Pregnancy outcome and the effect of maternal nutritional status.

To assess the prevalence of malnutrition among Egyptian pregnant women and its effect on the pregnancy outcome, a comparative cohort study in which a total of 206 normal pregnant and 197 babies born to the pregnant subjects were enrolled. The study was conducted in El Sahel Teaching Hospital, Cairo, Egypt. Maternal anthropometry, blood parameters including hemoglobin (Hb) concentration, serum iron, total iron binding capacity (TIBC) and serum albumin were assessed.

A localized case-control study of extra-gastric manifestations of Helicobacter pylori infection in children.

Objective: To study extra- gastric manifestations of H. pylori infection among children in Egypt.

Methods: This case-control study in which thirty [corrected] H pylori positive children were compared to thirty [corrected] H pylori negative children was conducted.