OBJECTIVES: To study changes in lipid profile in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and to evaluate the relation between lipid profile and disease severity of RA. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study. PATIENTS: Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) according to 2010 ACR/EULAR classification criteria for RA (n = 150). METHODS: Demographic data, arthritis history, medical and therapeutic history were evaluated. Disease activity was ... إقراء المزيد

This syudy support that the previously reported beneficial effects of MN in treatment of AGA were mainly due to its effect as a drug delivery method magnifying the effect of used drugs and not related to the procedure itself. MN shouldn`t be used as a monotherapy in treatment of male AGA, rather it could be combined with other medications. إقراء المزيد

OBJECTIVES: To study the prevalence and patterns of Y-chromosome microdeletions in infertile men from Upper Egypt and to determine the relationship between Y-chromosome microdeletions with clinical and laboratory findings in these patients. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study. PATIENTS: Infertile men (n = 210) and a control group of fertile men with normal semen analysis (n = 30). METHODS: Clinical evaluation, standard semen ... إقراء المزيد

OBJECTIVES: To study the relationship between Y-chromosome microdeletions with clinical and laboratory findings in infertile men with non-obstructive azoospermia (NOA). DESIGN: Cross-sectional study. PATIENTS: Infertile men with non-obstructive azoospermia (n = 146). METHODS: Clinical evaluation and scrotal colour Doppler ultrasonography were evaluated. Standard semen analysis and serum levels of hormones (FSH, LH, total testosterone and prolactin) were performed. Multiplex PCR ... إقراء المزيد