CONTENTS

LEFT ATRIAL SIZE IN HYPERTENSIVES: INFLUENCE OF OBESITY AND AGE

Hedeya H. El ibrashy and Hala G. El Din 

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SOLUBLE ADHESION MOLECULES IN PREGNANCY INDUCED-HYPERTENSION

Mohamed Samy Soliman, aha Yousseff Soliman, and Alia Gad 

9

SOME DORSAL NASAL DEFORMITIES AND THEIR MANAGEMENT

A.A. Zaher, R.A. Hady, and Amr S. 

17

CORRELATION BETWEEN UTERINE ARTERY FLOW VELOCITY WAVEFORMS AND ENDOMETRIAL HISTOPATHOLOGY IN WOMEN WITH PERIMENOPAUSAL AND POSTMENOPAUSAL BLEEDING.

Dr. Ebtesam Saied, Dr. Ismail El Garhy(MD), Dr. Farid I. Hassan(MD), Dr. Adel-Gamil Abd-Allah, and Abd El Shafy Ibrahim 

29 

ROLE OF DIAGNOSTIC LAPAROSCOPY IN OBSCURE ASCITES

Abdel-Ghany Ezzat A.E, Ashour MM, Masoud M and Hussin M 

34

LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY IN CIRRHOTIC PATIENTS: A NEW APPRASIAL

Hossam A. Ebrahim, M.A. Salah, Ayman S. Helmi, M.H.M. El-Desouky and Hany Khtab 

43

BONE AND JOINT INFECTION IN NEONATES: A LOCAL EXPERIENCE AT ABHA, SAUDI ARABIA

Tarek M. Mirdad, Mohammed R.H. Khan, Fuad I. Abbag, and Mostafa Abolfotouh 

51

ADENOID CYSTIC CARCINOMA (CYLINDROMA) REVIEW AND MANAGEMENT

S. El-haddad, E. El-Ghoneimy, I. El-Nakoury, M. Moustafa, M. Abdulla, M. El-Shenawy, M. Gaber, I. Abdelhandy, N. Ramzy, and S. El-Meshdy 

61

DERMATOLOGICAL DISORDERS IN EGYPTIAN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC HEPATITIS VIRUS IN RELATION TO CRYOGLOBULINEMIA

Mohga Ali Reda and Elham Abdel Zaher 

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GROWTH PATTERNS AND MATURATION OF CHILDREN WITH SICKLE CELL  DISEASE IN RELATION TO PLASMA ZINC STATUS

Dr. Salwa R. El Batrawy and Dr. Mervat Tawfik M. Tantawi 

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INTRASPHINCTERIC BOTULINUM TOXIN INJECTION IN TREATING PATIENTS WITH ACHALASIA

Abdel-Ghany Ezzat and Ibrahim M. Mukhtar 

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