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  1. The aim of this study was to compare the aortic stiffness in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) with the aortic stiffness in general population (GP) and to evaluate the determinants of their stiffness.

    Authors: Petar Avramovski, Maja Avramovska, Marija Arsovska - Nalbanti, Pece Nikolovski and Emilija Sikole
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2018 30:30030145
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  2. The prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) has increased dramatically worldwide in the last decades, but unfortunately it was not studied in Egypt.

    Authors: Ghada M. El Sagheer and Lamia Hamdi
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2018 30:30030131
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  3. Antimicrobial resistance has decreased eradication rates for Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection worldwide. Sequential therapy (ST) has been suggested as an alternative to conventional triple therapy (TT) f...

    Authors: Waleed A. Ismail and Ehab F. Mostafa
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2018 30:30020090
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  4. Acute-on-chronic hepatic failure is an increasing number of identified distinct disorders encompassing an acute deterioration of hepatic functions in patients with chronic liver disease

    Authors: Ehab F. Mostafa, Waleed A. Ismael, Amr El Hawary, Ayman Marei and Sameh Saber
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2018 30:30020083
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  5. Spleen may be enlarged in patients with metabolic syndrome (MS). Many factors that are encountered in MS were incriminated as etiology of the splenomegaly. The aim of this study was to assess spleen longitudin...

    Authors: Rokaya Abd El-Aziz, Mervat Naguib and Laila A. Rashed
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2018 30:30020078
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  6. Endoscopic surveillance of esophageal varices (EV) in patients with cirrhosis is expensive and uncomfortable for many patients. Therefore, there is a particular need for noninvasive predictors for EV.

    Authors: Dala G. Ashraf and Ibrahim El-Sayed
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2018 30:30020072
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  7. Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) is the leading cause of renal failure. Diabetic patients with microalbuminuria typically progress to proteinuria and overt diabetic nephropathy. Nesfatin-1 is an anoretic polypept...

    Authors: Mohamed A. Korani and Ahmed Sonbol
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2018 30:30020068
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  8. The aim of the study was to evaluate the value of the N-terminal prohormone of brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) as an early diagnostic marker for chronic heart failure (CHF) in hypothyroid patients with i...

    Authors: Hazem M. El-Ashmawy, Ekhlas M. Hussein and Azza M. Ahmed
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2018 30:30020063
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  9. Diabetic nephropathy in type 2 diabetes mellitus is one of the most serious microvascular complications. Immunoglobulin G (IgG), with molecular weight of 150 kDa, is excreted in urine of normoalbuminuric diabe...

    Authors: Nafesa M. Kamal, Ahmed M. Elsayed, Essam Amin and Amal Zedan
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2018 30:30020058
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  10. Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) is a peptide formed of 30 amino acids. It is synthesized in and released from the enteroendocrine L cells that are present throughout the small and the large intestine. Because ...

    Authors: Mohamed A. Korani and Ahmed Sonbol
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2018 30:30020054
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  11. Dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP4) is a membrane-associated peptidase. It has widespread organ distribution throughout the body and exerts pleiotropic effects. The liver expresses DPP4 to a high degree.

    Authors: Alaaeldin A. Dawood, Yasser El Ghobashy and Ayman A. Elgamal
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2018 30:30020049
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  12. Authors: Nadia A. Abdelkader
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2018 30:30010047
    Content type: Letter to the Editor Published on:

  13. Superior vena cava (SVC) syndrome occurs because of SVC obstruction by mediastinal mass, with features of venous stasis and Pancoast syndrome manifested by tumour of the lung apex with features of invasion to ...

    Authors: Rajdeep Basu, Sukalpa Chaudhuri and Soumitra Ghosh
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2018 30:30010043
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  14. This is a case report of 22-year-old man who was suffering from epididymo-orchitis for more than 2 years. Several months after the onset of the condition, the patient developed bilateral upper-limb and lower-l...

    Authors: Manal El Meniawy, Mervat Essam and Ymna Khaled
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2018 30:30010040
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  15. Nigeria is one of the countries highly endemic for viral hepatitis. However, data on the prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection among mortuary workers and ambulance drivers has not been documented. He...

    Authors: Jeremiah M. Uruku, Amos Dangana, Idris-Abdullahi Nasir, Bibiana N. Egenti, Nimzing Lohya, Enenche S. Iyalla, Kadiri Ezra and Emmanuel O. Falade
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2018 30:30010035
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  16. Although remarkable developments have been made in the management of cardiovascular disease, myocardial infarction (MI) remains the most common cause of death worldwide. MI is an acute condition of myocardial ...

    Authors: Abdallah I. Ali Kelani, Hanan S. El-Deen Mohammed, Mona M. Soliman, Marwa Sayed, Hala M. El-Badre and Mai A. Fathi
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2018 30:30010028
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  17. Bile reflux gastritis (BRG) is a common disorder, with few data on its pathophysiology and clinical course, whereas Helicobacter pylori is the well-known, commonest cause of chronic gastritis.

    Authors: Enaase A. M. E. Barakat, Neven F. Abbas and Nashwa Y. El-Kholi
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2018 30:30010023
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  19. Type 2 diabetes is prevalent worldwide, and insulin resistance (IR) is considered the main player in its pathogenesis. Previous studies suggested a link between iron and IR.

    Authors: Usama A. Khalil, Fayroz O. Seliem, Alsayed Alnahal, Mohamed Awad, Ayman M. E. M. Sadek and Mohamed S. Fawzy
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2018 30:30010013
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  20. Apelin is the endogenous ligand of the angiotensin-like receptor. The expression of apelin–APJ (apelin receptor) signaling is associated with the development of portal hypertension (PH) and contributes toward ...

    Authors: Ashraf G. Dala, Osama M. Ebied and Gamal Y. Abo-Raia
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2018 30:30010008
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  21. The gold standard for the diagnosis of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) is a polymorphonuclear leukocyte (PMNL) count of 250/mm3or more. Accurate and early diagnosis of SBP is important to decrease the mor...

    Authors: Ahmed A. Heikl, Mahmoud M. El-Nokeety, Eman Roshdy and Abeer Mohey
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2018 30:30010001
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  23. Autoimmune encephalitis is an emerging clinical entity/medical emergency. Psychiatric symptoms can be a presenting feature of this condition, causing diagnostic confusion. Early and appropriate treatment is es...

    Authors: A. V. Raveendran, Kariampuzha Chacko George and Mohammed Shafi Pilavullakandy
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2017 29:2904199
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  25. Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is a serious complication of diabetes mellitus (DM); it is also correlated with increase in the morbidity and mortality in diabetics owing to cardiovascular disease. Ankle–bra...

    Authors: Eman M. Fahmy, Ahmed M. El Mahdi, Marwa A. Gaber and Mohamed A. Monem Saeed
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2017 29:2904189
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  26. Cardiovascular diseases account for about 65% of diabetes-related mortality.

    Authors: Ebtissam Zakria, Naglaa M. Elsayed, Nashwa S. Ghanem, Elham Youssif, Mervat M. Kalaf and Safaa ElGabarty
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2017 29:2904181
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  27. Subclinical hypothyroidism (SCH) and osteoprotegerin (OPG) are associated with higher risks of cardiovascular disorders in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). It is unknown whether diabetic patients...

    Authors: Eman H. El-Adawy, Gehan A. Shaker and Amal Seleem
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2017 29:2904176
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  28. Serum creatinine is an unreliable early biomarker for the diagnosis of acute kidney injury (AKI) after cardiac surgery. We need to search for a rapid and dependable marker for the detection of AKI.

    Authors: Mohammad H. Aly, Alsayed Alnahal, Goerge Emad, Abdel A. M. Jumaa and Mohammad M. El Shaarawy
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2017 29:2904170
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  29. Microscopic colitis (MC) and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) have similar symptoms and a normal endoscopic appearance, as well as normal radiologic findings. Several studies have shown that MC can be mistakenly...

    Authors: Mohamed S. Gomaa, Ahmad S. Elsawaby, Emad A. Awad and Magdy G. Abdel Rahman
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2017 29:2904164
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  30. AIDS is caused by a retrovirus known as HIV which breaks down the body’s immune system leaving the patient vulnerable to a host of life-threatening opportunistic infections, neurological disorders, or unusual ...

    Authors: M. V. R. Ratnam, Abhishek S. Nayyar, Prasad B. Kalivara, S. V. N. Sashikiran, G. Upendra and Debasis Sahu
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2017 29:2904151
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  33. Hodgkin’s lymphoma is a B-cell neoplasm, which usually presents with painless lymphadenopathy. Its presentation with autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) is rare, although the association of AIHA with other lymp...

    Authors: Sohaila Fatima, Wajih A. Siddiqui and Abdulrahman Alshehri
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2017 29:2903144
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  34. Pulmonary pneumatoceles are thin-walled, air-filled cystic lesions occurring in lung parenchyma. They occur as a sequelae to bacterial infections of the lung, especially bronchopneumonia. They are commonly see...

    Authors: Jyoti Bajpai, Surya Kant, Ajay Kumar Verma and Darshan Kumar Bajaj
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2017 29:2903141
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  35. The aim of this study was to assess subclinical atherosclerosis in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients using flow-mediated dilation (FMD) and carotid intima–media thickness (CIMT) and find their relation to dis...

    Authors: Mona Hussein El Zohri, Salwa S. ELGendi, Ghada H. Ahmed and Mohammed Zidan Mohammed
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2017 29:2903132
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  36. Chronic kidney disease is a major public health problem with increased global incidence and prevalence, especially in Egypt, poor quality of life, and high risk of morbidity and mortality. The aim of the work ...

    Authors: Ahmed Yamany, Heba Shehata, Mervat Essameldin and Salwa Ibrahim
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2017 29:2903127
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  37. B-lymphocyte stimulator (BLyS) is a member of tumor necrosis factor family. BLyS is essential for the survival of normal and malignant B lymphocyte. Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection likely represents the earl...

    Authors: Yousryeia A. Ahmad, Ola Afifi, Safinaz Hussein, Rania Hafez and Eman Salaheldin
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2017 29:2903122
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  38. Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is one of the microvascular complications of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). There is a need to find a reliable screening biomarker to help in the early diagnosis of this complication.

    Authors: Alaaeldin Abdelsalam Dawood, Osama Abdalah Elmorsy and Hala Mourad Demerdash
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2017 29:2903117
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  39. Hepcidin is a small peptide that is produced by hepatocytes and circulates in the plasma. It plays a central role in regulating the iron status in the body.

    Authors: Maher A. Al-Amir, Ahmed A. Hassan, Shahira M. Elshafie, Heba M. Zein Elabdin and Sara A. Taha
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2017 29:2903112
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  40. Diabetic nephropathy is the principal single cause of end-stage renal disease. The most important parameter in the clinical evaluation of kidney function is the glomerular filtration rate (GFR), which is gener...

    Authors: Mahmoud M. Elnokeety, Amr M. Shaker and Ahmed M. Fayed
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2017 29:2903105
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  41. Diabetes mellitus is associated with magnesium (Mg) depletion in intracellular and extracellular compartments. Hypomagnesemia has been suggested to be associated with macrovascular and microvascular complicati...

    Authors: Heba M. Yossef, Nashwa S. Ghanem, Ula M. Al-Jarhi and Ollfat G. Shaker
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2017 29:2903100
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  42. Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is believed to have complex interplay between several enteroviruses (EVs) and host immune system disturbance induced or accelerated by viral pathogenesis. In the past two decades, there h...

    Authors: Idris Abdullahi Nasir, Anthony U. Emeribe, Halima A. Shuwa, Maryam M. Zakari and Nkechi Onukegbe Peters
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2017 29:2903093
    Content type: Review article Published on:

  43. Both chronic myeloid leukemia and essential thrombocythemia are part of the spectrum of myeloproliferative neoplasm. Therefore, considerable overlap may occur in the clinical manifestations, and hematological ...

    Authors: Lubna Zafar, Feroz Alam, Anjum Parvez and Srikant Behera
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2017 29:2902083
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  44. Common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) is the most common symptomatic primary immunodeficiency disease (PID) among adults. CVID consists of two phenotypes—one in which infections are the characteristic and an...

    Authors: Mona Al-Ahmad, Ahmed Maher and Jasmina Nurkic
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2017 29:2902077
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  45. Graves’ disease (GD) is an autoimmune disease characterized by hyperthyroidism secondary to circulating autoantibodies. Multiple factors contributed to its etiology, including genetic and environmental factors...

    Authors: Nermin A. Sheriba, Abeer A. A. Elewa, Maram M. Mahdy, Ahmed M. Bahaa El Din, Nesma A. Ibrahim, Dina A. Marawan and Tahany M. Abd El Moneim
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2017 29:2902064
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  46. Hypertension after menopause sets women up for an increased risk of negative cardiovascular outcomes. A variety of relaxation techniques exist, which aim to relieve stress and reduce blood pressure. Several st...

    Authors: Mohamed Sayed Hassan, Kareem Essam Eldin Hadad and Ghada Ibrahim El Refaye
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2017 29:2902059
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  47. The risk of chronic kidney disease stage 5 and its progression depend on the stage and the underlying diagnosis. Haemodialysis has become the long-term maintenance therapy for these patients. The interaction a...

    Authors: Sari Hutagaol, Harun R. Lubis, Lukman H. Zein, Adikoesoema Aman, Stephen C. L. Koh and Herman Hariman
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2017 29:2902054
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  48. Heart failure (HF) among geriatric population is an eminent problem, and patient awareness of the disease and subsequent adherence to the treatment may decrease the burden of this serious problem.

    Authors: Soheir M. Kasem Ahmed and Nermeen Mahmoud Abd El-Aziz
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2017 29:2902047
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  49. Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the third cause of cancer-related mortality. α-fetoprotein (AFP) is not a highly sensitive marker for predicting HCC despite its high specificity. Serum Golgi protein-73 (sGP7...

    Authors: Mohamed M. Makhlouf, Mohamed Abdel Mabood, Shereen A. Saleh, Sarah El Nakeep, Sara M. Abdelhakam, Marwa Rushdy, Essam M. Abd-Al Hafez and Ahmed Abbas
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2017 29:2902040
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