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Arsenic, antimony, and Leishmania: has arsenic contamination of drinking water in India led to treatment- resistant kala-azar?.

Lancet (London, England)

Perry M, Wyllie S, Prajapati V, Menten J, Raab A, Feldmann J, Chakraborti D, Sundar S, Boelaert M, Picado A, Fairlamb A.
PMID: 26312902
Lancet. 2015 Feb 26;385:S80. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(15)60395-6.

BACKGROUND: In Bihar state, India, the cure rate of antimonial compounds (eg, sodium stibogluconate) in the treatment of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) has fallen from more than 85% to less than 50%. This reduction has been attributed to long-term, widespread...

The availability of six tracer medicines in private medicine outlets in Uganda.

Journal of pharmaceutical policy and practice

Birabwa C, Murison J, Evans V, Obua C, Agaba A, Waako P, Pollock A.
PMID: 25667747
J Pharm Policy Pract. 2014 Dec 08;7(1):18. doi: 10.1186/s40545-014-0018-y. eCollection 2014.

OBJECTIVES: Many low income countries struggle to provide safe and effective medicines due to poor public health care infrastructure, budgetary constraints, and lack of human resource capacity. Private sector pharmacies and drug shops are used by a majority of...

Genetic influence of growth and differentiation factor 5 gene polymorphism (+104T/C) on the development of knee osteoarthritis and its association with disease severity.

European journal of rheumatology

Abd Elazeem MI, Abdelaleem EA, Mohamed RA.
PMID: 28638680
Eur J Rheumatol. 2017 Jun;4(2):98-103. doi: 10.5152/eurjrheum.2017.160093. Epub 2017 Jun 01.

OBJECTIVE: The growth and differentiation factor 5 (GDF5) gene is recognized for its role in the development, repair, and maintenance of cartilage and bone. The present case-control study was conducted to detect the genetic association between GDF5 (+104T/C) single-nucleotide...

Noninvasive assessment of elevated pulmonary vascular resistance in children with pulmonary hypertension secondary to congenital heart disease: A comparative study between five different Doppler indices.

Journal of the Saudi Heart Association

Roushdy AM, Ragab I, Abd El Raouf W.
PMID: 24174831
J Saudi Heart Assoc. 2012 Oct;24(4):233-41. doi: 10.1016/j.jsha.2012.05.004. Epub 2012 Jun 04.

BACKGROUND: Pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) is an important hemodynamic parameter in patients with congenital heart disease (CHD). Noninvasive estimation of PVR represents an attractive alternative to invasive measurements.METHODS: The study included 175 patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH) secondary to...

Sexual Transmission of HCV in Heterologous Monogamous Spouses.

Journal of sexually transmitted diseases

Rafik MM, El Shazly Y, Abbas AA, Abd Elhady W, Ragab D, AlShennawy D.
PMID: 26316972
J Sex Transm Dis. 2014;2014:140640. doi: 10.1155/2014/140640. Epub 2014 Nov 24.

We screened for evidence of HCV infection in healthy heterologous monogamous spouses of chronic HCV patients and studied the relation with various risk factors. A cross-sectional study of fifty healthy monogamous heterosexual spouses of HCV-positive index cases was carried...

Prognostic Value of Twist-1, E-cadherin and EZH2 in Prostate Cancer: An Immunohistochemical Study.

Turk patoloji dergisi

Abdelrahman AE, Arafa SA, Ahmed RA.
PMID: 28272687
Turk Patoloji Derg. 2017 Feb 04; doi: 10.5146/tjpath.2016.01392. Epub 2017 Feb 04.

OBJECTIVE: There is an urgent need to identify molecular biomarkers rather than clinical markers to distinguish aggressive prostate cancer from the indolent majority for proper treatment and accurate prediction of prognosis. We aimed to investigate the immunohistochemical expression of...

Spinal block complications in obstetrics and gynecology patients.

Neurosciences (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)

Musaid RA, Naranjo TM.
PMID: 22266609
Neurosciences (Riyadh). 2006 Jul;11(3):140-4.

OBJECTIVE: To determine spinal complications during and after surgery in obstetrics and gynecological patients.METHODS: We conducted a descriptive study in Al-Wahda and Aden Teaching Hospitals in Aden, Yemen from March 2004 to March 2005. One hundred and fifty obstetrics...

Plasma Levels of Acylation-Stimulating Protein Are Strongly Predicted by Waist/Hip Ratio and Correlate with Decreased LDL Size in Men.

ISRN obesity

Saleh J, Wahab RA, Farhan H, Al-Amri I, Cianflone K.
PMID: 24533222
ISRN Obes. 2013 Feb 12;2013:342802. doi: 10.1155/2013/342802. eCollection 2013.

The association of abdominal obesity with cardiovascular risk is often linked to altered secretion of adipose-derived factors and an abnormal lipid profile including formation of atherogenic small dense low density lipoprotein particles (sdLDL). Acylation-stimulating protein (ASP) is an adipose-derived...

Elbow Cystic Lymphangioma in an 8-Month-Old Boy.

Case reports in orthopedics

Rahal MJH, Abou Al Ezz MR, El Hajj RA, Chokor JZ, Nasser SM, Moucharafieh RC.
PMID: 30886754
Case Rep Orthop. 2019 Feb 11;2019:8762614. doi: 10.1155/2019/8762614. eCollection 2019.

Cystic lymphangiomas are benign tumors originating mainly in the head and neck of the pediatric population. The authors report a rare case of cystic lymphangioma in the right elbow of an 8-month-old baby treated successfully by complete surgical resection.

Gout: An old disease in new perspective - A review.

Journal of advanced research

Ragab G, Elshahaly M, Bardin T.
PMID: 28748116
J Adv Res. 2017 Sep;8(5):495-511. doi: 10.1016/j.jare.2017.04.008. Epub 2017 May 10.

Gout is a picturesque presentation of uric acid disturbance. It is the most well understood and described type of arthritis. Its epidemiology is studied. New insights into the pathophysiology of hyperuricemia and gouty arthritis; acute and chronic allow for...

Misdiagnosis of myasthenia gravis presenting with tongue and palatal weakness.

Oxford medical case reports

Marshal M, Mustafa M, Crowley P, McGovern R, Ahern E, Ragab I.
PMID: 30151219
Oxf Med Case Reports. 2018 Aug 11;2018(8):omy052. doi: 10.1093/omcr/omy052. eCollection 2018 Aug.

We discuss the case of an elderly male who presented with a history of dysphagia, dysphonia, palatal weakness and a sensation of tongue swelling, each symptom of varying time duration. Myasthenia gravis may have a variety of presentations that...

Vasculitic syndromes in hepatitis C virus: A review.

Journal of advanced research

Ragab G, Hussein MA.
PMID: 28149646
J Adv Res. 2017 Mar;8(2):99-111. doi: 10.1016/j.jare.2016.11.002. Epub 2016 Dec 02.

Vasculitis is a remarkable presentation of the extrahepatic manifestations of HCV. According to the presence or absence of cryoglobulins it is subdivided into two main types: cryoglobulinemic vasculitis and non cryoglobulinemic vasculitis based on the attribution of vasculitis to...

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