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.