CONTENTS APRIL 2000

Role Of Il-10 In Rheumatic Fever

Amaal Mustafa Al-Ganzoury, Nevine Hamed Shaker, Mona Gamal Al-Hosseiny, Hanan Ahmad Fahmy, Nadia Hamed Al-Arousy, Mona Lotfy Zamzam, Mervat Abdul-Hamied Rida and Hanaa Fathy Saad

235

Anticardiolipin Antibodies And Free Protein-S Levels In Rheumatoid Arthritis

Nadia Al-Arousy, Hanan Ahmad Fahmy, Amaal Mustafa Al-Ganzoury, Heinaz Farouk öAbdul-Moniem, Nadia Salah Kamel, Nagwa Mohammad Nassar, Nevine Hamed Shaker and Mohammad Abdul-Basset Awwad

247

Clinical Significance of Anticardiolipin Antibodies in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Mona Lotfy Zamzam, Heinaz Farouk Abdul-Moniem, Mervat Abdul-Hakiem Al-Zifzafy, Mona Gamal Al-Hosseiny, Manal Othman Mohammad and Eiman Abu-Bakre Hussein

255

The Prevalence Of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome In Egyptian Fibromyalgia Patinets

Mona Gamal Al-Husseiny, Manal Othman Mohammad, Hala Abdul-Hady Saleh, Mona Lotfy Zamzam, Mervat Abdul-Hamied Reda and Amaal Mustafa Al-Ganzoury

263

Validity Of Provocative Tests In The Diagnosis Of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Osama Youssof Rabie, Ahmad Mohammad Tantawy, Mona Abdullah Al-Sebaie* and Ayman Ibrahiem Fathy Howaidy

271

Serum Type I Collagen C Telopeptide Versus Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry In Postmenopausal Osteoporotic Women

Nahed Munier Sherief, Nagwa Mohammad Nassar, Hanan Al-Sebaie Al-Hefnawy, Mona Gamal Al-Hosseiny and Ahmad Rashed

279

Superantigenic Toxic Shock Syndrome Toxin-1 In Rheumatoid Arathritis

Nagwa Mohammad Nassar, Hanan Al- Sebaie Al-Hefnawy and Malaka Z Amer

289

Serum And Synovial Fluid Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibodies In Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients

Amany Mustafa Abul-Saoud, Khalida Amien and Hesham H.Omar

303

Evaluation Of Bone Metabolism With Biochemical Markers And Dual X-Ray Absorptiometry In Polyarticular Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis (JRA)

Amany Mustafa Abul-Saoud, Mervat Abdullah Hesham, Somaya Hassan Abduallah and Mona Othman Abul-Ezz

315

Prophylaxis Against Tuberculosis In Systemic Rheumatic Diseases Patients Under Corticosteroids And/Or Immunosuppressive Therapy

Giehan Salah, Howaida Mohammad Abdul-Salam, Mohammad Awad,

Mahmoud Mustafa Ashour, Al-Sayed Ahmad Hasasan Al-Sayad and  Mohammad Al-Ahmady

331

Role Of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) In The Pathogenesis Of Rheumatoid Arthritis

Al-Sayed Ahmad Hassan Al-Sayad, Hisham Al-Desouky Abdul-Wahab and Samy Hassan  Mohammad

341

Value Of H-Reflex Measurement In The Assessment Of Spasticity

Nadia Abdul-Salam Al-Kadery, Nadia Salah Kamel, Hanan Al-Sebaie Al-Hefnawy and Amal Abdul-Aziez

349

Possible Role Of Eosinophils In The Pathogenesis Of  RA

Hanan Al-Sebaie Al-Hefnawy, Salwa Ibrahiem Bakre, Thanaa Kotb Refaie, Faten Ghazal and Wafaa Kamal Al-Dien

357

Factor VIII Related Antigen Level

In Various Rheumatic Diseases

Abdul-Shafy Ahmad Hassieb and Mahmoud Bastawy Ismaiel

377

Rheumatological complications in dialyzed chronic renal failure

 Mohammad Mohammad Makkawy, Al-Sayed Ahmad Hassan Al-Sayad, Magdy Hosseiny Ahmad Mansour and Sherry Kamel Abdul-Rahman

385

Surface Expression Of Heat Shock Proteins In Some Connective Tissue Diseases And Its Relation To The Clinical Manifestations

Nahla Mohammad Gaballah, Einass Mohammad Al-Makhzangy and         Ahmad Mohammad Gaballah

399

Clinical, Radiological And Scintigraphic Assessment Of Osteoarthritis Of The Hands

Mazan Mohammad Al-Sheikh, Mohammad Seeif Al-Dien Rushdy and Einass Abdul-Kader Eleiwa

417

Comparative Study Of Some Conservative Measures In The Treatment Of Plantar Fasciitis

Safeya Al-Sayed Eid, Nagat Al-Gazzar, Gamal Taher, and Manal Shawky

429

Detection Of Chlamydia Trachomatis In Arthritis Affected Female Patients With Cervicitis

Mohammad Badawy Al-Fiky, Ibrahiem Abdul-Samie Imam, Abdul-Hamied Abdul-Haris Khaliel and MA Gamiel

439

Bone Mineral Density Of The Lumbar Spine In Menopause

Eihab Hassan Abdul-Fattah and Hanan Ahmad Fahmy

451