background geographic information system (gis) software has been used in health care systems to display and analyze spatial pattern of diseases and health services. objectives this study was performed to assess spatial patterns of colon’s pathologic lesions based on the pathologic reports and assess whether it is possible to use gis software in health services. patients and methods archives of ...

OBJECTIVE: To present a review about inflammatory bowel diseases in childhood so that pediatricians become familiar with two diseases (ulcerative colitis and Crohn s disease) that are increasing in incidence. METHODS: Articles of specific gastroenterological journals were analyzed. Information was also obtained from the author s extensive professional experience in the area. RESULTS: The two di...

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background: it is claimed that the interaction of altering immune system bowel maturation, and measles vaccine predispose the body to inflammatory bowel diseasesalso it is proposed that breastmilk components during infancy, regulatemucosal immune activity to antigen and have protective role for ulcerative colitis and crohn's disease. materials and methods: this study was a case-control study. d...

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Inflammatory bowel diseases, Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, are associated with a variety of extraintestinal manifestations. The most common extraintestinal manifestation, articular involvement, occurs in 16% to 33% of inflammatory bowel disease patients. These arthropathies may increase morbidity, resulting in a worse quality of life compared with inflammatory bowel disease patients w...