Determinants of sexual health knowledge in adolescent girls in schools of Riyadh-Saudi Arabia: a cross sectional study.

Background: There are many social and cultural factors affecting the sexual knowledge of adolescents. This study measured the sexual health knowledge level of adolescents and identified its association with role of parents, friends and school environment in adolescent girls in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Methods: Four hundred and nineteen Saudi female students belonging to intermediate and secondary grades were randomly selected from four public and private girl schools.

Tuberculosis in the belly: a review of forty-six cases involving the gastrointestinal tract and peritoneum.

Background: Abdominal tuberculosis has varied presentation and can be confused with other conditions.

Methods: We report our experience with 46 patients. Charts of patients managed during 1984-97 were reviewed.