a 62-year-old woman complaining of severe malabsorption was diagnosed with celiac disease based on the findings of flat, small intestinal mucosa and hla-dq2 positivity, although celiac serology was negative. this diagnosis was questioned due to the lack of clinical and histological improvement after a long period of strict gluten-free diet. the detection of enterocyte autoantibodies guided to t...

background in quran, the great, surah baghareh, verse 255, it is stated: “ who is he aware of everything and the limited knowledge of humankind originates in his unending and unlimited knowledge”. one of these sciences is the science of pharmaceutical plants. recognizing these plants plays an important role in the improvement of human society health. herbal therapy is one of the supplement meth...

this experiment was conducted to compare the effects of prebiotic as alternative feed additive to an antibiotic growth promoter (bacitracin methylene disalicyate) on the growth performance and morphometrical parameters of the small intestine of broiler chickens. one hundred and forty four day old broiler chicks were randomly assigned to one of three dietary treatments for 6 wk and each treatmen...

The role of goblet cells in the adaptive response of the intestine to jejunoileal bypass was studied in rats submitted to an 85% end-to-side jejunoileal bypass or sham bypass. At 36 weeks the length and wet weight of the duodenum and large bowel was 13-48% greater in animals with jejunoileal bypass. Measurements of villous height and crypt depth confirmed mucosal hyperplasia in the residual fun...

BACKGROUND Celiac disease is a chronic gluten intolerance which can cause small intestinal inflammatory lesions of different intensity, scope and distribution. OBJECTIVES The aim of the study was to assess the distribution and scope of lesions revealed by endoscopy in the small intestine of children and adolescents with untreated celiac disease. MATERIAL AND METHODS A total of nine patients...