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  1. The platelet count is known to decrease in proportion to the advancement of the stage of liver disease in chronic hepatitis C (CHC) viral infection. The platelet count is currently used as an index for fibrosi...

    Authors: Somayh S. Eissa, Olfat M. Hendy, Fatma Younis, Aziza K. Omar Samy, Ayat R. Abdallah and Laila A. Ahmed
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2014 24:24030083
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  2. Tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) is a tumor necrosis factor (TNF) family member capable of inducing apoptosis in many cell types. Data suggest that TRAIL/TRAIL receptor expressio...

    Authors: Mustafa Abdelaziz Mustafa, Uomna K. Mohamed and Assem Bastawisy
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2014 24:24030072
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  3. Premature development of microvascular and macrovascular disease is the most frequent complication of diabetes. It is responsible for diabetic retinopathy, nephropathy, and neuropathy. Moreover, diabetes leads...

    Authors: Nagwa F. Ahmed, Somayh S. Eissa, Abeer A. Ali, Mona N. Ali, Amal A. Morsy, Sahar M. Ismail and Heba R. Ahmed
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2014 24:24030063
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  4. Aortic dissection is an uncommon but very lethal disease. Majority of cases are found in elderly patients with a history of hypertension. Young patients usually have other risk factors such as vasculitis, Marf...

    Authors: Abdulrahman Aldousari, Amir Masud and Mohsin Mahmood
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2014 24:2402054
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  5. During the past decade, the number of Egyptians showing overweight and obesity as measured in terms of BMI (kg/m2) has been documented through different surveys. This increase in adiposity has been associated wit...

    Authors: Dalia R. AbdelRahman, Hoda Maamoun and Amin R. Soliman
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2014 24:2402051
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  6. The recent discovery of human metapneumovirus (hMPV) as a major respiratory pathogen has been made possible by means of reverse transcriptase-PCR (RT-PCR). Studies published so far have been mostly conducted u...

    Authors: Essam S. Badawy, Sayed Mohamed Abdel Rahman, Mervat Shafik Yousef and and Sayed Z. Bukhary
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2014 24:2402047
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  7. Hepatitis C is an infection caused by a virus that attacks the liver and leads to inflammation. Several studies from Europe have reported a high prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in patients with...

    Authors: Aml S. Nasr, Nehad M. Tawfik, Engy M. A. Aziz and Dalia Roushdy
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2014 24:2402043
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  8. The lack of a decrease in nocturnal blood pressure to up to 10% of the daytime measure is termed as nondipper (ND) hypertension. It is a cardiovascular (CV) risk factor with increased CV morbidity and accelera...

    Authors: Wael Ragheb Refaie, Ehsan Refaie, Nagy Abd El Hady, Salah Tantawy and Ahmad Elewa
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2014 24:2402037
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  9. Diabetes is an established risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD); therefore, the subset of women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) who develop type 2 diabetes mellitus is at an increased risk for...

    Authors: Sayed M. Abel-Rahman, Essam S. Badawy, Ahmad A. Amer and Dalal Fekry
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2014 24:2402032
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  12. Essential hypertension is the most prevalent type of hypertension, affecting 90–95% of hypertensive patients. Although no direct cause has been identified, there are many factors such as overactivity of the sy...

    Authors: Ann Abdel Kader, Ayatollah Farouk, Shereen Fathy, Amani Nawito and Khalid Taher
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2014 24:2401012
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  13. The hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a leading cause of chronic liver disease (CLD), cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma, as well as the most common indication for liver transplantation in many countries.

    Authors: Enayat O. Ezzat, Somayh E. Suliman, Samiha Abo El-Yazeed, Fatma M. Ahmad and Sahar K. Said
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2014 24:2401005
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  17. Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and type 2 diabetes are two common disorders with high impact on health worldwide. There is growing evidence to support the concept that HCV is associated with type 2 diabetes.

    Authors: Mona Abdel Raouf, Zeinab A. Yousry, Olfat M. Hindy, Somayh S. Eissa and Dalia S. Soliman
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2012 24:2401017
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