The impact of acne vulgaris on the quality of life and psychologic status in patients from upper Egypt.

Background: Acne vulgaris is a common skin disease. Although neither life threatening nor physically debilitating, acne can severely affect social and psychologic functioning. Aim To study the overall impact of acne vulgaris on the quality of life and psychologic functioning of patients in Egypt.

Prevalence of skin diseases in rural areas of Assiut Governorate, Upper Egypt.

Background: Few epidemiological surveys have been carried out to determine the prevalence of skin diseases in the population of Egypt, particularly "Upper Egypt". So it is a pressing necessity to conduct such a study in rural Assiut.

Objectives: To determine the prevalence of various skin diseases in rural Assiut.

Conception rates and assisted reproduction in subfertility due to unilateral cryptorchidism.

During 774 spontaneous cycles and 87 cycles of assisted reproduction, the conception rates were evaluated in 48 infertile couples in whom unilateral cryptorchidism was the causal factor. In spite of adjuvant therapy of the male partner, the spontaneous conception rate was very low (1% per cycle). Intra-uterine insemination (IUI) and conventional in vitro fertilization (IVF) resulted in similar success rates of 6.

Inhibin and steroid response to testicular stimulation with pure FSH (Metrodin) in infertile men with unilateral cryptorchidism.

Static measurements of immunoreactive inhibin have proven of little relevance in the diagnosis of testicular disorders. Dynamic evaluation of the inhibin secretory reserve might detect a specific Sertoli cell defect in a subgroup of infertile men. We compared the response of inhibin and steroids to an intravenous injection of pure FSH (Metrodin, Serono, 300 IU) in 13 infertile men with unilateral cryptorchidism to that in eight normal fertile men.

Pityriasis rosea. An immunologic study.

Some immunologic studies were carried out for 31 patients with pityriasis rosea. Normal levels of serum IgG and IgA but higher levels of IgM were obtained. Serum C3 values were decreased while C4 values were normal.