EKB Journal Management System
Volume & Issue: Volume 2, Issue 1, January 2014, Page 1-113  XML

1

DRUGS AND MONEY Prices, Affordability and Cost Containment

Page 1-2
Mohamed SalahEldin Abdel Baky Salama

2

Does Spondyloarthritis Represent a Panel of Distinct Related Conditions or is it a single disorder with a Heterogeneous Phenotype?

Page 3-3
Adel Mahmoud

3

Rheumatology Around The World … What is New?

Page 4-8

4

Treatment of Recurrent & Resistant Dermatomyositis / Polymyositis

Page 9-11
Abdelazeim Alhefny Alhefny

5

The Effect of Increased Body Mass Index on Disease Parameters, Quality of Life and Damage Index in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Page 13-18
Abdelazeim Alhefny Alhefny; Samah El-Bakry; Noha Shedid

6

The Diagnostic Utility of Anti-Mutated Citrullinated Vimentin Antibodies, Anti-Cyclic Citrullinated Peptide Antibodies and Rheumatoid Factor in Rheumatoid Arthritis

Page 19-25
Amina Badr Eldin; Sameh Mobasher; Gehan Hegazy

7

Paraoxonase1 Activity and Paraoxonase1 Q192R Gene Polymorphism in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients as a Risk Factor for Atherosclerosis

Page 27-35
Mona I. Nabih; Amal R. El-Shehaby; Hussein Heshmat

8

Thyroid Dysfunction in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Correlation with Disease Activity

Page 37-43
Mohamed SalahEldin Salama; Dalia Abdel Mohsen; Dalia Mohammed; Hyiada Mansour; Noran O. El-Azizi; W. Mohammed; M. Sabry

9

Acupuncture versus Homeopathy as A Complementary Therapy in Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis

Page 45-51
Sameh Mobasher; Amina Badr Eldin; Abeer El-Zohiery; Soha Ibrahim; Mouchira Mohamed; Aziza Abdalla

10

Predictive Value of Serum and Urinary Adiponectin in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Activity and Lupus Nephritis

Page 53-62
Tamer Elbedewy; Medhat Ghazy; Enaam Rabee; Eiman Hasby

11

Pathogenic Role of Interlukin-23(IL-23) in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients; its Relation to Disease Activity

Page 63-69
Doaa Zaky; Zakia Mohamed; Sabah Abd-Elraheem; Eslam El-Nahrery

12

Extra Articular Manifestations in Egyptian Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients

Page 71-79
Walaa El-Baz; Sabila Mousa; Naglaa Tawfeek; Abeer Shawky; Maha Ahmed; Rehab Mohamed

13

Melatonin Level in Primary and Secondary Fibromyalgia

Page 81-88
Camelia Abedel-Malak; Ali Yousef; Sherry Abd El-Rahman; Hatem Mezayen; Eman Amer; Shimaa Sabry

14

Role of Ghrelin Hormone in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Relation to Interferon alpha and Disease Activity Biomarkers

Page 89-96
Amira Barakat; Ehab Eltoraby; Dina Shahin; Adel Abdelsalam; Moustafa Abdelsalam; Noha Shaat; Ayman Alsamanoudy

15

Fibromyalgia in Egyptian Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients and patients with Depression

Page 97-103
walaa El-Bazz; Hanan El-Tokhy; Fatma Attia; Sabila Mousa; Hend Kotb; Husain Attia

16

Old Trembling Voice in A Young Female

Page 105-108
Howaida Mansour; Hassan Bassiuoni

17

Vasculitis: Many Faces and One Disease

Page 109-113
Rasha Abdel Noor