Raafat, H., M. Zahran, and M. Rashwan,
"Arabase: A Database Combining Different Arabic Resources with Lexical and Semantic Information",
KDIR, a part of IC3K, the international Joint Conference on Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management, In a Special Session on Text Mining, Vilamoura, Algarve, Portugal, SCITE Press, 2013.
Raafat, A., S. S. Tahoun, and N. M. Aboul Ela,
"Palynomorph biostratigraphy, palynofacies, thermal maturity and paleoenvironmental interpretation of the Bajocian–Aptian succession in the OBA D-8 Well, Matruh Basin, Egypt",
Journal of African Earth Sciences, vol. 177, pp. 104157, 2021.
Raafat, H., R. M. Azmy, R. Shamloul, and A. Eldeeb,
"Importance of early recognition of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis-like disorders in the Egyptian population",
The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery, vol. 53, issue 4: Medknow Publications, pp. 219, 2016.
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Raafat, I. I., N. A. Azab, M. M. Khorshied, M. H. Yacoub, and L. A. Samy,
"Signal transducer and activator of transcription 4 (STAT4) G/T gene polymorphism in Egyptian systemic lupus erythematosus female patients ",
The Egyptian Rheumatologist , vol. 37, pp. 75-80, 2015.
Raafat, A., H. Khaled, N. Mokhtar, A. R. Zekri, and H. Gaballah,
"Human papilloma virus infection and overexpression of p53 protein in bilharzial bladder cancer",
Cancer Molecular Biology, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 1481-1492, 2000.
AbstractAn association between human papilloma virus (HPV) and bladder cancer has been reported. However, the role of HPV in bilharzial bladder cancer and its prevalence are not yet clarified. We investigated 50 cases for HPV types 16/18 by in situ hybridization (ISH). Also, p53 protein expression by immunohistochemistry was evaluated in 41 of these 50 cases, with correlation of these factors to clinicopathologic parameters and tumor relapse after primary treatment. HPV was detected in 46% of Egyptian bladder carcinomas (23/50 cases). Positivity was 47.8% for squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) and 36.4% for transitional cell carcinoma (TCC). There was a possible viral- bilharzial association as 52.8% of bilharzial cases, while only 12.5% of non bilharzial cases were HPV positive (p<0.05). P53 protein was found in 19/41cases (46.3%). Concordance between HPV and p53 was present in 58.5% of cases. Both factors studied were not related to tumor recurrence after primary treatment. So, HPV may be implicated in the aetiology of bilharzial bladder cancer, however a definite causal relationship remains unsolved. HPV together with p53 alterations might work in synergy to accelerate the carcinogenic process, as there was concordance in the results of both parameters in 24/41 cases (58.5%).
Raafat, A., S. S. Tahoun, and A. N. Ela,
"Palynomorph biostratigraphy, palynofacies, thermal maturity and paleoenvironmental interpretation of the Bajocian-Aptian succession in the OBA D-8 Well, Matruh Basin, Egypt",
Journal of African Earth Sciences, vol. 177, pp. Article # 104157, 2021.