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25-Hydroxyvitamin D assay variations and impact on clinical decision making

Barake M.; Daher R.T.; Salti I.; Cortas N.K.; Al-Shaar L.; Habib R.H.; Fuleihan G.E.-H. (CHEVY CHASE8401 CONNECTICUT AVE, SUITE 900, CHEVY CHASE, MD 20815-5817 USA, 2012)

Context: Laboratories are increasingly shifting to new automated 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25-OHD) assays, with subsequent variability in results. Objective-Setting: We describe the experience at our center with such a shift ...
A 72-year-old man with duodenal adenocarcinoma

Tamraz S.; Shamseddine A.; Shah M.; el-Oubeidi M.; Zaatari G.; Geara F.; Lowery M.A.; O'Reilly E.M.; Al-Kutoubi A.; Faraj W.; Kelsen D.P.; Abou-Alfa G.K. (, 2012)

[No abstract available]
A collaborative nationwide lymphoma study in Lebanon: Incidence of various subtypes and analysis of associations with viruses

Otrock Z.K.; Saab J.; Aftimos G.; Nasr F.; Farhat F.S.; Khairallah S.; Abadjian G.; Ghosn M.; Sidani H.; Ibrahim A.; Tawil A.; Ghorra C.; Meguerian Z.; Mokaddem W.; Dayeh W.; Salem Z.; Chahine G.; Bitar N.; Mugharbel A.; Makdessi J.; Khater C.; El Hajj M. (DORDRECHTVAN GODEWIJCKSTRAAT 30, 3311 GZ DORDRECHT, NETHERLANDS, 2013)

Incidence of various Hodgkin (HL) and non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) subtypes and association with viruses in Lebanon are not known. We undertook a nationwide study of 272 patients diagnosed with lymphoma in 2007. HL comprised ...
A comparative study of systemic carcinogen exposure in waterpipe smokers, cigarette smokers and non-smokers

Ali R.A.; Rastam S.; Ibrahim I.; Bazzi A.; Fayad S.; Shihadeh A.L.; Zaatari G.S.; Maziak W. (, 2013)

Background: In the past decade, waterpipe smoking-also known as hookah, shisha, narghileh-has increased among youth. The scarcity of rigorous studies linking waterpipe smoking to smoking-related diseases has hindered policy ...
A liver mass in an iron-overloaded thalassaemia intermedia patient

Maakaron J.E.; Musallam K.M.; Ayache J.B.; Jabbour M.; Tawil A.N.; Taher A.T. (HOBOKEN111 RIVER ST, HOBOKEN 07030-5774, NJ USA, 2013)

[No abstract available]
A reflection on bacterial resistance to antimicrobial agents at a major tertiary care center in Lebanon over a decade

Araj G.F.; Avedissian A.Z.; Ayyash N.S.; Bey H.A.; El Asmar R.G.; Hammoud R.Z.; Itani L.Y.; Malak M.R.; Sabai S.A. (, 2012)

BACKGROUND : Antimicrobial resistance has been inflecting deleterious health and economic consequences locally and globally. This study addresses the patterns and trends of bacterial resistance to antimicrobial agents over ...
A woman with metastatic pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor

Shoushtari A.N.; Covey A.M.; Zaatari G.; Shamseddine A.; Epstein A.S.; Haydar A.; Naghy M.; Mukherji D.; Kelsen D.P.; Abou-Alfa G.K.; O'Reilly E.M. (International Society of Gastrointestinal Oncology;, 2014)

[No abstract available]
A young woman with liver cancer

Ang C.S.; Do R.K.; Shamseddine A.; O'Reilly E.M.; Haydar A.; Al-Olayan A.; Faraj W.; Boulos F.; Naghy M.; Makanjoula D.; Farran H.; Sibai H.; Wehbe D.; Kelsen D.P.; Abou-Alfa G.K. (, 2013)

[No abstract available]
Abdominal manifestations of multiple myeloma: A retrospective radiologic overview

Birjawi G.; Jalbout R.; Musallam K.; Tawil A.; Taher A.; Khoury N. (DALLAS3500 MAPLE AVENUE, STE 750, DALLAS, TX 75219-3931 USA, 2008)

Background: Abdominal manifestations of multiple myeloma (MM) are rare. Herein, the authors study the radiologic characteristics of such involvement because these findings are usually missed by the radiologist and oncologist. ...
ABO blood group and gastric cancer: Rekindling an old fire? [3]

El Hajj I.I.; Hashash J.G.; Baz E.M.K.; Abdul-Baki H.; Sharara A.I. (, 2007)

[No abstract available]
Absence of JAK2 V617F mutation in thalassemia intermedia patients

Taher A.; Shammaa D.; Bazarbachi A.; Itani D.; Zaatari G.; Greige L.; Otrock Z.K.; Mahfouz R.A.R. (DORDRECHTVAN GODEWIJCKSTRAAT 30, 3311 GZ DORDRECHT, NETHERLANDS, 2009)

JAK2 is a cytoplasmic tyrosine kinase that has a vital role in signal transduction from several hemopoietic growth factor receptors. The JAK2 V617F mutation has been implicated in a variety of diseases mainly related to ...
Acanthosis nigricans maligna

Reda M.; El Majzoub N.; Eloubeidi M.A. (, 2013)

[No abstract available]
Acceptance of preimplantation genetic diagnosis for β-thalassemia in Lebanese women with previously affected children

Farra C.; Nassar A.H.; Usta I.M.; Salameh P.; Souaid M.; Awwad J. (CHICHESTERTHE ATRIUM, SOUTHERN GATE, CHICHESTER PO19 8SQ, W SUSSEX, ENGLAND, 2008)

Objective: The aim of the study was to assess the rate of acceptance of preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) as an alternative to prenatal diagnosis in Lebanese women with previously affected children with homozygous ...
Acute myeloid leukemia with T-cell receptor gamma gene rearrangement occurring in a patient with chronic lymphocytic leukemia: A case report

Hatoum H.A.; Mahfouz R.A.R.; Otrock Z.K.; Hudaib A.-R.; Taher A.T.; Shamseddine A.I. (HOBOKENDIV JOHN WILEY and SONS INC, 111 RIVER ST, HOBOKEN, NJ 07030 USA, 2007)

The association of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and acute leukemia, either lymphoid or myeloid is a rare event. Our review of the medical literature revealed only 6 cases of CLL transformation to acute myeloid leukemia ...
Acute myocardial infarction in a young man: A consequence of inherited thrombophilia and marijuana smoking [3]

Taher A.T.; Mahfouz R.A.R.; Otrock Z.K.; Rebeiz A.G.; Sawaya J.I. (STUTTGARTHOLDERLINSTRASSE 3, D-70174 STUTTGART, GERMANY, 2006)

[No abstract available]
Acute NSAID-related transmural duodenitis and extensive duodenal ulceration

Hashash J.G.; Atweh L.A.; Saliba T.; Chakhachiro Z.; Al-Kutoubi A.; Tawil A.; Barada K.A. (BRIDGEWATER685 ROUTE 202-206, BRIDGEWATER, NJ 08807 USA, 2007)

Background: A 40-year-old previously healthy white man presented to the emergency department at American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon, with severe upper abdominal pain of 36-hour duration. The pain ...
Acute quadriplegia in a young man secondary to prothrombin G20210A mutation

Sawaya R.; Diken Z.; Mahfouz R. (LONDONMACMILLAN BUILDING, 4 CRINAN ST, LONDON N1 9XW, ENGLAND, 2011)

Study design: We present the case of an 18-year-old man, previously healthy, who presented with acute quadriplegia and respiratory failure. Physical examination was compatible with a high cervical anterior spinal cord ...
Acute tumor lysis syndrome secondary to hydroxycarbamide in chronic myelomonocytic leukemia [5]

Otrock Z.K.; Taher A.T.; Mahfouz R.A.R.; Makarem J.A.; Shamseddine A.I. (HOBOKENDIV JOHN WILEY and SONS INC, 111 RIVER ST, HOBOKEN, NJ 07030 USA, 2006)

[No abstract available]
Adult T cell leukemia - Lymphoma with testicular involvement

Tarhini M.; Kooshyar M.-M.; Farzadnia M.; Maleki M.; Kchour G.; Tabatabaee A.; Otrock Z.K.; Bazarbachi A. (NEW YORK233 SPRING ST, NEW YORK, NY 10013 USA, 2009)

[No abstract available]
Adult t-cell leukemia-lymphoma in the Middle East: First report of two cases from Lebanon

Bitar N.; Hajj H.E.; Houmani Z.; Sabbah A.; Otrock Z.K.; Mahfouz R.; Zaatari G.; Bazarbachi A. (MALDENCOMMERCE PLACE, 350 MAIN ST, MALDEN 02148, MA USA, 2009)

Background: Adult T-cell leukemia-lymphoma (ATL) is an aggressive lymphoproliferative disorder caused by human T-cell leukemia virus type I (HTLV-I). HTLV-I is endemic in southern Japan, the Caribbean, Central and South ...

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