[Cardiac involvement in emery dreifuss muscular dystrophy: a case report]

Emery Dreifuss muscular dystrophy [EDMD] is an uncommon hereditary myopathy characterized by 3 symptoms: slow progressive musclar atrophy, muscular contractures and cardiac disease which affect prognosis. We report a 22 year-old patient with EDMD which shows the typical features of the associated dilated cardiomyopathy, ventricular arrhythmia, atrio-ventricular block, atrial standstill then atrial paralysis

volatile constituents of boswellia sacra frankincense

The volatile oil of the oleogumresin [Arabian olibanum] or Omani frankincense produced from the tree of Boswellia sacra, Fluek Lehrb. family Burseraceae was investigated by GLC-mass spectrometry [GLC-MS] and yield 22 terpenes of which alpha pinene was the most abundant

Study on helminth parasites of man in Sohag governorate, Upper Egypt: I- General survey

The field of study was the endemic diseases Hospital in Sohag Governorate, where 16857 patients were examined. The most common parasites were: Schistosoma haematobium [9.38%] and Enterobius vermicularis [8.94%]. These were followed by Hymenolepis nana [2.13%], Ancylostoma duodenale [0.77%], Ascaris lumbricoides [0.6%], Schistosoma mansoni [0.047%], Taenia saginata [0.047%], Trichostrongylus colubrigormis [0.03%] and Trichuris trichiura [0.01]

Study on helminth parasites of man in Sohag governorate, Upper Egypt II- Biological studies on encountered parasites

Detailed morphological studies on the eggs of parasitic infection in Sohag Governorate were done. For this purpose, collected and intra-uterine eggs of helminth parasites were studied, different sizes and shapes of eggs were noticed. Examination of intrauterine eggs of worms which were obtained form treated patients and kept in formol saline revealed different types of eggs in the same worm. Knowledge of such differences is of very important aid in identification of eggs and diagnosis of parasitic infections

Study on helminth parasites of man in sohag governorate, upper Egypt: III-incidence of urinary schistosomiasis in primary school children

Out of 1828 pupils of five different localities were examined for schistosomiasis, Schistosoma haematobium was found in the five localities in percentage of 6.4%, 4.58%, 1.6%, 19.39% and 22.79% in El-Baskia, El-Shiakh Youssef, A bar El-Melk, El-Khiam and Awlad Nousair respectively. The infection rate increased till the age of nine years when it decreased gradually with age. Females were markedly less infected than males. Ten cases of Schistosoma mansoni were found only in three localities

Anti-inflammatory effect of natural steroid sapogenins on oral aphthous ulcers

The search in plants for sapogenins has been stimulated by the need for readily accessible sources of sapogenins, which can be converted in the laboratory to animal sterols of therapeutic importance. The present study represented a clinical trial for the investigation of the anti-inflammatory effect of natural steroidal sapogenins on oral aphthus ulcers

Pregnancy in teenagers in Jordan University hospital

Over a period of four years, 435 patients under the age of 18 were admitted for delivery at the Obstetric Department, Jordan University Hospital. 109 patients were booked for antenatal care and hospital delivery. 326 patients were unbooked and came just for delivery or were referred with an obstetric complication. During this period a total of 10,833 deliveries were carried out. The incidence of pregnancy in young patients was 4%. The youngest patient was 14 years old at the time of delivery. For the past 10 years there has been no significant change in the incidence of teenage pregnancies in Jordan University Hospital. Comparison between booked and unbooked patients was done and the results were analyzed. Antenatal care minimized obstetric complications