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Knowledge of disease and health information needs of the patients with inflammatory bowel disease in a developing country
(2006)
Background and aims: This study was performed to have a first-time assessment on the knowledge level of a population of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients in a developing country like Iran and to identify their ...
Prevalence of multiple drug-resistant helicobacter pylori strains among patients with different gastric disorders in Iran
(2015)
Emergence of multidrug-resistant (MDR) strains of Helicobacter pylori is a global health concern. This study was aimed to determine the frequency of MDR H. pylori strains in Iran. H. pylori isolates were obtained from ...
A case-control study of Blastocystis hominis among Iranian population.
(2010)
A case-control study was conducted to investigate the epidemiology and clinical features of Blastocystis hominis among Iranian patients with and without GI symptoms. Six hundred and seventy patients with GI and Six hundred ...
Seroepidemiology of hepatitis A and E virus infections in Tehran, Iran: A population based study
(2012)
Hepatitis A virus (HAV) and hepatitis E virus (HEV) are enteric hepatotropic viruses and their prevalence is related to the sanitary conditions of the region under investigation. There are only a few studies on the ...
Seroprevalence of anti-helicobacter pylori antibodies in hepatitis B and C patients with cirrhosis: A case-control study
(2007)
Background: Cirrhosis is terminal stage of many chronic liver diseases like hepatitis C and hepatitis B. In some studies the role of helicobacter pylori has been demonstrated in progress of cirrhosis and its complications, ...
Evaluation of global genome methylation in gastritis lesion and its correlation with clinicopatological findings
(2009)
Global genome hypomethylation as an epigenetic phenomenon may induce (pre)neoplastic transformation through inducing chromosomal and genomic instability and activating oncogenes. Global genome hypomethylation has a fundamental ...
Association between the 1793G>A MTHFR polymorphism and sporadic colorectal cancer in Iran
(2008)
Background: It has been proposed that folate and polymorphisms of the enzyme methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR), which regulates influx of folate for methylation reactions for DNA synthesis and repair, are involved ...
Improvement of liver function in liver cirrhosis patients after autologous mesenchymal stem cell injection: A phase I-II clinical trial
(2009)
BACKGROUND: End-stage liver disease is a medical problem with high morbidity and mortality. We have investigated the feasibility, safety, and efficacy of using autologous mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) as a treatment. ...
Association of vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms in Iranian patients with inflammatory bowel disease
(2008)
Background and Aims: The vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene maps to a region on chromosome 12 shown to be linked to inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Many studies have recognized the relation of VDR gene polymorphisms with ...
Impact of EXO1 polymorphism in susceptibility to colorectal cancer
(2010)
Background and Aim: One candidate gene for colorectal cancer (CRC) susceptibility is exonuclease 1 (EXO1). It is a member of RAD2 nuclease family, which plays a major role in mismatch repair, DNA replication, and recombination. ...