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  1. A 16-year-old girl presented with swelling and heaviness on the right side of her chest and progressive dyspnoea since 20 days. Radiological examination revealed a mass lesion in the right lower zone with righ...

    Authors: Anupam Patra, Amiya Kumar Dwari, Susmita Kundu and Ritika Jha
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2016 28:28020086
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  2. Fatigue is one of the most common and prominent symptoms in liver cirrhosis and was reported in 60–80% of these patients. The study outcome was to prospectively evaluate the etiology and the degree of fatigue ...

    Authors: Zakaria A. Salama, Samar K. Darweesh, Hany M. Shehab and Manal A. Abd-Elhameed
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2016 28:28020078
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  3. Atherosclerotic coronary artery disease is considered to be the most common cause of myocardial ischemia. YKL-40, a chitin-binding acute phase glycoprotein, has been found to be expressed by macrophages in ath...

    Authors: Doaa S. E. Zaky, Fatma M. Mabrouk, Eman R. Zaki and Olfat M. Hendy
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2016 28:28020071
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  4. Candida is the most common fungi causing diarrhea. As pathogenesis and susceptibility to antifungals might vary in different species of Candida, their speciation is essential.

    Authors: Beena Uppal, Pragyan S. Panda, Shyam Kishor, Shivakshi Sharma and Faria H. Farooqui
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2016 28:28020066
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  5. Acute kidney injury (AKI) has consistently been associated with adverse clinical outcome after acute myocardial infarction (MI). In addition, AKI is well-known as a potent predictor of the clinical course in h...

    Authors: Tarek A. Ghonemy, Hala M. Allam, Amir M. Elokely, Esam Lotfy, Sayed Elnahal and Amal F. Gharib
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2016 28:28020060
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  6. Epigenetic mechanisms were shown to be involved in the control of endocrine cell fate decision, islet differentiation, β-cell identity, proliferation, and mature function. The pathologic mechanisms involved in...

    Authors: Mohammed K. Rehan
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2016 28:28020039
    Content type: Review article Published on:

  8. Patients with Parkinson’s disease are at risk of developing aspiration pneumonia. Pulmonary embolism is a rare but life-threatening complication in such patients, but could the same be true in progressive supr...

    Authors: Robin G. Manappallil and Vinod Krishnan
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2016 28:2801030
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  9. Thyrotoxicosis is a clinical entity that is often very difficult to diagnose without biochemical confirmation, as its clinical features can be highly varied. It is more common in women, with a female to male r...

    Authors: Nattusamy Loganathan, Somasundaram Maheswari, Kalliappan Tamilarasu and Gopalan Rajendiran
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2016 28:2801028
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  10. Fecal calprotectin (FC) has been proposed in recent studies as a sensitive, specific biomarker for the diagnosis of ulcerative colitis (UC). Hence, the present study sought to investigate the efficacy of FC fo...

    Authors: Hossam M. Elsaadany, Mohammed F. Almaghraby, Awatif A. Edrees, Yasser M. Elsherbiny and Roobina K. Kumar
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2016 28:2801021
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  11. In systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) the prevalence of anti-C1q antibodies (Abs) varies from 30 to 50% and is associated with high clinical activity and, particularly, with renal involvement. Moreover, in the...

    Authors: Amer A. Abeed, Amel Katat, Iman E. El-Gohary and Omar A. Hamam
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2016 28:2801016
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  12. This study was performed to estimate the prevalence of Epstein–Barr virus immunoglobulin M virus capsid antigen (EBV IgM VCA) among healthy blood donors and to confirm the real risk of transfusion transmission...

    Authors: Mervat Elansary, Hemmat E. El Haddad, Usama A. A. Sharaf Eldin, Ahmed Hamdy and Mai M. Sherif
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2016 28:2801009
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  13. Benign thyroid disease is the most common disorder of the endocrine system. Our study aimed to analyze the clinical and cytohistological diagnosis of benign thyroid disease in western Algeria (Sidi Bel Abbes r...

    Authors: Achwak F. Bendouida, Nouria Harir, Mustapha Diaf, Lahcen Belhandouze, Feriel Sellam, Soraya Moulessehoul and Aicha Rih
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2016 28:2801005
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  16. Hyponatremia is a common medical problem often found in the elderly and is due to poor intake, medical comorbidities, and medications. Central to the management of this condition is the use of normal and hyper...

    Authors: Waseem R. Dar, Najeeb U. Sofi, Muzamil Latief, Imtiyaz A. Dar and Moomin Hussain
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2016 27:2704157
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  17. Spontaneous splenic haemorrahge and rupture is a rare but life-threatening condition requiring urgent diagnosis and treatment. Splenic haemorrhage and rupture precipitated by thrombolytic or antiocoagulant the...

    Authors: Garge S. Shaileshkumar, Keshava N. Shyamkumar, Ahmed Munawwar, Purushothaman Vijayan and Perakath Benjamin
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2016 27:2704154
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  18. Flexible fiberoptic bronchoscopy is a commonly performed procedure that helps in the management of pulmonary disorders. Complications during this procedure are uncommon. An elderly man was subjected to fiberop...

    Authors: Amit Panjwani
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2016 27:2704151
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  19. We aimed to investigate the headache complaint and features in patients referred to ear nose throat clinics with pain in the temporomandibular joint ( TMJ) region.

    Authors: Caner Şahin, Ceyhun Varım, Cengiz Karacaer, Bilgehan A. Acar, Türkan Acar and Ali Tamer
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2016 27:2704147
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  20. Variceal size has been identified to be closely related to variceal bleeding. Repeated endoscopic examinations have a great burden on endoscopic units and cost-implication issues. Our aim was to evaluate the r...

    Authors: Heba Sedrak, Rania Khalifa, Ahmed Elkafrawy and Hany Elewa
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2016 27:2704139
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  21. The non-calcium-based phosphate binder sevelamer hydrochloride was developed to provide chronic kidney disease patients with a polymer capable of managing hyperphosphatemia without an increase in the calcium l...

    Authors: Bahaa Eldin Zayed, Hussein El-Fishawy, Amal R. Al-Shihaby, Mohamed A. Salem, Usama A. A. Sharaf El Din and Mona Mansour
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2016 27:2704133
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  22. The terminology constipation-related functional gastrointestinal disorders was applied to embrace two conditions – constipation-predominant irritable bowel syndrome ( IBS-C) and chronic constipation – because ...

    Authors: Amal F. Radwan, Nagwa R. Ahmed and Eman A. Sultan
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2016 27:2704127
    Content type: Review article Published on:

  23. Only 15–20% of extrapulmonary tuberculosis (TB) has been attributed to TB of the urogenital system and often results from haematogenous spread from an active site of infection. Isolated involvement of prostate...

    Authors: Onkar Jha, Vidya Nair and Deepak Talwar
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2015 27:2703123
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  24. We report the case of a diabetic patient who presented with severe hyponatremia (serum sodium concentration of 88 mEq/l) caused by hypovolemia and thiazide diuretic use. His serum sodium levels were gradually ...

    Authors: Manjunath Kulkarni, Prashanth Kadri, Raghavendra Bakki Sannegowda, Maria Bethsaida and Nikhil D’Souza
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2015 27:2703121
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  25. Bronchogenic carcinoma usually presents as a mass lesion associated with variable degrees of lung collapse and associated effusion. Although primaries from other sites such as thyroid, choriocarcinoma, and sar...

    Authors: Deepak K. Prajapat, Arjun Khanna and Deepak Talwar
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2015 27:2703118
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  26. Aluminium phosphide is one of the most common agricultural poisons being consumed in north India. Consumption of a fresh tablet is lethal as no antidote is available. Acute intoxication primarily presents with...

    Authors: Quaiser Saif, Khan Ruhi and Sharma Aparna
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2015 27:2703115
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  27. Diabetic nephropathy is one of the major causes of end-stage renal disease. As impaired fibrinolysis can increase renal fibrosis, we investigated the relationship of impaired fibrinolysis, as assessed by the r...

    Authors: Ebtessam Zakaria, Maha Hossam Al-Din, Nashwa S. Ghanem, Noha A. Sadik, Maha Assem and Fatma Taha
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2015 27:2703108
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  28. Vascular complications are the main cause of morbidity and mortality in type 2 diabetic patients. Genetic susceptibility is associated with the evolution of diabetic complications. One such gene is the lamin A an...

    Authors: Heba Mostafa, Manal Eldeeb, Ahmed Hamdy, Rasha M Abdel Samie, Badawy El-Kholy, Nahla Fawzy, Ahmed Eltaweel and Nahed M. Ibrahim
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2015 27:2703103
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  29. Egypt has the highest prevalence of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection worldwide with the development of cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The hepatocyte growth factor (HGF)–cMET axis promot...

    Authors: Heba S. El Deen and Hemmat E. El Haddad
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2015 27:2703092
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  32. Splenic abscess is a rare clinical entity with an incidence of 0.2–0.7% in autopsy-based studies. When untreated, splenic abscess is associated with nearly 100% mortality; in treated patients, the mortality ra...

    Authors: Mohit Bhatia, Hanumant Lohar, Daksha S. Nirhale and Vishal Tomar
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2015 27:2702078
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  33. Portal and mesenteric venous thrombosis (PMVT) is an uncommon disease, but it is a clinically important case of acute mesenteric ischemia. Its diagnosis is often delayed because of nonspecific abdominal sympto...

    Authors: Shaileshkumar S. Garge, Pooja D. Vyas, Bushra B. Rasool, Krantikumar Rathod and Inder A. Talwar
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2015 27:2702075
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  34. A 21-year-old normotensive male patient presented with acute-onset flaccid paralysis with the history of a similar episode a few months back. Clinical and laboratory evaluation revealed lower motor neuron type...

    Authors: Pulin Gupta, Vikas T. Talreja, M. S. Dhananjaya and Sakshi Mittal
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2015 27:2702072
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  35. Primary breast lymphoma (PBL) is a rare neoplasm that constitutes 0.4% of malignant breast lesions and 2% of extranodal lymphomas. It is seldom distinguished preoperatively from other common forms of breast ca...

    Authors: Mohammad Akram, Ruquiya Afrose, Sadaf Hayat and Mohammed Naim
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2015 27:2702069
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  36. Paraoxonase-1 (PON-1) is an enzyme synthesized in the liver that has antioxidant functions as it binds to the HDL particles and prevents the oxidation of LDL, which possibly plays a role in the prevention of a...

    Authors: Nehal H. El-said, Mohammed M. Nasr-Allah, Noha A. Sadik and Saher A. Sharaf
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2015 27:2702063
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  37. The number of chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients has been increasing over the past two decades, both globally and in Egypt. In our current study we tried to identify the pattern of end-stage renal patients ...

    Authors: Salwa Ibrahim, Hatem Darwish and Ahmed Fayed
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2015 27:2702058
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  38. Spondyloarthritis (SpA) are a group of inflammatory rheumatic diseases that share some common clinical and genetic features such as inflammatory back pain, peripheral arthritis, enthesitis, anterior uveitis, s...

    Authors: Sukran Erten, Orhan Küçükşahin, Ali Sahin, Nurdan Cay and Gulay G. Ceylan
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2015 27:2702053
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  40. Acute Kidney Injury is a complex and increasingly common syndrome. Practically all available markers reflect functional impairment rather than a true direct mark of cellular injury. An ideal AKI biomarker shou...

    Authors: Ahmed S. A. Zaky
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2015 27:2702045
    Content type: Review article Published on:

  41. Tuberculosis of the adrenal glands is a common cause for Addison’s disease in developing countries. Whether treatment of tuberculosis normalizes adrenocortical function in these patients is controversial. We a...

    Authors: Bashir Ahmad Laway, Shahnaz Ahmad Mir, Mohd Ashraf Ganie, Feroze Shaheen and Parvaiz Ahmad Shah
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2015 27:2701042
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  42. Squamous papilloma of the esophagus is a rare benign tumor with less than 200 cases reported in the literature. The etiology and pathogenesis appear to be related to an inflammatory–reparatory type, such as ch...

    Authors: Seham M. Seif, Ahmed Y. Altonbary and Wagdi F. Elkashef
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2015 27:2701040
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  43. Bilateral pneumothorax is very rare in childhood. Moreover, if it is due to pulmonary involvement of Langerhans cell histiocytosis, it is even rarer in childhood. In our case, a nonsmoker 12-year-old boy prese...

    Authors: Anupam Patra, Sujit K. Bhattacharyay, Arnab Maji and Abhijit Mandal
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2015 27:2701038
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  45. One of the causes of death in patients with liver cirrhosis is hepatic encephalopathy (HE). Hyperammonemia is the most important cause of HE.

    Authors: Seham S. El-seid, Fatma A. Attia, Mona Abd El-Raouf, Ghada S. Abd Al-Azeem, Nagwa Abd EL-Ghaffar Mohammed and Heba Anwar
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2015 27:2701026
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  46. Colonoscopy is the diagnostic evaluation of choice in cases of rectal bleeding (RB). Colonoscopy in children is different from that in adults, but the technique of the examination is similar. Colonoscopy is a ...

    Authors: Ahmed S. Gado, Basel A. Ebeid, Aida M. Abdelmohsen, Ayman E. Eskander and Anthony T. Axon
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2015 27:2701021
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  47. Hepatitis C viral (HCV) infection is a major risk factor for liver cirrhosis, liver failure, and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). A number of laboratory-based methods has been developed for the noninvasive diag...

    Authors: Rehab A. Mohamed, Hend M. Maghraby, Eman M. Abd El Salam, Hala M. Nageb, Eman E. Ahmad and Nagwa A. Mohamed
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2015 27:2701015
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  48. Behçet’s disease (BD) is a multisystem vasculitis and pulmonary involvement in BD is reported to indicate a poor prognosis and high mortality. We aimed to study the manifestations of pulmonary involvement in a...

    Authors: Sherif M. Naguib, Manal M. El Menyawi, Mona I. Nabih and Ihab Ismail
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2015 27:2701008
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  49. All types of cells of eukaryotic organisms produce and release small nanovesicles into their extracellular environment. Early studies have described these vesicles as ‘garbage bags’ only to remove obsolete cel...

    Authors: Wael Nassar, Mervat El-Ansary, Mostafa Abdel Aziz and Ehab El-Hakim
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2015 27:2701001
    Content type: Review article Published on:

  50. Melatonin is a pineal hormone under the control of the biological clock, which is located in the hypothalamus and regulated by light exposure. Melatonin receptors have been found throughout the body in many ti...

    Authors: Tarek S. Heshmat, Heba Sh. Kareem, Noha Kh M. Khalil and Olfat G. Shaker
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2014 26:2604145
    Content type: Original article Published on:
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