Ersan Ozaslan

..We report on a pregnant patient who developed acute hepatitis C during pregnancy and was treated with a short course of interferon alfa therapy with a successful outcome...

..We have assessed two different overlap syndrome groups in patients with AIH-PBC and AIH-AIC, with respect to therapy response and outcome...

..The major advantages of ABS appear to be ease of use and lack of side effect...

..We present here four OBI cases which reveal the difficulties in the diagnosis and management of OBI and include a discussion upon current literature...

..Although routine serologic screening can not be recommended, it may be appropriate for the patients with refractory dyspepsia, especially females...

..To report the third published case, as of April 8, 2006, of methylprednisolone-induced toxic hepatitis...

..Acute presentation, negativity of all autoimmune markers and the features of multiple acinar confluent necrosis were interesting findings. She had a complete resolution under standart immunosuppressive therapy...

..We report here two cases of adult coeliac disease that presented as coeliac crisis. Coeliac disease should be a differential diagnosis in adult patients with severe acute diarrhoea and acidosis, although a rare presentation...

..ABS seems to be effective in cases of variceal bleeding as a bridge to therapy. Its major advantages are the ease of use and lack of side-effects...

..Serum sFas levels appear to increase in advanced stages of HCV-induced liver disease, as a result of host-related immunological factors...

..In this review, the most commonly encountered inflammatory liver diseases and their effects on atherosclerosis are discussed...

..The elimination of gluten from the diet is the main therapeutic approach and usually leads to clinical and laboratory improvement. There are no ideal markers that objectively assess dietary compliance in CD patients...

..We also evaluated the accuracy of diagnostic criteria and scoring systems for AILD in SLE...

..To investigate serum levels of homocysteine (Hcys) and the risk that altered levels carry for thrombosis development in ulcerative colitis (UC) patients...

..To investigate the effect of 5-aminosalicylic acid (5-ASA) suppositories on rectal band ligation-induced pain...

..Here, we report a case of ulcerative colitis associated with leukocytoclastic vasculitis in which the intestinal symptoms became overt 8 mo after the development of skin lesions...

..To investigate whether liver diseases other than autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) can present with the typical features of AIH, and to determine the impact of liver biopsy for differentiating AIH from these conditions...

..The aim of the present study was to assess the efficacy and tolerability of budesonide as an alternative first line treatment option for autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) and the overlap syndrome...

..For this reason, some authors do not consider extensive radical surgery as the treatment of choice. We describe here a case of this rare entity...

..The etiology is obscure. Mucous diarrhea, tenesmus, and hematochezia are main symptoms. We hereby report an 80-year-old man with diagnosis of inflammatory myoglandular polyp...

..Here we report a challenging upper GI bleeding case with a low platelet count and defective hemostasis treated endoscopically with ABS as an adjunctive drug. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd...

..Ewing Sarcoma has been the second most common primary osseous malignancy in childhood and adolescence. It has been described as a highly aggressive neoplasm. This is the oldest case report in the literature with Ewing Sarcoma...