Sabahattin Kaymakoglu

..005.) In conclusion, IFN induction treatment in combination with ribavirin is superior to IFN induction treatment alone in genotype 1 patients, and the SVR rate of 39% is encouraging...

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..Pneumatic dilatation is a safe and most effective treatment for achalasia. We analyzed the long-term results of pneumatic dilatation in primary achalasia by objective and subjective findings...

..Nearly half of the patients with HBeAg-negative chronic hepatitis B responds to IFN-alpha at the end of therapy. Despite the high recurrence rates, response continues in about one third of patients after a mean of 59.5 months...

..At the end of follow-up, virological response rates (HBV DNA levels of <400 copies/ml) were similar in the monotherapy (24%) and combination therapy (26%) groups...

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..We aimed to determine the prevalence and clinical significance of SEN viruses- H in patients with chronic hepatitis C, B and delta in Turkey...

..To compare the frequency of intestinal metaplasia (IM) in patients with portal hypertensive gastropathy (PHG) to the control group with functional dyspepsia...

..We aimed to evaluate the causes of elevated ALT levels in patients who are negative for hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg) and HBV DNA (by hybridization) for at least 6 months...

..Acquired hepatocerebral degeneration (AHD) and hepatic myelopathy (HM) are rare complications of chronic liver disease and are usually resistant to medical therapy...

..There is little information about the prevalence of occult hepatitis B virus infection (OHBVI). We have investigated the prevalence and virological features of OHBVI among female sex workers (FSWs) in Istanbul...

..We aimed to determine the etiology of patients with duodenal and gastric ulcers...

..Parameters associated with response to terlipressin+albumin and increased survival should be defined better in a large cohort of cirrhotic patients with HRS...

..Diet with exercise seems to be superior to metformin and rosiglitazone. Decreasing treatment response at month 12 compared to month 6 may be due to fluctuations of ALT levels. Treatment response should be evaluated histologically...

..This study was designed to comparatively evaluate electron microscopic features of non-alcoholic fatty liver (NAFL) and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH)...

..To evaluate whether the cytokine responses in liver and serum differ in chronic hepatitis C patients with normal and high alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels...

..2%) patients, however, in 8 (1.6%) patients no risk factors could be found. In Turkey, the most common risk factor for the transmission of HCV infection is surgery, which can be preventable...

..CONCLUSION: Cyclosporin-A therapy in severe ulcerative colitis that is refractory to steroids, provides initial remission in 80% of patients and allows 40% to retain their colon for 1 year...

..To determine the role of thrombopoietin and spleen volume in thrombocytopenia diagnosed in cirrhotic and noncirrhotic portal hypertensive patients...

..Anticoagulant therapy is an accepted treatment for Budd-Chiari syndrome (BCS). However, the natural course of untreated patients is unclear. We aimed to evaluate the efficacy of anticoagulant therapy on survival in BCS...

..The radiological methods are very useful in diagnosis and treatment of liver abscess. In this paper, we present a patient with pyogenic liver abscess which developed in the course of Crohn's disease...

..We first evaluated the role of reflux in OSAS with simultaneous polysomnography and impedance-pHmetry and then investigated whether the effect of proton pump inhibitor (PPI) treatment changes in these parameters...

..We investigated whether serum prohepcidin is related to iron overload and perenchymal dysfuction in HBV-related liver disease...

..However, the clinical impact of these changes is unknown. In this study, we aimed to determine the additional cause of blood loss in portal hypertensive patients...

..Our study aims to investigate the in vitro effects of dipyridamole (DP) on the TNF-alpha and interleukin-10 (IL-10) production in the intestinal mononuclear cells of CD patients...

..004). We conclude that C282Y mutation is very rare in Turkey. Iron overload is not related to H63D mutation but is positively correlated with biochemical activity and Child-Pugh score in chronic liver diseases...

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..pylori eradication therapy in a country with a high rate of infection...

..However, the seroprevalence rate of the spouses was still within the upper limit of our country population...

..This is an interesting case diagnosed with multidisciplinary approaches...

..Evaluation of clinical, demographic and epidemiologic features of ulcerative colitis and therapy response of these patients...

..8 mm Hg). These findings show that hepatopulmonary syndrome may occur in both liver cirrhosis and noncirrhotic portal hypertension and that portal hypertension is the predominant etiopathogenic factor related to hepatopulmonary syndrome...

..Best of our knowledge, there is no such a case reported previously with the association of PVA, PH and IL. Therefore, we propose PVAPHIL syndrome to define this novel association...

..Clinical improvement was observed upon oral ciprofloxacin treatment. No clinical or laboratory activation of ulcerative colitis was detected during this infection...

..We aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of Saccharomyces boulardii in preventing antibiotic-associated diarrhoea in patients receiving antibiotics for H. pylori eradication...

..The long-term prognosis of eosinophilic esophagitis is uncertain; however, data suggests a benign course. We herein present two eosinophilic esophagitis cases that were the first to be diagnosed in our clinic...

..Results of the two periods were compared with each other as well as with the results of the controls...

..Cancer risk continues after surgical operation in achalasia, like in this case. In conclusion, endoscopic follow up is necessary for these patients even after surgical treatment...

..Our results imply that JAK2V617F mutation screening should be an initial test for MPN in patients with SVT...

..To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of the successful treatment of small-for-size syndrome by somatostatin and propranolol in the clinical setting...

..We also re-evaluated the relation between intestinal metaplasia in the cardia and gastroesophageal reflux disease, smoking, alcohol history, H. pylori infection, Barrett's esophagus and intestinal metaplasia elsewhere in the stomach...

..It is the first case of ciprofloxacin-induced VBDS successfully treated with tacrolimus. This case reminds physicians of the importance of drug reactions, their severity, techniques for diagnosis and methods of management...

..The interaction of antiphospholipid antibodies and factor V Leiden mutation in the pathogenesis of antiphospholipid syndrome and their contribution to Budd-Chiari syndrome are discussed...