Proviral Integration of Moloney Virus-2 (PIM-2) Expression Level as a Prognostic Marker in Patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia.

Purpose: This study aimed to assess gene expression level as a prognostic marker in AML patients and to correlate the results with their clinical outcome.

Patients And Methods: This study was conducted on 50 de novo younger AML patients (median age 44). Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (QRT-PCR) was used to assess the expression level of the gene.

Interleukin-4 -590C/T gene polymorphism in Egyptian children with acute lower respiratory infection: A multicenter study.

Background: Acute lower respiratory infection (ALRI) is the leading cause of child mortality, especially in the developing world. Polymorphisms in the interleukin 4 (IL-4) gene have been linked to a variety of human diseases.

Objectives: To investigate whether the IL-4 -590C/T (rs2243250) polymorphism could be a genetic marker for susceptibility to ALRIs in young Egyptian children.

The antioxidant status of coenzyme Q10 and vitamin E in children with type 1 diabetes.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the antioxidant status of plasma vitamin E and plasma and intracellular coenzyme Q10 in children with type 1 diabetes.

Method: This case-control study was conducted on 72 children with type 1 diabetes and compared to 48 healthy children, who were age, sex, and ethnicity-matched. The diabetic children were divided according to their glycosylated hemoglobin (A1c %) into two groups: poor and good glycemic control groups.

Role of urokinase plasminogen activator receptor (CD87) as a prognostic marker in acute myeloid leukemia.

Expression of uPAR (CD87) may play a relevant role in the diagnosis and pathophysiology and prognostic pattern of acute myeloid leukemia. The aims of this study were to find out the prognostic significance of pretreatment detection of CD87 and study the prevalence of CD87 expression and its value as a predictor for survival in AML patients. CD87 expression has been studied on blasts in 110 newly diagnosed AML patients.

Unilateral transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) using a single cage for treatment of low grade lytic spondylolisthesis.

The authors conducted a prospective study on 30 patients with low grade lytic spondylolisthesis, who underwent unilateral transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) using a single cage with adjunctive pedicular fixation. There were 17 males and 13 females with a mean age of 39.5 years.

Two methods of atlantoaxial stabilisation for atlantoaxial instability.

Thirty-seven patients, 19 males and 18 females, with a mean age of 37.6 years (range 9-62), underwent atlantoaxial fusion for atlantoaxial instability associated with pseudarthrosis of the odontoid, fixed rotary subluxation, rheumatoid arthritis, and mongolism. Two operative techniques were used: transarticular C1-C2 screws and posterior bone grafts according to Magerl, but without posterior wiring, in 24 patients (group 1), and C1 lateral mass screws/C2 pedicle screws, plates and posterior bone grafts, according to Goel, in 13 patients (group 2).

Concave rib osteotomy: a modified technique revisited.

This is a prospective study reporting on the efficacy of a modified technique of Concave Rib Osteotomy (CRO) in conjunction with posterior instrumented fusion in the treatment of severe and rigid curves in patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. The mean post-operative frontal plane correction was 68%. The incidence of pulmonary complications was 11.