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  1. Ocular manifestation of granulomatosis with polyangitis. Proptosis is the most common ocular manifestation of granulomatosis with polyangitis. It is due to inflammation of the extraocular muscles or vasculitis...

    Authors: Mary Grace, K. J. Jacob, V. K. Shameer and Anitha Sebastian
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2015 42:42040201
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  3. The aims of this study were to examine the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in stroke survivors attending an outpatient rehabilitation clinic and to examine the relation between some clinical variables a...

    Authors: Safaa A. Mahran, Mohamad A. Abdulrahman, Fadwa S. Janbi and Rawabi A. Jamalellail
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2015 42:42040188
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  4. The aim of this study was to measure the level of interleukin-17A (IL-17A) in the serum and synovial fluid of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and its relation to disease activity.

    Authors: Abd Elsamad I. Elhewala, Samar G. Soliman, Alaa Abdel-Aziz Labeeb, Waleed A. Mousa and Dalia Salah
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2015 42:42040183
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  5. Fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) is a complex clinical syndrome that primarily affects middle-aged women. Fibromyalgia (FM) is characterized by pain associated with sleep disturbances (nonrefreshing sleep, hypersom...

    Authors: Rasha Mohamed Fawzy, Mounir S. Eldin, Alshimaa M. Mouhammed and Hussein E. El-shiekh
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2015 42:42040170
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  6. Osteoarthritis (OA) is a degenerative disorder characterized by changes in subchondral and periarticular bone. The limited number of therapeutic choices for articular injury and disease has increased the need ...

    Authors: Ola Gharbia, Abd Elmoaty Afify, Hassan Abd El Ghaffar, Sherif El Bassiony, Amira K. El Hawary, Ahmed Lotfy, Aziza Elsayed, Amel A. Mahmoud and Amir Youssef
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2015 42:42040163
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  7. Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic disease that is mainly characterized by asymmetric erosive synovitis, particularly affecting peripheral joints. Radiation synovectomy, or radiosynovectomy, was first described...

    Authors: Koramadai Karuppusamy Kamaleshwaran, Thirumalaisamy S. Gounder, Boopathy Krishnan, Madhav Mallia, Radhakrishnan Kalarikal and Ajit S. Shinto
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2015 42:42030159
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  8. Chondroitin sulfate (CS) is a major component of the extracellular matrix of many connective tissues, including cartilage, bone, skin, ligaments, and tendons.

    Authors: Mohammad H. Elgawish, Mohammad A. Zakaria, Hadeer S. Fahmy and Anwar A. Shalaby
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2015 42:42030153
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  9. Determine vitamin D receptor gene BsmI, FokI polymorphism and 25-hydroxyvitamin D in early Egyptian rheumatoid patients and its association to subclinical atherosclerosis.

    Authors: Amal M. El-Barbary, Manal Shawky Hussein, Elsayed M. Rageh, Salwa A. Essa and Hossam A. Zaytoun
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2015 42:42030145
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  10. The aim of this study was to compare the validity of MRI in the early detection of sacroiliitis with laboratory findings of human leukocyte antigen-B27 (HLA-B27), conventional radiography, and clinical assessm...

    Authors: Rawhya R. El-Shereef, Amal Ali, Ayman Darwish, Fatma Ali, Mohammed Ibrahim and Lamia Hamdy
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2015 42:42030137
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  11. The aim of this study was to diagnose diabetic sensorimotor polyneuropathy using neurological examination scores and to correlate the findings with nerve conduction studies (NCS).

    Authors: Shereen R. Kamel, Mona Hamdy, Hanaa A. S. Abo Omar, Amal Kamal, Lamia H. Ali and Ahmed H. Abd Elkarim
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2015 42:42030128
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  12. Local corticosteroid injection is one of the treatment modalities for carpal tunnel syndrome. Symptomatic and electrophysiological improvement following local corticosteroid injection has been documented.

    Authors: Mohja Ahmed Abdel-Fattah EL-Badawy
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2015 42:42030120
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  14. The aim of this study was to ascertain the existence of contralateral painful muscle areas mirroring phantom pain and to evaluate the short-term effects of anaesthetics versus saline, injected contralaterally ...

    Authors: Alaa A. El Aziz Labeeb and Roberto Casale
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2015 42:42030103
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  15. Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is a connective tissue disorder of unknown aetiology. It is hypothesized that, in a genetically predisposed person, its pathogenesis is triggered by an environmental factor, possib...

    Authors: Kamal Kishore Pandita, Arvind Khajuria and Sushil Razdan
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2015 42:42020100
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  16. Somatosensory-evoked blink reflex (SBR) is an eye blink response obtained from electrical stimulation of peripheral nerves or the skin area of the body away from the face.

    Authors: Sarah S. El-Tawab and Emmanuel K. A. Saba
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2015 42:42020094
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  17. Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune, multiorgan disease that affects connective tissues of many organs or systems, including the nervous system, where it affects the autonomic, the peripheral, ...

    Authors: Mahmoud M. Fathalla and Mohja A. El-Badawy
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2015 42:42020087
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  18. The majority of the fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) patients do not exercise regularly and their physical fitness is low. Physical inactivity accelerates bone loss. This suggests that FMS patients are at risk in t...

    Authors: Shereen Mohamed Olama, Tamer O. ElSaid and Mohammad M. El-Arman
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2015 42:42020080
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  19. The aim of our study was to assess, electrophysiologically, the possibility of associated subclinical trigeminal neuropathy in sickle cell anemia (SCA) patients and correlate the results with disease severity ...

    Authors: Naglaa Gadallah, Hanan El Hefnawy, Sahar Fathi Ahmed, Jehan Ali and Amel Mahdy
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2015 42:42020073
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  20. Systemic lupus erythematous (SLE) is a systemic, multifaceted inflammatory disease with clinical manifestations is protean and follows a relapsing and remitting course. Lupus Nephritis (LN) is one of the most ...

    Authors: Asmaa Shaaban, Nadia Abd El-Salam Elkadery, Hebatallah Ahmed El-Shamy, Nadia Galal El-Hefnawy, Rana Ahmed El-Hilaly and Nesrine Aly Mohamed
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2015 42:42020068
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  21. Early diagnosis and treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) leads to better control and prevents irreversible joint damage. Antimutated citrullinated vimentin (anti-MCV) is one of the members of the anticitrull...

    Authors: Refaat M. El Tanawy, Khaled M. Belal, Waleed A. Hassan, Emtesal A. Said and Shaimaa M. Hafez
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2015 42:42020062
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  22. Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disorder that has multiorgan involvement. The continuation of inflammation in lupus could be attributed to failure of the resolution process because of defic...

    Authors: Manal M. Sedky Abdou, Dina A. Effat, Lamiaa A. Mansour, Noha M. Abd El Baky and Mona M. Abdul Salam
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2015 42:42020055
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  23. This study was carried out to determine the effects of interleukin (IL)-10 gene polymorphism 1082A/G on clinical diversity and activity of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), as it was shown to be associated w...

    Authors: Ahmad A. Emerah, Kamal F. Mohamed, Nisreen E. Elbadawy and Mai H. Rashad
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2015 42:42020049
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  24. Lipoma arborescens is benign villous lipomatous proliferation of the synovium. The fronds-like masses are non-neoplastic fatty deposits on the synovium. The word arborescens is a Latin term meaning ‘tree-forming’...

    Authors: Saifullah Khalid, Naiyer Asif, Ruquiya Afrose, Mohd Faizan, Mohd Khalid and Rana K. Sherwani
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2015 42:4201045
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  25. Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are utilized to treat premature ejaculation (PE). However, their effect is moderate, with no universally adopted schedule. A possible role for pelvic floor dysfu...

    Authors: Adel Kurkar, Sherif M. Abulsorour, Rania M. Gamal, Ahmed M. Eltaher, Ahmed S. Safwat, Mohammed M. Gadelmoula, Ahmed A. Elderwy, Mahmoud M. Shalaby and Abeer M. Ghandour
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2015 42:4201039
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  26. The aim of this study was to assess serum levels of interleukin-17 (IL-17) in patients with Behçet’s disease (BD) and to evaluate its relation to the clinical picture and disease activity.

    Authors: Dina S. Al-Zifzaf, Abir N. Mokbel and Doaa M. Abdelaziz
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2015 42:4201034
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  27. To evaluate the efficiency of therapeutic Ultrasound, low level laser and compression therapy for healing of venous Leg ulcers and Compare the effect of modalities on the ulcers.

    Authors: Nillie Ezzeldin, Dina Said, Sahar Said, Mahmoud Mustafa Ashour and Medhat EL-leboudy
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2015 42:4201027
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  28. The use of musculoskeletal ultrasound in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has been growing over the last decades mainly to monitor response to treatment and for early detection of erosions. Suggestions to include thi...

    Authors: Naglaa GadAllah, Mona Elhossieny, Nouran Abaza, Shahdan Yousry and Samah A. El-Bakry
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2015 42:4201019
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  29. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic, systemic, inflammatory disease with probable autoimmune aetiology. RA has many secondary complications and a variety of neuropsychological consequences.

    Authors: Eman M. Khedr, Noha Abo El Fetoh, Omar Herdan, Dina H. El-Hammady, Hosam Khalifa, Rania M. Gamal and Anwar M. Ali
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2015 42:4201011
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  30. Osteoarthritis of the knee joint is a disease due to the uncoupling of balance between cartilage degeneration and regeneration in the elderly, causing knee joint pain, deformity and limp. About half of the pop...

    Authors: Akash Saoji, Sonal Mahajan and Sanjay Deshpande
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2015 42:4201007
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  31. Cerebral palsy (CP) remains the most common cause of physical disability in children that results from a static brain lesion during pregnancy or early life. Although the brain lesion is static, the physical ma...

    Authors: Mohammad H. Elgawish and Mohammad A. Zakaria
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2015 42:4201001
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  32. We report a case of a 33-year-old woman who presented to us with symptoms of bronchial asthma and peripheral neuropathy. After investigations, the diagnosis of eosinophilic granulomatosis and polyangitis (Chur...

    Authors: Sujeet Raina, Rashmi Kaul, Navjot Kaur and Narvir S. Chauhan
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2014 41:4104187
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  33. Pelviperineal muscles play a role in erection through the enhancement of blood flow to the penis. Hence, the reinforcement of the power of such muscles through noninvasive visual pressure biofeedback rehabilit...

    Authors: Mohamed R. Al-Helow, Hala Abdul-Hady, Mahmoud M. Fathalla, Mohammad A. Zakaria, Omar Hussein and Tarek El Gahndour
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2014 41:4104179
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  34. Frozen shoulder is characterized by inflammation of the synovial lining and capsule, with subsequent generalized contracture of the glenohumeral joint causing shoulder pain and a gradual loss of both passive a...

    Authors: Mohja A. El-Badawy and Mahmoud Mohamed Fathalla
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2014 41:4104172
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  35. Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients have a decreased number of T-regulatory cells (Tregs) in peripheral blood. Vitamin D deficiency is prevalent in SLE. Immunomodulatory effects of vitamin D include th...

    Authors: Reem A. Habeeb and Rania H. Elkabarity
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2014 41:4104167
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  36. The aim of the study was to assess serum levels of interleukin (IL)-18 and IL-10 in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients and their relationship with disease activity.

    Authors: Sahar Abou El-Fetouh, Reem Hamdy A. Mohammed and Hanan S. Mohmad Abozaid
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2014 41:4104160
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  37. A number of musculoskeletal disorders have been reported in hemodialysis (HD) patients and they exert an impact on their functional status.

    Authors: Amany R. El-Najjar, Hanan A. Amar, Heba A. El wahab Selim, Enas M. El sherbiny, Medhat Ibrahem and Mohamed Fouad
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2014 41:4104152
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  39. The aim of this work was to study the prevalence and risk factors of liver biochemical abnormalities in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and to investigate the cause of these abnormalities .

    Authors: Reem Ismail El Shazly, Wafaa Hob Sharkawy Mohammed, Sahar Fakhreldin Mohamed and Mohamed Ibrahim Saif Elnasr
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2014 41:4104139
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  41. The aim of this study was to assess the possible relations between serum level of prohepcidin in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and their rheumatoid anemia profiles and disease activity.

    Authors: Ahmad Emerah, Samah F. Abbas and Heba F. Pasha
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2014 41:4103130
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  42. This study aimed to determine the frequency of occurrence of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients, determine its relation to disease activity, describe the ultrasonographic (US) f...

    Authors: Rawhya R. El-Shereef, Ahmad Lotfi, Fatma Ali and Sammer F. El-Shayb
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2014 41:4103122
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  43. To detect the prevalence of silent nontraumatic vertebral fractures (VFs) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and its relation with disease duration, disease activity, corticosteroid (CS), and hip buckl...

    Authors: Mohamed M. El-Wakd, Omar H. Omar and Hala Abou Senna
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2014 41:4103116
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  44. Nursing is one of the occupations with a high risk for back injuries. The etiology of low back pain (LBP) among nurses is usually multifactorial, probably because job demands in nursing is a mixture of physica...

    Authors: Amany M. Abou El-Soud, Amany R. El-Najjar, Nada A. El-Fattah and Aida A. Hassan
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2014 41:4103109
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  45. Patients with chronic renal failure are restricted in their physical and social aspects of life because of their treatment and comorbid medical conditions.

    Authors: Amany M. Abou El-Saoud, Omyma Z. Shehata, Ahmad A. Emerah and Elsayed F. Sayed
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2014 41:4103108
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  46. Interleukin-1 (IL-1) plays an important role in the pathogenesis of osteoarthritis. Hence, agents that inhibit such cytokine have a high therapeutic potential. A method of therapy depends on competitive inhibi...

    Authors: Fatma K. Abd-EL Motaal, Amal M. Elganzoury, Mahmoud M. Fathalla and Ola Abdulkareem
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2014 41:4103098
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  47. To detect the prevalence of 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 [25(OH)D3] deficiency in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients and its correlation with disease activity, functional disability and bone mineral density (BMD).

    Authors: Nashwa T. Allam, Mohamed M. El-Wakd, Dina M. El-Abd and Dalia A. Dorgham
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2014 41:4103092
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  48. To evaluate the efficacy of electromechanical gait training (EGT) versus treadmill training with partial body weight support (TTPBWS) on lower limb motor performance (MP) and on motor evoked potential (MEP) in...

    Authors: Enas M. Shahine and Tarek S. Shafshak
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2014 41:4103085
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