aim : to assess the clinical characteristic of cd as well as correlation of symptoms and the degrees of intestinal mucosal lesions in iranian children. background : microscopic enteritis (marsh 0-ii) is associated with malabsorption. patients and methods : from august 2005 to september 2009, 111 cases with malabsorption and classical gastrointestinal symptoms were evaluated. results : the mean ...

background irritable bowel syndrome (ibs) is one of the common gastrointestinal disorders with unknown etiology. in experimental models, it is proposed that soy isoflavones may suppress the clinical and psychological symptoms of ibs by alteration of gut barrier tight junctions. methods we conducted this study to evaluate the effects of soy isoflavones on ibs symptoms and patients’ quality of li...