background: to evaluate relation between air pollution and rate of flare and   hospital admission among ibd patients. methods: during a 10 months period, the number and average duration of hospitalization of patients admitted in gi ward due to ibd flare were recorded in an industrial capital city. concomitantly the level of 4 major air pollutants including so2, co, no2 and o3 measured and the c...

ulcerative colitis (uc) is one type of inflammatory bowel disease (ibd). herpes viruses have been suggested as possible etiological agents of uc and crohn’s disease (cd). the aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of herpes simplex virus (hsv), cytomegalovirus (cmv) and epstein-barr virus (ebv) in patients with uc in comparison with healthy subjects by using pcr technique. in this ...

conclusions in this study, high prevalence of 91.7% hcmv gb1 genotype was predominant among hcmv-positive uc patients, which suggests that there might be an association between hcmv gb genotype 1 and uc disease. results among 98 patients with uc, only 12 (12.2%) patients were positive for hcmv genome, while the hcmv genome was not detected in any of the controls. (p = 0.002). the distribution o...

background: ulcerative colitis (uc) is a chronic inflammation of the colon. patients with uc face numerous physical, psychological, and social problems that are associated with health related quality of life. the aim of this study is to determine the mental stress level and quality of life among uc patients in comparison with a healthy control group, and their relation with clinical and demogra...

  Background: The incidence of ulcerative colitis (UC) is rising in populations with western-style diet, rich in fat and protein, and low in fruits and vegetables. In the present study, we aimed to evaluate the association between dietary protein intakes and the risk of developing incident UC.   Methods : Sixty two cases of UC and 124 controls were studied using country-specific food frequency ...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa aim: psychological factors such as personality traits may affect the adjustment capacity and quality of life (qol) in ulcerative colitis (uc) patients. type d personality has some similarities with general personality traits of uc patients. the aims of this study were to compare neo personality profile and type d personality between healthy normal g...

the association of hla class ii genes with ulcerative colitis (uc) as an autoimmune disease has been investigated for several years. however, factors responsible for genetic predisposition of this disease have so far not been clearly understood. in this study, for the first time, we aimed to investigate the association between hla-drb1 types and uc in the population of kerman, a city southeast ...

A large variety of carboxanilide and thiocarboxanilide derivatives in which the original oxathiin or aliphatic moieties present in the prototype compounds UC84 and UC38 were replaced by an (un) substituted furanyl, thienyl, phenyl, or pyrrole entity have been evaluated for activity against wild-type human immunodeficiency virus type 1 strain IIIB [HIV-1 (IIIB)] and a series of mutant virus stra...