background despite the advances in the treatment of chronic hepatitis b virus (hbv) infection, liver transplantation (lt) remains the only hope for many patients with end-stage liver diseases resulting from hbv. objectives the aim of this study was to investigate the rate of hbv recurrence in cases that had undergone lt due to the hbv related liver cirrhosis. patients and methods forty-nine pat...

conclusions because 66% of students were anti-hav antibody negative and they will work as health care workers in future, our study suggest vaccinating all students accepted at aja university of medical sciences. results of total 270 students, 30 were female. their age ranged between 18 and 30 years old with the mean age of 20.58 years and just 34% of students had positive level of anti-hav anti...

background sivelestat is a neutrophil elastase inhibitor (nei) with positive impact on the respiratory complications in thoracic surgery. based on the findings of a recent study, nei may have a good response for avoiding ischemia reperfusion injury in liver resection. conclusions intravenous nei administration had positive impact on the postoperative inflammatory response and oxygenation while ...

conclusions it is concluded that most hbeag negative hepatitis b patients with serum hbv dna level of 2000-20000 iu/ml, persistent normal alt concentration, and no or mild liver damage on biopsy can be clinically managed as hbv inactive carriers. results two hundred forty-three hbeag negative hepatitis b patients were stratified into three groups based on to their hbv dna level including group ...

background & objectives: respiratory, central nervous system, and skin complications of mustard gas toxicity have previously been studied; however, the liver and kidney side effects due to this intoxication have not been fully noted. we aimed to evaluate the frequency of liver, kidney and lung lesions in mustard gas-exposed iranian veterans who had been exposed to the toxin almost 2 decades...

thoracobiliary fistula is a rare complication of hydatid cyst of the liver especially in the calcified form. surgery is the only medical option. the treatment consists of radical surgical procedures in the majority of the patients. conservative surgical treatments are performed with high mortality rate. herein, we will describe two patients of calcified hydatid cysts of the liver whose conditio...

background: the pathogenesis of ethanol in the liver and kidney is associated with an increase in free radicals and oxidative stress that leads to structural and functional abnormalities in these vital organs. methods: forty-eight male wistar rats were placed in eight groups and were treated as follows: control group (normal saline), group of ethanol (4 g/ kg), three doses of ardeh and honey co...

background and objectives: nasturtium officinale w.t.aiton (brassicaceae) is used as an edible vegetable in various parts of iran. the aim of the present study was to investigate the protective activity of the methanolic extract of nasturtium officinale against gamma-radiation-induced hepatotoxicity in terms of histopathological changes. methods: male c57 mice were divided into 10 groups. group...

background non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (nafld) is a growing diagnosed condition which causes a wide spectrum of liver disorders. there is a lot of evidence introducing nafld as a risk factor for coronary artery disease (cad) but there is substantial challenge on the independency of this correlation. conclusions according to the results of the current study, the prevalence of nafld among t...

objectives: liver is one of the most sensitive tissues to oxidant damage. hence, the present study was conducted to compare the effects of melissa officinalis (mo) extract and atorvastatin on the activity of liver enzymes in rats. materials and methods: in this experimental study, 60 male wistar rats were selected and allocated to six groups (n=10). the control group received a normal diet, sha...