CONTENTS January 1999

Serum Cytokines Levels In Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Receiving Methotrexate Therapy

Mamdouh Khairy, Al-Sayed Gouda, Alaa Abul-Ata, Al-Sayed Khafaga and Yousry Ragab

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Correlation Between Clinical, Electrophysiological and Histopathological Features of Rheumatoid Arthritis

Amany Abl-Saoud, Tharwat Afiefy, Hala Mustafa, Mohamad Al-sayed Ramadan and Usama Afiefy

9

Relationship Between Chondromalacia Patellae And Joint Hypermobility

Tharwat Hasan Afiefy and Tarek Bahgat

31

A Study Of The Pattern Of Primary Fibromyalgia

Amany Abul-Saoud, Tharwat Afiefy and Yusria Al-Tawiel

39

Spondyloarthropathy:  Fecal Flora and HLA-B27

Al-Sayed Gouda, Mamdouh Khairy, Alaa Abul-Ata, Mohsen Al-Sayed and Tarek Aly Ahmad

53

Temporomandibular Joint Involvement in Rheumatoid Arthritis

Mohamad Ragaie Al-Helowe, Hanan Al-Sebaie Al-Hefnawy and Meryam Othman Mansour

63

Ultrastructural Study Of Fibroblast-Like Synoviocytes In Rheumatoid Arthritis

Mohamad Ragaie Saied Al-Helowe, Hanan Al-Sebaie Al-Hefnawy and Rasha Abbas Aly

77

Serum Hyaluronate  In Rheumatoid Arthritis

Mohamad Al-Tayeb, Ahmad Abdul-Kader, Nehad Amer, Azza Kamal Al-Gogary, Mona Al-Sebaei , Ahmad Zaky Al-Yasaky, Wafaa Abdul-Latief Saleh and Omayma Abdul-Maguid Lotfy

101

Serum And Synovial Fluid Interleukin-6 As A Sensitive Indicator Of Activity In Rheumatoid Arthritis

Mohamad Al-Tayeb, Mohamad Al-Banna, Mamdouh Mahdy, Ahmad Zaky Al-Yasaky Mona Al-Sebaei, Mohamad Elwy Hanafy Othman, Omayma Abdul-Maguid Lotfy and Wafaa Abdul-Latief

109

Reduced Serum Creatine Kinase In Active Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients

Hanaa Fathy Saad, Iman Abu-Bakre Hussein, Manal Othman, Hanan Al-Sebaie and Halaa Abdul-Hady Saad

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Evaluation of BiofeedBack In The Rehabilitation Of Children Suffering Of Fecal Incontinence

Nora Saad-Allah Haroun and Ashraf A. Kabesh

129

Bone Metabolism In Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis

Yahya M. Al-Gamal, Galiela M. Mokhtar, Zeinab Awad Al-Sayed, Omar Hussein Omar*, Randa Reda Mabrouk** and Giehan A. Moustafa

153

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) in Bell’s Palsy

Hanaa Fathy Saad, Mervat Abdul-Hamied Reda, Eiman Abu-Bakre Hussein, Mona Lotfy Zamzam and Wahied Tantawy

167

Soluble FAS In Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis And Childhood Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Eiman Abu-Bakre Hussein and Maha Ezzel-Dien

181

Implication of Insulin Like Growth Factor-1 (IGF-1) and its Binding Protein in Arthritic Patients

Mervat Abdul-Hamied Reda & Mervat Mohamad Abdul-Hakiem Al-Zifzafy

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Relation Of Anticardiolipin Antibodies To Lipid Profile And Clinical Manifestations In Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients

Mohamad Al-Tayeb Nasser, Azza Kamal Al-Gogary, Mona Al-Sebaie, Ahmad Zaky Al-Yasaky And Maha Al-Tahawy

203

Expression Of Cathepsin D In The Synovium Of Osteoarthritis And Rheumatoid Arthritis

Hala Abdul-Hady Saleh, Nahed Munier Sherief, Osama Youssof And Hamed M. Gamal Al-Dien

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