[Vitamin D level in Hungarian patients with inflammatory bowel diseases].

Introduction: Vitamin D has an important role in the immune regulation. Vitamin D is essential for innate and adaptive immune systems and it plays a significant role in the formation of immune tolerance, as well.

Aim: Vitamin D deficiency has been observed in patients with inflammatory bowel diseases in Western Europe, but there is no data available from Eastern Europe.

Does dermatitis herpetiformis result in bone loss as coeliac disease does? A cross sectional study.

Introduction And Objectives: coeliac disease (CD) and its cutaneous manifestation, dermatitis herpetiformis are both (DH) gluten-sensitive diseases. Metabolic bone disease is common among patients with CD, even in asymptomatic forms. Data are scarce about bone density in patients with dermatitis herpetiformis.

[Prevalence of gastric polypoid lesions at an endoscopic facility].

Background: The prevalence of gastric polyps is unknown in Hungary.

Aim: The aim of the authors was to assess the prevalence of polypoid lesions of the stomach in the endoscopic centre of the 2nd Department of Medicine, Semmelweis University.

Methods: Results of upper gastrointestinal endoscopies carried out between March 2010 and June 2011 were analysed.