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  1. Cervical spondylosis is a chronic degenerative condition of the cervical spine that can affect the cervical nerve roots. The origin of the phrenic nerve makes it vulnerable to injury. The purpose of this study...

    Authors: Rowaida Hamdy Ali, Mai Mohamed Farouk and Salwa Galal Moussa
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2021 48:2
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  2. Lateral epicondylitis (LE) is a common disorder causing pain and functional limitations especially in athletes and manual workers. There is a growing interest in regenerative injection therapies in chronic LE....

    Authors: Mohja Ahmed El-Badawy, Hanaa Ahmed El-Nagaar, Mona Mansour Mohammed, Naglaa Youssef Assaf and Reem Mohammed Ezz El-Din EL-Mallah
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2021 48:1
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  3. Achilles tendinopathy (AT) is considered the commonest tendon pathology, occurring mainly in athletes. Different conservative treatment options have been introduced but with short-term effects; however, extrac...

    Authors: Reem EL-Mallah and Enas A. Elattar
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2020 47:32
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  4. Total knee replacement operation (TKR) is the treatment of choice in severe knee osteoarthritis (OA). Rehabilitation post-TKR is still not well studied. The aim of this study was to compare between the high-in...

    Authors: Rabab S. Zaghlol, Sahar S. Khalil, Ahmed M. Attia and Ghada A. Dawa
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2020 47:31
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  6. Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is an autosomal recessive auto-inflammatory disease. Arthritis in early-onset FMF is a common finding. The aim of this study was to assess frequency of arthritis in 200 Egypt...

    Authors: Yomna Farag, Heba Taher, Noha Mostafa Seleem, Diana Fahim and Huda Marzouk
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2020 47:48
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  7. Serum14-3-3η protein plays an important role in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) as it is a joint-derived proinflammatory mediator. Semaphorin3A (Sema3A) plays an immune regulatory and bone remode...

    Authors: Nivine Fathi Darwish, Shymaa Ahmed Hablas, Nivin Naeem Baiomy and El Sayed Mohamed Hamid Rageh
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2020 47:43
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  8. Myofascial pain syndrome is a common musculoskeletal problem affecting the trapezius muscle. The aim was to assess the presence of spinal accessory neuropathy in patients with unilateral chronic trapezius myof...

    Authors: Asmaa Farouk El Sayed El Sharnoby, Hussein Al-Moghazy Sultan and Emmanuel Kamal Aziz Saba
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2020 47:28
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  9. Multiple lower limb joint involvement is one of the most common and debilitating musculoskeletal conditions, while the complaints from both heel and knee pain are considered the most frequent. For that reason,...

    Authors: Mohamed Hassan Imam, Hamdy Korium, Ahmed Hafez Ahmed Afifi, Heba Alla Mohamed Abd El-Moniem and Yousra Hisham Abdel-Fatah
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2020 47:41
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  10. Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients often suffer hand function limitations even in the absence of symptoms related to joint or tendon disorders. Recent researches reported the presence of ultrasonograp...

    Authors: Omneya Mohamed-Ayman Abdel-Moniem, Sherine El-Sherif, Mohamed Sami Barakat, Diaa Fahmy Mohasseb and Yousra Hisham Abdel-Fattah
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2020 47:33
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  11. Obesity and osteoarthritis are often concomitant. Both are accompanied by oxidative stress and stimulated inflammatory response. Exercise is considered a substantial treatment in rehabilitation of both conditi...

    Authors: Reham M. Shaat, Tamer O. Elsaid, Aymen EL Baz, Rehan Monir and Shereen Aly Machaly
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2020 47:27
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  13. Vitamin D (vit D) deficiency has recently been associated with risk of development of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The aim of this research was to assess vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene expression in Egyptian pati...

    Authors: Nevine Mohannad, Eman Saad Nassar, Mai Moaaz, Rehab Elnemr and Eman Anwar Sultan
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2020 47:44
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  14. Rotator cuff tendinopathy (RCT) is a leading cause of shoulder pain and disability. Management is mainly conservative, but the limited ability of tendons to regenerate is the main cause of unsatisfactory resul...

    Authors: Hala M. Abd Elsabour Sabaah and Mary A. Nassif
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2020 47:40
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  15. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) affects about 1–3% of the population making it one of the most popular autoimmune diseases. Chemokines through switching on their receptors exert a climacteric role in RA pathogenesis...

    Authors: Eman A. Baraka, Sami A. Egilla, Gamal A. Hamad, Maiada A. Khalil, Shereen H. Ahmed and Mona M. Elbehisy
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2020 47:42
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  17. Women are more affected by rheumatoid arthritis (RA) than men and the incidence of RA in women increases around the age of menopause indicating that hormonal factors may have a role in disease pathogenesis and...

    Authors: Sahar A. Elsayed, Doris M. Henry and Esam M. Abu Elfadl
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2020 47:46
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  18. The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has become a global health, social, and economic crisis. Healthcare professionals, patients, healthy individuals, and the whole community are under inevitable p...

    Authors: Marwa A. H. Hammad, Mervat Eissa and Ghada A. Dawa
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2020 47:45
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  19. Behcet’s disease (BD) is associated with uveitis, oral ulcers, genital ulcers and arthritis. Enhanced activity of innate immunity components, such as neutrophils, natural killer (NK) cells and endothelial cell...

    Authors: Reham M. Shaat, Samah El Meadawy, Ehsan Mohamed Rizk, Mohamed Sherif Abd Elgawad and Tamer O. Elsaid
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2020 47:26
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  20. Systemic sclerosis (SSc), an autoimmune disease, has endothelial dysfunction and tissue fibrosis. The lack of its specific activity markers urges the research. Endocan is an immunomodulatory protein associated...

    Authors: Marwa Yahia Mahgoub, Ali Ibrahim Fouda, Ahmed Yousef Elshambaky, Walaa Bayoumie Elgazzar and Sara Abdellatif Shalaby
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2020 47:23
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  21. Lateral epicondylitis (LE) is a popular overuse syndrome involving the forearm’s extensor tendons. Corticosteroid (CS) injection is the popular injection used for management of LE. Extracorporeal shockwave the...

    Authors: Mona Mohamed Mohamed Ismael, Mona Mahmoud Arafa, Abeer Ahmed Kadry El Zohiery and Soha Eldessouki Ibrahim
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2020 47:25
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  22. To study the most common rheumatologic manifestations of hepatitis C viral (HCV) infection in Egyptian patients and associated risk factors with assessment the effect of current therapies on these manifestatio...

    Authors: Hanan M. Fathi, Wafaa Y. Abdel Wahed, Ahmad A. Gomaa, Essam A. Hassan, Hanaa M. Eid, Fadwa Abdel Reheem and Soha H. Senara
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2020 47:20
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  23. Intolerance to MTX is the most common cause of non-compliance that leads to poor disease control. Treatment is usually discontinued due to intolerance which interferes with compliance of the patient to long-te...

    Authors: Fatma H. EL Nouby, Nihal Ahmed Fathi, Amal Abdelaziz Fehr, Abdel-Azim Assi, Reem Mahmoud Lotfy and Samar H. Goma
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2020 47:36
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  24. Bell’s palsy (BP) is a common idiopathic cranial mononeuropathy. The electrophysiological tests are one of supportive tools for localizing the site of facial nerve lesion, and to determine the severity and pro...

    Authors: Ibrahim Tharwat Abdelal, Enas Abdelkader Eliwa, Amany Mohammad Ebaid and Marwa Mohammad Abdelfattah
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2020 47:24
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  25. Specific autoantibodies are considered as an important marker in autoimmune rheumatic diseases and are of great value for the diagnosis and prognosis of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients. A total of ...

    Authors: Sahar A. Elsayed and Omar M M. Mohafez
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2020 47:39
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  26. Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders (NMOSD) are considered as an autoantibody-mediated disorder that targets aquaporin-4 (AQP4); other autoantibodies could be detected in such spectrum of diseases, includi...

    Authors: Basant Elnady, Sabry M. Fathy, Tohamy Elkhouly and Sahar Ganeb
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2020 47:15
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  27. The infrapatellar branch of the saphenous nerve (IPBSN) contains only sensory fibers that innervate the knee regarding its anteromedial aspect and the anterior-inferior portion of its capsule. IPBSN damage has...

    Authors: Dalia Salah Saif and Mohamed Ahmed Eltabl
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2020 47:19
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  28. Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a worldwide disease. HCV-related arthritis is one of the extrahepatic manifestations of the disease. The treatment of chronic HCV has been revolutionized with the introduct...

    Authors: Samah M. Alian, Mohamed Othman Wahba, Ahmed Fathy Gomaa and Sahar S. Khalil
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2020 47:16
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  29. To compare the clinical efficacy of platelet rich plasma (PRP) subacromial injection and extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) on refractory non-calcific partial thickness supraspinatous tendon tear.

    Authors: Samah M. Alian, Rabab S. Zaghlol and Sahar S. Khalil
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2020 47:17
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  30. Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a multi-organ autoimmune disorder with wide variety of clinical presentations. Recently, red blood cell distribution width (RDW) has been used as an inflammatory marker, s...

    Authors: Osama Sayed Daifallah Mohamed, Gehan Joseph Azmy and Esam Mohammed Abu Elfadl
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2020 47:38
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  32. Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an autoimmune multi-systemic disease with predominant affection of connective tissue. Skin is characteristically affected in SSc and is almost responsible for oral complications as ...

    Authors: Enas A. Elattar, Mona G. Balata and Reem El Mallah
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2020 47:37
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  33. Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is highly prevalent in Egypt. It was found to be 7.0% in a study done in 2015. There are some studies on the prevalence of HCV in rheumatoid arthritis, but to our knowledge, n...

    Authors: Safaa Ali Mahran, Alaa A. A. Mohamed, Dalia A. Nigm, M. Z. A. Abu Rahma, S. Abd-Elsalam, Hesham Hamoud, M. Hamdy, M. I. Risha, Ahmad Hamdy, Mohamed M. Abdelkareem, Saad Ghanem, Mohamed Hanafy, Abdelhafeez Moshrif, A. Fehr, Fatma H. ElNouby, A. Osman…
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2020 47:1
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  34. Impaired deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) repair may induce an autoimmune response in susceptible individuals. The association between DNA repair gene XRCC1 Arg399Gln gene polymorphism and susceptibility of systemi...

    Authors: Mohamed A. Mortada, Haidy E. Zidan, Noha A. Abdelsalam and Mirvat A. Eltoukhy
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2020 47:2
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  35. Albumin and derived neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (dNLR) are known biomarkers that can reflect systemic inflammation and it has been hypothesized that combination of both markers in one score (albumin-dNLR sc...

    Authors: Sahar Ganeb, Sami Egaila, Asmaa Hamed and Waleed Hassan
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2020 47:5
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  36. The aim of this study was to retrospectively investigate the prevalence and characteristics of neuropsychiatric (NP) involvement in a cohort of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients from a single tertiar...

    Authors: Basma M Medhat, Abdelkawy Moghazy and Mervat Eissa
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2020 47:18
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  38. Osteoporosis is a common complication of ankylosing spondylitis (AS) even in the early stages of disease; however, previously published studies have demonstrated large discrepancies in the reported incidence o...

    Authors: Yasmin Adel, Mohamed Ali El Adalany and Sherine Abdel Rahman Abdel Karim Bassiouni
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2020 47:35
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  39. Ultrasonography (US) measurement of median nerve cross-sectional area (m-CSA) at pisiform is increasingly utilized in identification of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), but there is still no agreement about the i...

    Authors: Amany Salama El-Bahnasawy, Mohammad K. Senna, Amr El-Sayed Okasha and Ola Gharbia
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2020 47:34
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  40. Deep friction massage (DFM) has long been proven to be effective in treatment of some tendinopathies. The aim of our study was to evaluate the efficacy of this physical modality in the treatment of plantar fas...

    Authors: Abdelhfeez Moshrif, Mohamed Elwan and Osama S. Daifullah
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2020 47:11
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  41. Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is the most common peripheral entrapment neuropathy. Typical symptoms and signs include numbness, tingling, pain, or burning sensation in the digits supplied by the median nerve an...

    Authors: Souzan E. Gado and Hanaa S. EL-Banna
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2020 47:4
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  42. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is characterized by presence of localized and generalized osteoporosis. The mechanism of decreased bone mass is complex and multifactorial, a possible mechanism behind increased bone ...

    Authors: Ola Gharbia, Aliaa Hegazy, Rania Elhelaly and Atif ElGhaweet
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2020 47:22
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  43. Osteoarthritis (OA) is a typical complex degenerative articular ailment that shows focal cartilage loss, new bone formation with involvement of entire joint tissues. Dkk-1 assumes a job in controlling the patt...

    Authors: Noha Hosni Ibrahim, Samia Mohammed Abdel-Monem, Abdel-Wahab S. E. Elbarashy, Heba A. W. Elhussieny and Rasha A. H. Elsayed
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2020 47:13
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  45. The incidence rate of anemia of chronic disease (ACD) in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) ranges between 30 and 80%. Serum iron is the main regulator of hepatic hepcidin production. Interleukin-6 (IL-6) upre...

    Authors: Abeer M. El-Shafey, Lamiaa M. Kamel, Abeer A. Fikry, Mohamad M. Nasr and Sahar M. Abdel Galil
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2020 47:14
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  46. Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic disabling autoimmune disease with predilection to synovial joints and many extraarticular manifestations. Disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs are the cornerstone and initia...

    Authors: Safaa A. Mahran, Tayser Mohamed Khedr, Esraa Moustafa Mohammed and Eman Mohamed Hussein El-Hakeim
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2020 47:3
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  47. The association between carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) and ulnar nerve entrapment is unclear, and the extra-median paresthesia in the ulnar nerve territory innervation in CTS is unexplained. Our purpose is to ev...

    Authors: Aliaa Omar El-Hady, Soad Said Ahmed El Molla and Rehab Ali Ibrahim
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2020 47:9
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  49. Obesity is an important feature of metabolic syndrome, and the link between them has been attributed to the state of chronic inflammatory process.

    Authors: Dalia M. E. El-Mikkawy, Maha A. EL-Sadek, Mohja A. EL-Badawy and Dalia Samaha
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2020 47:7
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  50. To assess the subclinical cardiovascular affection in juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) Egyptian patient subtypes using Doppler ultrasonography (US) for carotid and femoral arteries and detecting their predi...

    Authors: Samah M. Alian, Hanan A. Esmail, Marwa M. Gabr and Enass A. Elewa
    Citation: Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2020 47:6
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