Homayoon Vahedi
Tehran University of Medical Sciences
49 Papers
258 Citations
Homayoon Vahedi is an academic researcher from Tehran University of Medical Sciences. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Inflammatory bowel disease. The author has an hindex of 15, co-authored 49 publications. Previous affiliations of Homayoon Vahedi include University of Tehran & Saint Louis University.
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Papers
•Journal Article
Emerging Epidemic of Inflammatory Bowel Disease in a Middle Income Country: A Nation-wide Study from Iran.
Masoud M Malekzadeh,Homayoon Vahedi,Kimiya Gohari,Parinaz Mehdipour,Sadaf G. Sepanlou,Nasser Ebrahimi Daryani,Mohammad Reza Zali,Fariborz Mansour-Ghanaei,Alireza Safaripour,Rahim Aghazadeh,Hassan Vossoughinia,Hafez Fakheri,Mohammad Hossein Somi,Iradj Maleki,Vahid Hoseini,Mohammad Reza Ghadir,Hamed Daghaghzadeh,Payman Adibi,Hamid Tavakoli,Alireza Taghavi,Mohammad Javad Zahedi,Taghi Amiriani,Masoud Tabib,Zainab Alipour,Hossein Nobakht,Abbas Yazdanbod,Masoud Sadreddini,Alireza Bakhshipour,Ahmad Khosravi,Pejman Khosravi,Siavosh Nasseri-Moghaddam,Shahin Merat,Rasoul Sotoudehmanesh,Farhad Barazandeh,Peyman Arab,Nadieh Baniasadi,Seyyed Javad Pournaghi,Mahboubeh Parsaeian,Farshad Farzadfar,Reza Malekzadeh +39 more
TL;DR: Establishing a national IBD registry seems necessary for comprehensive care of IBD patients in Iran as the incidence and prevalence are increasing in Iran.
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A randomized controlled trial on the effect of vitamin D3 on inflammation and cathelicidin gene expression in ulcerative colitis patients.
TL;DR: Low serum levels of 25 (OH)-Vitamin D3, PTH, Calcium, ESR, and hs-CRP and increase in LL37 gene expression support the hypothesis that Vitamin D supplementation may have a beneficial role in UC patients.
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Clinical features and long term outcome of 102 treated autoimmune hepatitis patients
Zinab Malekzadeh,Sepideh Hagh-Azali,Sadaf G. Sepanlou,Homayoon Vahedi,Shahin Merat,Masoud Sotoudeh,Siavosh Nasseri-Moghaddam,Reza Malekzadeh +7 more
TL;DR: Long-term survival in AIH patients is very good and prompt diagnosis and appropriate first-line and salvage therapy that includes close follow-up will make liver transplantation a rare necessity in the treatment of this disease.
The effect of helicobacter pylori eradication on liver fat content in subjects with non-alcoholic Fatty liver disease: a randomized open-label clinical trial.
TL;DR: It seems that HP eradication per se might not affect LFC, LFT, lipid profile, and insulin resistance in dyspeptic NAFLD patients.
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Irritable bowel syndrome: a review article.
TL;DR: A review of recent studies on the prevalence of IBS in Iran and appropriate methods for management of patients affected by IBS is set out.
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