background/aims: inflammatory bowel disease (ibd) is a chronic disease of the gastrointestinal tract, whose etiologies are still unknown. this study was performed to evaluate the humoral immune response in terms of b cell functions in selected ibd patients. methods: eighteen pediatric patients with ibd, including 12 cases of ulcerative colitis (uc) and six with crohn disease (cd), were enrolled...

Background/Aims: Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic disease of the gastrointestinal tract, whose etiologies are still unknown. This study was performed to evaluate the humoral immune response in terms of B cell functions in selected IBD patients. Methods: Eighteen pediatric patients with IBD, including 12 cases of ulcerative colitis (UC) and six with Crohn disease (CD), were enrolled...