condition, predominantly observed in premature infants. We used an experimental NEC model to investigate the effects of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) cloned into a plasmid.

Materials And Methods: Twenty-four newborn Wistar albino rats were randomized equally into three groups as follows: control, NEC and NEC+VEGF.

Common behavioral problems among children with asthma: is there a role of asthma treatment?

Background: An increased prevalence of behavioral problems has been described among children with asthma.

Objective: To investigate those associations between common behavioral problems and asthma, with an emphasis on the roles of medications used for asthma.

Method: We studied 409 children who had been followed-up in pediatric allergy clinics and 157 age-matched healthy controls.

The effect of Helicobacter pylori and economic status on growth parameters and leptin, ghrelin, and insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-I concentrations in children.

Background: It was suggested that gastric colonization with Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) was associated with suboptimal nutrition and growth in childhood. Furthermore, several studies indicated a relationship between H.