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  1. Rheumatic diseases are the diseases of the connective tissue and medical disorders of the musculoskeletal system, with pain and/or stiffness as main manifestations, and which may or may not be accompanied by o...

    Authors: Ola Eltabey Mahmoud Elsabae, Hisham Mohammed Habib, Wael Abdelmohsen Abady, Ahmed Roshdy Radwan, Reham Magdy Shaat and Ola Mohammad Gharbia
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2023 50:48
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  2. In SLE patients, cytokines are linked to endothelial cell damage. Nailfold capillaroscopy (NFC) is a simple method for evaluating micro-vascular abnormalities in different connective tissue diseases (CTDs). Th...

    Authors: Mohamed Nasser, Mary Wadie, Alyaa Farid and Azza El Amir
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2023 50:47
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  4. Sarcopenia is a syndrome characterized by a progressive decline in muscle mass and strength, with subsequent deterioration of functional performance and increased morbidity and mortality. Its emergence may be ...

    Authors: Mona El-Sebaie and Walaa Elwakil
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2023 50:45
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  5. Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have an increased risk of developing cardiovascular illnesses. Asymptomatic affection might exist, so early diagnosis can improve the outcome.

    Authors: Doaa E. Kamal, Dalia S. Fahmi, Noha A. Abdelsalam, Doaa M. Elsayed, Eman H. Seddik and Lobna I. Kotb
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2023 50:44
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  6. Behçet’s disease (BD) is an inflammatory autoimmune disorder. Balance is a multifactorial process that is ultimately affected in BD leading to frequent falls. Fear of falling (FOF) is a significant risk factor...

    Authors: Doaa E. Kamal, Rofaida A. Hassan, Amany M. AbdAllah and Dalia I. Mostafa
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2023 50:43
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  7. Systemic sclerosis is an autoimmune multisystem disorder which affects the patients’ physical and psychological functioning. Scleroderma health assessment questionnaire used to measure physical disability in s...

    Authors: Samah Mahmoud Alian, Enass Abdel-kader Eliwa, Sohair Atia Ahmed and Manar Ibrahim Abd El-Fattah Ibrahim
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2023 50:42
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  8. Epidemiological studies on the prevalence and management of chronic low back pain (CLBP), osteoarthritis (OA), and diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) are limited in Egypt. This review aimed to map and identi...

    Authors: Sherif Ahmed Radwan Khaled, Nasef Mohamed Nasef, Shams Arifeen, Mina Youssef, Sameh Nessim and Mehmet Cüneyt Yazicioğlu
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2023 50:41
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  9. Transition of care means the process of educating and empowering adolescents and young adults to take an active role in their own healthcare, develop decision-making skills, and eventually transition from paed...

    Authors: Yasser El Miedany, Mohammed Hassan Abu-Zaid, Mervat Eissa, Waleed A. Hassan, Mohamed Mortada, Samar abd Alhamed Tabra, Sally S. Mohamed, Sheren Esam Maher, Maha El Gaafary, Basma M. Medhat, Doaa Mosad Mosa, Nermeen Ahmed Fouad, Youmna Ahmed Amer, Samah Ismail Nasef, Radwa H. Shalaby, Yasmin Adel…
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2023 50:39
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  10. Osteoporosis (OP) is a public health problem that causes morbidity and mortality with various complications, especially fractures, negatively affects quality of life (QoL) and creates an economic burden on soc...

    Authors: Tuba Erdem Sultanoğlu and Safinaz Ataoğlu
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2023 50:38
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  11. Assessment of disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients is essential for the adjustment of therapy. Inflammatory changes in lymphocytes, neutrophils, monocytes, and platelets supported the use of ...

    Authors: Sahar A. Elsayed, Shereen M. Basily, Mohamed A. Esmail and Ola Mounir
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2023 50:37
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  12. Rheumatic disease (RD) patients are liable for severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). It is noticeable that RD patients’ practices have changed during the late COVID-19 pandemic. This study aimed to asses...

    Authors: Zahraa Nour Eldine Ismail, Omar Nabil Ibrahim, Mona Sayed Ghaly and Maha Emad Ibrahim
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2023 50:36
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  13. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disorder. Autophagy, a regulator of cell homeostasis, can impact innate and adaptive immune cells activation and contribute to the pathogenesis of RA. The purp...

    Authors: Shymaa A. Sarhan, Asmaa Ahmed Saad Hassan, Nora M. Said and Doaa E. Kamal
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2023 50:34
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  14. Musculoskeletal disorders are common problems that affect the elderly. They severely restrict mobility and dexterity, resulting in early retirement from work, lower levels of well-being, and reduced ability to...

    Authors: Yasser El Miedany, Safaa Mahran and Walaa Elwakil
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2023 50:33
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  15. The study of the relationship between the presence of fibromyalgia (FM) with rheumatoid (RA) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA) patients can affect the main disease outcome and the treatment decision. The research ...

    Authors: Hanan S. Abozaid, Alshimaa Hamdy Khalaf, Dalia S. Elgendy and Rabab Hussein Ali Ahmed
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2023 50:32
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  16. There is growing evidence of the valuable role of multimodal intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring (IONM) during spine and spinal cord surgeries, as it provides an opportunity to recognize functional ch...

    Authors: Walaa Elwakil, Mohamed Imam, Marwa Hassan, Waleed Elsaadany and Omnia Gaber
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2023 50:31
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  17. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an incessant synovial inflammation of an autoimmune origin, destroying articular cartilages and bones. Galectins are an evolutionarily conserved family of immune-modulatory animal ...

    Authors: Seham Gouda Ameen, Magda Abd el-Aziz Zidan, Arwa S. Amer, Nessma Fathy Elshahat and Walid Abd Ellatif Abd Elhalim
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2023 50:30
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  18. Bone marrow edema syndrome (BMES), previously referred to as transient osteoporosis, is an uncommon and underdiagnosed self-limiting condition typically affecting the weight-bearing joints of the hip and lower...

    Authors: Stefano Cavanna and Andrea Eugenio Cavanna
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2023 50:29
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  19. Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a chronic inflammatory disease that chiefly affects the sacroiliac joints and the spine. Galectin-3, a chimera-type member of the galectin family, binds glycoconjugates containin...

    Authors: Gul Devrimsel, Medeni Arpa and Munevver Serdaroglu Beyazal
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2023 50:28
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  20. Pain in osteoarthritis (OA) has been attributed traditionally to local tissue injury causing ‘nociceptive pain’. However, recent studies suggest that neuropathic and central sensitization mechanisms may contri...

    Authors: Gehad Gamal Elsehrawy, Maha Emad Ibrahim, Nashwa Kamel Elshaarawy, Mohamed Ahmed Hefny and Nermeen Hassan A.moneim
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2023 50:27
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  21. Sarcopenia is defined as age-related muscle wasting defined by the combination of appendicular muscle mass, muscle strength, and physical performance measures. Here, we made a bibliometric analysis of the publ...

    Authors: Tuba Tülay Koca
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2023 50:26
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  22. Diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) is one of the major diabetic complication and affects quality of life (QoL).This study aims at assessing the frequency of DPN among accidentally diagnosed diabetic patients...

    Authors: Mona M. El-Bably, Amany M. Abdallah, Mohamed M. Metwaly, Amira R. El Mahdi and Samia M. Rashad
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2023 50:25
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  23. Patients with rheumatic diseases significantly suffer during and after infection with coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Post-COVID-19 syndrome (PCS) refers to signs and symptoms occurring during or following a C...

    Authors: Zahraa Nour Eldine Ismail, Mohamed Ahmed Hefny, Ahmed Elarabi Hendi and Marwa Gamal Tawfik
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2023 50:24
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  24. Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute, self-limited febrile disease of unidentified cause that mostly affects children less than 5 years of age. This work aimed to provide an appropriate Egyptian evidence-based co...

    Authors: Yasser El Miedany, Samia Salah, Hala M. Lotfy, Mohammed Hassan Abu-Zaid, Sally S. Mohamed, Sheren Esam Maher, Maha El Gaafary, Hala Abdulhady, Yomna Farag, Mervat Eissa, Ahmed Radwan, Basma M. Medhat, Dalia M. E. El Mikkawy, Waleed A. Hassan, Doaa Mosad Mosa, Ghada El Deriny…
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2023 50:21
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  25. Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic systemic autoimmune disease characterized by having varying clinical presentation, severity, unpredictable course as well as outcomes. Recent disease-modifying c...

    Authors: Yasser El Miedany, Khaled Elhadidi, Geilan Abdelmoneim Mahmoud, Mohammed Hassan Abu-Zaid, Atef Abdelazim Mahmoud, Maha El Gaafary, Nadia Kamel, Nihal Ahmed Fathi, Ahmed Abdel Nasser, Waleed Hassan, Mervat Eissa, Eman Sarhan, Essam Aboalfadl, Ahmed Ezzat Mansour, Mohamed Mortada, Nermeen Ahmed Fouad…
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2023 50:23
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  26. Colchicine is a cheap easily available and accessible drug that has been tried in different diseases which are not limited to gout, familial Mediterranean fever (FMF), Behcet’s disease, and constipation, and h...

    Authors: Mohamed H. Emara, Abeer Hussein Abdelkader, Mohamed Said Radwan, Hassan E. Elbatae and Maysaa A. Saeed
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2023 50:22
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  27. Paget’s disease of bone (PDB) is a chronic bone disorder which insidiously evolves parallel with the aging process. The affected bone has a distinct imaging appearance, and the clinical manifestations are vari...

    Authors: Trefa Salih Hasan and Abdulsatar Kamil Faeq
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2023 50:19
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  28. Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a chronic multi-domains autoimmune inflammatory disorder. Patients with PsA have a significant prevalence of cardiovascular affection. Upregulated Interleukin-34 (IL-34) has been s...

    Authors: Samar Abdalhamed Tabra, Mohammed Hassan Abu-Zaid, Radwa Mahmoud Elsharaby, Dina Maria and Samah ElMiedany
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2023 50:18
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  29. Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an immune-mediated disease, due to exposure of self-antigens, through impairment of apoptosis and failure of lymphocytic tolerance. Impaired regulation of the pro- and ant...

    Authors: Hossam Salaheldin Labib, Manal Ibrahim Salman, Mariam Ibrahim Halim and Shereen Ismail Fawaz
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2023 50:20
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  30. Functional constipation is a type of functional bowel disorder characterized by difficult defecation with a sense of incomplete evacuation. It is a common disorder with an increasing prevalence, and the underl...

    Authors: Shereen Ismail Fawaz, Nehad Mohamed Elshatby and Sarah Sayed El-Tawab
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2023 50:17
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  31. In this study, we aimed to compare the prevalence of restless legs syndrome (RLS) between primary Sjögren syndrome (PSS) patients and the healthy population and investigate the relationships between RLS and in...

    Authors: Meliha Kasapoğlu Aksoy, Koray Ayar, Büşra Yeşil and Tülay Dilara Hattatoğlu
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2023 50:16
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  32. The clinical findings of Behçet’s disease (BD) differ according to the country and race investigated. The most important genetic factor known in the pathogenesis of BD is HLA-B51, and this positivity is high i...

    Authors: Tuba Erdem Sultanoğlu, Recep Eröz and Safinaz Ataoğlu
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2023 50:15
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  33. Blood dyscrasias are common in patients with rheumatic diseases, as bone marrow and blood cells can be targets for autoimmune processes. This in addition to the potentially adverse effect of the disease-modify...

    Authors: Fatma Mohammed Aboud, Salwa Galal, Menna Allah Zakaria Abou Elwafa and ALshymaa Mohammed Farouk
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2023 50:14
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  34. Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is one of inflammatory rheumatic diseases which result in wide range of manifestations on the musculoskeletal system and axial joint specifically. Endothelial cell migration and pro...

    Authors: Salwa Galal, Rasha Mohamed Hassan and Hossam Salaheldin Abdelmohsen Labib
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2023 50:13
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  35. The pro-inflammatory cytokine, interleukin 16 (IL-16), has been shown to be secreted in low levels in knee osteoarthritis (KOA). The aim of the study was to examine the relationship between IL-16 polymorphisms...

    Authors: Eman Abdel Razek Hafez, Reham Magdi Shaat, Ola Mohamed Gharbia, Shereen Aly Machaly, Ola Ali El- Emam, Nermin Youssef Abo El –Kheir, Narmin Saied, Alaa Abo Nour, Sherif Elkhanishy, Rasha Hassan and Heba El Shehawy
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2023 50:12
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  36. Diabetic retinopathy is now recognized as a neurovascular in lieu of a microvascular complication. Visual evoked potentials (VEPs) are greatly valuable in detecting early diabetic retinal functional changes be...

    Authors: Sarah Sayed El-Tawab, Ibrahim Khalil Ibrahim, Magdy Helmy Megallaa, Rania Mohamed Abdel Mgeed and Wafaa Samir Elemary
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2023 50:11
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  37. Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is one of the most frequent forms of acquired thrombophilia and is associated with an increased risk of stroke, heart attack, pulmonary embolism, and miscarriage in young women....

    Authors: Ahmed A. G. Ibrahim, Hesham W. E. Shadi, Awab A. Y. Elamin and Hoda E. Draz
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2023 50:10
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  39. The proportion of the late-onset forms of disease is growing in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) population. Concerns about comorbidities and drug adverse events lead to delay or ineffective treatment in these patien...

    Authors: Esra Dilsat Bayrak and Ilknur Aktas
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2023 50:8
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  40. Despite the associated high prevalence of morbidity and mortality, osteoporotic fragility fractures remain underdiagnosed and undertreated. Furthermore, those who sustain a fragility fracture are at imminent r...

    Authors: Yasser El Miedany, Mona M. Hasab El Naby, Mohammed Hassan Abu-Zaid, Safaa Mahran, Mervat Eissa, Heba Gamal Saber, Samar Abdalhamed Tabra, Rehab Ali Ibrahim, Salwa Galal and Walaa Elwakil
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2023 50:7
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  41. Children with hemophilia have serious, recurrent joint bleeding that causes disabilities. Regular factor VIII concentrate replacements have not yet completely stopped intra-articular subclinical hemorrhages an...

    Authors: Omar Ahmed M. N. Saboony, Mona Abdullah El Sebaie, Dalia Mohamed Ezz El Din El Mikkawy, Iman Ahmed Mohamed Ragab and Hossam Salaheldin Abdelmohsen Labib
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2023 50:6
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  42. Minimally invasive cardiac surgery (MICS) has steadily become more and more popular. MICS is less invasive and has a faster return to normality after surgery. Patients who had MICS continue to exercise more fr...

    Authors: Hossam salaheldin Abdelmohsen Labib, Shereen I. Fawaz, Mohamed El Ghanam and Moustafa Gamal ELBarbray
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2023 50:5
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  43. Intervertebral disc degeneration (IVD) is a main underlying cause for low back pain (LBP). Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) is a valuable tool used to measure patient’s low back functional outcome. Our aim is t...

    Authors: Aliaa Omar El-Hady, Soad Said El Molla, Sherine Ibrahim Elwan and Rehab Ali Ibrahim
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2023 50:4
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  44. There is an evidence-practice gap in osteoarthritis (OA) management which has caused several patients living with the disease are receiving suboptimal medical care. Though there are several guidelines and trea...

    Authors: Yasser El Miedany and Walaa Elwakil
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2023 50:3
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  46. Behcet’s disease (BD) does not have specific laboratory finding or pathological physical examination sign, and only few studies have investigated Neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR), platelets to lymphocytes ...

    Authors: Zahraa I. Selim, Naima M. Mostafa, Esraa O. Ismael and Doaa Kamal
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2023 50:1
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  47. Systemic lupus erythematosus is a multifaceted chronic relapsing autoimmune disease of unknown etiology. The disease has always been a serious diagnosis in women being a multisystem pathology that is classical...

    Authors: Reem Hamdy A. Mohammed, Hassan Mumtaz, Abdul Basit Sangah, Shazia Saleem Shaikh, Noreen Nasir and Sidra Jabeen
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2022 49:67
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  48. Diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) is a common microvascular complication in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). The nerve fibers injury is caused by the interaction between metabolic and vascular factors. Vasc...

    Authors: Mai Hesham Badrah, Talaat Abdelfattah Abdelaaty, Salma Alaa Eldin Imbaby, Yousra Hisham Abdel-Fattah, Walid Mohamed Silim and Amr Yosry El Feky
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2022 49:66
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  50. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection is linked to high levels of inflammatory cytokines and prolonged immobilization; furthermore, corticosteroid treatment leads to increased bone loss and resorption....

    Authors: Samah Hamdy Elmedany, Omaima Ibrahim Badr, Mohammed Hassan Abu-Zaid and Samar Abd Alhamed Tabra
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2022 49:64
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