Effect of the consumption of natural products on some biochemical parameters of a type 2 diabetic population.

Purpose: The use of phytotherapy is common worldwide and especially in Algeria. This practice was transmitted orally and ritually to treat chronic diseases. Safe extracts of edible plants can provide a resource of structurally diverse molecules that can effectively interfere with multifactorial diseases, such as diabetes mellitus.

Relationship between age at onset and clinical characteristics of Behçet's disease.

Introduction: This study compares the clinical characteristics and treatment modalities of Behçet's disease patients by age of onset at the Dr. Tidjani Damerdji University Hospital Center in Tlemcen, Algeria.

Methods: Data from patients treated for Behçet's disease between January 1990 and December 2016 were analyzed retrospectively.

[Hypertension associated with paraparesis of the lower limbs revealing an adrenal adenoma].

Cushing's syndrome is a rare cause of high blood pressure. The originally adrenal cause is found in 15% of cases. We describe the case of a patient with hypertension associated with paraparesis of the lower limbs revealing a Cushing syndrome due to a left adrenal adenoma.

Behçet disease in Western Algeria.

The aim of the current study was to describe the epidemiological and clinical features of Behçet disease in western Algeria. This observational retrospective study examined records for patients with Behçet disease seen in our department from 1990 to 2015. Of the 61 patients included in the study, 80.

Safety of Interferon Alpha-2a in Patients with Severe Ophthalmic Behçet's Disease: Response to Bielefeld et al.'s Letter.

Thyroid dysfunction is a common and severe side-effect encountered in up to 40% of patients treated with IFN-alpha-2a. The main two mechanisms by which IFN-alpha-2a induces thyroid dysfunction can be categorized as autoimmune and non-autoimmune disease. In the first subgroup, thyroid antibodies are found before treatment initiation, and then patients develop thyroiditis.

Impact of patient knowledge of hypertension complications on adherence to antihypertensive therapy.

Background: Poor adherence is thought to be one of the major common causes of uncontrolled high blood pressure over the world leading to useless drug dose or class changes which may lead to increased adverse effects and medical costs. The current study aimed to investigate the relationship between knowledge about complications related to hypertension and adherence to antihypertensive treatment.

Materials And Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out between May and November 2013 on a representative sample of 453 hypertensive patients at public primary care outpatients in the department of Tlemcen in Algeria.