[HTML][HTML] Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of inflammatory bowel diseases in Cairo, Egypt

S Esmat, M El Nady, M Elfekki, Y Elsherif… - World journal of …, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
AIM: To study the natural history, patterns and clinical characteristics of inflammatory bowel
diseases (IBD) in Egypt. METHODS: We designed a case-series study in the …

[HTML][HTML] Noninvasive assessment of hepatic fibrosis in Egyptian patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection

SA Fouad, S Esmat, D Omran, L Rashid… - World journal of …, 2012 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
AIM: To evaluate the accuracy of specific biochemical markers for the assessment of hepatic
fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. METHODS: One hundred …

[HTML][HTML] Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration versus percutaneous ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration in diagnosis of focal pancreatic masses

HH Okasha, MI Naga, S Esmat, M Naguib… - Endoscopic …, 2013 - journals.lww.com
Objective: Pancreatic carcinoma is one of the leading cancer morbidity and mortality world-wide.
Controversy has arisen about whether the percutaneous approach with computed …

Tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinase-1 and 2 and obesity related non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: is there a relationship?

R Abdelaziz, M Elbasel, S Esmat, K Essam… - Digestion, 2015 - karger.com
Background/Aims: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is a spectrum of clinical conditions,
including simple steatosis and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). The aim of the study is to …

Can we consider the right hepatic lobe size/albumin ratio a noninvasive predictor of oesophageal varices in hepatitis C virus-related liver cirrhotic Egyptian patients?

S Esmat, D Omarn, L Rashid - European Journal of internal medicine, 2012 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: The current guidelines recommend the screening of all cirrhotic patients by
endoscopy, but repeated endoscopic examinations are unpleasant for patients and have a …

Role of ultrasound elastography in prediction of malignancy in thyroid nodules

M Mansor, H Okasha, S Esmat, AM Hashem… - Endocrine …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Background. Ultrasonography is considered useful to distinguish between solid and cystic
thyroid nodules and to stratify a nodule’s risk of cancer as low, medium, or high. Ultrasound (…

Molecular identification of Giardia intestinalis in patients with dyspepsia

SA Fouad, S Esmat, M Basyoni, MS Farhan… - Digestion, 1958 - karger.com
Background/Aims: Giardia intestinalis triggers symptoms of functional dyspepsia. The aim of
this study was to distinguish genotypes of G. intestinalis isolated from dyspeptic patients to …

Long-term effect of argon plasma coagulation (APC) in the treatment of gastric antral vascular ectasia (GAVE)

M Naga, S Esmat, M Naguib, H Sedrak - Arab Journal of Gastroenterology, 2011 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND AND STUDY AIMS: Gastric antral vascular ectasia (GAVE) is a distinct
vascular abnormality, mainly involving the gastric antrum. It is a rare but well-known cause of …

[HTML][HTML] Serum mannan-binding lectin in egyptian patients with chronic hepatitis C: its relation to disease progression and response to treatment

S Esmat, D Omran, GA Sleem, L Rashed - Hepatitis monthly, 2012 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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%–…

[PDF][PDF] A comparative study between three noninvasive predictors of oesophageal varices in post hepatitis C virus liver cirrhosis in Egypt

S Esmat, L Rashid - Acta Gastro-Enterologica Belgica, 2011 - ageb.be
Background and aim: The prevention of variceal bleeding is very important. The current
guide lines recommend screening of all cirrhotic patients by endoscopy, to identify patients at …