[Ocular symptoms of autoagression in patients with idiopathic inflammatory bowel disease].

Purpose: of this research was to present a prospective estimation of the ocular symptoms appearance in a group of patients with ulcerous colitis (CU) or Crohn disease (CD). It was also, to demonstrate dependence between the frequency, intensity, and duration of the main disease and the way of its treatment. The research program established a retrospective analysis of symptoms presented typically in non-specific colitis in a group of patients with recurrence acute iridocyclitis (IA) and HLA B27 positive.

[Frequency of Helicobacter pylori infection depending on morphological changes in gastric mucosa in patients over 65 years of age].

In older patients involution processes are observed. Frequency of H. pylori infection has been related of histopathological changes of gastric mucosa in patients over 65 yrs old.

Helicobacter pylori infection in Eastern Europe: seroprevalence in the Polish population of Lower Silesia.

The Helicobacter pylori status of the population of Eastern European countries has not been explored despite the high incidence of peptic ulcer disease and gastric cancer observed in these countries. A seroprevalence study has been performed in Wroclaw, a city of Lower Silesia, Poland, to provide insight into this question. Sera were collected to obtain 50 subjects per 5 yr increment of age.

[Neutrophil elastase activity in patients with ulcerative colitis].

In order to find an objective marker of disease intensity, neutrophil elastase activity was determined in patients with ulcerative colitis. The study included 41 patients with ulcerative colitis who were divided into two groups depending on tge stage of the disease on the basis of the activity index according to Maier et al. The obtained results of studies were compared a group of 18 healthy persons.

[Ulcerative colitis and pregnancy].

On the basis of literature and on the grounds of their own experience the authors presented their opinions on the coexistence of colitis ulcerosa (c.u.) and pregnancy.