Support for increased cardiovascular risk in non-segmental vitiligo among Egyptians: A hospital-based, case-control study.

Background: Data have been accumulating in the past few years that identify vitiligo as a disorder with systemic implications.

Results And Methods: In this hospital-based, cross-sectional, case-control study, 50 patients with non-segmental vitiligo and 50 age- and sex-matched controls underwent analysis of serum lipid profile, oxidative stress biomarkers and carotid duplex. Hydrogen peroxide (H O ) and malondialdehyde (MDA) were significantly higher in patients than controls (p-value < .

An Epidemiological and Clinical Analysis of Cutaneous Adverse Drug Reactions Seen in a Tertiary Care Outpatient Clinic in Cairo, Egypt.

A cutaneous adverse drug reaction (CADR) is any undesirable change in the structure or function of the skin, its appendages, or mucous membranes caused by a drug. The frequency of CADRs is variable, with only few studies evaluating it. Our aim was to identify the clinical spectrum of CADRs and document the epidemiological data of different types of drug eruptions among Egyptian patients attending a tertiary care center.

Health Research and Millennium Development Goals: Identifying the Gap From Public Health Perspective.

Assessing the research output within the universities could provide an effective means for tracking the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) progress. This analytical database study was designed to assess the trend of research theses conducted by the Public Health Department (PHD), Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University during the period 1990 to 2014 as related to the: MDGS, Faculty and department research priority plans and to identify the discrepancies between researchers' priorities versus national and international research priorities. A manual search of the theses was done at the Postgraduate Library using a specially designed checklist to chart adherence of each thesis to: MDGs, Faculty and department research plans (RPs).

Medical ethical standards in dermatology: an analytical study of knowledge, attitudes and practices.

Background: Dermatology practice has not been ethically justified at all times.

Objective: The objective of the study was to find out dermatologists' knowledge about medical ethics, their attitudes towards regulatory measures and their practices, and to study the different factors influencing the knowledge, the attitude and the practices of dermatologists.

Methods: This is a cross-sectional comparative study conducted among 214 dermatologists, from five Academic Universities and from participants in two conferences.

Evaluation of an isolation program of hepatitis C virus infected hemodialysis patients in some hemodialysis centers in egypt.

Introduction. Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in hemodialysis (HD) patients. Several studies demonstrated nosocomial transmission of HCV among HD patients.