Publications by authors named "Thouraya Babba"
Anxiety and depression as markers of multiplicity of sites of functional gastrointestinal disorders: a gender issue?
Clin Res Hepatol Gastroenterol
September 2013
Background: Anxiety and depression are frequently present in patients with different types of functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGID), and seem to play a major part in both the perception of symptoms and the outcome of treatment.
Aims: The aim of the present study was therefore to evaluate levels of anxiety and depression in adult patients according to the extent and the type of FGID.
Methods: Three hundred and eighty-five consecutive patients (72% female) were evaluated.
Unlabelled: The aim determine the clinical, morphological, endoscopical and progressive profile of patients with ampullary carcinoma.
Patients And Methods: Thirty-two patients with a carcinoma of the ampulla of Vater, hospitalised in the Gastro-enterology service of Habib Thameur Hospital (Tunis) (1992-2002) have been analysed retrospectively.
Results: Twelve men and 20 women of an average age of 66 years have been included.