Publications by authors named "Eman Fahmy"

Background: Familial hypocalciuric hypercalcemia (FHH) is a hypercalcemic syndrome that is usually characterized by uncomplicated hypercalcemia and normal longevity. The inheritance pattern is autosomal dominant with high penetrance, and it affects both men and women equally. FHH is caused by mutations that disturb the normal functioning of the calcium-sensing receptor () gene.

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Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is considered as a global health and development threat. During COVID-19 pandemic, there has been an increase in antimicrobial resistance. Health care providers (HCPs) play the main role in facing antibiotic resistance because they have the authority to prescribe antibiotics during clinical practice as well as in promoting patients' compliance with therapies and avoid self-medication.

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Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a chronic metabolic disorder that threatens human health. Medicinal plants have been a source of wide varieties of pharmacologically active constituents and used extensively as crude extracts or as pure compounds for treating various disease conditions. Thus, the aim of this study is to assess the anti-hyperglycemic and anti-hyperlipidemic effects and the modes of action of the aqueous extracts of the fruits and seeds of (.

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Ataxia Telangiectasia (AT) is a very rare autosomal recessive primary immune deficiency (PID) disease that affects 1 in 10,000-40,000 new births per year in the world. It is caused by biallelic mutations in ataxia telangiectasia mutated (ATM) gene and characterized by a progressive cerebellar ataxia. The clinical profile of AT children in Upper Egypt in missing.

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Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of ischemic pressure (IP) vs postisometric relaxation (PIR) on rhomboid-muscle latent trigger points (LTrPs).

Methods: Forty-five participants with rhomboid-muscle LTrPs were randomly assigned into 3 groups and received 3 weeks of treatment-group A: IP and traditional treatment (infrared radiation, ultrasonic therapy, and transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation); group B: PIR and traditional treatment; and group C: traditional treatment. Shoulder pain and disability, neck pain and disability, and pressure pain threshold (PPT) of 3 points on each side were measured before and after treatment.

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This study is aimed at assessing the antihyperglycemic, antihyperlipidemic, and antioxidant effects of () fruit peel hydroethanolic extract and two flavonoids, hesperidin and quercetin, in nicotinamide (NA)/streptozotocin- (STZ-) induced type 2 diabetic rats. In addition, GC-MS and HPLC-MS analyses of the extract were performed and the results indicated the presence of multiple flavonoids including hesperidin, quercetin, naringin, and polymethoxylated flavones (nobiletin and tangeretin). To achieve the aim of the study, diabetic rats with NA/STZ-induced T2DM were orally treated with fruit peel hydroethanolic extract, hesperidin, and quercetin at a dose of 100 mg/kg b.

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Ginger (Zingiber officinale Roscoe) is a valuable culinary and medicinal plant. The compound 6-gingerol is the main gingerol in ginger rhizomes and it possesses interesting pharmacological and physiological properties. Mutation breeding involved using low doses of gamma radiation (5-30 Gy) to increase the genetic variability in ginger rhizomes (M1 generation).

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Chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) is a rare inherited primary immunodeficiency disorder that affects phagocytes and is characterized by a marked increased susceptibility to severe bacterial and fungal infections. We aimed to describe the clinical presentations of pediatric patients with CGD in Upper Egypt and to identify the defective component of NADPH oxidase. Pediatric patients diagnosed with CGD within one year from January 2018 to January 2019 were enrolled in the study.

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Background: The link between Vitamin-D deficiency and type 2 diabetes (T2D) is well-established. Since prediabetic obese populations have the greatest risk to develop to T2D, it was important in our study to examine serum 25(OH) D3 concentration among prediabetic obese patients and to evaluate the correlation between serum level of vitamin D and BMI, FBS, HOMA IR and HbA1c among prediabetes patients.

Methods: A multicenter case control study was carried out among 101 prediabetic persons & 50 controls, after obtaining consent from subjects and clearance from institutional ethics committee.

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Developing drought tolerance in Egyptian cotton varieties is a strategic goal considering the need to expand cotton cultivated area and water scarcity in the Nile valley. In the present study, increasing levels of polyamine accumulation via expressing S-adenosyl methionine decarboxylase (SAMDC) gene was the main goal. SAMDC cDNA isolated from Saccharomyces cerevisiae isolate was isolated and genetically engineered into Egyptian cotton varieties Giza 88 as an extra long staple and Giza 90 as a long staple by means of particle bombardment through meristem transformation.

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