Abstract: AIM and BACKGROUND: Osteoporosis is a health growing problem among senile .About 25 millions of people in the USA are suffering from osteoporosis who are dominantly women .The probability of women to men ratio is 5 to 1. There are more than 1.5 millions bone fractures because of osteoporosis that 300000 of them are at hip, 200000 at wrist and 500000 at vertebrae column. Hip fracture has the highest mortality ...
Abstract: lntroduction: Ocular lesions of Behcet's Disease (BD) need aggressive treatment to prevent from severe loss of vision or blindness. Cytotoxic drugs are necessary for the treatment. A short-term study with azathioprine (AZA) was presented to the 8th lnternational Conference on Behcet's Disease. The aim of this study is to present the results for a longer period of time. Materials & methods: Patients (32) who received more than 9 months of treatment ...
Abstract: Objective: To assess the course of maternal disease and outcome of pregnancy in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Patients and Methods: One hundred SLE patients who carried out 128 pregnancies were studied retrospectively. These patients were followed in lupus unit every one to two months by the rheumatologist and obstetrician team throughout pregnancy. Some patients were given prophylactic low-dose Prednisolone. Lupus flares were treated by increasing Prednisolone doses. Patients who ...