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Different Medical Research From Middle East

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01About This Special Issue

The medical researches have a great revolution over the last decades. The development of hundreds of subspecialist and their underlying sub-subspecialties lead to uncountable articles in different fields of medicine. Regional variation of the authors has been neglected in this type of publications. The middle east is a unique area of this world. It has different pattern of illness, epidemiology, and presentation of different disease. The social background of middle east made the approach to the illness and research is different among the researchers in the medical field. The presentation of medical researches of different medical specialties including general Medicine, gastroenterology, hepatology, and diabetes will help to focus on the medical problems in our middle eastern and Arabic communities. It will also include researches from liver transplantation field too. It is highly specialized field need to be in separate entity, though the ethical and regional background of our communities made it different from the same specialties in western countries.

Aims and Scope:

1. Evaluate the ability of different researches from different subspecialties to reflect the disease pattern difference in Middle East.
2. Present the different medical capacity of this medical group to share same scope towards their communities.
3. It will highlight the areas of strength, weakness in our researches, and its reflection to the community demands.

02Meet the Guest Editors

Our distinguished editors bring deep subject-matter expertise to curate high-quality research and ensure a rigorous peer-review process.

Lead Guest Editor

ABEER IBRAHIM

Alexandria University Faculty of Medicine, Internal Medicine Department, Alexandria, Egypt

Guest Editor

Yasmine Altawijri

King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Guest Editor

Urlike Laudon

King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Guest Editor

Hussein Elseisi

King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Guest Editor

Ali Albenmousa

Gastroenterology and Hepatology Department, Prince Sultan Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Guest Editor

Abdulrhman Alrobayan

Gastroenterology and Hepatology Department, Prince Sultan Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Guest Editor

Nasser Almasrri

Gastroenterology and Hepatology Department, Prince Sultan Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Guest Editor

Amani Elbanna

Internal Medicine department, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt

Guest Editor

Hoda Elaggan

Internal Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt

Guest Editor

Azza Ismael

Internal Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt

Guest Editor

Rania Abdelreheem

Internal Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt

Guest Editor

Abeer Ibrahim

Internal Medicine department, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt

03Published Articles

The following articles have been published in this special issue.

  • Study of the Role of Nicotinamide Phosphoribosyl Transferase/Visfatin in Egyptian Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematous and Lupus Nephritis

    Eman. H. El Sayed , Mohamed S. Brakat , Wael M. Diab , Mona H. Abd Elmaged , Manal. Y. Tayel , Ragaa. A. Ramadan

    Issue: Volume 4, Issue 2-1, March 2016
    Pages: 18-23
    Received: 26 January 2016
    Accepted: 27 January 2016
    Published: 29 February 2016
    DOI: 10.11648/j.ajim.s.2016040201.14
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    Abstract: Introduction: Lupus nephritis (LN) is common and carries a high burden of morbidity in SLE patients. The adipokine ‘‘visfatin’’is highly expressed in visceral fat, exerts several pro inflammatory functions and was demonstrated as a marker of endothelial dysfunction (ED) in chronic kidney disease (CKD). Aim of the work: to evaluate the state of seru... Show More
  • Serum Chemerin Level: Does It Have a Role in Progression of Diabetic Nephropathy

    Iman E. El-Gohary , Azza Abedl-Karim , Doaa I. Hashad

    Issue: Volume 4, Issue 2-1, March 2016
    Pages: 13-17
    Received: 24 October 2015
    Accepted: 26 October 2015
    Published: 30 November 2015
    DOI: 10.11648/j.ajim.s.2016040201.13
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    Abstract: Background: Diabetic nephropathy has become the leading cause of end-stage renal failure in Europe, the United States and Japan (25-44%). Chemerin is a chemoattractant expressed in white adipose, liver and lung tissues. Chemerin is shown to be associated with inflammation which is involved in the pathogenesis of diabetic nephropathy. The aim of the... Show More
  • Study of Serum Osteoprotegerin Level in Uremic Patients and Its Relation to Renal Bone Disease

    Mohamed Magdy , Mona Mostafa , Heba Elshair , Hesham Elghoneimy

    Issue: Volume 4, Issue 2-1, March 2016
    Pages: 5-12
    Received: 11 September 2015
    Accepted: 13 September 2015
    Published: 25 October 2015
    DOI: 10.11648/j.ajim.s.2016040201.12
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    Abstract: Introduction: Bone disease associated with renal failure is termed renal osteodystrophy and is quite heterogeneous. Microscopic examination of a bone biopsy specimen is still considered the gold standard for diagnosis. Nevertheless, recent studies suggest that serum markers of bone formation and resorption may be of additional help in assessing bon... Show More
  • The Value of Neutrophil Lymphocyte Ratio in Predicting the Degree of Insulin Resistance and β Cell Dysfunction in Type 2 Diabetic Patients

    Eman Youssef Moursy , Azza Abd El-Kareem Ismael , Reham Fadl Hassan Mouftah , Eglal Saad Ghanem El-Tahan

    Issue: Volume 4, Issue 2-1, March 2016
    Pages: 1-4
    Received: 24 August 2015
    Accepted: 25 August 2015
    Published: 25 October 2015
    DOI: 10.11648/j.ajim.s.2016040201.11
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    Abstract: Objective:Insulin resistance and progressive pancreatic β-cell failure are key factors in the development of type 2 diabetes.The aim of the present study was to define the relationship between Neutrophil Lymphocyte Ratio (NLR) and the degree of insulin resistance and β cell dysfunction in Type 2Diabetus Mellitus.Methods: This study was carried out ... Show More