Research and Publications
Research is essential to our department. Our research portfolio has steadily
grown every year and reflect a wide variety of academic interests. Our focus
has primarily been on clinical research concerning all aspects of pediatric
diseases.
Department publications in the previous 6 years
2021 Publications
Serum adiponectin, body adiposity and metabolic parameters in obese Egyptian
children with Down syndrome
Yahia S, El-Farahaty R, El-Gilany AH, Shoaib R, Ramadan R, Salem N. J Pediatr
Endocrinol Metab. 2021 Aug 4. doi: 10.1515/jpem-2021-0324. Epub ahead of print.
PMID: 34348423.
Genetic Polymorphisms in Genes Involved in the Type I Interferon System
(IFIH1/MDA-5, TNFAIP3/A20, and STAT4): Association with SLE Risk in
Egyptian Children and Adolescents.
Zedan MM, Attia ZR, Abd El Azeem RA, Mutawi TM, El Shehawy AS, Bakr A. J
Inflamm Res. 2021 Jul 15;14:3349-3358. doi: 10.2147/JIR.S309008. PMID:
34290519; PMCID: PMC8289366.
Size-adjustment techniques of lumbar spine dual energy X-ray absorptiometry
measurements in assessing bone mineralization in children on maintenance
hemodialysis.
Salem N, Bakr A. J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab. 2021 Jul 19. doi: 10.1515/jpem-2021-
0081. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34273916.