A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis on the Association between Inflammatory Bowel Disease Family History and Colorectal Cancer.

Background: Colorectal cancer (CRC) and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are closely interrelated. However, the effect of having a family history of one disease on the risk of another remains undetermined.

Aim: The purpose of this meta-analysis was to estimate the prevalence of a family history of CRC among patients with IBD, as well as the prevalence of a family history of IBD among patients with CRC.

Long-term success of flexible endoscopic septal division with the stag beetle knife for Zenker's diverticulum: a tertiary center study.

Objectives: Flexible endoscopic septum division is an established treatment for Zenker's diverticulum (ZD); however, long-term outcome data are lacking. We aimed to evaluate the long-term efficacy of flexible endoscopic septal division (FESD) using the stag beetle knife for ZD and identify predictors of symptom recurrence.

Methods: Patients undergoing the procedure between 2013 and 2018 were prospectively enrolled.

Evaluation of the benefit of addition of clidinium C to a Helicobacter pylori eradication regimen.

Aim: This study aimed to evaluate the success of H.pylori eradication therapy in patients with dyspepsia by therapeutics regimes with and without clidinium C.

Background: Helicobacter pylori infections are reported in all parts of the world.

The effects of gluten-free diet on hypertransaminasemia in patients with celiac disease.

Background: Celiac disease (CD) is an immune mediated condition that leads to small bowel atrophy and improve with a gluten free diet (GFD). Extra-intestinal manifestations of CD include hypertransaminasemia. In this study, the effects of a GFD on hypertransaminasemia in patients with newly diagnosed CD were studied.

Clinical and histological indicators of proximal and distal gastric cancer in eight provinces of Iran.

Background And Aim: Gastric cancer is the second most common cancer worldwide. In this study the clinical and histological features of gastric cancer in the cardia and distal stomach were evaluated.

Method: Proximal and distal gastric cancer diagnosed and treated in eight provinces of Iran from 2010-2011 were reviewed in all collected cases.

Cholangiocarcinoma: an-eight-year experience in a tertiary-center in Iran.

Background And Aim: Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) is an uncommon malignancy of the bile duct, occurring in nearly 2 out of 100,000 people. It is a type of adenocarcinoma that originates in the mucous glands of the epithelium, or surface layers of the bile ducts. The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical features, diagnostic results and factors associated with survival, morbidity and mortalityof cholangiocarcinoma cases in Iranian patients.

Evaluation of salivary beta-2 microglobulin as HBV proliferation marker in HBS Ag(+), HBV DNA PCR(+) and HBV DNA PCR(-) subjects.

Aim: The aim of this study was to determine the concentration of salivary B2M as a marker of viral proliferation in HBS Ag(+), HBV DNA PCR(+) and Hbs Ag(+) and HBV DNA PCR(-) subjects.

Background: Beta-2 microglobulin (B2M) is responsible for transmission of viral antigens such as Hepatitis B (HBV) on the surface of liver cells as part of an HLA complex.

Patients And Methods: In this case control study, 25 PCR(+) and 2 PCR(-) patients were included.

Polymorphism in two short tandem repeat loci (R-R and S-Q) linked to tRNA genes in Entamoeba dispar isolates.

Aim: In this study, genetic polymorphism of two tRNA-liked short tandem repeat (STR)-containing loci, R-R and S-Q, was analyzed in order to clarify further the genotypic differences among E. dispar isolates.

Background: Entamoeba dispar is closely related to the human pathogen E.

Hepatitis C and hepatitis B virus infection: epidemiology and risk factors in a large cohort of pregnant women in Lorestan, West of Iran.

Background: There are little data on the prevalence of serological markers of hepatitis B and hepatitis C viruses in pregnant women in Iran.

Objectives: This study was designed to determine the prevalence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection among pregnant women in Lorestan, west of Iran.

Patients And Methods: Serum samples of 827 pregnant women who lived in rural (36.

Liver steatosis in patients with chronic hepatitis B infection: host and viral risk factors.

Background: Liver steatosis (LS) and chronic infection with hepatitis B virus (HBV) are two common causes of chronic liver disease in Iran. LS is also a common histopathological feature of chronic hepatitis B (CHB). Association of chronic HBV infection and LS has not been extensively studied.

Hepatic steatosis in Iranian patients with chronic hepatitis C.

Objectives: To evaluate the frequency and severity of fibrosis, and also the association of various viral and host factors of steatosis in Iranian patients with hepatitis C (CHC).

Subjects And Methods: Eighty treatment-naive CHC patients, age 37.6 +/- 11.

A decision tree-based approach for determining low bone mineral density in inflammatory bowel disease using WEKA software.

Background: Decision tree classification is a standard machine learning technique that has been used for a wide range of applications. Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are at increased risk of developing low bone mineral density (BMD). This study aimed at developing a new approach to select truly affected IBD patients who are indicated for densitometry, hence, subjecting fewer patients for bone densitometry and reducing expenses.

Bone mineral density in Iranian patients with inflammatory bowel disease.

Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are at increased risk of developing osteopenia and osteoporosis. The aim of the study was to investigate the prevalence of decreased bone density and related risk factors in Iranian IBD patients. A total of 126 ulcerative colitis (UC) and 39 Crohn's disease (CD) patients were enrolled.

Intra-familial prevalence of hepatitis B virologic markers in HBsAg positive family members in Nahavand, Iran.

Aim: To determine the prevalence of hepatitis B in Nahavand and evaluate the HBsAg positive prevalence in families with a member who was confirmed to have HBV infection.

Methods: This study was performed in two phases. In the first phase, 1 824 subjects in Nahavand city were selected.

C77G mutation in protein tyrosine phosphatase CD45 gene and autoimmune hepatitis.

Unlabelled: Autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) is a rare frequent, multiplex disorder with undefined etiology. Susceptibility to autoimmune hepatitis results from complex interactions between genetic and environmental factors. In this study, we investigated the involvement of C77G mutation in CD45 gene in patients with autoimmune hepatitis among Iranian population by genotyping this mutation in 70 patients and 140 healthy individuals.