Volume 2 No. 2, April 2007
Medical Education:

  • Principles of Medical Education

        Tejinder Singh , Daljit Singh  & Vinod Kumar Paul

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Original Articles:

  • GATA-3 mRNA Expression in Bronchial Asthma Effect of Inhaled Corticosteroid Therapy

         Eman Mashhour, Manal Eid, Hoda Bahr, Dalia Eid.

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  • A Study of Surfactant Proteins A and D in Asymptomatic Cigarette Smokers versus Nonsmokers

         Ayman Wagih & Ibrahim El-Dib

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  • Correlative Study between Caspases, Histopathological and Biochemical Changes in Chronic HCV Infection

        Atef E. Awad, Ahmad K.  Farrag, Raafat A.Salah, Awatef E.Edries, Mohammed K. Zahra, Karima I. El-Desouky

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  • Evaluation of Serum and Ascitic Fluid Leptin in Chronic Liver Diseases

       Saber A. Ismail, Ferial S. EL Kalla, Raafat A. Salah, Hala E. Hamouda*, Wael W. Mayah.

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  • Effects of Fascioliasis and Schistosomiasis Mansoni on the Anti-Oxidant Defense Mechanisms

       Ayman Wagih, Elshazly Sheta, Howaida Ismail 

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  • A Study of the Concordance between Endoscopic Gastritis and Histological Gastritis in Nonulcer Dyspeptic Patients with and Without Helicobacter Pylori Infection

      Ayman El Guindy & Hussein Ghoraba

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  • Cutting Balloons versus Stenting in Small Vessel Coronary Disease, Angiographic and Clinical Outcomes

      Abdelfatah Alasfar, Amro M. Badr, S .Badr, A.Darwish & M. Ward

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  • Serum Lipid, Steatosis and Fibrosis in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C Genotype 4

      Ayman El Guindy, Amany A. Enien & Hussein Ghoraba

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  • Amikacin Pharmacokinetics and Suggested Dosage Modifications for Cancer Patients

        Manal El-Hamamsy

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  • Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Tissue Expression Level as      a Predictor for the Aggressiveness of HPV-Associated Laryngeal Carcinoma

        Abou-Bakr E. Ras, Ibrahim Rageh, Anas Abdel Rahman & Magda H. Bakr

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  • Ocular Changes in Giardiasis: Human and Experimental Studies

        Eman A. Khalifa , Kholoud A. El-Nouby , Ahmed L. Ali, Abdel Rahman M. El Mashad & Osama E. Negm

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  • Paraoxonase 1 (PON1):  A Novel Serum Biomarker for Evaluation of Schistosomal Hepatic Fibrosis: An Experimental Study

         Eman A. Khalifa , Hala E. Hamouda , Amal A. Baalash  and Osama E. Negm

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  • Assessment of Leukemia Inhibitory Factor and Glycoprotein 130 Expression in Endometrium and Uterine Flushing: A Possible Diagnostic Tool for Impaired Fertility

          Manal Mostafa, Manal Eid, Hesham El-Sorogi, Manal Abdallah, Azza Hasan

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  • Pilonidal Disease: Excision and Primary Closure

         Ahmad Alian

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  • Efficacy and Safety of a Short Term Iron Depletion Therapy in Hepatitis C Virus- Related Compensated Liver Cirrhosis

        Mahmoud A. Khedr

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