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S Boyacioğlu

Publications and source records attributed to S Boyacioğlu.

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PubMed2000

Gastroduodenal lesions and Helicobacter pylori in children with end-stage renal disease.

Thirty-seven children with end-stage renal disease were evaluated for gastroduodenal lesions by upper gastrointestinal endoscopy between January 1993 and January 1998. The mean (+/-SD) age of the patients was 14.3+/-2.4 years (range 9-17 years). Endoscopic examination was abnormal in 17 patients (46%). The lesions were antral gastritis plus bulbitis (n=6), nodular bulbitis (n=4), antral gastritis (n=4), and duodenal ulcer (n=3). Fifteen patients had symptoms related to gastroduodenal disease, whereas 22 patients were asymptomatic at the time of endoscopic examination; 80% of the symptomatic and 23% of the asymptomatic patients had gastroduodenal lesions on endoscopy. Antral mucosal biopsy was taken from 26 of 37 children for the detection of Helicobacter pylori by the urease test. H. pylori was detected in 10 of 16 patients with gastroduodenal lesions (8 symptomatic, 2 asymptomatic). None of the patients with normal endoscopic examination were positive for H. pylori. Thus, we have demonstrated a significant number of gastroduodenal lesions and their frequent association with H. pylori in our pediatric renal transplant candidates. Our results emphasize the importance of gastrointestinal evaluation in these patients. Endoscopic examination should be considered in symptomatic patients and in areas where H. pylori is endemic.

Adolescent↗
PubMed2000

An unusual adverse effect of interferon: hypertrichosis of the eyelashes.

Hypertrichosis of the eyelashes is a rare adverse effect of interferon-alpha treatment. We present a 21-year-old man with chronic renal failure and hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection who developed hypertrichosis of the eyelashes as a complication of IFN-alpha therapy. The patient was a candidate for living related renal transplantation and was given IFN-alpha 15 million units per week for HBV DNA positivity. After 6 months of therapy, HBV DNA positivity persisted, and the dose of IFN was increased to 30 million units per week. At the end of the first half of the second 6 months of therapy, the patient suffered from bilateral hypertrichosis of the eyelashes.

Adult↗