Comorbidity of Fibromyalgia in Primary Knee Osteoarthritis: Potential Impact on Functional Status and Quality of Life.

Background: Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is a painful condition with peripheral and central pain transmission. Fibromyalgia (FM) is the role model of central sensitization of pain perception.

Aim: To assess the frequency of FM in knee OA patients and evaluate the impact of FM on mental health and the quality of life in knee OA patients.

Age-Related Macular Degeneration in Primary Osteoarthritis Egyptian Patients.

Introduction: Both primary osteoarthritis (OA) and age-related macular degeneration (AMD) cause disability in old people. This study aimed to detect the relation between primary osteoarthritis and age-related macular degeneration in a sample of geriatric Egyptian population.

Methods: This cross-sectional study included 222 primary OA patients.

Consistency of Visual Evoked Potential in Extraocular Manifestations of Behcet Disease and Impact of Corticosteroid Treatment.

Purpose: To study the ability of pattern reversal visual evoked potentials (VEPs) to detect subclinical visual pathway pathologic assessment in Behcet disease (BD) and correlate VEP results in BD with disease activity and response to corticosteroid treatment.

Methods: This study included 18 patients (36 eyes) with BD without recent ocular manifestations and 20 healthy controls (40 eyes). Clinical history was taken, and clinical examinations were done.