Background Chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a major worldwide public health
problem. Egypt has the highest prevalence of adult HCV infection in the world, averaging 15%–…

Minimal hepatic encephalopathy may affect up to 80% of cirrhotic patients, in the absence of
overt hepatic encephalopathy. The objective of the study is to evaluate the accuracy of …

Objective: To evaluate the prevalence of hypoparathyroidism in adult transfusion-dependent
patients with beta-thalassemia major in a teaching referral hospital in Oman. Methods: All …

Background: Although Alzheimer's (AD) dementia was considered to be the most common
form of dementia, vascular cognitive impairment has been found to be more common than …

Previous studies have suggested that interrupted clearance of nuclear DNA-protein
complexes after cell death might initiate and propagate systemic lupus erythematosus [SLE]. …

Radiation injury to the carotid arteries, with resultant stenosis and stroke, is a well-known
long-term sequel for cervical radiotherapy [RT], the objective of the present study is to …

To evaluate the prevalence of hypoparathyroidism in adult transfusion-dependent patients
with beta-thalassemia major in a teaching referral hospital in Oman. All adult [> 13 years] …

Among immunologically normal hosts, patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
are considered to be at high risk of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA), and early …

This study was undertaken to develop a composite measure that combines the discriminant
values of individual laboratory markers routinely used for excessive alcohol use (EAU) for an …