CONTENTS OCTOBER 1999

Back Pain Among Egyptian Doctors

Nihal Ibrahiem Al-Shishtawy and Hala Abdul-Hady Saleh

723

Problems Underlying Impaired Hand Function In Rheumatoid Arthritis

Mona Lotfy Zamzam, Nevine Mohamad Al-Sayed Badre, Mirvat Abdul-Hakiem Al-Zifzafy, Azza Mohamad Kamal Al-Gogary and Mirvat Abdul-Hamied Rida

731

Cartilage Proteoglycan Aggrecan: Potential as Serum Marker of Cartilage Destruction in Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis

Zeinab Awad Al-Sayad, Maysa Tawhied Saleh, Amany Salah Al-Dien Al-Wakkad, Lobna Sayed Sherief and Anny Mohamad Nasr Al-Dien

739

Observational Study On Raynaud’s Phenomenon Patients

Manal Othman, Hala-Abdul-Hady Saleh, Eiman Abu-Bakre Hussein, Azza Mohamad Kamal Al-Gogary and Nevine Mohamad Al-Sayed Badre

755

H-Reflex In The Diagnosis Of LumboSacral Radiculopathy

Noura Saad Haroun, Nahed Munier Sherief, Mervat Mohamad Abdul-Hakiem Al-Zifzafy, Amaal Mustafa Al-Ganzoury, Azza Mohamad Kamal Al-Gogary and Mohamad Ragaie Saied Al-Helowe

763

Inner Ear Involvement In Rheumatoid Arthritis

Essam Aly Mahmoud, Mohamad Mustafa Kamal and Ahmad Abdul-Aliem

771

Risk Factors For Flat Foot In Preparatory School Children: Clinical And Electrophysiological Studies

Amaal Mustafa Al-Ganzoury And Ahmad Saied

783

The Role and Clinical Implications of ANCA & Its Subspecificities in Some Rheumatic Disorders

Amaal Mustafa Al-Ganzoury

795

Measurement Of Interlekin-1 In The Synovial Fluid And Serum Of Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients

Mustafa Al-Dahhan, Medhat Shalaby and Mohamad Allam

813

Significance Of Elevated Interleukin-6 Level In Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients

Essam Tewfik Attwa And S. Al-Beltagy

819

Cardiac Manifestations Of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients

Nahla Mohamad Gaballah, Tarek A. Naguib, Ahmad Mohamad Gaballah and Dalia S. Fahmy

827

Enhanced Fracture Healing With Pulsed Electromagnetic Field

Mohamad Gamal Zaki, Naglaa Aly Gadallah, Mona Mansour Hasabul-Nabi, Omar Hussein Omar And Tarek Khaliel

845

Correlation Of Apoptotic Indices with Cinical Criteria in Rheumatoid Arthritis and Osteoarthritis

Hassan Ahmad Hassanein, Madeha Mahrous Zakhary, Naima Mohamad Mustafa Aly, Eiman Ahmad Hamed Omran, Manal Abdul-Maguid and Taheya Hashem Saliem

855

Ultrasonographic Assessment Of The Quadriceps Muscle In Elderly Women

Hala Abdul-Hady Saleh, Eiman Abu-Bakre Hussein, Hanaa Fathy Saad, Manal Othman And Hanan Eissa

879

Chest Pain And Fibromyalgia

Mustafa Al-Dahhan & Mohid Salah El-Dien

885

Impact Of Anticardiolipin Antibodies And Hyperprolactinemia On Laboratory, Immunological And Histopathological Parameters Of Lupus Nephritis

Amany Mustafa Abul-Saoud, Eiman Abdullah Al-Shourbagy And Somaya Hassan Abdullah

893

Low Back Pain In Rheumatoid Arthritis

Heba Abdul-Wahaab Seliem, Eiman Sayed Abul-Hoda, Mohsen Kamal Mahgoub* and Mohamad Mahmoud Samy

911

Incidence of Arthritis In School Children In Sharkeya Governorate

Amany Mustafa Abul-Saoud, Salah Ahmad Al-Bayoumy, Hesham Al-Desouky Abdul-Wahaab and Fawzeya Abdul-Hamied Noofal

925

Effect Of Estrogen Agonist Antagonist On Bone Mineral Density In Postmenopausal Breast Cancer

Amaal Mustafa Al-Ganzoury, Nevine Mohamad Badre, Noura Saad Allah Haroun, Nahed Munier Sherief And Heinaz Farouk Khaled

941

Neurological Features of Anti-Myeloperoxidase Antibodies in Sero-Positive Rheumatoid Arthritis

Hanan Ahmad Fahmy Hussein, Azza Kamal Al-Gogary and Nadia Hamed Mahmoud Al-Arousy

951